The Optare Spectra was a double-decker bus body built on both the step entrance DAF DB250 and low-floor DB250LF chassis between 1991 and 2006. The Spectra...
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Switch Mobility (redirect from Optare Bonito)
United Bus, Optare collaborated with DAF to design the Optare Spectra. It was based on the modified design of the MCW Metrobus purchased by Optare, and combined...
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fiberglass front and rear panels. It was the single-deck version of the Optare Spectra. The Sigma was not a low-floor bus although its floor height of 40cm...
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Kia Spectra, a car developed by Kia Motors from 2000 to the present. Motorola Spectra and Astro Spectra, models of two-way radio. Optare Spectra, a bus...
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available with Optare Spectra bodywork with 260 built, mainly for operators in the United Kingdom. 25 DAF DB250s with Optare Spectra bodywork were delivered...
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Optare (body), who jointly reworked it into the Optare Spectra. The Metroliner design was acquired by Optare though not pursued. The Metrocab was bought by...
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Lancs Myllennium/East Lancs Esteem) (2003) VDL DB250 (Alexander ALX400/Optare Spectra/Plaxton President/Wright Pulsar Gemini body) VDL DB300 (Wright Gemini...
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The Optare Olympus (introduced in 2006 as the East Lancs Olympus) is a double-decker bus built by Optare, East Lancs and Darwen. It could be built as a...
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DB250 based Optare Spectra, which was launched in 1991 and ceased production in late 2006. Scania Metropolitan MCW Metroliner Optare Spectra List of buses...
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increasingly, 'modern' types, such as the Leyland National, and the Optare Spectra are being preserved. With the fleet replacement of the major groups...
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entering the mass market, even though they were introduced after the Optare Spectra. London Buses was one of the earliest major users of low-floor buses...
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The Optare Esteem was a low-floor single-decker bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders, Darwen East Lancs and Optare between 2006 and 2009...
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Optare (UK), and DAB (Denmark). The collaboration between DAF and Optare led to the introduction of the DAF DB250 double-decker with Optare Spectra bodywork...
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previously used Alexander Dennis Enviro400s, Scania OmniCitys and Optare Spectras.[citation needed] The Stonehenge Tour was rebranded in 2008, linking...
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branded as Unilinx and operated by a mixed fleet of double-deck buses (Optare Spectras and brand-new Volvo B7TL ELC Myllennium Vyking convertibles) painted...
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branding applied. Preserved Bristol Lodekka Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250LF in Southampton in August 2008 Optare Solo in Christchurch in May 2009 Northern...
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Abus operated the first low floor double deck bus in the world, an Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250. In 1999, it began operating co-ordinated services...
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East Lancs OmniDekka (redirect from Optare OmniDekka)
The East Lancs OmniDekka (later sold as the Darwen OmniDekka and Optare OmniDekka) is a double-decker bus built for sale in the UK market, introduced by...
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The Optare Visionaire (introduced in 2006 as the East Lancs Visionaire, and branded the Darwen Visionaire between 2007 and 2008) is an open top double-decker...
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Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250 at Showbus 2004...
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launched in 1993. Visually similar in design to its competitor, the Optare Spectra, the Palatine II had a revised front fascia which also featured a curved...
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delivery of one of two Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250LFs in October 1997. However, Abus of Bristol, who had also bought a low-floor Spectra, managed to bring...
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journey in the United Kingdom was operated a few hours prior by Abus. The Optare Spectra buses bought specifically for the route were replaced by Alexander ALX400...
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220s. The Kinetec+ is a double-decker bus seemingly influenced by the Optare Spectra body, with an improved MAN ND283F (A48) chassis. The first prototype...
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to one man operation with the AEC Routemasters being replaced by 24 Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250s until 1999, when upon being tendered, the contract...
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Since September 2016, Lynx has also operated double-deckers including Optare Spectra and Wright Pulsar Gemini bodied DAF DB250LFs and Leyland Olympians....
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Stevensons of Uttoxeter Stevensons Optare Spectra at Lichfield bus station Founded 1926 Ceased operation 1997 Headquarters Staffordshire Service area The...
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Alder Valley Travel Optare Spectra in Cobham in 2008...
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with most of its fire-fighting equipment. Only the ladder is missing. Optare Spectra bodied DAF DB250 bus - built 2000 for Ipswich Buses - X153 LBJ, donated...
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Capital was able to operate the route with 16 DAF DB250s, six with Optare Spectra bodywork and 10 with Plaxton President bodywork. Some buses ran with...
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