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    The Switch Solo (formerly sold as the Optare Solo) is a low-floor minibus/midibus with one or two doors manufactured by Switch Mobility in the United Kingdom...
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    Switch Mobility (Optare until 2020) is a British bus manufacturer based in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Indian company Ashok...
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  • Solo, a British paramotor design Fresh Breeze Solo, a German paramotor design ElectraMeccanica Solo, a three-wheeled battery-electric microcar Optare...
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    B10B Volvo B10BLE Volvo B10M Volvo B12BLE Optare Prisma Optare Solo Optare Solo SR Optare Solo Plus Optare Versa Buses portal Wikimedia Commons has media...
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  • (1987) Optare Excel (1996) Optare MetroCity/Switch Metrocity (both diesel and electric) (2014) Optare MetroRider (1989) Optare Solo (1998) Optare Solo SR...
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    the Optare Solo SR in London, while the longer models were to replace the Optare Versa and Optare Tempo SR in the London market. Although the Solo SR and...
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    The Optare MetroRider is a midibus that was manufactured by Optare between 1989 and 2000. Optare based the original design on the MCW Metrorider after...
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    buses on this network; six 'Inverness ElectriCity'-branded electric Optare Solo SRs entered service in June 2015, later followed by 25 Yutong E10s which...
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    2018. Optare designed the Versa to fill a gap in its bus product range between the larger Tempo full-size single-decker bus and the smaller Solo minibus...
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  • 30-LFN which was a left-hand-drive derivative of the recently developed Optare "Solo" being sold in the UK. Sale of these small low-floor buses commenced...
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    Space Runner RM Nissan Diesel RB80 (chassis) Optare Excel Optare MetroRider Optare Solo Optare Solo SR Optare Versa Otokar Navigo/Sultan PAZ-3237 PAZ-4230...
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    routes, notably becoming a requirement for London Buses contracts. The Optare Solo introduced in 1997 marked another step change with inroads into smaller...
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  • 2010 as a WF (wheel-forward) configuration to compete with the popular Optare Solo then in a DF (door-forward) configuration in 2011 to compete with other...
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    An Optare Solo M950 running the 2C route between Knott-End-on-Sea and Blackpool town centre in 2013...
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    In November 2010, 20 electric hybrids Optare Versas replaced the Solos. In July 2014, three electric Optare Versas were introduced. Metroshuttle bus...
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    Optare Solo in Claycross in September 2007...
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    In 2012, the first MyCiTi began using its first custom-built 9-metre Optare Solo bus as part of its fleet. The bus was part of an order of 190 units,...
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    the 2nd largest fleet in Europe. Stagecoach North Scotland operates 5 Optare solo EV Strathclyde Partnership for Transport runs battery-powered electric...
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    The Optare Excel is a low-floor full-size single-decker bus manufactured by Optare. Manufactured as an integral bus, the Excel was launched in 1995 as...
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    already retired) GMI Gemini (diesel-electric) Golden Dragon XML6701J18 Optare Solo SR Fiat Ducato Mellor Orion MAN TGE 5.180 Some Green Minibus Unions have...
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    'Luminator' LED displays or Hanover high-density LED displays after a fleet of Optare Solo SRs were put into service on the Hampstead Garden Suburb routes with...
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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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    provided by Thomas of Rhondda. The service was operated using a dedicated Optare Solo. The route ceased in 2012 due to low ridership. The 903 was previously...
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    Ninesrpings Way and Stevenage. The buses used were Optare Solo SR (which replaced the older Optare Solos). This was all part of an upgrade plan to have wifi...
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    ahead of the door, similarly to the StreetLite WF's main competitor, the Optare Solo SR. The first example entered service with Anglian Bus in October 2010...
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    Stagecoach updated their fleet when they introduced newer model Gold Optare Solo buses for routes 1, 2, 5b/c, 6, 7 and 24. The X24 route to Newport Friars...
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    Isles. The company serves the Broadbay area of Lewis with 7 buses: 6 Optare Solos and 1 ADL Enviro 200. The archipelago is exposed to wind and tide, and...
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    launched to compete with newly emerging shorter midibuses such as the Optare Solo. The Dart MPD typically seated 23 to 29 passengers, and was available...
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    runs daily that serves the town's suburbs, formerly operated by the Optare Solo buses. The nearest railway station is Portadown on Northern Ireland Railways...
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    consists of around 40 buses which includes Enviro200 MMCs, Optare Versas and Optare Solos.[citation needed] As a result of the frequency increase to Skylink...
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