New Adventure Travel (N.A.T. Group) has placed an order for a further ten Optare MetroCity buses following excellent in service fuel economy results.   N.A.T. Group is one of South Wales’ leading transport providers with over 75 buses and coaches in their fleet. 

A further ten, 10.8m single door MetroCity buses, with seating for up to 40 have been ordered as fleet upgrades and to serve new routes.

Kevyn Jones (pictured), Managing Director, N.A.T. Group, said, “After several months of operating ten Optare MetroCity buses on city centre routes across Cardiff we are extremely impressed with their performance and fuel economy.  We have also received great customer care and rapid service support from Optare.  The styling of the vehicle is also helping us stand out from other operators in the area so this combined with the excellent fuel results and support we have received meant that ordering a further ten Optare MetroCity vehicles was an easy decision for us.”

Tim Matthews, Head of Sales at Optare, said,

“We are delighted that N.A.T group have placed a repeat order for a further 10 MetroCity buses and that they have achieved such excellent fuel economy figures in service.  This demonstrates how this vehicle can help operators keep costs down and also provide that bit of extra kerb appeal to passengers. I am also pleased to see that the continual improvements we are making to our product support services are making a real difference to our customers.