Established coach operator Coachstyle has placed a seven-strong order with Optare, to support its first major bus contract. Cotswold-based Coachstyle has ordered a fleet of seven new Optare Solo SER buses after it won new contracts to provide scheduled bus services in and around Malmesbury. Coachstyle, based in Castle Combe, Chippenham, also bought an additional […]

Western Isles Council has taken delivery of a fleet of five new Optare buses for its cross-Island scheduled routes The council, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, chose the fleet of Optare Solo SR vehicles to ensure the needs of disabled passengers and parents with pushchairs are fully met, thanks to the […]

Four new seat belted Optare buses join the fleet of 30 buses at Lloyds Coaches. The award winning Welsh bus and coach operator, has purchased an 11.1m and 11.7m Versa and two 9m Solo SR models to serve bus routes between Bangor, Aberystwyth, Tywyn and Newtown in mid-Wales. The Solo SR models are each expected […]

Optare’s successful contribution to the UK bus industry has been recognised by an official visit to its factory in Sherburn in Elmet, near Leeds, by His Royal Highness, The Duke of Gloucester KG GCVO. The Royal visit included a tour of the factory where His Royal Highness met staff and saw several buses in production, […]

Optare is experiencing strong demand for its practical, quieter, efficient and environmentally friendly low carbon buses in 2014, and is delighted to announce another large order worth £3.6m for electric buses for Nottingham City Council, which has one of the largest fleets of electric buses for public transport in Europe. Optare has previously supplied 28 […]

As a leader in electric and hybrid bus technology, Optare is delighted to announce that Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) has ordered 16 more buses, including hybrids and its first electric models, which will bring the total to 115 low carbon Optare buses operating in the conurbation. The order, worth £3.5m, was supported by the […]

Optare is delighted to announce that Translink, Northern Ireland’s public transport company has placed an order for buses, worth £4.9 million. The order consists of Versa 11.7m and Solo SR 9.2m single deck buses, all fitted with Allison T270R gearboxes and the latest low emission Mercedes Euro 6 engines. Later this year the vehicles will […]

Optare Group Limited, the wholly owned trading company of Optare plc, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gopal Mahadevan to the Board as a Non-Executive Director with effect from 18 February 2014. Yorkshire based Optare is one of Britain’s leading bus makers and is 75% per cent owned by Ashok Leyland, which is among […]

Optare is delighted to be partnering with Transport for London and The London Transport Museum as an official sponsor of Year of the Bus, recently launched by The Mayor of London. Following last year’s successful celebration of 150 years of the London Underground, the Year of the Bus 2014 will celebrate a heritage of travelling […]