Optare have confirmed their first ever order for their Metrodecker Euro 6 double decker bus.  The order from Reading Buses for five vehicles to operate on the Green Line 702 route between London and Windsor is due for delivery in June 2019 ahead of the London Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) coming into operation.  ULEZ […]

Last Wednesday 18 April Go-coach worked with Sevenoaks District Council to take double winter Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold on a victory parade around local schools and the district.   Lizzy traveled in an open top Routemaster, and this was supported by go-coach’s new gold Optare Metrocity. Lizzy Yarnold who lived and went to school in […]

Optare, one of the UK’s leading bus manufacturers and subsidiary of Indian-based Ashok Leyland are to supply 94 Solo buses to Dubai to the Roads and Transport Authority in a deal valued at circa £18m.  Optare will supply 8.5m Solos featuring Cummins Euro 5 engines, air conditioning, with a high specification including onboard wifi and […]

Optare, one of the UK’s leading bus manufacturers and subsidiary of Indian-based Ashok Leyland, has marked the delivery of the first batch of 114 Metrocity buses to New Zealand at a special ceremony today at the British High Commission in the country’s capital, Wellington. Acting British High Commissioner, Helen Smith cut the ribbon on the […]

Contact Optare now for support with your application for Ultra-Low Emission Bus funding for electric buses and infrastructure. Transport Minister Nusrat Ghani announced on 28 March 2018 a new Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme aimed at cutting emissions and ensuring cleaner and greener journeys. Local authorities and operators in England and Wales are invited to bid […]

Kent’s largest independent bus operator, go-coach has just taken delivery of its first new bus, a Metrocity 10.8m direct from Optare. The 37-seat bus is painted gold to mark go-coach hire’s 10th anniversary this year and is being used on route 431 from Sevenoaks to Orpington. This takes the gold bus into the predominantly TfL […]

7.9m and 9.9m Optare Solo demonstrators caught in action with Telfords in New South Wales, Australia on a route launched by the Lord Mayor of Parramatta.