Optare Solo

Photographs are sorted into the following sub-entries:
Accrington Transport Solo M850s (1 page)
Arriva Solos (1 page)
Blackpool Transport Services Ltd Solo M950s (1 page)
Blenkinsop Solo M880s (1 page)
First Group Solos (1 page)
Go Gatestead Solo M880s (1 page)
LMS Travel Solo M710s (1 page)
Houston of Lockerbie Solo M880s (1 page)
Ipswich Buses Limited Solo M920s (1 page)
Meteor Parking Limited Solos (1 page)
Norfolk County Services Solo M780SLs (1 page)
Nottingham City Transport Ltd Solo M920s (1 page)
Regal Busways Solo M710s (1 page)
Rossendale Transport Ltd Solos (1 page)
Sheffield Community Solo M780SLs (1 page)
Solo M850SL demonstrated in Duxford Bus Rally 2004 (1 page)
South Lancs Travel Solo M950SLs (1 page)
Stagecoach Solos (1 page)
Teamdeck Limited Solo M920SLs (1 page)
Tellings Golden Miller Solo M850s (1 page)
TM Travel Solo M920s (1 page)
Warwickshire County Council Solo M850s (1 page)
Wilts & Dorset Solo M850s (1 page)

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Solo was the most successful integral bus built by Optare. It was a low floor midibus started production in 1997. The innovative design was awarded "Millennium Product" and "The Queen's Award for Enterprise 2000".

Solo Slimline

A narrow-bodied Solo called the "Slimline" was launched in 2004. It was 2.33m wide and had smaller wheelarch extensions mounted to the rear. An SL-suffix was added to the chassis code to distinguish from the standard 2.5m wide Solos.

Solo SE

Solo SR

In October 2007 the Solo SR was introduced. Its front outlook resembled the Versa.

Photographs

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Page created: 2 August 2009