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    The Optare Versa is a low-floor midibus that was manufactured by Optare at its Sherburn-in-Elmet factory. In total 883 were produced between 2007 and...
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    is based on the Optare Versa which was introduced in 2009. In the UK market, longer variants of the Metrocity have replaced the Optare Tempo SR. As at...
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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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    The Optare Tempo is an integral low-floor, heavy duty, full-size rigid single-deck bus manufactured by Optare and was launched in late 2004. It is marketed...
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    bodied Volvo B7RLE 743 in Nottingham "H1" branded Optare Versa 828 in Heanor "Mango" branded Optare Solo SR 503 in Mansfield "Red Arrow" branded Plaxton...
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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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    Optare increasing its overall stake to 98.31%.In 2018, the stake was further raised to 99.08%. In November 2020, Ashok Leyland announced that Optare would...
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    Switch Mobility since their rebranding from Optare, and replaces the discontinued Optare Tempo SR and Optare Versa in their product range. The E1 was unveiled...
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  • Italy Maruti Versa, a small van Nissan Versa, a subcompact car Optare Versa, a British-built midibus Fitbit Versa Versa (band) or VersaEmerge, an experimental...
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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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    The Optare Visionaire (introduced in 2006 as the East Lancs Visionaire, and branded the Darwen Visionaire between 2007 and 2008) is an open top double-decker...
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    the routes were rebranded by Yorkshire Tiger as Flying Tiger and new Optare Versa buses were introduced. On 3 July 2017, new Alexander Dennis Enviro200...
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    fleet consists of around 40 buses which includes Enviro200 MMCs, Optare Versas and Optare Solos.[citation needed] As a result of the frequency increase to...
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  • Optare Solo SR (2012) Optare Tempo (both diesel and hybrid-electric) (2009) Optare Versa (both diesel and hybrid-electric) (2010) Optare MetroDecker EV (2019)...
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    Services are currently operated by fully-electric Optare Metrodecker double-deck and Optare Versa single-deck vehicles. Previously, the network has been...
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    audio-visual next stop announcements. The service was previously operated by Optare Versa single-deck vehicles, which were introduced in October 2017. The Brontë...
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    The Optare Esteem was a low-floor single-decker bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders, Darwen East Lancs and Optare between 2006 and 2009...
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  • TC/3000 RE "BWS YSGOL" (Welsh School Bus); RHD Blue Bird All American Optare Versa Hybrid of Maytree Travel BMC220 of MyBus Plaxton Beaver on Mercedes-Benz...
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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 stops...
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    Otley & Shipley). As of April 2022, services are operated by a fleet of Optare Versa single-deck vehicles, branded in a yellow and purple livery. The vehicles...
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    200 BYD C9 BYD K9 Foxtron Model T Higer Steed EV Optare Metrocity EV Optare Metrodecker EV Optare Versa EV Oreos 2X (PVI) Oreos 4X (PVI) eBuzz K7 VinBus...
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    B10M Volvo B12BLE Volvo B5LH Volvo BZL Optare Prisma Optare Solo Optare Solo SR Optare Solo Plus Optare Versa Yutong ZK6126HG Yutong E10/E12 Zhongtong...
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    company commenced. Starting with the introduction of a new fleet of Optare Versa single-deck vehicles for Mainline, one of the vehicles was branded in...
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    2013. In 2012, the company introduced eight brand-new single-decker Optare Versa vehicles to serve local routes within Harrogate. These buses operated...
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    company upgraded its fleet with the purchase of four new Optare Solos and four Optare Versas, as well as two Caetano Nimbuses that previously operated...
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    required additional vehicles, with a total of twelve high-specification Optare Versa single-deck vehicles delivered in September 2013 – the company's largest...
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    Gemini bodied Volvo B7TL and B9TL Wright Eclipse Urban bodied Volvo B7RLE Optare Versa A preserved Eastern Coach Works bodied Leyland Olympian, at Showbus 2016...
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  • and X40. It operated under the QuayLink name, with diesel single-deck Optare Versa vehicles branded in a two-tone yellow and green livery. Initially operating...
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    centre. These services were free for passengers, and were operated using Optare Versas based from Queens Road garage. The Metroshuttle service and buses transferred...
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    their standard fleet allocation with PrestonBus livery. In 2011, hybrid Optare Versa buses were introduced on the Walton-le-Dale service, but these were transferred...
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