I have been attending these shows for some years now and I am always impressed with the effort that manufacturers put into their products.
I will not attempt to cover the show in any great detail. That has and will be done by the professional magazines. Instead, I will focus on the bits that appealed to me.
It is a long time since Optare had a double decker in its range. There was the period when the Olympus was produced as an Optare but for a genuine Optare product you have to go back to the Spectra. There was a brief flirtation with the Rapta that appeared at the NEC a few years ago but that never made it past the prototype stage.
There were two of Optare’s MetroDecker at the NEC this year, The blue one that has appeared in all the magazines that was in the outside display area and an Orange one that made it inside.
Optare have set out to produce a bus that ticks all the boxes and still weighs under 10 tons.
According to all the reports, they have achieved it and all that is left to do is for someone to buy it and prove that it is as good as it looks.
Introduced 2 years ago, the MetroDecker’s stablemate, the single deck MetroCity was on display. Produced specifically for use in London, the first models are currently just entering service.
Also sharing the same Orange paintwork as the rest of Optare's indoor exhibits was one of the latest Solo SR’s.
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