Optare Metrodecker unveiled

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RE: Optare Metrodecker unveiled

(25/05/2014 17:53)126th street Wrote:  The headline from an operator's perspective is that they've somehow got the unladen weight below 10t, which is significantly below what Wright and ADL are offering. That's big ticket and combined with a Merc engine will give a definite advantage in terms of fuel consumption.

I still have no idea who is going to buy it in big numbers, though.

I am hoping that London United might, as they have often had Optare single-deckers. Also if wellglade ever need new double-deckers (such as to replace 20-year old Olympians with TM Travel in Sheffield?) maybe they will for the same reason.

Also some Municipals like Rossendale and Reading may experiment with them.