The Optare StarRider was a minibus and minicoach body manufactured by Optare between 1987 and 1994. It was fitted to the Mercedes-Benz 811D chassis, with its body made from a steel frame with aluminium alloy and GPR exterior panels.
It was launched in August 1987.[1] A total of 240 were built, with Badgerline, London Regional Transport and Yorkshire Traction major customers. It was succeeded by the Optare MetroRider in 1994.[2]
^StarRider's touchdown Commercial Motor 6 August 1987
^Jenkison, Keith (2020). The History of Optare. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445696942.
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Weston-super-Mare, in May 1987. The following year saw the introduction of 24 OptareStarRider midibuses. These were followed by 10 Leyland Olympians for Bath. On...
commenced operations on 12 November 2007 following the launch of a fleet of 11 Optare Solo midibuses by Stagecoach Group chief executive Brian Souter. The route...
products. The company's fleet was updated in the 1990s with new Volvo and Optare vehicles. Following Tillingbourne's closure, its fleet was disposed of,...
1999, Capital was able to operate the route with 16 DAF DB250s, six with Optare Spectra bodywork and 10 with Plaxton President bodywork. Some buses ran...
immediately followed: the Land Rover XCB V-20, aimed primarily at younger riders (children); and the Land Rover XCB D-26, also available as the M26 with...
with a variety of bodywork), to Mercedes-Benz minibuses and Optare Solos. Double-deck Optare Spectras, and Wright Solar bodied Scania L94UBs were also operated...
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route between Bridgwater and Taunton was launched in February 2008 with two Optare Versas. The route proved so successful that a third vehicle was acquired...
Veolia Transport Cymru Optare Solo in Monmouth in December 2011 Parent Veolia Transport Founded 1925 as Bebb Travel Plc Headquarters Parc Nantgarw Service...
died in February 2008. Annually on Christmas Day, a preserved Black Prince Optare Prisma is operated on the route of the former X51 from Tingley Mills in...
fleet of Coasthopper Optare Solo's with Alexander Dennis Enviro200s. In addition, and later on, they purchased brand new Optare Solos. These new buses...
Mercedes-Benz 811Ds, four Alexander Dennis Enviro200 Darts, six Optare Solos, an Optare Versa and two Volvo B6BLEs. Double deck vehicles in the fleet were...
purchase of 10 Dennis Darts the fleet had a big mix of Iveco, Mercedes, Optare and Dennis vehicles. The licence allowed for over 30 vehicles to be run...
Ashton-under-Lyne, Glossop, Hyde, Stalybridge, Oldham Fleet 25 vehicles including Optare Solo Optare Excel Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 Dennis Dart Plaxton Beaver 2 Marshall...
stainless steel and not aluminium. A chrome bumper with 5 mph (8.0 km/h) over-riders at the bottom with two steps to allow access to the windscreen. Pantograph...
again running just ahead of an existing Network Warrington service. Two new Optare Metrocity buses were acquired to operate the Warrington services. The bus...
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