page_title: Optare Solo
section_title: United Kingdom/Northern Ireland
hierarchical_section_title: Optare Solo / Operators / United Kingdom/Northern Ireland
caption_attribution_description: English: Travel London bus 8852 (reg. YP02 LCF), a 2002 Optare Solo M850 midibus. It's branded for and operating London Buses route ELS, which was one of the long term rail replacement serices provided at one time or another during the conversion of the East London Line from an Underground to an Overground line (the routes being ELW Whitechapel - Shadwell, ELS Whitechapel - Shoreditch, ELC New Cross Gate - Canada Water &amp; ELP Canada Water - Rotherhithe).
context_page_description: The Optare Solo is a low-floor minibus/midibus with one or two doors manufactured by Optare in the United Kingdom since 1998. The Solo name is a play on its low-floor status, the manufacturer marketing its vehicle as having an entrance that is "so low" from the floor, namely 200 mm with kneeling suspension. In January 2012 Optare announced the end of production for the original Solo design with a modified Solo SR taking over.
  The original innovative design, featuring a front axle ahead of the entrance door, gained a Millennium product award, along with a Queen's Award for Enterprise. 3,857 original model Solos were built between 1998 and 2012. As of April 2017, almost 1,500 Solo SRs had been built.
context_section_description: The first Optare Solos entered service in 1998 with Wilts & Dorset. Arriva, FirstGroup, Go-Ahead Group, Stagecoach Group, Wellglade Group and Travel West Midlands all having operated large fleets. It has been operated by Transport for London operators Arriva London, Quality Line, Metrobus and Travel London. A fleet of over 30 operated by LibertyBus is in use in Jersey.  Optare Solos are operated in Northern Ireland by Translink Ulsterbus.
caption: Travel London Solo M850 in July 2008
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