page_title: Optare
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Optare / History
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: Optare is an English bus manufacturer based in Sherburn-in-Elmet, North Yorkshire. It is a subsidiary of Indian company Ashok Leyland.
caption: Travel London Optare Solo M850 in London in July 2008
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