New Optare Solos arrive at Shuttle Buses
Kilwinning-based Shuttle Buses has received four Optare Solos.
The diesel buses were ‘piggybacked’ onto the end of Stagecoach’s order for 70 Solos in October 2023.
Shuttle Buses has been operating Solos since 2003 and currently has 25 of them in the fleet. It is understood that Switch Mobility, has finished production of the model. The manufacturer is consulting over the closure of its bus production plant in Sherburn-in-Elmet, near Leeds.
Despite Optare rebranding to Switch Mobility in 2020, Shuttle Buses’ new Solos bear Optare badges.