Optare Delta

Optare Delta
Optare Delta
	Barton Buses Optare Delta at Showbus 1991 at Woburn Abbey
Overview
Manufacturer	Optare
Production	1988 - 1999
Assembly	Cross Gates
Body and chassis
Doors	1-3
Floor type	Step entrance
Chassis	DAF SB220
Powertrain
Engine	DAF LC1160
Dimensions
Length	11.95 metres
Width	2.50 metres
Height	3.00 metres

The Optare Delta was a single-decker bus body manufactured by Optare on the DAF SB220 chassis. They were built in a factory in Leeds, England. They are known for their distinctive sloping front window. A common feature about the bus that it has a distinctive one-piece windscreen with a sloped windowline and a separately mounted destination display.^[1]

History

Announced in early 1988, the first Delta was launched at the British International Motor Show at the National Exhibition Centre in October 1988.^[2]^[3]^[4] The first was delivered in February 1989.^[5] A total of 324 were produced with British Airways purchasing 49, Trent Barton 43, London Regional Transport 35, Reading Buses 20 and Northern General 19.^[3] Production of the Delta ceased in 1999.^[6]

References

^ Optare Delta restored by Paul Pearson of Potteries Ominbus Preservation Society The Sentinel
^ Single deck Optare on the way Commercial Motor 18 February 1988
^ ^a ^b A Potteries Commection Bus & Coach Preservation January 2021 pages 33-37
^ Daughters of Delta Buses issue 690 September 2012 pages 38/39
^ Brown, Stewart J (September 1993). Buses in Britain. Capital Transport. p. 101. ISBN 1-85414-158-9.
^ Jenkison, Keith (2020). The History of Optare. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445696942.

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[PMT-1] Optare Delta restored by Paul Pearson of Potteries Ominbus Preservation Society The Sentinel

[2] Single deck Optare on the way Commercial Motor 18 February 1988

[BCP-3] A Potteries Commection Bus & Coach Preservation January 2021 pages 33-37

[4] Daughters of Delta Buses issue 690 September 2012 pages 38/39

[5] Brown, Stewart J (September 1993). Buses in Britain. Capital Transport. p. 101. ISBN 1-85414-158-9.

[6] Jenkison, Keith (2020). The History of Optare. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445696942.

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