Optare MetroRider

Optare MetroRider in GHA Coaches depot.
Electric Optare MetroRider in Oxford
Optare MetroRider rear

The Optare MetroRider is a midibus that was made from 1989 to 2000 by Optare. It had a step-entrance.

One thousand one hundred fifty-nine MetroRiders were made.

Electric version

An electric version of the MetroRider was made in 1993.

Natural gas version

A natural gas version was made in 1995.

References

  1. ↑ Companion to Road Passenger Transport History. Walsall: Roads & Road Transport History Association. 2013. p. 360. ISBN 9780955287633.
  2. ↑ Jenkison, Keith (2020). The History of Optare. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445696942.
  3. ↑ "The Islay Wave Bus - the world's first! | Greenpeace UK". Greenpeace. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Gas Engineering and Management. Institution of Gas Engineers. 1996.

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