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Optare Delta
Barton Buses Optare Delta at Showbus 1991 at Woburn Abbey
Overview
ManufacturerOptare
Production1988 - 1999
AssemblyCross Gates, Leeds, England
Body and chassis
Doors1 - 3
Floor typeStep entrance
ChassisDAF SB220
RelatedOptare Sigma
Powertrain
EngineDAF LC1160
Capacity47-53 seated, 24 standing
TransmissionZF Ecomat 4HP500 4-speed automatic
ZF Ecomat 5HP500 5-speed automatic
Dimensions
Length11.95 metres (39.2 ft)
Width2.50 metres (8 ft 2 in)
Height3.00 metres (9.84 ft)
Chronology
SuccessorOptare Excel

The Optare Delta was a single-deck body of a bus, It had a step-entrance. It was made from 1990 to 1999 by Optare.

The Delta body was built on the DAF SB220 chassis.[1][2][3]

In 1999, the Delta was replaced with the Optare Excel.[4][5][page needed]

Operators

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Optare Delta at the MetroCentre in Gateshead in May 2009]] From 1991 to 1993, Trentbarton ordered fifty-one Optare Deltas,[6] ten went to Trent Buses, for use on the operator's Rainbow Routes network.[7][8]

From 1990 to 1993, British Airways ordered forty-nine Deltas for airside passenger transfer services at Heathrow Airport. These had three doors, the doors were on the left at the front and middle of the bus, the other door was on the right side in the middle, Six of these buses were also used on a shuttle service between Terminal 1 and Terminal 4.[9]

From 1990 to 1992, London Regional Transport's London Buses business units ordered thirty-five Deltas.

Preserved Blackpool Transport Optare Delta on the Blackpool Promenade in July 2021
Preserved Northumbria Motor Services

In 1989, Go-Ahead Northern ordered fourteen Deltas,[10] In 1990 they ordered another five.[11]

From 1989 to 1990, Northumbria Motor Services ordered seventeen Deltas,[12][13] Elsewhere in the North East of England United Automobile Services,[14] OK Motor Services and Teesside Motor Traction[15] ordered Deltas.

In 1990, PMT of Stoke-on-Trent ordered nine,[16][17]

In 1990, Blackpool Transport ordered eight Deltas,[18] from 1991 to 1993 PMT ordered twenty more Deltas.[source?]

In 1991, Ipswich Buses ordered one Delta,[19] In 1994 they ordered four more.[20]

In 1991, Fylde Borough Transport, ordered three Deltas.[21]

From 1995 to 1996, Reading Buses ordered ten Deltas in 1989.[22]

References

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  1. ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (15 August 2020). The History of Optare. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9695-9. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Johnson, Steve (15 October 2023). Northumbria Motor Services. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1024-3. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  3. ↑ Tucker, Peter (15 April 2023). Urban Buses in Northern England: A Second View. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1348-0. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "Daughters of Delta". Buses. No. 690. Stamford: Key Publishing. September 2012. pp. 38–39.
  5. ↑ Jenkison, Keith (2020). The History of Optare. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445696942.
  6. ↑ Jarosz, Andrew (12 September 1992). "Trent back in Volvo fold". Coach & Bus Week. No. 55. Peterborough: Emap. p. 6. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  7. ↑ "Trent's success sticks". Coach & Bus Week. No. 5. Peterborough: Emap. 21 March 1992. p. 12.
  8. ↑ "20 Deltas modernise Wellglade's fleet". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 129. Spalding. 1 November 1991. p. 16.
  9. ↑ "Door-sealed Deltas". Coach & Bus Week. No. 25. Peterborough: Emap. 8 August 1992. p. 15.
  10. ↑ "Go-Ahead goes for Daf Deltas". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 17 August 1989. p. 20. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  11. ↑ "GAN shuttle upgraded". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 10 May 1990. p. 29. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  12. ↑ "Disabled buses receive approval". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 15 March 1990. p. 23. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  13. ↑ "More Deltas for NMS". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 21 June 1990. p. 20. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  14. ↑ "Tiger trials at United Auto". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 19 July 1990. p. 16. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  15. ↑ "Seven Deltas for OK Travel". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 157. Spalding. 29 May 1992. p. 10.
  16. ↑ "PMT replaces its double-decker fleet". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 9 August 1990. p. 17. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  17. ↑ "Paul's return trip to where bus was built". The Sentinel. Hanley. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 24 September 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  18. ↑ "Single-decks to Blackpool". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 26 April 1990. p. 21. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  19. ↑ "Ipswich Buses gets first Delta". Coachmart. No. 651. Peterborough: Response Publishing. 8 August 1991. p. 13.
  20. ↑ "Grants for upgrade". Coach & Bus Week. No. 61. Peterborough: Emap. 17 April 1993. p. 7. Retrieved 24 July 2024. Three Dennis Lance with East Lancs bodywork and two, possibly three, Optare Deltas, are due for January delivery.
  21. ↑ "Fylde chooses full-size deckers". Coachmart. No. 641. Peterborough: Response Publishing. 30 May 1991. p. 11.
  22. ↑ Jarosz, Andrew (8 June 1996). "Deltas 'transform rural services'". Coach & Bus Week. No. 221. Peterborough: Emap. p. 8. Retrieved 16 August 2024.

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