Optare Delta

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]

Optare Delta
Southern Transit Delta at Wisley Airfield in 2009
Overview
ManufacturerOptare
Production1988 - 1999
AssemblyCross Gates
Body and chassis
Doors1-3
Floor typeStep entrance
ChassisDAF SB220
Dimensions
Length11.95 metres
Width2.50 metres
Height3.00 metres

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]

An Optare Delta in all-over red livery is featured as a driveable vehicle in the PlayStation 2 game The Getaway, and its sequel The Getaway: Black Monday.[7]

References
  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
  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.
  7. IGCD.net: Optare Delta in video games

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