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Hurricane Way South, Sherburn in Elmet
Leeds LS25 6PT
+44 (0)8434 873 200
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Major Optare Solo order for Dubai

April 25, 2018 Rebecca Green
Signatories- Swaidan Al Naboodah, Acting Chairman, Al Naboodah Group and Mr Ahmad Bahrozyan, CEO Public Transport, RTA Dubai. Standing left to right-Robert Drewery, Buti Al Naboodah Deputy CEO Commercial and H E Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman, RTA

Signatories- Swaidan Al Naboodah, Acting Chairman, Al Naboodah Group and Mr Ahmad Bahrozyan, CEO Public Transport, RTA Dubai. Standing left to right-Robert Drewery, Buti Al Naboodah Deputy CEO Commercial and H E Mattar Al Tayer, Chairman, RTA

Optare, one of the UK’s leading bus manufacturers and subsidiary of Indian-based Ashok Leyland are to supply 94 Solo buses to Dubai to the Roads and Transport Authority in a deal valued at circa £18m. 

Optare will supply 8.5m Solos featuring Cummins Euro 5 engines, air conditioning, with a high specification including onboard wifi and smart phone USB charging sockets.  The buses will seat up to 24 passengers with additional standing capacity and enter service in quarter one of 2019.

Mattar Al Tayer, Director General and Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Dubai Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) said, “The procurement of the new buses is part of a master plan set out to upgrade mass transit systems in Dubai and keep them aligned with the highest global practices. The plan also calls for providing best-in-class services to mass transit users and keeping abreast of the sustained growth of ridership of these modes. It conforms to RTA’s endeavour to make public transport the ideal mobility choice of people and push the share of public transport in people mobility to as much as 30 per cent by 2030.  Achieving such objectives requires an offering of high-quality public transport options at affordable rates and with a wide geographical coverage. 

Graham Belgum, Optare President, added, “The procurement of the Optare Solo is a new initiative marking the debut of this type of feeder style bus with Dubai Road Transport.”
 

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Working with us

As part of a global group, we are one of the UK’s leading bus manufacturing companies employing around 350 people across our business. Our parent, Ashok Leyland, part of the Hinduja Group, is ranked within the top four global bus manufacturers.

We believe that a highly skilled and appropriately trained workforce is a key ingredient to our continued success and we are always looking for people who have the necessary skills, knowledge and experience coupled with drive, ambition and commitment to take our business forward in our effort to maintain our reputation as the most innovative bus manufacturer in the UK.

In return we have attractive remuneration and benefits packages appropriate to each opportunity within the Company. We also offer a comprehensive apprenticeship programme to help us develop the technical experts of the future. This gives young people the chance to pursue a number of different skills in a selection of trades such as coach-builders, auto electricians, welders, mechanics and paint-sprayers.

Our main manufacturing site is in Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, Yorkshire, and we have also established several service centres and product support locations across the country. 

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Optare Group Limited
Registered Office: Hurricane Way South, Sherburn in Elmet, Leeds, LS25 6PT
t: +44 (0) 1977 687 200
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Registered in England No. 1818255
An Ashok Leyland Company

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