Optare Delta

Optare Delta
An Optare Delta owned by Southern Transit
Specifications
Floor type	Step entrance
Doors	1 or 2 door
Chassis	DAF SB220 (types SB220LC550, DE02LTSB220, DE02GSSB220)
Engine(s)	DAF 1160
Transmission	ZF Automatic
Options	Various customer options

The Optare Delta is a single-decker bus body produced for the DAF SB220 chassis. They were built in a factory in Leeds. They are known for their distinctive sloping front window.^[1]

Production

The Delta was launched in 1988. The first example to be sold to an operator came in February 1989, when independent Northern Bus bought a single vehicle which it later sold to Manchester-based Walls.^[2] Other early customers included Crosville Cymru, which took two three months later^[3], and Ogden's Travel, which also acquired two at the same time.^[4] Reading Buses bought ten Deltas in 1990^[5], while Northumbria Motor Services and Teesside Motor Services also bought large numbers.^[6] Potteries Motor Traction was another customer, with its first example arriving in August 1990.^[1] Blackpool Transport operated 31 vehicles from 1990-2010.

Production of the Delta ceased in 1999. 324 were built in total.^{[citation needed]}

Optare Delta in culture

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

Buses portal

1. ^ ^{a b} Optare Delta restored by Paul Pearson of Potteries Ominbus Preservation Society | PMT | thisisstaffordshire.co.uk
2. ^ Brown, Stewart J (September 1993). Buses in Britain. Capital Transport. p. 101. ISBN 1854141589. 
3. ^ Brown p.220
4. ^ Brown p.50
5. ^ Brown p.172
6. ^ Brown p.78
7. ^ IGCD.net: Optare Delta in video games

External links

• Bus Lists on the Web - DAF SB220