Optare Sigma
| Optare Sigma | |
|---|---|
 Atbus Dennis Lance with Optare Sigma bodywork in 2009 | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Optare |
| Production | 1994 - 1996 |
| Assembly | Cross Gates, Leeds, England |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1-2 |
| Floor type | Step entrance |
| Chassis | Dennis Lance |
| Related | Optare Vecta Optare Spectra |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Cummins C6T |
| Capacity | 47-51 seated, 24 standing |
| Transmission | ZF Ecomat 4HP500 ZF Ecomat 5HP500[1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 11.8 metres (39 ft) |
| Width | 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 3.2 metres (10 ft) |
| Curb weight | 16,800 kilograms (37,000 lb) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Optare Excel Optare Prisma |
The Optare Sigma was a single decker body of a bus. It had a step-entrance. It was made from 1994 to 1996 by Optare.
The Sigma body was built on the Dennis Lance chassis.[2][3][4]
Operators
In 1994, Busways Travel Services ordered one Sigma for use on a Newcastle upon Tyne to Gateshead MetroCentre shuttle service.[source?]
In 1994, Ipswich Buses ordered one Sigma.[5]
in 1994, Gateshead & District ordered fourteen Sigmas for use on services in Bishop Auckland.[6]
In 1995, Trent Buses ordered seventeen Sigmas.[7][page needed][8]
In 1996, Brighton & Hove ordered twenty Sigmas.[9]
References
- ↑ Cole, Martin (15 April 1994). "Vehicle launch: Optare Sigma Dennis Lance". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 251. Spalding. p. 40. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ↑ MacLennan, Calum (15 September 2022). Nottingham Buses in the 1990s. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0917-9. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ↑ Devoy, David (15 June 2019). Strathtay Scottish Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9128-2. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (15 September 2023). 120 Years of Dennis Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-6655-6. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
- ↑ "First Lances". Coach & Bus Week. No. 109. Peterborough: Emap. 26 March 1994. p. 11. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ↑ Jarosz, Andrew (20 August 1994). "GAG and OK signal Auckland war end". Coach & Bus Week. No. 130. Peterborough: Emap. p. 4. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
- ↑ Jenkison, Keith (2020). The History of Optare. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. ISBN 978-1445696942.
- ↑ "Daughters of Delta". Buses. No. 690. Stamford: Key Publishing. September 2012. p. 38-40.
- ↑ Jones, Stewart (3 May 1996). "Excel - Optare's low floor takes to the road". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 356. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. pp. 9–13.
Among recent deliveries have been seven Deltas to Reading Buses, eight Vectas to Westlink, Prismas to Grampian and Rhondda, and Sigmas to Trent and the Brighton & Hove subsidiary of the Go Ahead group which is in the process of taking a batch of 20.
Other websites
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