Manchester Airport Buses

[Mayneway]

RE: Manchester Airport Buses

(27/12/2020 05:15)Solo40336 Wrote:  Now that surprises me, having spoken to a lot of Ex-Optare engineers they all say how much better the airport buses were maintained compared to there TfGM counterparts. Still if a bus isn't worth much more than scrap or parts then cant really be helped.

Makes me wonder what they are actually worth scrap value, mustn't be cheap disposing of the batteries and is there much of a demand for the electrical parts with many operators moving away from Optare hybrids.

Don’t think there’s an Optare hybrid anywhere that’s not had problems. Sure an Optare engineer at Trafford told me some of the airport hybrids were converted to non hybrid a while back due to ongoing issues with the hybrid systems.