A standard Optare Solo from Arriva Midlands, 2929 (YJ09OUA) at SHOWBUS 2009.
Still going strong in the original Arriva livery in Leicester Bus Station in June 2016 was Solo 2525 (YJ09MJK) delivered as 2925 in the same batch as 2929 above.
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Seen in Derby Bus Station in late May 2013 is Arriva Midlands 2536 (YJ11OHG) a small 27 seat Optare Solo running dead back to the depot.
Prior to the arrival of 2536, Arriva Midlands had also received some of the early model SR variants of the Solo for Derby services. On the same Sunday in May 2013, 2519 (YJ09MLZ) is seen leaning out of the Bus Station on the 41 to Harvey Road.
Keeling over even more so is earlier Solo SR 2506 (YJ58CCD) on the 365 to Oaklands Avenue.