Today it was the turn of Route 470 to get new buses. Route 470 runs between Colliers Wood and Epsom via Morden, St Helier, Sutton Common, Sutton, Cheam and Ewell. It has been using 8.9 metre Optare Solo's since 2002 and they were the first type of Solo for Quality Line. The Route runs through many housing estates and therefore is longer than riding to Morden and catching a 293. Today the new buses entered service, they are nice new Optare Solo SR's coded OPL and are the first of their type in London. The orignal Solo ceased production earlier this year after 15 years and the last in London were the OS's for the 309. I hope you enjoy reading this post.
