Optare Solo (Brighton & Hove) in Red & Cream (1:76 scale)
- Brighton & Hove run a fleet of around 280 modern buses servicing an intensive network of local bus routes from Steyning & Shoreham through to Newhaven as well as longer distance routes to Eastbourne, Lewes, Ringmer & Tunbridge Wells. Brighton & Hove have been a subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group plc since 1993 & have successfully grown in the market for local bus travel by an average 5% each year – something that is unique in the bus industry. The model depicted here is unique in the Brighton & Hove fleet & is used on local Services 16 & 66 linking Portslade & Hangleton. It was acquired from sister company Metrobus in 2006.