Optare hosts MOG
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• The Metrorider Owners Group, which successfully campaigned for compensation from MCW for design faults in the company's rnidibus, is to maintain talks with Optare, the new Metrorider manufacturer.
'The group was formed 15 months ago to claim compensation for design fatigue and axle faults and ensured that Optare continued engineering development and set up a spare parts service.
Most operators have received lump sum compensation towards repairs, and a few are nearing a settlement following the issue of writs against MCW's parent, the Laird group. Recognising the value of an owners' group. Optare has invited its members to continue to offer suggestions and advice and will host meetings at least twice a year at the factory where Metrorider production is under way: