Subject: Rhondda Buses 551 (N551 MTG) and Shamrock N463 OTX Chassis: Mercedes-Benz O405 (N551 MTG) and Dennis Dart 9.8SDL3054 (N463 OTX) Body: Optare Prisma B49F (N551 MTG) and Marshall B40F (N463 OTX) Location: Cardiff bus station Date: 17-Feb-1996
A contrast in vehicles showing that the Prisma, although in my view the more elegant design, was not a low floor bus. In that respect the Shamrock Dart is the winner. Rhondda would end up buying a couple of Darts very similar to N463 OTX (59 and 61) before going for fully low-floor vehicles just prior to the Stagecoach takeover.
