Arriva the Shires: New Optare Versas for Route 10

The Garston depot of Arriva the Shires is one of the few garages which operates services on contract to Transport for London and their own commercial services too. Recently they have put a large investment into one of their commercial services: the number 10.
The route runs from Woodside through Watford Junction and Watford Town Centre to Holywell Estate, and previously used a mixture of Plaxton Centros and Optare Solos. On March 1st, it had a frequency increase to every 10 minutes, and a fleet of 10 brand new Optare Versas with PerfectTen branding to run the route. If it's of any coincidence, the 10-journey ticket on route 10 costs £10! There's a theme here...

The new fleet follows:
3413 - KX62JJO
3414 - KX62JKE
3415 - KX62JKN
3416 - KX62JMU
3417 - KX62JNZ
3418 - KX62JPV
3419 - KX62JPY
3420 - KX62JUT
3421 - KX62JVE
3422 - KX62JWA

This morning, I made the journey up to Watford to get some pictures of these new buses. They are very nice buses with blue headlamps, LED interior lighting and the stylish Arriva branding!
Pictures follow:

3415 / KX62 JKN
3419 / KX62 JPY
3419 / KX62 JPY
3421 / KX62 JVE
3421 / KX62 JVE
3421 / KX62 JVE
3422 / KX62 JWA
3422 / KX62 JWA
3420 / KX62 JUT
3415 / KX62 JKN
3414 / KX62 JKE
3420 / KX62 JUT
3419 / KX62 JPY
3416 / KX62 JMU
3422 / KX62 JWA
3418 / KX62 JPV
3417 / KX62 JNZ
3421 / KX62 JVE
3421 / KX62 JVE
3419 / KX62 JPY
3420 / KX62 JUT
3422 / KX62 JWA
3417 / KX62 JNZ
3421 / KX62 JVE
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