Wright Solar

Wright Solar
Stagecoach Merseyside Scania L94UB with Wright Solar bodywork in 2013
Overview
ManufacturerWrightbus
Production2000–2011
AssemblyBallymena, Northern Ireland
Body and chassis
Doors1
Floor typeLow entry
ChassisScania L94UB
Scania K UB
RelatedWright Solar Fusion
Powertrain
EngineScania
TransmissionZF Friedrichshafen
Dimensions
Length11.95 metres
Width2.50 metres
Height3.00 metres
Chronology
PredecessorWright Axcess-Floline

The Wright Solar is a single-decker body of a bus. It has a low-floor. It was made from 2000 to 2011 by Wrightbus.

The Solar body was built on the Scania L94UB chassis and the Scania K UB chassis.

Operators

In 2006, Translink ordered 198 Solars,

From 2000 to 2011, Go North East ordered 80 Solars.

From 2003 to 2005, Trentbarton ordered 92 Solars.

Solar Rural

Ulsterbus Scania K230UB with Wright Solar Rural bodywork in January 2024

In 2008, Wrightbus made a new bus body called the Solar Rural. It was made for Ulsterbus who wanted a bus to use for rural bus services across Northern Ireland.

External image
Wright Solar Rural interior image

The Solar Rural had three seats on one side of the bus and had narrower front passenger doors.

The Solar Rural body was built on the Scania K-series chassis.

References

  1. ↑ Booth, Gavin (2012). Britain's last municipal operators (1. publ ed.). Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 87. ISBN 9780711035478.
  2. ↑ Beddall, David (2022). Luton's Transport: A Journey Through Time. Pen and Sword Transport. ISBN 978-1-5267-5559-9.
  3. ↑ Booth, Gavin (2012). Britain's last municipal operators (1. publ ed.). Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 82. ISBN 9780711035478.
  4. ↑ Booth, Gavin (2012). Britain's last municipal operators (1. publ ed.). Surrey: Ian Allan. p. 86. ISBN 9780711035478.
  5. ↑ "Translink £15million Scania/Wright order". Bus & Coach Professional. 1 March 2006. Archived from the original on 24 March 2006. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  6. ↑ Wright Solar Bus Lists on the Web
  7. ↑ "New buses set to hit rural routes". Belfast Telegraph. 15 December 2008. p. 14. ProQuest 337589976.
  8. ↑ "Going fleet first with investment drive". Belfast Telegraph. 14 April 2011. p. 42. ProQuest 861763366.
  9. ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (15 March 2020). Wrightbus: From 1946 to New Horizons. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0389-4.

Other websites

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