Wright Solar Fusion

Wright Solar Fusion
Wright Solar Fusion
	First Manchester Wright Solar Fusion bodied Scania L94UA at Bolton bus station in November 2007
Overview
Manufacturer	Wrightbus
Production	2001-2002
Assembly	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Body and chassis
Doors	2 or 3
Floor type	Low entry
Chassis	Scania L94UA
Related	Wright Solar
Powertrain
Engine	Scania
Capacity	58 or 59 seated
Transmission	ZF Friedrichshafen
Dimensions
Length	17.94 metres
Width	2.50 metres
Height	3.08 metres

The Wright Solar Fusion was a articulated body of a bus. It had three-axles and it had a low-floor. It was made from 2001 to 2002 by Wrightbus.

The Wright Solar Fusion body was built on the Scania L94UA chassis.

Operators

From 2001 to 2002, Nottingham City Transport ordered five Wright Solar Fusions.

In 2001, Go North East ordered four Wright Solar Fusions.

From 2001 to 2002, First Manchester ordered one Wright Solar Fusions.

From 2001 to 2002, Doig's of Glasgow ordered one Wright Solar Fusions.

Preservation

Nottingham City Transport donated a Solar Fusion to Nottingham Heritage Vehicles for preservation, and they donated another Solar Fusion to Alderman Pounder Infant School in Chilwell, the school converted the bus into a mobile library.

References

↑ Booth, Gavin (2012). Britain's last municipal operators (1. publ ed.). Surrey: Ian Allan. pp. 96–97. ISBN 9780711035478.
↑ Brown, Stewart J. (2008). Buses Yearbook 2009. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 9780711032958.
↑ "The Wright Route for Go Ahead". WrightBus. Archived from the original on 9 November 2006.
↑ Lyons, Mark (2012). Go-Ahead Group. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9780711036536.
↑ Wright Solar Fusion Bus Lists on the Web
↑ "Ex Nottingham City Transport Scania L94UA Wright Solar Fusion No.704". Nottingham Heritage Vehicles. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
↑ "NCT donates bendy bus to primary school". Coach & Bus Week. No. 1164. Peterborough: Emap. 18 November 2014. p. 84. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.
↑ Mursell, Joseph (22 September 2015). "Old 'bendy bus' becomes a library at Chilwell school". Notts TV. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

Other websites

Media related to Wright Solar Fusion at Wikimedia Commons

[Solar_Fusion_Scania_L94UA_chassis_1-1] Booth, Gavin (2012). Britain's last municipal operators (1. publ ed.). Surrey: Ian Allan. pp. 96–97. ISBN 9780711035478.

[Solar_Fusion_Scania_L94UA_chassis_2-2] Brown, Stewart J. (2008). Buses Yearbook 2009. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 93. ISBN 9780711032958.

[3] "The Wright Route for Go Ahead". WrightBus. Archived from the original on 9 November 2006.

[Go_North_East_order-4] Lyons, Mark (2012). Go-Ahead Group. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9780711036536.

[5] Wright Solar Fusion Bus Lists on the Web

[6] "Ex Nottingham City Transport Scania L94UA Wright Solar Fusion No.704". Nottingham Heritage Vehicles. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[7] "NCT donates bendy bus to primary school". Coach & Bus Week. No. 1164. Peterborough: Emap. 18 November 2014. p. 84. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.

[8] Mursell, Joseph (22 September 2015). "Old 'bendy bus' becomes a library at Chilwell school". Notts TV. Archived from the original on 24 February 2022. Retrieved 24 February 2022.