low-floor
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single-decker bus
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Wrightbus
Wrightbus is a Northern Ireland based bus manufacturer and a pioneer of the low-floor bus. The company was established in 1946 by Robert Wright and was later run by his son William Wright, until it was acquired in 2019 by British businessman ...
between 1995 and 1998.
History
The Wright Axcess-Ultralow was introduced in 1995 as a replacement for the
Wright Endurance
The Wright Endurance was a step-entrance single-decker bus body on Mercedes-Benz, Scania N113 and on Volvo B10B chassis by Wrightbus between 1993 and 1997.
The Endurance was built on 26 Scania N113 chassis for Midland Bluebird. Of the 292 Endu ...
and
Wright Pathfinder
The Wright Pathfinder is a low entry and low floor single-decker bus body built on Dennis Lance SLF and Scania N113CRL chassis by Wrightbus between 1993 and 1995.
History
Of the 95 Pathfinders produced, London Regional Transport subsidiaries ...
. Of the 330 produced,
FirstGroup
FirstGroup plc is a British multi-national transport group, based in Aberdeen, Scotland.North Western 34 and Merseybus 20.
The Axcess-Ultralow was succeeded by the Axcess-Floline in 1998 on the
Scania L94UB
The Scania 4-series low floor city bus and coach range was introduced by Scania in 1997 as a successor to the 3-series bus range.
The 4-series bus range was first presented in September 1996, when the integral low-floor city bus OmniCity w ...
chassis.
One has been preserved by the North West Vehicle Restoration Trust,
Liverpool
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