Wrightbus is a Northern Irish bus manufacturer based in Ballymena, founded in 1946 by Robert Wright as Robert Wright & Son Coachbuilders, a firm that at first rebodied lorries. Under Robert Wright and then his son Sir William Wright it grew from school and conventional single-deck bodies into one of the best known British bus builders, and it was a pioneer of the low-floor bus. Its bus-building arm was rebranded Wrightbus in 2000. Products include the Eclipse and Eclipse Gemini bodies, the StreetLite and StreetDeck integral buses, and the New Routemaster built for London from 2012. After entering administration in 2019 the company was bought by Jo Bamford, and it has since concentrated on battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell buses such as the Hydroliner and Electroliner.
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Wrightbus (stylized WRIGHT, or simply Wright) is a Northern Irish bus manufacturer and a pioneer of the low-floor bus.
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In June 2024, Wrightbus announced it had formed NewPower, a new subsidiary headquartered at the former Arrival Bus factory in Bicester, Oxfordshire
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Wrightbus (stylized WRIGHT, or simply Wright) is a Northern Irish bus manufacturer and a pioneer of the low-floor bus.
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One of the company's most notable products is the New Routemaster London bus, introduced in February 2012 as an update of the AEC Routemaster.
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The Wright StreetDeck is an integral double-decker bus manufactured by Wrightbus since 2014, originally delivered as standard with a Daimler OM934 diesel engine.
Wright Eclipse Gemini (Wikipedia article)
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The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a low-floor double-decker bus body that was built by Wrightbus from 2001 to 2021, based on the single-decker Wright Eclipse design.
Wright StreetLite (Wikipedia article)
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The Wright StreetLite is a low-floor midibus introduced by Wrightbus in 2010.
Wright Eclipse (Wikipedia article)
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The Wright Eclipse is a low-floor single-deck bus body that was built by Wrightbus between 2000 and 2019.
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