Low Floor Wright Single Deck Buses

Model Bus Zone Fotopic Gallery

12th September 2005

The Scania Access version of the model made it's debut at the EFE Showbus Rally in September 2000, this was followed by the Volvo Renown in 2001 and the Dennis Pathfinder in 2003.

All three versions share the same basic single door body casting, but different window arrangements can be produced by varying the tempo printed side window glazing bars.
This model was the first in the range to feature wing mirrors, glazed destination screens front and rear, and interior ceiling detailing.

The only differences between the three castings occurs on the rear where engine covers, registration plate and destination screen positions are varied.

275xx Wright Low Floor Scania Access Single Deck Bus
276xx Wright Low Floor Volvo Renown Single Deck Bus
298xx Wright Low Floor Dennis Lance Single Deck Bus

Wright Brothers based in Ballymania Ireland were the first body builders to produced a true low floor single deck bus.
The first Pathfinder bodied Dennis Lances were supplied to London Buses in 1994 forming the LLW class. These buses were all dual door examples, where as most provincial operators choose the single door option.

The body style was also modified for use with the Scania L113CRL chassis, this version being named the Access Ultraflow. A third version named the Renown was also available on the Volvo B10BLE chassis.

The success of this design has propelled Wright Bros from a small Irish bodybuilder specializing in Welfare type vehicles, to one of todays leading suppliers of both single and double deck low floor buses in the UK.