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Wrightbus is a Northern Irish 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 (Northern Ireland politician), William Wright, until it was acquired in 2019 by British businessman Jo Bamford. History 1940s to 1970s – Early years Wrightbus was founded in 1946 as Robert Wright & Son Coachbuilders. In its early years it rebodied lorries. In 1978, the company released its first aluminium-structured bus bodywork. 1990s – Breakthrough into bus bodybuilding sector Wright's breakthrough into the mainstream bus bodybuilding sector came in the early 1990s. The Wright Handybus, Handybus was a midibus body offered on a variety of chassis but was most successful on the emerging Dennis Dart, attracting reasonably-sized orders from a variety of operators including London Buses, Go North East, Go Ahead Northern, Ulsterbus and Citybus (Belfast). This was followed by a move into the full-siz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wightbus
Wightbus was a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, established and owned by Mr Anand Pandya, Mr Ryan Reed, and the Isle of Wight County Council. It operated a network of thirteen local bus services running across the island, mostly services which would not have been viable for the island's dominant commercial operator, Southern Vectis, to operate. Wightbus also provided school buses, and transported disabled adults to various day care centres on behalf of the council's social services department. A demand responsive transport, dial-a-bus service was run over some parts of the island to residents who would be unable to leave their homes to catch a regular service bus. The Wightbus fleet was made up of 27 vehicles with capacities ranging from 16 to 72. Around 40 trained drivers and passenger-escort staff were employed. Over 1 million passengers travelled on Wightbus services annually. Wightbus was axed by the new unitary Isle of Wight Council in February 2011, with the last serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
