The Wright Solar is a low entry single-decker bus body that was built on Scania L94UB and

Scania K UB The Scania K series is a series of chassis in Scania AB, Scania's city bus and coach (bus), coach range with Longitudinal engine, longitudinally, straight-up mounted engine at the rear, replacing the K- (Scania K94, K94, Scania K114, K114, Scania ...

chassis by Wrightbus between 2000 and 2011. The Wright Solar Fusion is an articulated version. Most of the buses are fitted with the same design as the

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and the

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. A common design is that it has a one-piece windscreen covering the destination display with an arched top together with the roof. All buses were built with two axles, however a tri-axle variant was offered. In 2008, in co-operation with Translink, Wrightbus launched the Solar Rural on Scania K-series chassis, designed for use by

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on rural bus services across Northern Ireland. Of the 671 regular Solars produced, Translink purchased 198, Go North East purchased 80 and Trentbarton 92.Wright Solar
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