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Wright Low Floor Scania, Volvo & Dennis Single Deck Buses
Scania Access 27504
27504 - Scania L113CRL Access

 
THE REAL BUSES
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.

THE EFE MODELS
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.

Three very rare models of interest are 27609A produced exclusively for First Manchester staff who provided special bus services during the XVII Commonwealth Games held in the city in 2002. A similar model 27612A was produced to mark the 40th anniversary of the UK Bus Driver of the Year Competition in 2006 but the rarest Wright model to date is the version of the Coastline Dennis Lance 29804A produced for the Omnibus Society 2006 Presidential Weekend in 2006, only 144 examples are known to exist.
Extra large pictures of the models covered in this section can be found in my Fotopic Gallery
Volvo Renown 27603
27603 - Volvo B10BLB Renown
Dennis Lance 29801
29801 - Dennis Lance Pathfinder
Cat No. Operator Fleet No. Registration Route No. Destination
Scania L113CRL Wright Access Ultraflow
Volvo B10B Wright Renown (Wright Endurance 27604)
Dennis Lance Wright Pathfinder
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