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Wright Fusion
File:First Manchester bus 10008 (T509 JNA), 1 July 2008.jpg
First Manchester Volvo B10LA with Wright Fusion bodywork in Bolton in July 2008
Overview
ManufacturerWrightbus
Production1998 - 1999
AssemblyBallymena, Northern Ireland
Body and chassis
Doors2 or 3
Floor typeLow floor
ChassisVolvo B10LA
RelatedWright Liberator
Powertrain
EngineVolvo
Capacity140 (55 seated, 85 standing)
Chronology
SuccessorWright Eclipse Fusion

The Wright Fusion was a articulated single-decker body of a bus. It had a three axles and it had a low floor. It was made from 1998 to 1999 by Wrightbus.

The Wright Fusion body built on the Volvo B10LA chassis.[1]

In 2001, Wrightbus used the Fusion name for another single decker bus body called the Wright Solar Fusion.

In 1999, Wrightbusused the Fusion name for another single decker bus body called the Wright Eclipse Fusion.

Operators[change]

In 1999, FirstGroup ordered 40 for its Glasgow, Leeds and Manchester bus companies.[2] In October 2001, 4 were sent from First Glasgow to First London to operate a six-month trial on route 207.[3]


References[change]

  1. Poole, Scott (15 April 2024). First West Yorkshire Buses. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9727-7. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  2. Morton, Robin (17 November 1998). "Bus builder wins new contract". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  3. Wharmby, Matthew (2016). The London Bendy Bus. Pen & Sword Transport. pp. 8–11. ISBN 978-1-78383-172-2. Retrieved 6 December 2023.

Other websites[change]

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