Wright Cadet
| Wright Cadet | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Wrightbus |
| Production | 2000 - 2008 |
| Assembly | Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 or 2 |
| Floor type | Low floor |
| Chassis | DAF/VDL SB120[1] |
| Related | Wright Commander |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Cummins B Series/ISBe |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in), 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in) & 10.8 m (35 ft 5 in) |
| Width | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
| Height | 3.0 m (9 ft 10 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Wright Crusader |
The Wright Cadet was a single-decker body of a midibus. It had a low floor. It was made from 2000 to 2008 by Wrightbus.
The Cadet body was built on the DAF/VDL SB120 chassis.[1]
Operators
From 2000 to 2008, Arriva UK ordered 366 Cadets.[2]
From 2000 to 2008, Arriva Netherlands ordered 8 Cadets.
From 2000 to 2008, Bus Éireann ordered 35 Cadets.
From 2000 to 2001, UniversityBus of Hatfield ordered 5 Cadets.[3]
Volvo Merit
From 2002 to 2008, Volvo Buses made a single-decker body of a midibus called the Volvo Merit.[1] It had a low floor.
The Merit body was built on the DAF/VDL SB120 chassis.[1]
It was made because Volvo Buses stopping making its own B6BLE chassis and didn't have a replacement chassis and bodywork.[1] Volvo removed the Wright and DAF/VDL badges.[1]
The Merit looked the same as the Cadet.[4][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Booth, Gavin (2012). Britain's last municipal operators. Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 9780711035478.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Millar, Alan (2020). "The rise, fall and Ryse of Wrightbus". In Brown, Stewart J. (ed.). Buses Yearbook 2021. Stamford: Key Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 978-1-913295-53-0.
- ↑ "SB120 Cadets join Universitybus". Coach & Bus Week. No. 500. Peterborough: Emap. 15 November 2001. p. 39. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ↑ Hesketh, Peter (April 2005). "A model of a modern municipal". Buses. No. 601. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 22–24.
Wright no longer bodied the Dart, so it had to be the similar VDL SB120s, supplied in this case by Volvo as the Merit Midi.
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