Wright Endurance
| Wright Endurance | |
|---|---|
Arriva North West & Wales Volvo B10B with Wright Endurance bodywork at Liverpool Airport in 2007 | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Wrightbus |
| Production | 1992 - 1997 |
| Assembly | Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| Designer | Trevor Erskine[1] |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 or 2 |
| Floor type | Step entrance |
| Chassis | Scania K93[2] Scania N113[2] Volvo B10B[3] |
| Related | Wright Endeavour |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Scania Volvo THD103 |
| Transmission | Voith ZF Ecomat 4HP500 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 11.75 metres |
| Width | 2.50 metres |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Wright Axcess-Ultralow Wright Liberator |
The Wright Endurance was a single-decker body of a bus. It had a step-entrance. It was made from 1992 to 1997 by Wrightbus.
The Endurance body was built on the Scania K93 chassis,[2] Scania N113 chassis[2] and Volvo B10B chassis.[3]
Operators
In 1991, Yorkshire Traction of Barnsley ordered 5 Scania K93s with Endurance bodywork,[4][5] these were the only buses built on the K93 chassis.
In 1994, Midland Bluebird ordered sixteen Scania N113s with Endurance bodywork.[6][7]
From 1994 to 1996, MTL North ordered 120 Volvo B10Bs with Endurance bodywork.[8][9]
In 1996, West Midlands Travel ordered 150 Volvo B10Bs with Endurance bodywork.[10]
In 1995, GM Buses North ordered 20 Volvo B10Bs with Endurance bodywork,[11] In 1995, they ordered 35 more Volvo B10Bs with Endurance bodywork.[12]
CityRanger
In 1993, Wrightbus made a similar bus body called the CityRanger.
The CityRanger body was built on the Mercedes-Benz O405 chassis.[3]
Operators
In 1993, the GRT Group ordered 20 Scania N113s with CityRanger bodywork,[6][7] 14 of these had air-conditioning and double-glazed bonded window glazing.[6][7]
UrbanRanger
In 1993, Wrightbus made a similar bus body called the UrbanRanger.
The Urban Ranger body was built on the Mercedes-Benz OH1416 chassis.[13]
Operators
In 1996, Midland Choice of Willenhall ordered three UrbanRangers.[14]
In 1995, UniversityBus of Hatfield ordered two UrbanRangers for services to and from the University of Hertfordshire,[15][16]
In 1998, UniversityBus sold their two UrbanRangers to Chambers of Moneymore in Northern Ireland and to Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service,[17] Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service converted their bus into a mobile command unit.
References
- ↑ "Obituary: Trevor Erskine, Wrights' legendary designer". Buses. No. 781. Stamford: Key Publishing. 19 March 2020. p. 16. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Brown, Stewart J (21 August 2008). Buses Yearbook 2009. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-7110-3295-8.
Yorkshire Traction, which had several Scania coaches, was another ex-NBC operator to turn its back on past diktat. It liked buying buses in batches of five, following five Alexander-bodied N113 single-deckers in 1991 with 10 Wright Endurance-bodied K93s in 1992/3. Another highly significant order came from GRT Holdings — precursor of FirstGroup — for 26 Wright Endurance-bodied N113s, which were delivered in 1994/5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Brown, Stewart J. (2007). Buses Yearbook 2008. Ian Allan Publishing. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-7110-3213-2.
- ↑ Jarosz, Andrew (19 September 1992). "Excellent Endurance". Coach & Bus Week. No. 31. Peterborough: Emap. p. 5.
- ↑ "Wright choice for YT". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 16 April 1992. p. 18. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Scania order goes to Wrights instead". Coach & Bus Week. No. 55. Peterborough: Emap. 6 March 1993. p. 10. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
Wrights also got the body order for 20 Mercedes O405s, 14 of which will be air-conditioned and double-glazed.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Millar, Alan (7 August 2022). "The Rise of Wrights". Buses. No. 810. Stamford: Key Publishing. p. 60. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
GRT placed orders for the 12m step-entrance Endurance body on Mercedes-Benz O405 and Scania N113CRB chassis for its Grampian and Midland Bluebird fleets. The 20 O405s were delivered in 1993, 14 of them for Grampian built with air conditioning and double glazing. Midland Bluebird received six to a more modest specification, followed in 1994 by 16 Scanias.
- ↑ Jarosz, Andrew (19 November 1994). "New vehicles to fight competition". Coach & Bus Week. No. 143. Peterborough: Emap. p. 6.
- ↑ "First new orders part of bigger investment plan". Coach & Bus Week. No. 82. Peterborough: Emap. 11 September 1993. p. 7. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ↑ "West Midlands B10Bs enter service". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 342. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. 26 January 1996. p. 24.
- ↑ "Superbus for GMN Buses". Coach & Bus Week. No. 153. Peterborough: Emap. 4 February 1995. p. 7. Retrieved 21 May 2024.
- ↑ "Fleet Additions". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 332. Spalding. 10 November 1995. p. 21. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
GM Buses North is currently placing in service 35 Wright Endurance bodied Volvo B10Bs in addition to 20 similar buses delivered earlier.
- ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (15 March 2020). Wrightbus: From 1946 to New Horizons. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0389-4.
- ↑ "Midland Choice choose Mercedes". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 343. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. 2 February 1996. p. 19.
- ↑ "Merc Urbanrangers go to university". Coach & Bus Week. Peterborough: Emap. 1995.
- ↑ Izatt, Andy (25 October 1996). "Universitybus: Building a market". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 381. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. pp. 14–18.
In 1995 the company also bought the first two Mercedes OH1416 Urbanrangers which carry 47 seat Wright bodies.
- ↑ Grimes, Keith (1998). The Fire Brigade Handbook. British Bus Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 1-897990-53-7.
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