Wright Handybus
| Wright Handybus | |
|---|---|
 West Midlands Travel Dennis Dart with Handybus bodywork in 1995 with flat driver's windscreen | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Wrightbus |
| Production | 1990 - 1995 |
| Assembly | Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 |
| Floor type | Step entrance |
| Chassis | Dennis Dart Leyland Swift |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Cummins B Series (Dennis Dart) |
| Capacity | 29 to 37 seated |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in), 9 m (29 ft 6 in) and 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in) |
| Width | 2.52 m (8 ft 3 in)[source?] |
| Height | 3.02 m (9 ft 11 in) |
| Chronology | |
| Successor | Wright Crusader |
The Wright Handybus was a single-deck body of a bus, It had a step-entrance. It was made from 1990 to 1995 by Wrightbus.
The Handybus body was built on the Dennis Dart chassis[1][2][3][4] and the Leyland Swift chassis.[5]
In 1995, the Handybus was replaced by the Crusader.
Operators
[change | change source]London Regional Transport ordered nearly 200 Dennis Darts with Handybus bodies.[6][7][8]
Preservation
[change | change source]A London Regional Transport Handybus has been preserved by the London Transport Museum, Acton.[10]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Jenkinson, Keith A. (2020). Wrightbus: From 1946 to New Horizons. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-0389-4. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Stubbings, Richard (2024). Buses of Devon and Cornwall: Past and Present. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1743-3. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Beeton, Cliff (2023). Independent Buses Around Stoke-on-Trent. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1366-4. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Devoy, David (2017). Glasgow and Dunbartonshire Independents. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-7447-6. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Stubbings, Richard (2019). British Independent Buses in the 1990s. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-8612-7. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
- ↑ Wright midi boosts jobs Commercial Motor 1 November 1990
- ↑ Gold Arrow remembered at LBM heritage running day Buses issue 752 November 2017 page 10
- ↑ Dennis Dart: the first Generation Archived 2021-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Ian's Bus Stop
- ↑ Go-Ahead goes for Handybus Commercial Motor 3 October 1991
- ↑ Wrightbus hands over Gold Arrow Bus & Coach Buyer 24 March 2016
Other websites
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Media related to Wright Handybus at Wikimedia Commons
