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Wright Eclipse Fusion
First Somerset & Avon Wright Eclipse Fusion bodied Volvo B7LA in Bath in September 2013
Overview
ManufacturerWrightbus
Production1998/99
AssemblyBallymena, Northern Ireland
Body and chassis
Doors2 or 3
Floor typeLow floor
ChassisVolvo B7LA
RelatedWright Eclipse
Powertrain
EngineVolvo
TransmissionZF Friedrichshafen
Dimensions
Length17.95 m
Width2.50 m
Height3.00 m
Chronology
PredecessorWright Fusion
SuccessorWright StreetCar

The Wright Eclipse Fusion is a low floor articulated single-decker bus body built on the Volvo B7LA chassis by Wrightbus. It was the articulated version of the Wright Eclipse, succeeding the Wright Fusion.

Of the 88 produced, FirstGroup purchased 67 with the other 21 going to Dublin Bus.[1]

In October 2001, two were sent from First Hampshire & Dorset to First London's Greenford garage to operate a six month trial on route 207.[2][3]

Later FirstGroup partnered with Wrightbus in developing the Wright StreetCar, which is built on a modified version of the chassis used for the Eclipse Fusion. Most of the Eclipse Fusions are similar in appearance to its Wrightbus single deckers with the arched roof.

References

  1. ^ Wright Eclipse Fusion Bus Lists on the Web
  2. ^ London finds a flexible friend in Wrightbus Wrightbus 24 September 2002
  3. ^ Wharmby, Matthew (2016). The London Bendy Bus. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Books. ISBN 9781783831722.

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