The Wright Handybus was a single-decker bus body built primarily on Dennis Dart chassis by Wrightbus between 1990 and 1995. It was also built on a small number of the higher-floor Leyland Swift chassis. It has a bolted aluminium structure with two windscreen styles.

Wright Handybus
West Midlands Travel Handybus bodied Dennis Dart 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	8.5m, 9.0m and 9.8m
Width	2.52m
Height	3.02m
Chronology
Successor	Wright Crusader

The outward styling was quite plain, with a flat front. Some vehicles had a single-piece flat windscreen whilst others had two, separate, flat windscreens with the glass on the driver's side being raked back, reminiscent of some 1950s single-decker buses and the Leyland Lynx.

London Regional Transport was the first and also the largest customer, buying nearly 200 Handybus bodied Dennis Darts.[1][2][3] Go-Ahead Northern also bought over 80, and Ulsterbus and Citybus had 40 between them.[4] The Handybus was succeeded in 1995 by the Crusader.

Preservation

A former London Regional Transport Handybus has been preserved by the London Transport Museum, Acton.[5]

References

External links

Media related to Wright Handybus at Wikimedia Commons
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