Wrightbus

Wrightbus is a Northern Irish bus-making company. It was founded in 1946, by a man called Robert Wright. His son William Wright helped continue the bus company. In 2019, it was bought by British businessman Jo Bamford.^[4][5]

Wrightbus

Company type	Private
Industry	Transport
Founded	1946; 79 years ago (1946)
Founder	Robert Wright
Headquarters	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Key people	Jean-Marc Gales (CEO)[1]
Products	Bus and coachwork
Revenue	£181 million (2017)
Owner	Jo Bamford[2]
Number of employees	860 (2022)[3]
Parent	Bamford Bus Company
Website	Official website

Products

Current models

Arriva Southern Counties Wright StreetLite Bluewater bus station, in 2015

Translink Metro Volvo B5TL with Wright Gemini 3 bodywork in Belfast

Single-decker

• GB Hawk
• GB Kite
• StreetLite

Double-decker

• Gemini 3
• StreetDeck

Previous models

Single-decker

GHA Coaches Dennis Dart with Wright Handybus bodywork in Wrexham in 2009

Mercedes-Benz O405 with Wright Cityranger bodywork at Shudehill Interchange, Manchester in 2007

Wrightbus Streetcar, used on the Las Vegas Strip and Downtown Express route

• Axcess-Floline
• Axcess-Ultralow
• Cadet
• Cityranger
• Commander
• Consort
• Contour
• Crusader
• Crusader 2
• Eclipse Metro
• Eclipse Urban, 2 and 3
• Eclipse Fusion
• Eclipse Commuter
• Eclipse SchoolRun
• Endeavour
• Electrocity
• Endurance
• Fusion
• Handybus
• Liberator
• Meridian
• Nimbus
• Pathfinder
• Pulsar
• Renown
• Royale
• Solar
• Solar Fusion
• TT
• StreetAir
• StreetCar
• StreetVibe
• Urbanranger

Double-decker

London Sovereign Volvo B5LH with Wright SRM bodywork at Golders Green station in 2016

• Eclipse Gemini
• Eclipse Gemini 2
• Explorer
• Gemini 2
• Pulsar Gemini
• Pulsar Gemini HEV
• New Routemaster
• SRM