Wright Handybus

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 door
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 Wright Handybus was a single-decker bus body built primarily on the lower floor Dennis Dart chassis, that form it had a lower floorline, by Wrightbus between 1990 and 1995. It was also built on a small number of the higher floor Leyland Swift chassis, in which form it had a higher floorline. It has a bolted aluminium structure with two alternative windscreen styles.

The outward styling is quite plain, with a flat front. Two alternative windscreen styles were offered; some vehicles had a single-piece flat windscreen with an arched top, whilst others had two separate flat windscreens with that on the driver's side raked back, reminiscent of some 1950s single-decker buses and the Leyland Lynx.

London Buses was the first and also the largest customer, buying a fleet of nearly 200 Handybus-bodied Dennis Darts.Go-Ahead Northern also bought over 80, and Ulsterbus and Citybus had 40 between them.