| Wright StreetCar | |
|---|---|
%2c_7_April_2007.jpg) First York Wright StreetCar inYork in April 2007 | |
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Wrightbus |
| Production | 2006–2009 |
| Assembly | Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 2 or 3 |
| Floor type | Low floor |
| Chassis | |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | |
| Transmission |
|
| Dimensions | |
| Wheelbase | 6,410 mm (252+1⁄2 in) (F)[1] 7,110 mm (280 in) (R)[1] |
| Length | 18,620 mm (61 ft 1 in)[1] |
| Width | 2,530 mm (99.5 in)[1] |
| Height | 3,400 mm (134 in)[1] |
| Curb weight | 22,000 kg (48,600 lb)[1] |
| Chronology | |
| Predecessor | Wright Eclipse Fusion |
TheWright StreetCar is anarticulated bus developed byWrightbus andVolvo forFirstGroup. It was built on theVolvo B7LA chassis, featuring a separate driver compartment at the front, resembling to some extent similar designs in Europe.
It features wrap-around seating arrangement at the rear. They were designed to mimic trams and used on FirstGroup'sFTR services with high frequencies and dedicated stops to further enforce the impression of a premium service.[2][3][4]
The StreetCar's only UK customer wasFirst Bus, where they were introduced onFirst York's route 4 betweenAcomb and theUniversity of York on 8 May 2006, after theCity of York Council had made significant alterations to the road layout to accommodate the new vehicles.[5][6][7] Further examples entered service withFirst Leeds,[8] onFirst Capital Connect'sLuton Airport Parkway railway station toLuton Airport shuttle and withFirst Cymru inSwansea.[9][10]
York's StreetCars were withdrawn in 2012, following the end of a five-year contract which the city council refused to renew.[11] These StreetCars were transferred over to Leeds to operate on the Leeds-Bradford bus corridor,[12][13] but StreetCars there were later withdrawn in 2016. Swansea's StreetCars, which caused major road layout changes around the city centre to fit the buses, of which would later be blamed as a cause for two fatal accidents, were withdrawn in 2015 due to them proving too expensive to run.[14]
In 2008/09, 50 StreetCar Rapid Transit Vehicles were built forRegional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada in the United States for use on theRTC Transit.[15][16][17] Developed from the Wright StreetCar, they were built onCarrosserie Hess chassis. They first arrived in December 2008.
%2c_9_September_2009_cropped.jpg)
%2c_19_July_2009_(1).jpg)
Media related toWright StreetCar at Wikimedia Commons
