Wright Commander
Low-floor bus body on VDL SB200 chassis
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::summary Low-floor bus body on VDL SB200 chassis ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Wright Commander |
| image | Arriva Buses Wales Cymru 2509 CX05AAE (8717629082).jpg |
| caption | Arriva Buses Wales Wright Commander bodied VDL SB200 in Llandudno in May 2013 |
| manufacturer | Wrightbus |
| production | 2002 - 2007 |
| assembly | Ballymena, Northern Ireland |
| floortype | Low floor |
| Low entry | |
| doors | 1 or 2 |
| length | 12.0 metres |
| height | 3.0 metres |
| width | 2.5 metres |
| chassis | DAF/VDL SB200 |
| engine | Cummins ISBe |
| transmission | Voith |
| successor | Wright Pulsar |
| related | Wright Cadet |
| :: |
| name = Wright Commander | image = Arriva Buses Wales Cymru 2509 CX05AAE (8717629082).jpg | imagesize = | caption = Arriva Buses Wales Wright Commander bodied VDL SB200 in Llandudno in May 2013 | manufacturer = Wrightbus | production = 2002 - 2007 | assembly = Ballymena, Northern Ireland | replaced = | capacity = | floortype = Low floor Low entry | doors = 1 or 2 | length = 12.0 metres | height = 3.0 metres | width = 2.5 metres | weight = | chassis = DAF/VDL SB200 | engine = Cummins ISBe | powerout = | transmission = Voith | predecessor = | successor = Wright Pulsar | related = Wright Cadet
The Wright Commander was a low-floor single-decker bus body built on the DAF/VDL SB200 chassis by Wrightbus between 2002 and 2007.
History
Visually and structurally, it is a larger version of the Wright Cadet. Along with the Cadet, it perpetuated the 'Classic' styling for several years after the Scania (Axcess-Floline) and Volvo (Renown) based equivalents had been phased out. Of the 315 produced, 288 were purchased by Arriva, the first 14 delivered to Arriva Midlands North for services in Telford. 188 of these Arriva Commanders were exported to the Netherlands in left-hand drive configuration for use by the group's Netherlands subsidiary.
The Commander was superseded by the Pulsar.
References
References
- "Commander". Wrightbus.
- (1 February 2002). "Three Firsts for Wrightbus as Commander is handed over". Wrightbus.
- (28 November 2002). "Commanders add capacity in Telford on Arriva route". Emap.
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