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The withdrawal of the Routemaster became an issue during the 2008 London mayoral election with Boris Johnson elected mayor with a campaign pledge to introduce a new Routemaster. Following an open design competition in 2008, Wrightbus was awarded the contract to build the bus at the end of 2009, and the final design was announced in May 2010.
The Wright SRM (Son of Route Master [1]) is a twin-axle double-decker bus body manufactured by Wrightbus in 2016, designed for the Volvo B5LH and Volvo B5LHC hybrid chassis.. The design is based on the New Routemaster, sharing the majority of body panels up to the rear quarter section but having no second staircase or third door.
One of the company's most notable products is the New Routemaster London bus, introduced in February 2012 as an update of the AEC Routemaster. [14] Production ended in 2017 when the 1,000th New Routemaster left the production line. [15] Since May 2013, Wrightbus began building its own chassis, the StreetLite single-decker and StreetDeck double ...
The New Routemaster built by Wrightbus has three entrances, two staircases and is designed to be reminiscent of the Routemaster. Image 20 Thames Clippers service catamaran on the River Thames . Image 21 The original Hampton Court Bridge in 1753, the first of four on the site.
The first eight vehicles entered service with Arriva London on route 38 in February 2012. [41] By 2018, a total of 1,000 New Routemasters were in service. [42] However, the buses have suffered from problems with their battery systems with some operating solely as diesel vehicles, and in total 200 buses will have power units replaced under ...
The third generation Wright Eclipse Gemini, now called simply the Gemini 3, was launched in 2013 for the new Volvo B5TL chassis, the eventual replacement of the B9TL. The Gemini 3 also remained available on Volvo B5LH hybrid chassis. Some design features were taken from the New Routemaster, another Wrightbus design.
A municipal bus company is an operator of bus services owned by the local government authority. This article lists all current municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom
First entering service in London, the B5LH is the only current double decker type in service in the United Kingdom that uses a parallel hybrid drive system. An updated version, the Volvo B5LHC , was launched in 2016, designed for high-capacity inner-city work.