Wright Handybus

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.

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
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

Arriva Scotland West Handybus bodied Dennis Dart in Glasgow in April 2008 with raked driver's windscreen

The outward styling was quite plain, with a flat front. Two alternative windscreen styles were offered; some vehicles had a single-piece flat windscreen, 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 Regional Transport was the first and also the largest customer, buying nearly 200 Handybus bodied Dennis Darts.[1][2][3] Go-Ahead Northern also bought over 80, and Ulsterbus and Citybus had 40 between them.[4] The Handybus was succeeded in 1995 by the Crusader.