The Wright Liberator is a low-floor single-deck bus body built on Volvo B10L

Volvo B10L

The Volvo B10L is a rear-engined, low-floor single-deck city bus chassis built by Volvo between c. 1993 and c. 2005. An articulated version of the B10L, known as the B10LA, was also produced.-United Kingdom:...

 chassis by Wright

Wrightbus

Wrightbus is an independent coachbuilder and pioneer of the low-floor bus. Based in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, it was established in 1946 by Robert Wright and currently run by his son William Wright.-History:...

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Around 146 were built between 1996 and 1999. It was discontinued in favour of the Renown

Wright Renown

The Wright Renown is a low floor single-deck bus body built on Volvo B10BLE chassis by Wright.Over 800 Renowns were built between 1997 and 2002, making it somewhat more successful than the B10L-based Liberator....

 on Volvo B10BLE

Volvo B10BLE

The Volvo B10BLE is a low-entry city bus chassis which was popular in Scandinavia, the United Kingdom and Australia. It was launched around 1992 with the engine mounted on the rear overhang of the bus. It was the successor of the citybus version of Volvo B10B and is used as a base for single-deck...

 chassis, which in turn was superseded by the Eclipse

Wright Eclipse

The Wright Eclipse is a low-floor single-deck bus body built by Wright on Volvo B7 chassis. It shares its design with the Wright Solar on Scania L94 chassis....

 series, on Volvo B7L

Volvo B7L

Volvo B7L was a low floor citybus chassis with a rear engine mounted vertically on the left of the rear overhang, it was built as a replacement for the Volvo B10L...

 and later B7RLE

Volvo B7RLE

Volvo B7RLE is a low-floor single-deck citybus launched initially in Australia in 2001, and then in the United Kingdom in 2003 to supplement the B7L single-decker, which was unsuccessful in both countries. It is similar to the B7L's predecessor, the B10BLE...

 chassis, from 2001.

The principal customer for the type was the National Express Group

National Express Group

National Express Group plc is a British transport group headquartered in Birmingham that operates bus, coach, rail and tram services in the UK, the US and Canada, Spain, Portugal and Morocco and long-distance coach routes across Europe...

 for its Travel West Midlands and Travel Dundee

Travel Dundee

National Express Dundee is a bus operator based in Dundee, Scotland and operates services mainly within Dundee City. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Express Group.-History:...

 subsidiaries. The first 20 buses for Travel West Midlands (registered P401 to P420 EJW) were used for bus route "Line 33" (which has since been run by double-deck Volvo B7TL

Volvo B7TL

Volvo B7TL is a low-floor double-decker bus which was launched in 1999 and replaced the 2-axle version of Volvo Olympian...

/Wright Eclipse Gemini

Wright Eclipse Gemini

The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a type of double-decker bus body built for Volvo B7TL and later Volvo B9TL and Volvo B5L Hybrid for use in the United Kingdom....

buses), followed by another 60 buses (registered P421 EJW to R480 XDA).

A few were bought by GMPTE, however only lasted a few months with GM's livery as they were bought by FirstGroup.