Wright Pathfinder
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The Wright Pathfinder, or Pathfinder 320, is a low-floor
single-decker bus
body
built by Wright
of Ballymena on Dennis Lance SLF and Scania N113CRL
chassis. It was introduced in 1993.
A majority of Pathfinders, on both types of chassis, were built for London Buses; these have unusual single-piece front doors. The Lances were London's first low-floor buses. The first London examples were of bus type LLW and were operated on route 120 by London United from their Hounslow garage and on route 222 by Centrewest (now First London
) from their Uxbridge garage, both have been superseded by more modern vehicles.
Low-floor bus
A low-floor bus is a bus that has no steps between one or more entrances and part or all of the passenger cabin. Being low floor improves the accessibility of the bus for the public, particularly the elderly or infirm, or those with push chairs, and increasingly, those in wheelchairs.In the modern...
single-decker bus
Single-decker bus
A single-decker bus or single-decker is a bus that has a single deck for passengers. Normally the use of the term single-decker refers to a standard two-axled rigid bus, in direct contrast to the use of the term double-decker bus, which is essentially a single decked bus with an extra deck and...
body
Coachwork
Coachwork is the body of a horse-drawn coach or carriage, a motor vehicle , a railroad car or railway carriage. Usually reserved for bodies built on a separate chassis, rather than being of unitary or monocoque construction...
built 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:...
of Ballymena on Dennis Lance SLF and Scania N113CRL
Scania N113
The Scania N113 was a transverse-engined bus chassis built by Scania AB of Sweden between 1988 and 2000.Like its predecessor, the N112, the N113 had an 11-litre engine mounted at the rear, coupled to either a Scania or Voith gearbox...
chassis. It was introduced in 1993.
A majority of Pathfinders, on both types of chassis, were built for London Buses; these have unusual single-piece front doors. The Lances were London's first low-floor buses. The first London examples were of bus type LLW and were operated on route 120 by London United from their Hounslow garage and on route 222 by Centrewest (now First London
First London
.First London is one of many operators of London Buses and owned by First Group. They did also run the Tramlink network, in a partnership with Tramtrack Croydon before June 2008. Their registered office is at Paddington station in London...
) from their Uxbridge garage, both have been superseded by more modern vehicles.