Volvo B10L

Volvo B10L

A Wright Liberator-bodied Volvo B10L.
Overview
Manufacturer Volvo
Body and chassis
Doors 1 to 3 doors
Floor type low-floor
Chronology

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

CNG-powered B10L of Travel West Midlands. Note this bus is now converted to run of diesel and is a driver-trainer.
Diesel-engined B10L with Alexander Ultra bodywork in the Ulsterbus fleet

The B10L was available in the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1994 and 1999, with a choice of two types of bodywork, the Alexander (Belfast) Ultra and the Wright Liberator. The Alexander Ultra body was based on the Swedish design produced by Säffle (a subsidiary of Volvo), who built the body on the first B10L imported to Britain. The Wright bodywork proved slightly more popular.

In the UK, the articulated B10LA was bodied exclusively by Wrights for FirstGroup subsidiaries in Manchester (15), Leeds (15) and Glasgow (10). The Wright body for the B10LA is named Fusion.

The B10L enjoyed limited success in Britain. In 1997 the Volvo B10BLE was introduced to the British market, and this chassis rapidly became more popular. The B10BLE was cheaper than the B10L, and shared more in common with the step-entrance B10B, examples of which were already owned by many of its customers.

Customers

Other UK operators who purchased B10Ls include:

The pioneer Säffle-bodied B10L was new to Mainline (now First South Yorkshire) but they did not order any further examples and quickly disposed of it. As of November 2006 it was being used around Lincoln by Stagecoach subsidiary RoadCar. Ironically, the 15 Wright-bodied examples in the FirstGroup are all due to be transferred to First South Yorkshire.

Ireland

Eleven Wright-bodied B10Ls are operated by Bus Éireann in Cork, and sister CIÉ company Dublin Bus purchased five Alexander-bodied B10Ls for use in Dublin. A sixth, experimental LPG-powered, vehicle was leased and later returned.

Finland

Helsingin Bussiliikenne has 41 Volvo B10L buses with Carrus City U bodies purchased between 1995 and 1999. 21 of these are gas-powered.[1] Pohjolan Liikenne has bought four Volvo B10L buses with Lahti 402 bodies in 1999.[2]

Tampereen kaupunkiliikenne has eight articulated Volvo B10LA buses with Carrus City U bodies bought between 1996–1998 and in 2008. [3]

Jyväskylän Liikenne B10L

Jyväskylän Liikenne has 29 Volvo B10L buses with Carrus City U bodies built between 1997 and 1998. Part of these buses have been bought from Kuopion Liikenne. [4] Koiviston Auto has five Volvo B10L buses with Carrus City U bodies bought in 1997 and 1998. [5]

See also

References

  1. Arttu Kuukankorpi (2009-08-31). "Pääkaupunkiseudun bussikuvasto" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  2. Arttu Kuukankorpi (2008-06-03). "Pääkaupunkiseudun bussikuvasto" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  3. Kari Paavola. "Tampereen seudun bussisivut > Kalustolista > Volvo" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  4. Antti Moilanen (2009-08-28). "Koiviston Auto-yhtymä; Jyväskylän Liikenne kalustoluettelo" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
  5. Antti Moilanen (2009-09-02). "Koiviston Auto-yhtymä; Koiviston Auto / Lahden Liikenne kalustoluettelo" (in Finnish). Retrieved 2009-09-06.
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