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{{Short description|Low-floor bus body on Volvo B10BLE chassis}}
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{{Infobox UK Bus
|name = Wright Renown
|name = Wright Renown
|image = Blackburn - DSC03856.JPG
|image = Transdev-Lancashire-1096-2010 (cropped).jpg
|caption = [[Blackburn Bus Company|Transdev Lancashire United]] Wright Renown bodied [[Volvo B10BLE]] in [[Blackburn]]
|caption = [[Blackburn Bus Company|Transdev Lancashire United]] Wright Renown bodied [[Volvo B10BLE]] in [[Blackburn]] in November 2010
|manufacturer = [[Wrightbus]]
|manufacturer = [[Wrightbus]]
|production = 1997 - 2002
|production = 1997 - 2002
|assembly = [[Ballymena]], Northern Ireland
|assembly = [[Ballymena]], Northern Ireland
|designer = Trevor Erskine<ref name="ErskineObit">{{cite magazine |date=19 March 2020 |title=Obituary: Trevor Erskine, Wrights' legendary designer |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/trevor-erskine-wrights-legendary-designer |magazine=[[Buses (magazine)|Buses]] |issue=781 |page=16 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
|floortype = [[Low-entry bus|Low entry]]
|floortype = [[Low-floor bus|Low floor]]
|doors = 1 or 2
|doors = 1 or 2
|capacity = 41 seated
|capacity = 44 seated
|chassis = [[Volvo B10BLE]]
|chassis = [[Volvo B10BLE]]
|engine = [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] DH10A-245
|engine = [[Volvo Buses|Volvo]] DH10A-245
|transmission = [[ZF Ecomat]] 5HP500<br/>[[Voith DIWA]] D851.3
|predecessor = [[Wright Liberator]]
|predecessor = [[Wright Liberator]]
|successor = [[Wright Eclipse]]
|successor = [[Wright Eclipse]]
}}
}}
The '''Wright Renown''' was a [[Low-entry bus|low entry]] [[single-decker bus]] body built on [[Volvo B10BLE]] chassis by [[Wrightbus]] in [[Ballymena]], Northern Ireland.
The '''Wright Renown''' is a [[Low-floor bus|low floor]] [[single-decker bus]] body built on [[Volvo B10BLE]] chassis by [[Wrightbus]] in [[Ballymena]], Northern Ireland.


==Design==
Over 800 Renowns were built between 1997 and 2002, making it somewhat more successful than the [[Volvo B10L|B10L]]-based [[Wright Liberator|Liberator]].
[[File:Keighley & District bus at Keighley bus station.jpg|thumb|left|Rear of [[Keighley & District]] Wright Renown at [[Keighley]] bus station, August 2009]]
Launched as the successor to the [[Wright Liberator]] body on the [[Volvo B10L]] chassis in 1997, the Wright Renown was the first bus in the Wright range to debut the company's 'Floline' low-floor system. Compared to previous Wright [[low-entry bus]]es which had multiple steps in the interior separating the entrance door from the back of the bus, the Renown had only one step along a gently sloped floor in the middle of the bus, with a manual wheelchair ramp at the entrance door also provided as standard. This system in both single and dual-door format was tested extensively at the [[Motor Industry Research Association]]'s [[Warwickshire]] proving grounds before its official launch with the Renown.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Mike |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-pre2010/page/n7/mode/2up |date=17 May 1997 |issue=269 |pages=8–9 |title=Wrights add a new dimension to access |magazine=[[Coach & Bus Week]] |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="Buses97">{{cite magazine |last=Morris |first=Stephen |url=https://archive.org/details/busesmag-pre2010/page/22/mode/2up |title=Low Renown |magazine=Buses |location=Hersham |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |pages=22–23 |date=July 1997 |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>


Built with an [[Alusuisse]] bolted aluminium frame as standard among other Wright products at the time, the Renown was also the first {{convert|12|m}} low-floor bus in Europe to feature gasket glazed windows as a result of the extra body strength from the Floline design; previous low-floor buses had featured bonded glazed windows, which took longer to replace and compromised the structural integrity of the body when broken.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Mike |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-pre2010/page/n7/mode/2up |date=17 May 1997 |issue=269 |pages=8–9 |title=First 12-metre lowfloor to use gasket glazing |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref><ref name="Buses97" />
The Renown was replaced by the [[Wright Eclipse|Eclipse (later Eclipse Metro)]] on [[Volvo B7L]] chassis, but due to unpopularity of the chassis, Wright developed the [[Wright Eclipse|Eclipse Urban]] on [[Volvo B7RLE]] chassis, which became the true successor of the Renown.


The Renown, as well as the overall Floline concept, were replaced by the 'Millennium Design' [[Wright Eclipse|Eclipse]] (later Eclipse Metro) on the [[Volvo B7L]] chassis.<ref name="ErskineObit" /> Due to the unpopularity of the longitudinal chassis, Wright developed the [[Wright Eclipse|Eclipse Urban]] on the [[Volvo B7RLE]] chassis in 2003, which became the true successor of the Renown.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--None stated--> |date=29 October 2003 |title=Eclipse Urban – A complement to the Wrightbus Eclipse |url=http://www.wrightbus.com/newspopup.asp?item_id=97 |url-status=dead |location=Ballymena |publisher=WrightGroup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040112101902/http://www.wrightbus.com/newspopup.asp?item_id=97 |archive-date=12 January 2004 |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref>
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File:Arriva bus 4509 Volvo B10BLE Wrightbus Renown V509 DFT in Newcastle 9 May 2009 pic 1.jpg|[[Arriva North East]] Wright Renown bodied [[Volvo B10BLE]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]].

File:Arriva bus 4506 Volvo B10BLE Wrightbus Renown V506 DFT in Newcastle 9 May 2009 pic 2.jpg|Arriva North East Wright Renown bodied Volvo B10BLE in Newcastle.
==Operators==
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[[File:First Somerset and Avon bus 66110 (R910 BOU) 1998 Volvo B10BLE Wrightbus Renown, Bristol, 25 June 2011.jpg|thumb|[[First Somerset and Avon]] Wright Renown in [[Bristol]] in June 2011]]
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[[File:Arriva bus 4509 Volvo B10BLE Wrightbus Renown V509 DFT in Newcastle 9 May 2009 pic 1.jpg|thumb|[[Arriva Northumbria]] Wright Renown in [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] in May 2009]]
Upon its launch, the [[FirstGroup]] placed an initial order for 112 Renowns for delivery to its [[First Manchester|Manchester]], [[First Bristol|Bristol]], [[First West Yorkshire|West Yorkshire]] and [[First Northampton|Northampton]] operations,<ref>{{cite news |date=8 May 1997 |title=Renown helps disabled |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/renow-helps-disabled/28370192.html |work=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Morgan |first=Mike |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-pre2010/page/n7/mode/2up |date=17 May 1997 |issue=269 |pages=8–9 |title=Orders taken for Floline |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref> with the first nine production Renowns delivered as 'GOLDService' buses to First Manchester in late 1997;<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-issue299/page/30/mode/1up |date=11 December 1997 |issue=299 |page=30 |title=Service Renowned |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref> the group ordered further Renowns until 2001 for its [[First South Yorkshire|South Yorkshire]],<ref name="Mainline">{{cite book |last1=Hudson |first1=Neil |last2=Nolan |first2=Gary |last3=Sentance |first3=Darren |title=The region's favourite: the story of South Yorkshire Transport and Mainline 1986 to 1998 from the inside |date=2021 |publisher=The Omnibus Society |location=Walsall |isbn=978-1-909091-33-7}}</ref>{{rp|207-208}} [[First Hampshire & Dorset|Hampshire]], [[First Glasgow|Glasgow]], [[First Scotland East|Eastern Scotland]] and [[First Aberdeen|Aberdeen]] operations.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} These Renowns were among the first in the group's fleet to be delivered with a new low-floor interior design featuring purple, grey and aquamarine fittings and seat cushions as well as wider seat spacing and hard-wearing non-slip flooring.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Cole |first=Martin |url=https://archive.org/details/buscoachbuyer-issue422/page/18/mode/2up |date=15 August 1997 |title=Public reaction to the new FirstBus standard |magazine=Bus & Coach Buyer |issue=422 |pages=18–19 |location=Spalding |publisher=Glen-Holland Limited |access-date=1 June 2024}}</ref>

The Renown was also highly popular with the [[Blazefield Group]], with a total of 125 delivered to its [[Harrogate Bus Company|Harrogate]], [[Keighley Bus Company|Keighley]], [[Yorkshire Coastliner]], [[Blackburn Bus Company|Lancashire United]] and [[Burnley Bus Company|Burnley]] operations throughout the type's production run.<ref name="Buses97" /><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Barrow |first=David |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-issue485/page/26/mode/2up |date=2 August 2001 |issue=485 |pages=26-27 |title=Trail-blazing in the North West |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=14 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6019454.2m-new-bus-fleet-hits-road/ |title=£2m new bus fleet hits road |work=Lancashire Telegraph|date=16 July 2001 |access-date=7 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Newton |first=Chris |date=22 October 2020 |title=A Volvo of Renown |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/volvo-renown |magazine=Buses |issue=788 |pages=42–44 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |access-date=12 December 2023}}</ref> Among these, Blazefield took delivery of both the last Renowns built and the last Volvo B10BLEs for the UK market, consisting of an order for 41 examples that were delivered mainly to Lancashire United between late 2001 and early 2002.<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |title=Wrightbus expands as market contracts |url=http://www.busandcoach.com/february2002/main.html#news3 |url-status=dead |work=Bus & Coach Professional |date=February 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020809003300/http://www.busandcoach.com/february2002/main.html#news3 |archive-date=9 August 2002 |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>

Ninety Renowns were delivered to [[Translink (Northern Ireland)|Translink]] of Northern Ireland between late 1999 and early 2000, with 45 each entering service with [[Citybus (Belfast)|Citybus]] of [[Belfast]] and [[Ulsterbus]] respectively.<ref>{{cite news |last=Morton |first=Robin |date=17 November 1998 |title=Bus builder wins new contract |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/bus-builder-wins-new-contract/28294031.html |work=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |last=Savage |first=Paul |date=19 April 2023 |title=Through The Troubles to today |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/through-troubles-today |magazine=Buses |issue=818 |pages=50–55 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |access-date=5 December 2023 |url-access=subscription |quote=The low floor revolution reached Belfast in 1996 when the first of 50 Volvo B10Ls, with Alexander 'Ultra' bodies hit the streets. Forty-five Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown arrived in 1999-2000, as did six Mercedes-Benz O405N and four O405GN bendybuses.}}</ref> Twenty Renowns were also delivered to [[Bus Éireann]] in 2000 for service in [[Cork (city)|Cork]].<ref>{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=9 August 2000 |title=Buses roll out for Cork route |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/buses-roll-out-for-cork-route/28316930.html |work=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=6 December 2023}}</ref>

The Wright Renown was also popular with some [[Go-Ahead Group]] companies. [[Go North East]] took delivery of 38 Renowns across four batches between 1998 and 2000,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Larkin |first=Nick |date=July 2016 |volume=19 |issue=2 |title=Getting the Go-Ahead |magazine=[[Bus & Coach Preservation]] |pages=22–26 |publisher=Meteor Books}}</ref> while 21 Renowns were delivered to [[Brighton & Hove (bus company)|Brighton & Hove]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lyons|first=Mark|title=The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years |chapter=Brighton & Hove |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_1zEAAAQBAJ |access-date=6 December 2023|date=30 June 2022|publisher=[[Key Publishing]]|isbn=978-1-80282-082-9|page=34}}</ref> The [[Oxford Bus Company]] also took delivery of Renowns specified in dual-door arrangement to deal with heavy passenger crowding in the tourist city between 1999 and 2000.<ref>{{cite book|last=Lyons|first=Mark|title=The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years |chapter=Oxford Bus Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2_1zEAAAQBAJ |access-date=7 December 2023|date=30 June 2022|publisher=[[Key Publishing]]|isbn=978-1-80282-082-9|page=44}}</ref>

Thirty Renowns were delivered to [[Arriva UK Bus|Arriva]] operations in [[Arriva Northumbria|Northumbria]],<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lidstone |first=John G. |url=https://archive.org/details/buses-issue539/page/42/mode/1up |title=Fleet News England & Wales |magazine=Buses |issue=539 |pages=42 |location=Hersham |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |date=February 2000 |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref> [[Arriva Scotland West|West Scotland]] and [[Arriva The Shires|The Shires]] during 1999, twenty-five Renowns were delivered to [[Travel Dundee]] between 1997 and 1999,<ref name="Buses97" /> while ten were delivered to [[Mainline Buses]] in December 1997 for service in [[Sheffield]], with a further 20 ordered for delivery in 1998 prior to the company being acquired by the FirstGroup.<ref name="Mainline" />{{rp|196-197}} [[Liverpool]]-based independent [[CMT Buses]] took delivery of eighteen Renowns beteween 1999 and 2000,<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Lidstone |first=John G. |url=https://archive.org/details/buses-issue527/page/41/mode/1up |title=Fleet News England & Wales |magazine=Buses |issue=527 |pages=41 |location=Hersham |publisher=Ian Allan Publishing |date=February 1999 |access-date=24 April 2024 |quote=The age profile of this fleet continues to drop; the latest additions are 10 Wright Renown B44F-bodied Volvo B10BLEs, S447-56 KCW. These are additional to the existing fleet, which now stands at 72, of which 32 are low-floor.}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/cbw-issue451/page/32/mode/1up |date=30 November 2000 |issue=451 |page=32 |title=Wright vehicles for CMT |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |publisher=Emap |access-date=24 April 2024}}</ref> while the Renown was also popular with some independently-run bus companies in Scotland, with examples delivered to Hutchinson's of [[Overtown, North Lanarkshire|Overtown]] as well as White of [[Walls, Shetland]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=20 February 2020 |title=Renown regains Hutchinson hues |magazine=Buses |issue=780 |page=66 |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=20 June 2019 |title=Blue and cream Renown from Shetland isles |url=https://www.keybuses.com/article/poppy-red-renown-winchester |magazine=Buses |location=Stamford |publisher=Key Publishing |issue=772 |page=67 |access-date=6 December 2023 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

==References==
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Wright Renown
Transdev Lancashire United Wright Renown bodied Volvo B10BLE in Blackburn in November 2010
Overview
ManufacturerWrightbus
Production1997 - 2002
AssemblyBallymena, Northern Ireland
DesignerTrevor Erskine[1]
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeLow floor
ChassisVolvo B10BLE
Powertrain
EngineVolvo DH10A-245
Capacity44 seated
TransmissionZF Ecomat 5HP500
Voith DIWA D851.3
Chronology
PredecessorWright Liberator
SuccessorWright Eclipse

The Wright Renown is a low floor single-decker bus body built on Volvo B10BLE chassis by Wrightbus in Ballymena, Northern Ireland.

Design

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Rear of Keighley & District Wright Renown at Keighley bus station, August 2009

Launched as the successor to the Wright Liberator body on the Volvo B10L chassis in 1997, the Wright Renown was the first bus in the Wright range to debut the company's 'Floline' low-floor system. Compared to previous Wright low-entry buses which had multiple steps in the interior separating the entrance door from the back of the bus, the Renown had only one step along a gently sloped floor in the middle of the bus, with a manual wheelchair ramp at the entrance door also provided as standard. This system in both single and dual-door format was tested extensively at the Motor Industry Research Association's Warwickshire proving grounds before its official launch with the Renown.[2][3]

Built with an Alusuisse bolted aluminium frame as standard among other Wright products at the time, the Renown was also the first 12 metres (39 ft) low-floor bus in Europe to feature gasket glazed windows as a result of the extra body strength from the Floline design; previous low-floor buses had featured bonded glazed windows, which took longer to replace and compromised the structural integrity of the body when broken.[4][3]

The Renown, as well as the overall Floline concept, were replaced by the 'Millennium Design' Eclipse (later Eclipse Metro) on the Volvo B7L chassis.[1] Due to the unpopularity of the longitudinal chassis, Wright developed the Eclipse Urban on the Volvo B7RLE chassis in 2003, which became the true successor of the Renown.[5]

Operators

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First Somerset and Avon Wright Renown in Bristol in June 2011
Arriva Northumbria Wright Renown in Newcastle upon Tyne in May 2009

Upon its launch, the FirstGroup placed an initial order for 112 Renowns for delivery to its Manchester, Bristol, West Yorkshire and Northampton operations,[6][7] with the first nine production Renowns delivered as 'GOLDService' buses to First Manchester in late 1997;[8] the group ordered further Renowns until 2001 for its South Yorkshire,[9]: 207–208  Hampshire, Glasgow, Eastern Scotland and Aberdeen operations.[citation needed] These Renowns were among the first in the group's fleet to be delivered with a new low-floor interior design featuring purple, grey and aquamarine fittings and seat cushions as well as wider seat spacing and hard-wearing non-slip flooring.[10]

The Renown was also highly popular with the Blazefield Group, with a total of 125 delivered to its Harrogate, Keighley, Yorkshire Coastliner, Lancashire United and Burnley operations throughout the type's production run.[3][11][12][13] Among these, Blazefield took delivery of both the last Renowns built and the last Volvo B10BLEs for the UK market, consisting of an order for 41 examples that were delivered mainly to Lancashire United between late 2001 and early 2002.[14]

Ninety Renowns were delivered to Translink of Northern Ireland between late 1999 and early 2000, with 45 each entering service with Citybus of Belfast and Ulsterbus respectively.[15][16] Twenty Renowns were also delivered to Bus Éireann in 2000 for service in Cork.[17]

The Wright Renown was also popular with some Go-Ahead Group companies. Go North East took delivery of 38 Renowns across four batches between 1998 and 2000,[18] while 21 Renowns were delivered to Brighton & Hove in 1998.[19] The Oxford Bus Company also took delivery of Renowns specified in dual-door arrangement to deal with heavy passenger crowding in the tourist city between 1999 and 2000.[20]

Thirty Renowns were delivered to Arriva operations in Northumbria,[21] West Scotland and The Shires during 1999, twenty-five Renowns were delivered to Travel Dundee between 1997 and 1999,[3] while ten were delivered to Mainline Buses in December 1997 for service in Sheffield, with a further 20 ordered for delivery in 1998 prior to the company being acquired by the FirstGroup.[9]: 196–197  Liverpool-based independent CMT Buses took delivery of eighteen Renowns beteween 1999 and 2000,[22][23] while the Renown was also popular with some independently-run bus companies in Scotland, with examples delivered to Hutchinson's of Overtown as well as White of Walls, Shetland.[24][25]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Obituary: Trevor Erskine, Wrights' legendary designer". Buses. No. 781. Stamford: Key Publishing. 19 March 2020. p. 16. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  2. ^ Morgan, Mike (17 May 1997). "Wrights add a new dimension to access". Coach & Bus Week. No. 269. Peterborough: Emap. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Morris, Stephen (July 1997). "Low Renown". Buses. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 22–23. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  4. ^ Morgan, Mike (17 May 1997). "First 12-metre lowfloor to use gasket glazing". Coach & Bus Week. No. 269. Peterborough: Emap. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Eclipse Urban – A complement to the Wrightbus Eclipse" (Press release). Ballymena: WrightGroup. 29 October 2003. Archived from the original on 12 January 2004. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Renown helps disabled". Belfast Telegraph. 8 May 1997. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  7. ^ Morgan, Mike (17 May 1997). "Orders taken for Floline". Coach & Bus Week. No. 269. Peterborough: Emap. pp. 8–9. Retrieved 24 March 2024.
  8. ^ "Service Renowned". Coach & Bus Week. No. 299. Peterborough: Emap. 11 December 1997. p. 30. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b Hudson, Neil; Nolan, Gary; Sentance, Darren (2021). The region's favourite: the story of South Yorkshire Transport and Mainline 1986 to 1998 from the inside. Walsall: The Omnibus Society. ISBN 978-1-909091-33-7.
  10. ^ Cole, Martin (15 August 1997). "Public reaction to the new FirstBus standard". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 422. Spalding: Glen-Holland Limited. pp. 18–19. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  11. ^ Barrow, David (2 August 2001). "Trail-blazing in the North West". Coach & Bus Week. No. 485. Peterborough: Emap. pp. 26–27. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
  12. ^ "£2m new bus fleet hits road". Lancashire Telegraph. 16 July 2001. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  13. ^ Newton, Chris (22 October 2020). "A Volvo of Renown". Buses. No. 788. Stamford: Key Publishing. pp. 42–44. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Wrightbus expands as market contracts". Bus & Coach Professional. February 2002. Archived from the original on 9 August 2002. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  15. ^ Morton, Robin (17 November 1998). "Bus builder wins new contract". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  16. ^ Savage, Paul (19 April 2023). "Through The Troubles to today". Buses. No. 818. Stamford: Key Publishing. pp. 50–55. Retrieved 5 December 2023. The low floor revolution reached Belfast in 1996 when the first of 50 Volvo B10Ls, with Alexander 'Ultra' bodies hit the streets. Forty-five Volvo B10BLE/Wright Renown arrived in 1999-2000, as did six Mercedes-Benz O405N and four O405GN bendybuses.
  17. ^ "Buses roll out for Cork route". Belfast Telegraph. 9 August 2000. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  18. ^ Larkin, Nick (July 2016). "Getting the Go-Ahead". Bus & Coach Preservation. Vol. 19, no. 2. Meteor Books. pp. 22–26.
  19. ^ Lyons, Mark (30 June 2022). "Brighton & Hove". The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years. Key Publishing. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-80282-082-9. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  20. ^ Lyons, Mark (30 June 2022). "Oxford Bus Company". The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years. Key Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 978-1-80282-082-9. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
  21. ^ Lidstone, John G. (February 2000). "Fleet News England & Wales". Buses. No. 539. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 42. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  22. ^ Lidstone, John G. (February 1999). "Fleet News England & Wales". Buses. No. 527. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 41. Retrieved 24 April 2024. The age profile of this fleet continues to drop; the latest additions are 10 Wright Renown B44F-bodied Volvo B10BLEs, S447-56 KCW. These are additional to the existing fleet, which now stands at 72, of which 32 are low-floor.
  23. ^ "Wright vehicles for CMT". Coach & Bus Week. No. 451. Peterborough: Emap. 30 November 2000. p. 32. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  24. ^ "Renown regains Hutchinson hues". Buses. No. 780. Stamford: Key Publishing. 20 February 2020. p. 66.
  25. ^ "Blue and cream Renown from Shetland isles". Buses. No. 772. Stamford: Key Publishing. 20 June 2019. p. 67. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
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