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A PLEASURE TO DRIVE
| 题名： | A PLEASURE TO DRIVE |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | CHRIS NEWTON |
| 摘要： | Driving for Transdev in Lancashire for the last 14 years has enabled me to drive a variety of buses. During this time, I have worked out of depots in Burnley and Blackburn and have covered many routes across Lancashire. While based at Burnley, I would also have my passport stamped to take me to the Yorkshire towns of Keighley and Skipton. My job has also given me an insight into some of my favourite buses and also included a brief account of what it is like to drive them. Readers may recall that my last two features have covered two iconic single-deckers; the Volvo Wright Renown (Buses November 2020) and the Dennis Dart (Buses April 2021). Having covered many miles in these low floor single-deckers, I must confess that most of my bus mileage has in fact been accumulated behind the wheel of a double-decker which is just as iconic. I am of course referring to the Volvo Wright Eclipse Gemini.The Wright Eclipse Gemini has been built in Ballymena, Northern Ireland by Wrightbus since 2001 using Volvo's B7TL chassis. It's surprising that the very first examples are now over 20 years old. I suppose it's typical of anything with a Wright badge on it to look timeless, something which the company has a real talent for producing. The Wright Eclipse Gemini is a low-floor double-decker which was based on the Wright Eclipse single-decker design. Many Gemini Mark 1s are still around today and over the years have proved to be a popular choice with UK operators, including First, which since 2003 has put over 1,200 of these buses into revenue earning service. Other companies such as Arriva, Lothian and Transdev, plus many smaller independents, have also gone the Wright way. Many operated in London, where traditionally they would have two sets of doors for loading and unloading passengers. |
| 出版年： | 2022 |
| 期刊名称： | Buses |
| 卷： | 74 |
| 期： | 804 |
| 页码： | 30-33 |
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