What on earth is a Wright 'Floline'?

[Strathclyder]

The Volvo replacement for the B10BLE was initially the B7L chassis which was in a vertical layout which created an almost toilet cubicle look to the back end of the Wright bodywork, not sure how it looked with other bodybuilders, the only other B7L I can think of off the top of me head was BX03OVZ with Hispano bodywork. The B7L was replaced by the B7RLE which did sell in a much more numerous volume than the B7L did.

First Glasgow took 10 tri-axle deckers with the B7L underneath in late 2002. The bodies were low-height East Lancs Nordics (similar in style to the Lolyne & Vyking) intended for the long No.66 route (Mountblow - East Kilbride (Calderwood); this route was renumbered the 6 in May 2013) which passes under the low railway bridge at Busby station. They weren't bought outright, but leased, and thus were withdrawn and sold in late 2011; their post-Glasgow careers are of course well-documented.

First Glasgow Buses and Coaches in the 21st Century - Victoryguy

I've pulled together all my First Glasgow digital images right back to the start, when I was using a 2.4 megapixel Fuji Finepix camera which I thought was the best there would ever be..........count these pixels whilst you can:-) This collection covers both First Glasgow's Number One and...

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Contrary to what the Nordic's Wikipedia article states, the 25 E500s First bought for Glasgow in 2009 didn't directly replace the Nordics and there is picture evidence of both types working alongside each other during that brief period (2009-2011).

First Glasgow Buses and Coaches in the 21st Century - Victoryguy

I've pulled together all my First Glasgow digital images right back to the start, when I was using a 2.4 megapixel Fuji Finepix camera which I thought was the best there would ever be..........count these pixels whilst you can:-) This collection covers both First Glasgow's Number One and...

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(both linked photos copyright of Donald MacRae)

 

[Statto]

Why did WrightBus give different names to the vehicles depending on the chassis they were built on? it was really confusing. The only ones i really knew were the Cadet & Commander and that's because my local operator Arriva had them.

 

[Markk1990]

Why did WrightBus give different names to the vehicles depending on the chassis they were built on? it was really confusing. The only ones i really knew were the Cadet & Commander and that's because my local operator Arriva had them.

I’d imagine given their small bodywork range (only low floor mid-full singles) they want to show how flexible they were with all chassis options, considering how relatively new they were considering their comparisons.

Now of course there is no requirement as either their offerings are integral or they offer a different range of bodywork styles so naming them per chassis isn’t needed.

 

[CN04NRJ]

Newport Bus had a number of them, a small number lasted into late 2018 (early 2019?) and were occasionally used on service work even though they weren't PSVAR compliant;

Newport Bus 14

03/01/2018. Photographed waiting to depart Central bus station is Scania L94UB/Wright Axcess Floline S114 TDW. She was engaged on a working of service 6A to Alway. Despite being withdrawn from service in 2015, 14, together with 10 and 13 were returned to service the following year following a...

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