Wright '1946–pr.
(Wrightbus)
Wrightbus is primarily a UK company founded in Northern Ireland by father and son Robert and Sir William Wright in 1946. Robert Wright & Son Coachbuilders was the original name of Wrightbus. During its early years, the company was known for re-bodying vehicles.
Sir William Wright pioneered aluminium bus framing in the UK in 1976, the first low floor bus in 1992, first British designed and built EV bus in 1999 and finally ensured the future of the business by leading the design of the worlds first hydrogen fuel cell double deck in 2015.
Wrightbus, based in Ballymena, Northern Ireland, builds the world’s lightest bus chassis and has developed the world’s first double-decker hydrogen bus. Owned by Jo Bamford, who bought the business in 2019, Wrightbus is at the vanguard of the zero-emission bus movement.
Wrightbus is a division of Bamford Bus Company Holdings Limited.
