Wright Eclipse Gemini

Additionally, the body was available on Volvo Super Olympian chassis in Hong Kong between 2003 and 2005, marketed as the Wright Explorer.

The first-generation Wright Eclipse Gemini was highly popular with the FirstGroup, with the group ordering examples from 2004 onwards.

Wright Eclipse Geminis on the Volvo B7TL chassis entered service with First Glasgow, First West and South Yorkshire, and First Leicester, among others, between 2004 and the B7TL's discontinuation in 2007.

[4] Arriva London were the launch customer for the Wright Eclipse Gemini, taking on its first two of the type in July 2001, one of which was displayed at the 2001 International Association of Public Transport conference at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.

[9]: 272  A single Euro IV Volvo B9TL demonstrator with Wright Eclipse Gemini bodywork was delivered to London Central in July 2006, however orders did not materialise.

[18] Go North East initially took delivery of three Wright Eclipse Geminis with high specification interiors on the Volvo B7TL chassis in 2005, which were used on the X10 express service connecting Newcastle upon Tyne and Middlesbrough;[19] this was followed in 2006 by an order for five B7TL Geminis for use on the 724 service connecting Newcastle and Chester-le-Street.

[20] East Yorkshire Motor Services purchased a total of 60 Wright Eclipse Geminis on both the Volvo B7TL and B9TL chassis between 2005 and 2009, including four for its Manchester-based Finglands Coachways operation,[21][22][18] and Lincolnshire RoadCar took delivery of six Wright Eclipse Geminis on Volvo B7TL chassis for Lincolnshire InterConnect services in 2006.

Wrightbus offered similar tri-axle bodywork, which was unnamed and had slightly different rear styling, to the chassis.

First West Yorkshire took the largest delivery of Gemini 2s in the group, with 47 delivered to the operator in 2012 following their use in London on shuttle services for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

[34][35] 14 of these were delivered in 2010 for Lothian's Airlink services, specified with luggage racks, free WiFi, tables and a route-branded livery.

[citation needed] The Volvo B5LH with Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodywork was popular with Arriva UK Bus, with 77 examples delivered to group subsidiaries between 2012 and 2013.

Citybus took an example of the 12.8 metres long as well and was delivered in late-2013, with build quality issues delaying the registration process and eventually put into service in March 2015.

Between 2010 and 2017, SBS Transit and Land Transport Authority took delivery of 1,606 Eclipse Gemini 2 for Volvo B9TLs being delivered as knock-down kits and locally assembled by ComfortDelGro Engineering.

The two most noticeable aesthetic changes were a substantial redesign of the rear end and the introduction of smaller upper deck windows to save weight; the front light clusters were also slightly redesigned, in order to incorporate separate LED daytime running lights for the first time.

Some of these have since transferred to Go-Ahead Ireland following the retendering of Dublin Bus services to the new company by the National Transport Authority.

[85] Stagecoach Cumbria & North Lancashire, meanwhile, received seven open-top Gemini 3s on the Volvo B5TL chassis for use on the operator's Lakesider sightseeing service in the Lake District in 2017,[86][87] and Stagecoach East received six B5TL Gemini 3 open-toppers in 2018 for its City Sightseeing operations in Cambridge.

[99] The first three-axle Volvo B8L delivered to SBS Transit in Singapore in 2017 received a facelifted Gemini 3 bodywork and was registered as SG4003D.

It failed trials in Singapore as a demonstrator for 3 years, and was subsequently bought by private operator A&S Transit (bus is now registered as PD169L).

[citation needed] Hato Bus ordered 5 sightseeing buses in December 2018 on the twin-axle Scania K410EB chassis.

Lothian Buses Volvo B9TL with standard-height Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body in June 2010
Arriva North West Volvo B5LH with low-roof version of the Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 body
SBS Transit Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2
Dublin Bus Wright Gemini 3-bodied Volvo B5TL near Parnell Square in May 2019
Lothian Buses Wright Gemini 3 open top-bodied Volvo B5TL in Edinburgh in June 2018
London United Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B5LH at Hatton Cross Station in January 2025