page_title: Volvo B10L
section_title: United Kingdom
hierarchical_section_title: Volvo B10L / United Kingdom
caption_attribution_description: English: Ulsterbus bus 2746 (reg. LAZ 2746) in Derry.
context_page_description: The Volvo B10L was a rear-engined, low-floor single-decker public bus chassis built by Volvo between c. 1993 and c. 2005. An articulated version of the B10L, known as the B10LA, was also produced.
context_section_description: The B10L was available in the United Kingdom and Ireland between 1994 and 1999, with a choice of two types of bodywork, the Alexander (Belfast) Ultra and the Wright Liberator. The Alexander Ultra body was marketed by Volvo, and based on the Swedish design produced by Säffle (a subsidiary of Volvo), who built the body on the first B10L imported to Britain. 
  The Wright bodywork proved slightly more popular.
  In the UK, the articulated B10LA was bodied exclusively by Wrights for FirstGroup subsidiaries in Manchester (15), Leeds (15) and Glasgow (10). The Wright body for the B10LA is named Fusion.
  The B10L enjoyed limited success in Britain. In 1997 the Volvo B10BLE was introduced to the British market, and this chassis rapidly became more popular. The B10BLE was cheaper than the B10L, and shared more in common with the step-entrance B10B, examples of which were already owned by many of its customers.
caption: Diesel-engined B10L with Alexander Ultra bodywork in the Ulsterbus fleet
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