StreetDeck Ultroliner / Micro Hybrid The Wright StreetDeck was originally launched as a standard diesel integral bus fitted with a Daimler OM934 5.1 litre, 4-cylinder Euro 6 diesel engine, competing mainly with the
Volvo B5TL and
Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC. This StreetDeck variant was retrospectively renamed to the Streetdeck Ultroliner in 2021 to distinguish it from the later HEV, Electroliner and Hydroliner variants. The StreetDeck is also available with the same Wrightbus 'Micro Hybrid' technology as was first provided in the
StreetLite single-decker. The Micro Hybrid package consists of a flywheel and regenerative braking in the bus, which provides electricity used to power the interior lights and compressed air systems, saving up to 10% in fuel costs compared to the standard diesel StreetDeck. The first five prototype StreetDeck demonstrators to be produced, three of which were delivered to
First Greater Manchester,
First South Yorkshire and
Transdev Blazefield, were fitted with a front end similar in appearance to the outgoing
Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 double-decker before Wrightbus's new standard 'Stealth' front
Wright Eclipse Gemini 3 end styling was adopted for production examples. An additional two prototype StreetDeck demonstrators were built to
Transport for London specification and delivered to
Arriva London and
London Central; Arriva London would later become the only TfL operator of diesel StreetDecks, taking delivery of a further ten production examples with restyled bodywork in July 2016 for service on
route 340. The first prototype StreetDeck featuring the new 'Stealth' bodywork entered service with
Arriva Derby in November 2014, built to the operator's
Sapphire specification for service on service 38, operating between
Derby and
Sinfin. Production examples soon followed, with the first order for 25 11.5-metre long-wheelbase StreetDecks delivered in March and April 2015 to
Brighton & Hove for use on the operator's Coaster service between
Brighton and
Eastbourne. Further dual-door 10.57-metre standard-length StreetDecks in standard fleet livery were delivered in 2016 and 2017, taking Brighton & Hove's StreetDeck fleet to a total of 82 buses. Another early customer for the StreetDeck were
Reading Buses, who took delivery of six StreetDeck Micro Hybrids equipped with stop-start technology in September 2016 for use on services connecting
Reading and
Woodley.
FirstGroup were initially the largest customer for the diesel StreetDeck following its launch, with an initial delivery of five entering service with
First Leicester in 2015, followed by an additional 29 being delivered in 2016. Twenty-two entered service on
First South Yorkshire's flagship X1 Steel Link service in September 2016, having entered service on route X78 from
Sheffield to
Doncaster in November 2015 due to delays in the opening of the
Bus Rapid Transit North, while over 120 StreetDecks were delivered to
First West Yorkshire's LeedsCity operation from 2018 onwards.
First West of England received a total of 27 Wright StreetDecks between 2015 and 2016 for services in and around
Bristol, and group subsidiary
Somerset Passenger Solutions, providing worker shuttle services to the
Hinkley Point C nuclear power station construction site, took delivery of 35 StreetDecks in late 2018 and early 2019, later taking delivery of 15 further StreetDeck Ultroliners in June 2023. The diesel StreetDeck proved again popular across the FirstGroup following Wrightbus' rescue from bankruptcy in 2019, with significant orders for the StreetDeck Ultroliner from the group being delivered throughout 2022. StreetDeck Ultroliners were delivered to
First Bradford bearing 'City of Bradford' branding in March 2022;
First West of England, where 27 StreetDeck Ultroliners with revived
Badgerline branding were delivered April 2022;
First Eastern Counties, where 15 low-height StreetDecks began to be delivered for the Ipswich Reds operation from October 2022;
First York, which took 20 for city and
University of York services, and
First Potteries, where 12 of the type, 10 branded for the 'Constellation' serving
Keele University, were delivered in December 2022. The
Go-Ahead Group were the second largest customer for the diesel StreetDeck, with initial deliveries to the group going to the
Oxford Bus Company, who took delivery of 41 StreetDecks between 2015 and 2017 for its
city 3 (yellow),
city 5 (pink),
city 8&9 (orange) and Oxford
park & ride services.
Go North East purchased 26 StreetDecks for its
Castles Express X21 and
the Angel 21 services between 2016 and 2018. The company announced a further order of 31 StreetDecks for its
X-Lines network of express routes in 2019 which were scheduled to enter service from Spring 2020; the delivery of these buses was delayed into the late summer due to the
COVID-19 pandemic shutting down bus manufacturing, with the decision taken to divert six StreetDecks from the Go North East order to
Thames Travel and a further three to the Oxford Bus Company. Of the remaining StreetDecks delivered to Go North East, the order included the first StreetDeck in the UK to feature Daimler's 6-cylinder engine, Prior to Wrightbus entering administration, after
Arriva UK Bus had taken delivery of a single demonstrator example in 2016 for use by
Arriva Southern Counties,
Arriva Yorkshire ordered several low-height StreetDecks in September 2019 that were built to
Arriva Sapphire specification. Arriva cancelled seven of this batch following the period of administration, and a year later, these seven buses were sold to
Ensignbus. The company later bought 14 new StreetDecks built to full-height Ensignbus specification.
Arriva Merseyside took delivery of 24 low-height Streetdeck Ultroliners in January 2022, which entered service on two routes serving
Liverpool and other surrounding areas. Another significant operator of StreetDecks is the
Rotala Group, who initially purchased 13 StreetDecks from a cancelled First Leeds order for
Diamond North West in 2020. The group then ordered 139 more StreetDecks in 2020, with the majority being delivered to Diamond North West to replace vehicles leased from
First Greater Manchester. The remaining four from this order were delivered to
Preston Bus.
Translink in Northern Ireland first took delivery of 28 diesel StreetDecks between July and August 2018 for
Ulsterbus services. These buses were branded as 'Urby' buses, operating on park and ride services as well as routes connecting
Belfast with outlying communities mainly in
County Antrim and
County Down. An additional 10 Urby StreetDecks entered service on Belfast-County Down services in October 2019, while 20 StreetDecks entered service with
Metro in Belfast in the same year, these being the final diesel buses to enter service with the operator. A further 70 StreetDecks were delivered to Ulsterbus between late 2020 and early 2021.
StreetDeck HEV Wright StreetDeck HEV on its first day in service in May 2018 The
hybrid-electric (HEV) variant of the StreetDeck was launched in 2018 alongside the hybrid-electric
Wright StreetLite Max, with the first 13 StreetDeck HEVs entering service with
First South Yorkshire alongside an order of StreetLites at the Olive Grove Depot in May 2018. Later that month, eight StreetDeck HEVs also entered service on
First West Yorkshire's
Elland Road park & ride service in
Leeds. Outside of the FirstGroup, the
Oxford Bus Company took delivery of six StreetDeck HEVs in 2018 for Brookesbus services U1 and U5. A StreetDeck HEV was delivered to the
Belfast Metro, while in London, StreetDeck HEVs were delivered to
Tower Transit and
Go-Ahead London, while a single demonstrator example delivered to
London United was later purchased by Ensignbus for use as a prop vehicle in film and TV production.
StreetDeck Hydroliner Wright StreetDeck Hydroliner on
Union Street,
Aberdeen in September 2022 The
hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) variant of the StreetDeck, later named the StreetDeck Hydroliner in June 2021, was unveiled at the Euro Bus Expo in October 2018. When launched, it was the first hydrogen-powered double-decker bus the world, built with a range of up to 280 miles, however these orders were interrupted due to the temporary collapse of Wrightbus when it fell into administration in the same year. These were eventually delivered to
Metroline and entered service on
route 7 in May 2021. Further orders were first made by
First Aberdeen for 15 StreetDeck Hydroliners in March 2020, which entered service in January 2021, while
National Express West Midlands ordered 20 buses in October 2020, which were delivered throughout 2021 and entered service in the December of that year. Three more of the type entered service with
Translink in Northern Ireland in December 2020; a further 23 were ordered in December 2021 and began to enter service from March 2022.
Go-Ahead Group operator
Metrobus have ordered 11 StreetDeck Hydroliners for delivery in late 2024. Four StreetDeck Hydroliners were ordered in October 2023 for long-term trial use from early 2024 on shuttle services transporting construction workers to the site of the
Sizewell C nuclear power station in
Suffolk, part of pilot research into the use of hydrogen-powered equipment on construction sites.
StreetDeck Electroliner Wright StreetDeck Electroliner in
Norwich in October 2023 The
battery electric (BEV) variant of the StreetDeck, named the StreetDeck Electroliner, was launched at the ITT Hub conference in
Farnborough, Hampshire in June 2021, built with a range of up to 200 miles and a battery capacity of 454 kWh. In 2022, Wrightbus claimed that the Electroliner had been certified as the most efficient battery electric double decker bus in the world following tests at the French automotive testing centre . Batteries are supplied by French battery company Forsee Power, and are distributed around the chassis underneath the lower deck. A further nine were delivered for service on route C3 commencing in October 2023. Elsewhere in London, Arriva London first ordered 16 StreetDeck Electroliners for use on
route 307 in October 2022, followed by additional orders for 34 in October 2023 for
route 279 and 76 for various routes in February 2024.
Stagecoach London ordered 48 StreetDeck Electroliners in April 2023, later ordering an additional 16 in February 2024, and Metroline, after taking delivery of a single demonstrator example, Translink in Northern Ireland ordered 80 StreetDeck Electroliners as part of a £74 million zero-emissions fleet investment in 2021. The first of these entered service in
Belfast with Metro in March 2022, 79 more Electroliners began to be delivered to both Metro and Ulsterbus from May 2024 onwards, with one being delivered to the Foyle Metro operation, 21 being delivered for Ulsterbus services in Derry,
Coleraine and
Craigavon, and the remaining 57 due to be delivered to Metro by 2025. The
FirstGroup took delivery of its first Wright StreetDeck Electroliners in August 2023, with 20 entering service with
First York, followed by the first of a further 55 StreetDeck Electroliners entering service in
Norwich with
First Eastern Counties in October 2023, and a further nine for First York's
University of York services in late 2023. 25 StreetDeck Electroliners were delivered to
First West Yorkshire's
Bramley depot from March 2024 for service in
Leeds, and 24 StreetDeck Electroliners were delivered to
First Aberdeen in April 2025, alongside a separate order for eleven StreetDeck Electroliners by
First Glasgow for use on the
Glasgow Airport express bus service.
Arriva Midlands ordered 24 low-height specification StreetDeck Electroliners for service in
Leicester, the first of which was delivered in September 2023, with the remaining buses delivered in early 2024. The Oxford Bus Company took delivery of 21 StreetDeck Electroliners in November 2023 for use on BROOKESbus services 100 & 400, the first of an order 91 StreetDeck Electroliners made in January 2023, with the remainder launched to begin entering service from January 2024.
Glasgow City Sightseeing operator
West Coast Motors ordered 10
open top dual-door StreetDeck Electroliners, the first zero emissions buses globally for a City Sightseeing operation, which began to be delivered from February 2024. The Oxford Bus Company also took delivery of eight open top StreetDeck Electroliners for its City Sightseeing services in March 2024. == Second generation (2023-present) ==