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Encyclopedia > Alexander Dennis
Alexander Dennis Ltd.
Image:Alexander dennis logo.gif
Type Private
Founded 2004
Headquarters Falkirk, United Kingdom
Industry Automotive
Products Single & Double-decker buses, Fire engines
Revenue GB£6.6 million (2005)
Employees 1,400
Website www.alexander-dennis.com

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History

An Enviro 400 in service with London operator Metroline.

Alexander Dennis was formed as Transbus on 1 January 2001, after the merger of Mayflower Corporation-owned Walter Alexander Coachbuilders and Dennis Chassis, and Henlys owned-Plaxton, all based in the United Kingdom. Image File history File links Wiki_enviro_400_metroline. ... Image File history File links Wiki_enviro_400_metroline. ... The Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 is a double decker bus which will be available to the UK market from Autumn or Winter 2005. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ... Metroline, owned by ComfortDelGro Corporation of Singapore, is one of more than 20 companies operating bus services in London under the management of London Buses. ... Image File history File linksMetadata LD297. ... Image File history File linksMetadata LD297. ... The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB; Chinese: ), a company of the Transport International Holdings Limited, is the largest franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world. ... A Transbus Enviro 500 serving with KMB in Hong Kong. ... Walter Alexander Coachbuilders is a Scottish bus bodybuilder based in Falkirk. ... Dennis Pax flatbed truck A UMW-Dennis Lance in Singapore, Duple Metsec bodied. ... Henlys Group PLC was a car dealer that became a major player in the bus and coach business in both North America and United Kingdom History Henlys started life as a chain of British Leyland dealers. ... Plaxton is a builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough, England. ...


Transbus had a variety of factories around the United Kingdom from all three merged companies: the former Alexander factories at Falkirk, Scotland and Belfast, Northern Ireland, the former Plaxton factories at Anston and Scarborough, the former Northern Counties factory at Wigan, and the Dennis factory at Guildford. Falkirk (An Eaglais Bhreac in Scottish Gaelic) is a town in central Scotland. ... Motto: (Latin for No one provokes me with impunity)1 Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official language(s) English, Gaelic, Scots 2 Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 54. ... Motto: (Latin for Who would separate us?)[1] Anthem: UK: God Save the Queen Regional: (de facto) Londonderry Air Capital Belfast Largest city Belfast Official language(s) English (de facto), Irish, Ulster Scots 3, NI Sign Language Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister of the UK Tony... The villages of North Anston and South Anston are the principal constituents of the civil parish of North and South Anston, in the metropolitan borough of Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England. ... Statistics Population: 50,135[1] Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: TA040880 Administration District: Scarborough Shire county: North Yorkshire Region: Yorkshire and the Humber Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: North Yorkshire Historic county: Yorkshire (North Riding) Services Police force: North Yorkshire Police Fire and rescue: {{{Fire... Northern Counties Motor and Engineering Company was a manufacturer of bus bodywork located in Wigan Lane, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom. ... For the larger local government district, see Metropolitan Borough of Wigan. ... Statistics Population: 66819 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SU9949 Administration District: Guildford Shire county: Surrey Region: South East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Surrey Historic county: Surrey Services Police force: Surrey Police Ambulance service: South East Coast Post office and telephone Post town...


At the height of Transbus, the company produced a range of both bus & coach chassis and bodies as well as fire engines and waste collection vehicles. Included among its range of chassis were the Dennis Dart, one of the all time best selling buses in the UK, and the Dennis Trident. Transbus also produced export variants for service in New York City, Hong Kong, and other locations. The Dennis Trident is the most common bus model in service in London. A fire apparatus, fire engine or fire truck usually refers to a vehicle designed to fight fires. ... A typical front loader garbage truck in North America A waste collection vehicle (WCV), garbage truck (in North America), or dustcart, or sometimes dustbin wagon (in Britain and other Commonwealth countries), is a truck specially designed to haul waste to landfills and other recycling / disposal facilities. ... The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ... KMBs 12m Trident 3 (ATR5) with Alexander ALX500 body. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... A Dennis Trident 2 owned by Stagecoach, UK. For 3-axle, longitudinal-engine Dennis Trident built for export, see Dennis Trident 3/Dennis Trident E500. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of the United Kingdom and the largest city of England (strangely, England has no constitutional existence within the United Kingdom, and therefore cannot be said to have a capital). ...


Since the creation of Transbus merged both Plaxton and Alexander, the Transbus range included Plaxton coaches as well as two double decker bodies (the Plaxton President and the Alexander ALX400), the Alexander ALX300 citybus and the Pointer body built in quantity on the aforementioned Dennis Dart chassis, which replaced the Alexander ALX200 body built previously on a Dart chassis. Plaxton President is the name of a double-decker bus body built by Plaxton from 1999 to 2005 in the United Kingdom. ... A Stagecoach A1 Service Dennis Trident 2 with an Alexander ALX400 body. ... The Alexander ALX300 (now Alexander Dennis ALX300) is the name of a bus body built by Alexander at Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ... An ALX200 on Dennis Dart SLF chassis, in service with Arriva in the Netherlands The Alexander ALX200 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ...


On 31 March 2004, the Mayflower Group was put into administration and by default Transbus also entered administration. On 17 May 2004, the Plaxton coach business was sold to its management and returned to its separate Plaxton identity (Transbus had been in the process of eradicating the traditional company names from the vehicles). Four days later, on 21 May 2004, the remaining part of Transbus (Alexander and Dennis) was bought by independent business men (one of whom was Brian Souter, owner of the Stagecoach Group, although the acquisition was kept separate from the bus and train operation). The new company became Alexander Dennis. The sale did not include the former Alexander Belfast plant, which later closed down. Plaxton is a builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough, England. ... Brian Souter, born in Perth, Scotland is the co-founder of the Stagecoach Group, along with his sister, Ann Gloag. ... A Stagecoach West Scotland vehicle in the UK Bus corporate livery. ...


On 26 January 2005, Alexander Dennis's Wigan plant was closed after finishing the orders of its President body.


Today

Alexander Dennis reported a pre-tax loss of £6.6m on a turnover of £195m for the 17 month period to 30 September 2005, including £5.7m of exceptional items in the five month "restructuring period" from administration. Excluding the restructiong period, a pre-tax profit of £7m was recorded on a turnover of £150m in the 12 month period to 30 September 2005.


Since the administration period and restructuring of the former Transbus International, ADL has secured a number of major orders from UK operators, and is the favoured manufacturer of the Stagecoach Group. The company has also continued to find success in its predecessors' traditional markets of Hong Kong and the Republic of Ireland, with the Enviro 500 securing orders in both markets, and the ALX400 double-deck body remaining the Dublin Bus standard vehicle. A Stagecoach West Scotland vehicle in the UK Bus corporate livery. ... A Transbus Enviro 500 serving with KMB in Hong Kong. ... A Stagecoach A1 Service Dennis Trident 2 with an Alexander ALX400 body. ... Dublin Bus or Bus Átha Cliath in Irish - provides an extensive bus network of nearly 200 radial, cross-city and peripheral routes in the City of Dublin and the Greater Dublin Area. ...


Alexander Dennis is also building its share of the North American market, securing £25m worth of orders in 2005 for its Enviro 500 model from customers in Victoria, British Columbia, New York City (open top models), San Francisco and Las Vegas. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... Victoria is a Canadian city, and it is the capital of the province of British Columbia. ... Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Manhattan Queens Brooklyn Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area    - City 1,214. ... This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ... This article is about the city of Las Vegas in Nevada. ...


The order book remains strong in the first quarter of 2006 and the company has unveiled two new models, the Enviro 400 double-decker and Enviro200Dart midibus. The Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 is a double decker bus which will be available to the UK market from Autumn or Winter 2005. ... The Alexander Dennis Enviro200Dart is a midibus manufactured by Alexander Dennis for the UK market as a successor to the Dart chassis and Pointer body. ...


Products

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Bus bodies

Duple Metsec (originally named Metal Sections) is a former bus bodybuilder based in West Midlands of the United Kingdom, which usually supplied body kits for assembly in the overseas. ... An ALX200 on Dennis Dart SLF chassis, in service with Arriva in the Netherlands The Alexander ALX200 is the name of a bus body built by Alexander of United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ... Walter Alexander Coachbuilders is a Scottish bus bodybuilder based in Falkirk. ... The Alexander ALX300 (now Alexander Dennis ALX300) is the name of a bus body built by Alexander at Falkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom, which were for new generation (mainly low-floor) bus chassis produced since late 1990s. ... Walter Alexander Coachbuilders is a Scottish bus bodybuilder based in Falkirk. ... A Stagecoach A1 Service Dennis Trident 2 with an Alexander ALX400 body. ... Walter Alexander Coachbuilders is a Scottish bus bodybuilder based in Falkirk. ... NWFBs Dennis Trident 3 (10. ... Walter Alexander Coachbuilders is a Scottish bus bodybuilder based in Falkirk. ... Dennis Dart SLF Plaxton Pointer, owned by New World First Bus of Hong Kong. ... Plaxton is a builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough, England. ... Plaxton President is the name of a double-decker bus body built by Plaxton from 1999 to 2005 in the United Kingdom. ... Plaxton is a builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough, England. ...

Bus chassis

The Dennis Dart is a bus model and was the first successful Dennis product since the Dominator. ... A Dennis Trident 2 owned by Stagecoach, UK. For 3-axle, longitudinal-engine Dennis Trident built for export, see Dennis Trident 3/Dennis Trident E500. ... KMBs 12m Trident 3 (ATR5) with Alexander ALX500 body. ...

Complete buses (or chassis/body only)

The Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 is a midibus designed for the UK market, primarily London as a successor to Dennis Dart. ... The Alexander Dennis Enviro200Dart is a midibus manufactured by Alexander Dennis for the UK market as a successor to the Dart chassis and Pointer body. ... The Alexander Dennis Enviro 300 (previously known as the TransBus Enviro 300) is a light weight single deck bus built by Alexander Dennis (the successor to Transbus International) in the UK since 2001. ... The Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 is a double decker bus which will be available to the UK market from Autumn or Winter 2005. ... A Transbus Enviro 500 serving with KMB in Hong Kong. ...

Fire engines

  • Sabre
  • Rapier - production ceased
  • Dagger

A Dennis Dagger of Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service. ...

External links

  • Alexander Dennis's official website
  • BUSRide article on Transbus International, with details of its collapse

  Results from FactBites:
 
Alexander Dennis at AllExperts (592 words)
Alexander Dennis was formed as Transbus on 1 January 2001, after the merger of Mayflower Corporation-owned Walter Alexander Coachbuilders and Dennis Chassis, and Henlys owned-Plaxton, all based in the United Kingdom.
Alexander Dennis reported a pre-tax loss of £6.6m on a turnover of £195m for the 17 month period to 30 September 2005, including £5.7m of exceptional items in the five month "restructuring period" from administration.
Alexander Dennis is also building its share of the North American market, securing £25m worth of orders in 2005 for its Enviro 500 model from customers in Victoria, British Columbia, New York City (open top models), San Francisco and Las Vegas.
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