Alexander Dash
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Alexander Dash | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | Walter Alexander Coachbuilders |
Production | 1991–1997 |
Assembly | Falkirk, Scotland |
Body and chassis | |
Doors | 1 door |
Floor type | Step entrance |
Chassis | Dennis Dart Volvo B6 |
Powertrain | |
Engine | (Dart) Cummins 6BT (B6) Volvo TD63E/TD63ES |
Capacity | 34 to 41 seated |
Power output | 93kW 135hp (Dart) |
Transmission | (Dart) Allison AT545 4-speed (B6) ZF 4HP500 |
Dimensions | |
Length | 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) |
Height | 3.4 m (11 ft) |
Chronology | |
Successor | Alexander ALX200 |
The Alexander Dash is a step-entrance midibus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders of Scotland from 1991 to 1997. It was one of the variants of Alexander's AM-type body and was usually combined with the Dennis Dart and Volvo B6 step-entrance single-decker bus chassis.
It has a slightly rounded roof dome and it has a double-curvature windscreen (either horizontal or V-shaped) with an arched top as common. The body was mainly built for the United Kingdom bus market, although one example with a Volvo B6R chassis and air-conditioning was shipped to Hong Kong as a demonstrator. This bus was later acquired by Citybus.
Many United Kingdom operators had used these buses for interurban and rural services rather than metropolitan or inner-urban service, due to its step-floor, slim body and high capacity nature.
In London the Alexander Dash, used on routes 127, 160, 177, 202, 238 and 247; operated by Selkent and Stagecoach East London, had a short service life, being withdrawn between 1998 and 1999 and disposed to other regions of Stagecoach.[1]
It was superseded by the low floor Alexander ALX200 in 1996–1997 with a more rounded roof dome and plastic mouldings under the windscreen to make it deeper having made on the Dennis Dart SLF and the Volvo B6LE chassis.
Competitors (bodywork)[]
Gallery[]
Alexander Dash bodied Dennis Dart with a horizontal windscreen with Veolia Transport in Pontypridd
Alexander Dash bodied Dennis Dart rear with First Hampshire & Dorset in Hampshire
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References[]
External links[]
Media related to Alexander Dash at Wikimedia Commons
- Alexander Dennis buses
- Midibuses
- Step-entrance buses
- Vehicles introduced in 1991