The Dennis Dart is a

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midibus A midibus is a classification of single-decker minibuses which are generally larger than a traditional minibus but smaller than a full-size single decker and can be anywhere between and long. While used in many parts of the world, the mi ...

chassis that was introduced by

Dennis Specialist Vehicles Dennis Specialist Vehicles was an English manufacturer of commercial vehicles based in Guildford, building buses, fire engines, lorries (trucks) and municipal vehicles such as dustcarts. All vehicles were made to order to the customer's require ...

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, England in 1989, replacing the

Dennis Domino The Dennis Domino was a step-entrance midibus chassis manufactured by Dennis in Guildford, England in 1984 and 1985. It was in essence, a scaled down single-decker version of the Dennis Dominator. Developed for intensive urban work, the Domin ...

. Initially built as a high-floor design, In 1996 the

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second generation Dennis Dart SLF was launched. In 2001, production of the Dart SLF passed to TransBus International, during which time it was sold as the TransBus Dart SLF;

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took over production in 2004, renaming the product as the Alexander Dennis Dart SLF. More than 11,000 Darts were produced in total during a 19-year production run. Most were purchased by United Kingdom operators, although examples were sold in North America, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. In the United States, the Dart SLF, with

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bodywork, was built and sold by

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as the Thomas-Dennis Dart SLF 200. The first generation Dart ceased production in 1998. Production of the Dart SLF continued until 2008, when it was replaced by the

Alexander Dennis Enviro200 The Alexander Dennis Enviro200 (previously known as the TransBus Enviro200) is a midibus that was manufactured by TransBus International and later Alexander Dennis between 2003 and 2018. The original TransBus Enviro200 design was innovative but ...

First generation (high-floor)

The Dennis Dart was conceived when

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(owner of

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and Duple) decided to produce a bus between a

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and a full-sized single-decker. It was launched in 1988 and was originally offered with the

Duple Dartline The Duple Dartline was a single-decker bus body built on the Dennis Dart chassis by three manufacturers - Duple Coachbuilders of Blackpool, Carlyle Works of Birmingham and Marshall Bus of Cambridge - between 1989 and 1993. Duple The Dartline ...

bodywork. It was 2.3m wide and was initially available in the length of 9.0m, but later available in lengths of 8.5m and 9.8m. It was powered by a

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6BT engine and coupled to the

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AT545 gearbox (the same engine and gearbox were also used in the

MCW Metrorider The MCW Metrorider, launched at the 1986 Motor Show, was a minibus designed built by Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW) between 1986 and 1989. Constructed in two lengths, 7.0 m and 8.4 m, the Metrorider was an integral bus, marking it out from its va ...

, latterly the

Optare MetroRider The Optare MetroRider was a midibus manufactured by Optare between 1989 and 2000. History Optare based the original design on the MCW Metrorider after it bought the rights from Metro Cammell Weymann after the latter decided to cease production ...

). This model was sold to

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and to some operators outside

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. Soon after it was launched, Duple was sold to

Plaxton Plaxton is an English builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Scarborough. Founded in 1907 by Frederick William Plaxton, it became a subsidiary of Alexander Dennis in May 2007. In 2019, the maker was acquired by Canadian bus manu ...

and the

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plant closed. Plaxton decided not to acquire the design rights of the

and it was sold to

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, who continued producing the bodywork from 1991. Production passed to

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in 1992 who bodied five Darts to this design. In 1993,

updated the design to the C36 and later, the C37. In 1990,

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became the next builder to body the Dart with a body called the Portsdown, but it was sold in small numbers and replaced by the

UVG Urbanstar The UVG Urbanstar was a step-entrance and low-entry midibus body built by the Universal Vehicles Group in Waterlooville, England on Dennis Dart and Dart SLF chassis. The first examples were delivered to Provincial in Southampton in December ...

in 1995. In the same year,

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bodied the Dart with the Handybus. In early 1991, Plaxton launched the Pointer (which was initially designated as

Reeve Burgess Reeve Burgess was a bus body manufacturer based in Pilsley, North East Derbyshire in the United Kingdom. It was a subsidiary of Plaxton from 1980 until its closure in 1991. History The original company known as Harry Reeve was founded in Bridg ...

Pointer as it was built at Reeve Burgess's plant, until later in the same year when it was transferred to Plaxton's

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plant). Later in 1991,

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bodied the Dart with its EL2000. In the latter half of 1991,

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launched the

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. Another contender entering the market at the same time was the

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. Initially, it was built with a design of a barrel shaped windscreen with quarterlights (which were mainly sold to Warrington Borough Transport), later models had a deep double-curvature two-piece windscreen. It was phased out when

bought Northern Counties in 1995. In 1993,

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purchased 16 Dart 9SDL buses adapted to use natural gas, the cylinders being mounted in a pod on the roof. As the

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es became more popular in late 1990s, orders for standard-floor Dart dropped heavily and production ceased in 1998, with the final five delivered to Jersey Motor Transport. A total of 3,470 first generation Darts were produced.

Second generation (Dart SLF)

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In 1996, Dennis launched a

version of the Dart known as the Dart SLF, with the letters SLF standing for ''Super Low Floor'' in reference to the new low-floor design. It was 2.4m wide and initially offered in lengths of 9.2m, 10m and 10.6m, with air suspension introduced in place of the taper leaf used in the original design. The driveline of the step-entrance Dart was retained, although some early examples were fitted with Eaton manual transmission. It was initially offered with the

low floor Accessibility is the design of products, devices, services, vehicles, or environments so as to be usable by people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design and practice of accessible development ensures both "direct access" (i. ...

version of the Pointer bodywork (which was notable for being wider), replaced by the updated Pointer 2 in 1997. It was also offered with a wide variety of bodies, namely the

East Lancs Spryte The East Lancs Spryte was a low floor single-decker bus body built by East Lancashire Coachbuilders. It was designed to body the Dennis Dart SLF chassis, but a handful have been built on others, for example, the Volvo B6LE. Mechanically and ...

, UVG Urbanstar (later renamed as the Caetano Compass; replaced by the

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in 1999), the Wright Crusader,

(discontinued in 2001 with the formation of TransBus International and being replaced by the Pointer 2),

Marshall Capital The Marshall Capital (later sold as the MCV Capital) was a single-decker bus body built originally by Marshall Bus between 1996 and 2002, and later by MCV Bus & Coach between 2002 and 2003. Initially launched on the step-entrance MAN 11.220 a ...

(developed from the C37; later built by MCV), Caetano Nimbus and

MCV Evolution The MCV Evolution (stylised as ''eVolution''; internal designation: MCV C102) is a low floor and low entry single-decker bus body built by Manufacturing Commercial Vehicles. It was unveiled in 2003 as the successor to the MCV Stirling. The MCV ...

(since 2005 - a further evolution of the Marshall bodywork). With the move to Euro III emissions in October 2001, the new

Cummins ISBe The Cummins B Series is a family of diesel engines produced by American manufacturer Cummins. In production since 1984, the B series engine family is intended for multiple applications on and off-highway, light-duty, and medium-duty. In the auto ...

engine was launched, with the 4-cylinder 3.9-litre model being used in all lengths except the 11.3m version, which uses the more powerful 6-cylinder, 5.9-litre version. The Cummins ISBe

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engine became available on the Dart SLF chassis since late 2006. In 2007 the Dennis Dart SLF was superseded by the

. The last Alexander Dennis Dart SLF was delivered to Park Island Transport of

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in March 2008. A total of 9,191 Dart SLFs were produced, making it one of the most successful buses of all time.

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for instance was one operator that took order to many of low floor Dennis Darts and a few high-floor examples (Alexander Dash). These were numbered 23-28 (high-floor), then 301–320, 361–399, 144–199, and 211–244. In 2015, S302 SHB was preserved as one of the first low-floor Darts preserved and goes to many rallies.

Dart SPD

In 1997, the Dart SPD (short for ''Super Pointer Dart'') was launched with a length of 11.3m (about the same length as a long

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), typically seating 40 to 44 passengers. The Dart SPD was launched to compete with full-size buses such as the

Volvo B10BLE The Volvo B10BLE was a rear-engined low-entry single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Volvo in Sweden between 1993 and 2004. The first prototypes were built in 1992, but mass production started in 1993, only a year after the high-floor B10B. I ...

and

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, while retaining the more lightweight construction of the basic Dart SLF. The Dart SPD has a more powerful engine and a more heavy duty

World Series B300R gearbox than the Dart SLF, but also with an option of a

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gearbox. Originally offered only with

Plaxton Pointer 2 The Plaxton Pointer (originally known as the Reeve Burgess Pointer, and later as the TransBus Pointer and Alexander Dennis Pointer) was a single-decker bus body manufactured during the 1990s by Reeve Burgess, Plaxton and latterly built by Al ...

bodywork (hence the 'P' in the name), this larger bus was later offered with other bodywork such as the

East Lancs Myllennium The East Lancs Myllennium was a type of single-decker bus body manufactured by East Lancashire Coachbuilders on DAF SB220, Dennis Dart SLF, MAN 14.220 and Scania OmniTown chassis. It was designed in 1999 as a bus for Millennium Dome routes M ...

, the

and a few have also been bodied by

. At least 230 Dart SPDs were produced.

Dart MPD

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In 1998, the Dart MPD (short for ''Mini Pointer Dart'') was launched. At 8.8m long, the Dart MPD was a model reminiscent of the original 8.5m Darts; it was launched to compete with newly emerging shorter midibuses such as the

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. The Dart MPD typically seated 23 to 29 passengers, and was available in both provincial and

specifications. As with the Dart SPD, the MPD was launched initially with only the

bodywork, although other bodies became available later on.

Narrow width Dart SLF

In 2002, TransBus launched a narrower-width variant of the Dart SLF at the request of bus operators in the

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and then

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, who replaced the majority of their fleets with slightly narrower Darts designed to comply with the islands' vehicle size restrictions, sporting adapted versions of existing

and Caetano Nimbus bodies respectively. Further examples have since joined them and small numbers of similar buses have entered service with other operators around the UK.

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also has a fleet of these narrower buses. The last ones entered service in summer 2007 in Gibraltar.

Thomas-Dennis Dart SLF 200

The Dennis Dart SLF, with

bodywork, was constructed in the United States for the North American market by

, being sold as the Thomas-Dennis Dart SLF 200 in reference to both the chassis and bodywork.

Exports

Although primarily sold in the United Kingdom, some were sold overseas:

Australia

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(25),

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(3),

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(27) and

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(2)

Hong Kong

In Hong Kong,

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purchased 76,

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60, Citybus 30,

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3, Park Island Transport 15 and Discovery Bay Buses 5. They were delivered between 1994 and 1999. Most were retired in 2014 - 2017.

Singapore

In Singapore,

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purchased 10

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bodied Darts in 1994 for smaller routes (M1, M2, M4 and 183). All the buses were retired in 2010 and replaced by

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s. Several private operators uses Dennis Darts (including SLF), those are being scrapped by 2019.

Gallery

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early (1989)

bodied Dennis Dart in

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East Lancs EL2000 bodied Dennis Dart in

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in 2005 File:20161210 L116 YVK.jpg, Preserved

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bodied Dennis Dart in December 2016 File:Rossendale Transport bus 6 (L26 FNE), 24 July 2008.jpg, Rossendale Transport 1994

Marshall C37 The Marshall C37 was a step-entrance midibus body introduced in 1993 on the Dennis Dart chassis, the body was also able to be fitted to the MAN 11.220 chassis. About 140 were produced. Brighton & Hove and Oxford Bus Company purchased 20 each whil ...

bodied Dennis Dart in July 2008 File:Go North East bus 8284 Dennis Dart SLF Caetano SC Coachbuilders V434 KGF in Washington Tyne and Wear 9 May 2009 pic 1.jpg,

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Caetano Compass bodied Dennis Dart SLF in

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in May 2009 File:Southern Vectis 817 G526 VYE 5.JPG, Preserved

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bodied Dennis Dart in April 2011 File:Arriva Southern Counties 3176.jpg, Arriva Kent and Sussex 1996

Plaxton Pointer The Plaxton Pointer (originally known as the Reeve Burgess Pointer, and later as the TransBus Pointer and Alexander Dennis Pointer) was a single-decker bus body manufactured during the 1990s by Reeve Burgess, Plaxton and latterly built by Alexa ...

bodied

Dennis Dart SLF The Dennis Dart is a rear-engined single-decker midibus chassis that was introduced by Dennis Specialist Vehicles of Guildford, England in 1989, replacing the Dennis Domino. Initially built as a high-floor design, In 1996 the low-floor se ...

in a special livery for the centenary of Maidstone's buses in September 2004. File:First Hampshire & Dorset 41646.jpg,

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1997

bodied Dennis Dart SLF in

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in July 2008 File:Enterprise 12.JPG,

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Caetano Nimbus bodied Dennis Dart SLF at

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in September 2008 File:S824 WYD 42824 East Lancs Spryte- Dennis Dart (8528234001).jpg, First Somerset and Avon

bodied Dennis Dart SLF in Bath in March 2013 File:DennisDart-SBST-Ext.JPG,

bodied Dennis Dart in January 2009 File:EZ7136.jpg,

bodied Dennis Dart in Hong Kong. File:ACTION - BUS 138 - Wright 'Crusader' bodied Dennis Dart SLF.jpg,

Wright Crusader bodied Dennis Dart SLF in

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in November 2009

Earlier front-engined Dart

The Dart name was originally applied to a front-engined single-decker bus chassis produced by Dennis between 1978 and 1980. However, the front-engined Dart remained unsuccessful, with only two examples produced, both with

bodywork. The first was built for the

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and exported to

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in 1978; the second was produced for the

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as a mobile command centre in 1980.Dennis Dart Front Engined
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