The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 is a twin-axle

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that was built by the

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bus manufacturer

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between 2005 and 2018. It replaced the

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, Dennis Trident (from which the Enviro400 was developed) and

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. In 2014, the Enviro400 was succeeded by the updated Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC and production of the classic Enviro400 ceased in 2018. The Enviro400 is available both as an integral bus and as a standalone bodywork and chassis. The Enviro400 chassis replaced the

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(and continued to be badged as the Trident for a time) and was formerly available with

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and

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bodywork; the Enviro400 body replaced the Alexander ALX400 and Plaxton President designs and was sold on

Scania N230UD The Scania N series is a line of low-floor bus chassis with straight-up, transversely mounted Euro IV or newer engine at the rear, built by Scania AB, Scania since 2006, replacing the Scania N94. It is available as the N UB (N230UB, N270UB, N280 ...

, Volvo B7TL and

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chassis.

First generation (2005–2010)

The Enviro400 was originally launched as an integral product. Soon after launch, the Enviro400 chassis became available with

and

bodywork. As well as an integral bus, the Enviro400 body was available on

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chassis. The vast majority of N-series Enviro400s built were of the N230UD variant, which sold well with Stagecoach Group. Additionally, two N-series Enviro400s were built on the more powerful N280UD variant of the chassis, both for Express Motors of Porthmadog. As well as the

, a single Enviro400 was constructed on Volvo B7TL chassis before this chassis was succeeded by the

, on which more examples of the Enviro400 were bodied.

Second generation (2008–2018)

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Alexander Dennis released the second generation Enviro400 at Euro Bus Expo in 2008, with the main external visual differences being the incorporation of a line of white LED

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s underneath the headlights in the main front light clusters, redesigned front bumpers and the relocation of the offside emergency exit door. The facelift coincided with the introduction of a Euro 5 compliant drivetrain for the Enviro400. The ''Trident'' moniker on the chassis plates was largely dropped not long afterwards, but the ''Trident 2'' name was retained on Enviro400s built for Hong Kong. The second generation Enviro400 was superseded by the Enviro400 MMC in 2015 in the UK with no more orders, but in 2016 Alexander Dennis developed a low-height Enviro400 with Enviro400 MMC-style front and rear specifically for Hong Kong market. Production of Enviro400 ceased in 2018.

Powertrain variants

Integral Enviro400

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operator

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was the first company to order the Enviro400, ordering 28 for route 24 in June 2005, entering service at the end of the year. One dual door demonstrator, named ''

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'', was delivered to

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to replace the Dennis Trident destroyed during the

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and a single door demonstrator was delivered to the then

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for evaluation. Both prototypes were exhibited at Coach & Bus Live 2005 in the

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. The Enviro400 had sold well in

with a number of operators, such as

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and

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(which received the first Euro IV-engined Enviro400 in May 2006), operating these buses. It is also popular with Stagecoach, which placed its first order of 130 low-height models in February 2006, later followed by another 389 buses with Euro IV/V engine.

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relaunched its Wirral - Liverpool 'Cross River' services with a batch of 23 in January 2009. A further batch of 12 was allocated to

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depot in September 2009 originally for the cross-Liverpool trunk service 60 linking Bootle with Aigburth. However a much larger order of 128 Enviro400s was placed by Arriva for its Merseyside division from the autumn of 2014 onwards with significant numbers in service at Bootle, Green Lane, St Helens,

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and

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depots. The

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and

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respectively. These operated under the license of First Games Transport, providing shuttle services throughout the Games before being dispersed to other operators within the FirstGroup following the Games' conclusion. 60 Enviro400s were delivered to Glasgow in 2014. Later in 2014, eighteen Enviro400s were delivered to

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for operation in

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. In 2008, a specially converted Enviro400 was assembled in

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form for the closing

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of the 2008 Summer Olympics and

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. The bus featured as part of the handover ceremony for the

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Games, where it was driven into the Beijing National Stadium as a typical London bus before a set of hydraulic pumps opened up the bus, revealing a stage covered in artificial grass which was shaped as various London landmarks. In 2012,

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received 20 for school contracts on the

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. These were delivered during late December 2012 and early January 2013 and entered service on a wide variety of school services on the island from 7 January 2013. Southern Vectis then proceeded to order ten more Enviro400s to be used on public routes, mainly route 9, which entered service in January 2014, followed by another order for ten Enviro400s which were delivered in 2016. Between 2014 and 2015 Arriva North West received a total of 128 integral Enviro400s for a number of services on

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- with 28 arriving in 2014 and the remainder being delivered between January and July 2015.

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received a total of 29 high specification Enviro400s between June 2014 and March 2015 for deployment on two new

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services between

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and Llandudno and Chester and

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respectively.

Enviro400H

Alexander Dennis launched the

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Enviro400 Hybrid (often shortened to Enviro400H) at the 2008 Euro Bus Expo, built with a hybrid drivetrain developed in partnership with BAE Systems. The first five production examples entered service with Metroline, followed by larger fleets of Enviro400Hs entering service with operators such as

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, London United,

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and

. Outside of London, the Enviro400H was popular with the Stagecoach Group, who starting in 2010, ordered examples delivered in a green variant of the standard Stagecoach livery for their

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, and

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subsidiaries. Other operators who purchased Enviro400Hs included National Express West Midlands and National Express Dundee, ordering a total of nineteen for service in

and Dundee in 2013;

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, who purchased ten for cross-city services in

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in 2011;

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, who had 31 Enviro400Hs delivered between 2010 and 2011;

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, who took on 15 of the type in 2011; the

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, who took on examples to upgrade its

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fleet, and

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. However, reliability issues and maintenance costs have seen many operators convert their Enviro400Hs to use diesel powertrains, with East Yorkshire providing most of these conversions, while Reading Buses converted one of their Enviro400Hs to a plug-in electric vehicle.

Scania Enviro400

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Stagecoach announced on 28 February 2007 that it had ordered 25 Enviro400s with Scania N230UD chassis, which were subsequently delivered in early 2008. These were followed by another 56 for delivery in 2009, 100 for 2009/10, 100 for 2010/11, 91 for 2011/12 and 57 for 2012/13. Five were delivered to

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in 2012 for

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service 6, serving

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and

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. Another significant operator of Scania Enviro400s is Nottingham City Transport, who ordered a total of 62 Scania N230UD Enviro400s, with first deliveries beginning in 2014. Further examples were delivered throughout 2014 and 2015, with most receiving colour-coded route branding for services across the city. These Scania Enviro400s were delivered with audio-visual next stop announcements, mood lighting and leather seating. The

received eleven high-specification Scania Enviro400s in 2009 for service on the Brookesbus network. Wilts & Dorset also received some examples. Two were delivered to independent operator Stephensons of Essex in 2013.

Volvo Enviro400

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livery. This remains a one-off as all subsequent Enviro400s on

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chassis were built on the B9TL chassis. An Arriva demonstrator was shown at Euro Bus Expo in 2006 to the latter standard. Irish municipal operator

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was the first operator to order the

-based Enviro400, taking delivery of 100 on the updated Volvo chassis in two batches between 2007 and 2008. East Yorkshire Motor Services later took delivery of five Enviro400-bodied

in December 2007, which entered service in January 2008. London General also received three Enviro400-bodied Volvo B9TLs in October 2008, which were evaluated against integral Enviro400s and

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-bodied Volvo B7TL and B9TLs extensively featured in Go-Ahead's

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and General fleets. No further orders resulted in the United Kingdom, although London General's Enviro400s were briefly loaned to Arriva London North for evaluation ahead of delivery of their

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Exports

Globally, more than 6,000 integral Enviro400s have been sold as of January 2016.

Hong Kong

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Citybus received two air-conditioned Enviro400 demonstrator (7000-7001) for evaluation in 2009. They are equipped with 8.9L Cummins ISLe engine and ZF Ecolife 6AP1403B gearbox. In November 2010, an extra order of 38 Enviro400s (7002-7039) were placed, these buses had a denser seat configuration and entered service in 2011. A further order of 20 Enviro400s (7040-7059) had been placed and these buses started to enter service in 2013.

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also ordered nine Enviro400s (140-148) for

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service, these buses entered service in 2012. Two more Enviro400s (149-150) entered service in 2018. All of them are equipped with ZF Ecolife gearbox Kowloon Motor Bus received a Enviro 400 demonstrator (ATSE1) in 2009, it entered service in February 2010 and equipped with a 8.9L Cummins ISLe engine and ZF Ecolife 6AP1403B gearbox. A further 50 Enviro400s (ATSE2-51) were ordered in 2012 and registered between 2012 and 2013. They are designed with a denser seats configuration and equipped with a Voith DIWA 864.5 gearbox.

New World First Bus New World First Bus Services Limited (NWFB) is the third-largest bus operator in Hong Kong. Established by NWS Holdings and FirstGroup in September 1998, it took over 88 China Motor Bus services in Hong Kong Island. Since 2020 it has been a s ...

ordered 60 low-height Enviro400s, these entered service in 2016 and 2017. They had a Cummins ISLe engine and Voith DIWA 864.5 gearbox.

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ordered 14 low-height Enviro400s, which are similar to New World First Bus' batch. They entered service from October 2018 and have served route 3M since January 2019.

North America

Alexander Dennis Enviro 400 (16302529900)

The Enviro400 was introduced to North America exclusively as an

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for sightseeing purposes. It is not available as a public transport vehicle, unlike the similar

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. On 11 November 2010, Alexander Dennis announced it had received an order for 10 Enviro400s from

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subsidiary Twin America, in New York.

Specifications

Internal layout

The Enviro400 features an innovative seating layout that maximises use of seating space on the lower deck by placing two forward-facing moulded seats onto the front nearside wheelarch box with a small luggage shelf on the rear half, and also (on full-height models) a single forward-facing moulded seat on the front off-side wheelarch hub between the driver's partition and the staircase.

Powertrain

The engine is a

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driving through a

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or ZF

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. The maximum speed, like all British buses, is electronically limited to . A hybrid-electric version of the powertrain was also available.

References

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