Alexander Dash
| Alexander Dash | |
|---|---|
An Alexander Dash-bodied Dennis Dart with a V shaped windscreen | |
| 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 | 8.5m to 9.8m |
| Width | 2.5m |
| Height | 3.4m |
| 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.
Alexander Dash bodied Dennis Dart with a horizontal windscreen with Veolia Transport in Pontypridd.
It has a rounded roof dome (slightly rounded) that 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.
It was superseded by the low floor Alexander ALX200 in 1996-1997 with a more rounded roof dome and plastic mouldings under the windscreen to make it deeper having made on the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)
- Duple Dartline
- East Lancs EL2000
- East Lancs Flyte
- Marshall C37
- Northern Counties Paladin
See also
- List of buses
External links
Media related to Alexander Dash at Wikimedia Commons

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