Alexander PS type

Alexander PS type
File:Stagecoach B10M Alexander PS 20901.jpg Alexander PS-type bodied Volvo B10M run by Stagecoach Merseyside.
File:Alexander PS.JPG The interior of a PS-bodied Volvo B10M.
Overview
Manufacturer	Walter Alexander
Production	1988 - 1998
Body and chassis
Doors	1 or 2 door
Floor type	Step entrance
Chassis	Volvo B10M Leyland Lynx Mercedes-Benz O405 Dennis Lance Iveco TurboCity Scania N113
Powertrain
Transmission	ZF or Voith
Chronology

The Alexander PS is a single-decker bus body built by Walter Alexander Coachbuilders, and was produced between the late 1980s and 1990s on Dennis Lance, Leyland Lynx, Mercedes-Benz O405, Scania, Volvo B10M and as a one off on the Iveco TurboCity chassis. They normally seat around 49 passengers.

This style was originally built for Singapore Bus Services, but Stagecoach Group is also a big user of the type, many examples having been purchased for use in the UK. Many FirstGroup examples have been scrapped, but buses previously with Stagecoach have fared better, with many of the latter leading new lives as school buses with smaller independent operators in Britain. The body was also sold in Hong Kong, for Kowloon Motor Bus and Stagecoach Hong Kong.

• First Hampshire & Dorset 60529 H687 THL rear.JPG

  Alexander PS-type bodied Volvo B10M run by First Hampshire & Dorset

• Stagecoach bus 20552 (P552 ESA), 2009 Metrocentre bus rally (2).jpg

  Alexander PS-type bodied Volvo B10M run by Stagecoach in South Shields

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  PS-type bodied Mercedes-Benz O405 operated by Singapore Bus Service (now SBS Transit). These have all been deregistered.

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  Alexander PS-type bodied Dennis Lance run by Kowloon Motor Bus.