Dennis Loline
| Dennis Loline | |
|---|---|
Northern Counties lowbridge bodied Dennis Loline II
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| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Dennis |
| Production | 1958-66 |
| Body and chassis | |
| Doors | 1 |
| Floor type | Step entrance |
| Powertrain | |
| Engine | Gardner 6LW Gardner 6LX |
The Dennis Loline was a low-height double-decker bus manufactured by Dennis between 1958 and 1966.
History
The Dennis Loline was basically a license-built Bristol Lodekka, being primarily supplied to municipal and independent bus companies in the United Kingdom, during a period when Bristol's bus sales were restricted to state-owned bus companies.[1][2]
Production was to cease in 1962, however this was quickly reversed and it continued to be made until 1966.[3][4][5]
Three versions of the Dennis Loline were built: the Loline with rear entrance, Loline II with front entrance and the later Loline III with flat floor in the lower saloon.[6][7][8]
Aldershot & District Traction was the largest operator of the Dennis Loline.
China Motor Bus in Hong Kong put one Dennis Loline into service in 1963; it was the first double-decker bus on Hong Kong Island.
References
- ↑ Four New Dennis Three Lorries and a Bus Commercial Motor 24 August 1956
- ↑ A Lower Loline Commercial Motor 29 August 1958
- ↑ Loline output to end Commercial Motor 8 December 1961
- ↑ Loline Back on the Market Commercial Motor 7 December 1962
- ↑ A double-decker comeback by Dennis Commercial Motor 19 March 1976
- ↑ Dennis Loline Bus Lists on the Web
- ↑ Dennis Loline II Bus Lists on the Web
- ↑ Dennis Loline III Bus Lists on the Web
External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons- History of the Dennis Loline with Aldershot & District Traction
