Dennis Loline

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Dennis Loline
SOU465 Aldershot & District 357 Dennis Loline I with East Lancs bodywork.jpg
Preserved Aldershot & District Traction East Lancashire Coachbuilders bodied Dennis Loline I in Alton in July 2024
Overview
Manufacturer Dennis
Production1958–66
Assembly Guildford, England
Body and chassis
Doors1
Floor type Step entrance
Powertrain
Engine AEC AV470
Leyland O.600
Gardner 6LW
Gardner 6LX
Dimensions
Length8.5 m (27 ft 11 in) to 9.4 m (30 ft 10 in)
Width2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Height4.12 m (13 ft 6 in)

The Dennis Loline was a low-height double-decker bus manufactured by Dennis between 1958 and 1966.

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History

Preserved City of Oxford Motor Services Loline II Dennis Loline II 304 KFC LongHanborough left.jpg
Preserved City of Oxford Motor Services Loline II

The Dennis Loline was basically a license-built Bristol Lodekka, being primarily supplied to municipal, private sector British Electric Traction fleets and independent bus companies in the United Kingdom, during a period when Bristol's 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 a revised front grille in front of the radiator and a different clutch and constant mesh gearbox. [6] [7] [8] [9]

Barton's unique Dennis Loline II, 1984 Barton Dennis Loline II.jpg
Barton's unique Dennis Loline II, 1984

In 1961, Barton Transport commissioned No. 861, which had lowbridge bodywork on a Loline chassis, and was the lowest ever roofed British double-decker. It was specially designed to pass under an ultra low railway bridge at Sawley Junction, now Long Eaton, station. [10]

Aldershot & District Traction operated the largest number of Dennis Loline buses.[ citation needed ]

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.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. Four New Dennis Three Lorries and a Bus Commercial Motor 24 August 1956
  2. A Lower Loline Commercial Motor 29 August 1958
  3. Loline output to end Commercial Motor 8 December 1961
  4. Loline Back on the Market Commercial Motor 7 December 1962
  5. A double-decker comeback by Dennis Commercial Motor 19 March 1976
  6. Townsin, AA (1965). British Double Deckers Since 1942. Ian Allan Publishing.[ page needed ]
  7. Dennis Loline Bus Lists on the Web
  8. Dennis Loline II Bus Lists on the Web
  9. Dennis Loline III Bus Lists on the Web
  10. "Barton Transport – Dennis Loline – 861 HAL – 861". Old Bus Photos. Retrieved 20 June 2024.

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