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Old May 23rd 08, 11:23 AM posted to uk.transport.london,uk.transport.buses
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Default Moir Lockhead, Routemasters and the bendy bus

Steve Fitzgerald wrote:
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Stephen Allcroft writes

: Agreed. But no more Tridents, please........

I'm sure I'm going to regret saying this, but why..? From a driver's
point
of view, I quite like the Tridents. They're certainly better than a
lot of
the alternatives, particularly the Volvo B7's which I detest with a
passion.


Alexander Dennis have discontinued the Trident. About 2 years ago it
was replaced with the Enviro 400


No they haven't.

The Trident is a chassis which is still produced today, just slightly
updated and can be bodied by anyone else although they are mainly AD
bodied currently. What is known as the Enviro 400 is an Alexander
Dennis body style which is also fitted to Scania chassis at least.


And the Volvo B9 now too.

From what I understand while the Enviro200 and 400s are marketed as
Integrals the underpinning Dart/Trident chassis is built at Guildford
and then taken to Falkirk for bodying