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For 3-axle, longitudinal-engine Dennis Trident built for export, see Dennis Trident 3/Dennis Trident E500.
Dennis Trident 2 (marketed as
Dennis Trident, but once known as
TransBus Trident 2/
TransBus Trident) is a 2-axle
low-floor double-decker bus chassis originally built by
Dennis in the
United Kingdom, which was unveiled in 1997 and replaced the
Dennis Arrow. It was built by
TransBus after Dennis was incorporated into the group in 2001 (the Dennis brand name was once dropped). From 2004, it was built by
Alexander Dennis.
The Trident 2 chassis features a transversely mounted engine, with the radiator mounted on the left side of the engine compartment. It could be fitted with
Cummins C-series
Euro II engine (later Cummins ISCe
Euro III engine), coupled to
Voith or
ZF gearbox. Trident 2 was available with
Alexander ALX400,
Plaxton President and
East Lancs Lolyne/
Myllennium Lolyne bodywork.
In the first few years of production, Trident 2 was popular in the United Kingdom, with a large number sold to large bus operators such as
Stagecoach,
First Group,
Travel West Midlands and
Lothian Buses. Some of the Tridents were exported to
Ireland (for
Dublin Bus (External Link
)) and
Spain (for sightseeing operations in
Barcelona and
Madrid). But later, due to increased competition after the launch of
Scania OmniDekka and TransBus being put into administration, the sales of Trident 2 dropped significantly, leaving Stagecoach as its major buyer.
In 2005, Alexander Dennis unveiled a modified chassis, which was developed from the Trident 2 chassis, for its
Enviro 400. This chassis received a number of modifications such as longer front overhang and a different shape of fuel tank.
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