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Transbus International, Scarborough (GB)

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Internetadresse: www.transbusint.com

Firmaets postadresse:Transbus Int., Eastfield, Scarborough, Yorkshire GB-11 3BY, England

TransBus International later known as Alexander Dennis is one of the United Kingdom's largest bus builders.

Transbus was formed on 1 January 2001, after the merger of Mayflower Corporation-owned Walter Alexander Coachbuilders and Dennis Chassis, and Henlys owned-Plaxton, all based in the United Kingdom.

Transbus had a variety of factories around the United Kingdom from all three merged companies: the former Alexander factories at Falkirk, Scotland and Belfast, Northern Ireland, the former Plaxton factories at Anston and Scarborough, the former Northern Counties factory at Wigan, and the Dennis factory at Guildford.

At the height of Transbus, the company produced a range of both bus & coach chassis and bodies as well as fire engines and waste collection vehicles. Included among its range of chassis were the Dennis Dart, one of the all time best selling buses in the UK, and the Dennis Trident. Transbus also produced export variants for service in New York City, Hong Kong, and other locations. The Dennis Trident is the most common bus model in service in London.

Since the creation of Transbus merged both Plaxton and Alexander, the Transbus range included Plaxton coaches as well as two double decker bodies (the Plaxton President and the Alexander ALX400), the Alexander ALX300 citybus and the Pointer body built in quantity on the aforementioned Dennis Dart chassis, which replaced the Alexander ALX200 body built previously on a Dart chassis.

On 31 March 2004, the Mayflower Group was put into administration and by default Transbus also entered administration. On 17 May 2004, the Plaxton coach business was sold to its management and returned to its separate Plaxton identity (Transbus had been in the process of eradicating the traditional company names from the vehicles). Four days later, on 21 May 2004, the remaining part of Transbus (Alexander and Dennis) was bought by independent business men (one of whom was Brian Souter, owner of the Stagecoach Group, although the acquisition was kept separate from the bus and train operation). The new company became Alexander Dennis. The sale did not include the former Alexander Belfast plant, which later closed down.

On 26 January 2005, Alexander Dennis's Wigan plant was closed after finishing the orders of its President body. (kilde: Wikipedia)