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Dennis Lance

January 01, 1970

Not to be confused with Dennis Lancet.

The Dennis Lance was a single-decker bus chassis manufactured by Dennis between 1991 and 2000, replacing the Dennis Falcon. Its low floor variant, the Dennis Lance SLF (Super Low Floor) was built between 1993 and 1996. Between 1995 and 1998, Dennis also built its double-deck variant, the Dennis Arrow (initially marketed as a double-deck Dennis Lance), as the replacement of the Dennis Dominator.

Dennis Lance
Dennis Arrow
Arriva North West & Wales Plaxton Verde bodied Dennis Lance in Liverpool in March 2007
Overview
ManufacturerDennis
Production1991–2000
AssemblyGuildford, Surrey, England
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor type
RelatedDennis Trident 3
Powertrain
EngineCummins C6T
Capacity
  • Lance/Lance SLF
  • Up to 74 passengers
  • Arrow
  • 76-84 seated, 11-16 standing
TransmissionZF Ecomat 4HP500
ZF Ecomat 5HP500
Dimensions
Length10–11.6 metres (33–38 ft)
Width2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in)
Curb weight
  • Lance
  • 5,410–5,580 kilograms (11,930–12,300 lb)
  • Lance SLF
  • 6,240 kilograms (13,760 lb)
  • Arrow
  • 5,610 kilograms (12,370 lb)
[1]
Chronology
PredecessorDennis Falcon
Dennis Dominator
SuccessorDennis Dart
Dennis Trident 2

History edit

Lance edit

 
Arriva Guildford & West Surrey East Lancs EL2000 bodied Dennis Lance in Dorking in July 2008
 
First Essex Northern Counties Paladin bodied Dennis Lance in Colchester in October 2008

The Dennis Lance was unveiled at the 1991 Coach & Bus Show as both a larger version of the Dennis Dart and the successor to the Dennis Falcon chassis. The first Dennis product to be developed at the manufacturer's new Guildford factory with computer-aided design, the rear-engined Lance chassis was designed with an inline driveline and longitudinally-mounted Cummins C6T engine, claimed to improve fuel economy by 15% when compared to conventional "angle drive" drivelines. It was also developed to fit the recommendations of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DiPTAC) on improving accessibility, equipped with 275 millimetres (10.8 in) entrance and interior steps as standard.[2][1]

The Dennis Lance was available with a number of bodies, including the Alexander PS and Strider, the East Lancs EL2000, the Northern Counties Paladin, the Optare Sigma and Delta,[3] and the Plaxton Verde. Ipswich Buses was the first operator in the United Kingdom to order the Dennis Lance, taking delivery of a single example with East Lancs EL2000 bodywork in 1991;[4] the operator would subsequently take delivery of two more EL2000s and an Optare Sigma built on the Lance chassis during 1994.[5][6] London Buses subsidiary Selkent later took delivery of 16 Alexander PS bodied Lances in April 1992 for use on route 36B, replacing AEC Routemasters used on the service.[7]

The Dennis Lance was most popular on the Plaxton Verde chassis, with the largest orders coming from Badgerline Group companies Midland Red West and Yorkshire Rider, the latter of which were delivered to Huddersfield for 'Flagship' services.[8][9][10] Orders of Verde-bodied Lances continued under FirstBus, with a further 30 delivered under FirstBus for the rebranded Leeds City Link operation.[11] London Buses subsidiary Selkent's Catford garage would also delivery of twelve dual-door Verdes on Dennis Lance chassis in 1994 for use on London Buses route 208.[12][better source needed] Other operators of Verde-bodied Lances included Busways Travel Services, Clydeside 2000, North Western, Nottingham City Transport, Potteries Motor Traction,[citation needed] and South Wales Transport.[13]

Lances built on other bodies proved particularly popular during 1993. The Caldaire Group took delivery of 30 Lances with Alexander Strider bodywork in 1993, distributing 18 of the order to Yorkshire Woollen and the remaining 12 to West Riding.[14] with municipal bus companies Grimsby-Cleethorpes Transport and Yellow Buses of Bournemouth taking fleets of nine and six Lances with East Lancs EL2000 bodies respectively in the same year.[15][16] 31 Lances with Northern Counties Paladin bodywork were delivered to Metroline's Cricklewood bus garage for routes 113 and 302,[17] five with Northern Counties Paladin bodies were delivered to Eastern Counties in 1993.[citation needed]

Towards the end of the step-entrance Lance's production, Go-Ahead Northern's Gateshead & District operation took delivery of fifteen Lances with Optare Delta bodywork in 1994,[6] and on the Optare Sigma body, fellow Go-Ahead Group subsidiary Brighton & Hove took delivery of 20 during 1996 while Wellglade Group operator Trent Buses took delivery of seventeen between 1994 and 1995.[18] British Bus subsidiary London & Country took delivery of fifteen East Lancs EL2000 bodied Lances in April 1996,[19] while the last step-entrance Lances produced for the United Kingdom were thirteen with Northern Counties Paladin bodies for First Eastern National, followed by three for First PMT, in 1997.[citation needed]

Lance SLF edit

 
Metroline Wright Pathfinder bodied Dennis Lance SLF on route 186
 
A-Line Berkhof bodied Dennis Lance SLF in May 2009

In March 1993, the "Super Low Floor" Dennis Lance SLF was unveiled, becoming the first low-floor bus chassis manufactured in the United Kingdom. the Lance SLF came with an independent kneeling front suspension as standard, capable of lowering the step-free entrance from 320 millimetres (13 in) to 250 millimetres (9.8 in). A wheelchair ramp was also provided as standard. The Lance SLF was also the first new bus chassis in the United Kingdom to be fitted with disc brakes as standard, which were manufactured by Girling.[20][21][22]

Of around 105 Dennis Lance SLFs built, the majority were built with Wright Pathfinder bodywork. The most notable of these were 38 dual-doored examples for London Buses for use on the first London bus routes to be converted to low-floor operation. The recipients of this order were London United for use on route 120, Metroline for use on route 186, and CentreWest for use on route 222.[23] A single-door Pathfinder would later be launched in 1994, marketed towards bus operators based outside London. The first of these, part of a trial project funded by the Department of Transport, would be delivered to Go-Ahead Northern's Coastline Buses operation for use on services linking Whitley Bay, Tynemouth and North Shields,[24] making Coastline one of the first bus operators in the United Kingdom outside of London to place low-floor buses into service.[25]

Further Pathfinder-bodied Lance SLFs included five delivered to London & Country,[26] with six also delivered to Badgerline for service in Bath,[27] and a sole example delivered to Western National during 1995. Ten Pathfinder bodied Lance SLFs were supplied with 40% funding from Essex County Council to West Midlands Travel's County Bus subsidiary,[28] Southend Transport and Hedingham Omnibus in 1994, part of the UK's first low-floor project to be funded by a county council without funding from the government or the European Union.[29] Some Pathfinder-bodied Lance SLFs would eventually be prematurely withdrawn from service due to suspension strut failures, a result of water ingress caused by outside storage of the chassis at Wright's Ballymena factory before the bodies were built.[1]

The Lance SLF chassis was also built with Berkhof Excellence 1000 NL bodywork, with 30 dual-purpose specialist vehicles delivered to the British Airports Authority for use on staff shuttle duties at Heathrow Airport between 1994 and 1995.[30] Five each were also delivered to Stagecoach East Kent and Stagecoach Ribble,[31] the latter of which were the last Lance SLFs produced before the type was discontinued in 1996.[1]

Arrow edit

 
Aintree Coachline Northern Counties Palatine II bodied Dennis Arrow in April 2017

A double-deck version of the Lance was launched in 1995 as a replacement for the Dennis Dominator chassis. Later renamed to the Dennis Arrow,[19] it was available with Northern Counties Palatine II and East Lancs E Type and Pyoneer bodywork, and only differed from the step-entrance single-deck Lance through the addition of an anti-roll bar and shock absorbers being moved towards the rear of the chassis.[1] At a maximum capacity of 84 seats and 16 standing passengers, the Arrow could carry a total of 100 passengers.[32][33]

The Arrow was sold to just five operators in the United Kingdom, with Capital Citybus taking a total 54 of the 73 built with both Palatine II and Pyoneer bodywork,[34][35] London & Country who took ten with EL2000 bodywork,[19] and Nottingham City Transport who took four with Palatine II bodywork.[36] Smaller operators included Aintree Coachline, who took a single Arrow with Palatine II bodywork, London Coachlines, who took a single Arrow with Pyoneer bodywork, and two purpose-built playbuses built with both bodies.[37] The Dennis Arrow would be superseded by the low-floor Dennis Trident 2.

Exports edit

 
SMRT Buses Duple Metsec bodied in August 2009

The step-entrance single-deck Dennis Lance had a level of export success to Continental Europe. In the Netherlands, a single Lance with Berkhof Excellence 1000 NL bodies were delivered to Noord-Zuid-Hollandsche Stoomtramweg-Maatschappij (NZH) in 1995, resulting in a repeat order for six being delivered to the operator for use in Haarlem during 1996.[38] Three Lances with Duple Metsec bodywork were also exported to Miejskie Zakłady Autobusowe (MZA) of Warsaw, Poland between 1992 and 1993.

The Lance also proved popular in the Asian export market. A joint venture between Dennis and Malaysian manufacturer UMW Specialist Vehicles would build complete knock-down Lance chassis (known as the UMW-Dennis Lance) for the Southeast Asian market.[1] In Malaysia, a fleet of Duple Metsec bodied UMW-Dennis Lances were delivered to Naeila Corps, shortly before the company was bought over by Causeway Link, while Transit Link JB also operated a small number of similar examples. In Singapore, meanwhile, Trans-Island Bus Services ordered 72 Lances, of which 52 were built by UMW-Dennis; most were fitted with Duple Metsec bodywork while the last two were fitted with Volgren bodywork. A single UMW-Dennis Lance with Duple Metsec bodywork was also operated by Ritchies Coachlines in New Zealand.

In Hong Kong, 24 Lances with Alexander PS bodywork were delivered to Kowloon Motor Bus in 1992.[39][40]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f Goundry, Andy (23 March 2020). Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles. Crowood. pp. 141–147. ISBN 978-1-78500-708-8. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Lance creates a stir". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 7 March 1991. p. 22. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  3. ^ Cole, Martin (15 April 1994). "Vehicle Preview: Optare Sigma Dennis Lance". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 251. Spalding. p. 40. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Dennis Lance: first order". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 5 September 1991. p. 18. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Grants for upgrade". Coach & Bus Week. No. 61. Peterborough: Emap. 17 April 1993. p. 7. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  6. ^ a b "First Lances". Coach & Bus Week. No. 61. Peterborough: Emap. 17 April 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Selkent - new look". Coach & Bus Week. No. 11. Peterborough: Emap. 2 May 1992. p. 14. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Plaxton for Badgerline". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 20 August 1992. p. 16. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Rider launch flagship". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 294. Spalding. 17 February 1995. p. 17. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  10. ^ "First orders". Coach & Bus Week. No. 157. Peterborough: Emap. 4 March 1995. p. 12. Retrieved 15 May 2024. Yorkshire Rider has become Britain's biggest Plaxton Verde user, with the delivery of 48 on Dennis Lance chassis.
  11. ^ "New buses and a facelift for Leeds City Link". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 348. Spalding: Glen-Holland Ltd. 8 March 1996. p. 20. The order includes the delivery of 30 Dennis Lance single-deck buses with Plaxton Verde bodywork and 30 9.8 metre Dennis Darts with Plaxton Pointer bodies.
  12. ^ Smith, Ian (5 April 2000). . Ian's Bus Stop. Archived from the original on 13 April 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  13. ^ Isaacs, Jonathan (21 October 1993). "£1m buses to take on BR". South Wales Evening Post. Swansea. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Caldaire: £4m orders". Coach & Bus Week. No. 44. Peterborough: Emap. 19 December 1992. p. 8. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  15. ^ Jarosz, Andrew (17 April 1993). "East Lancs Lances delivered". Coach & Bus Week. No. 61. Peterborough: Emap. p. 10. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  16. ^ Millar, Alan (15 April 1994). "In Service Report: Dennis Lance - East Lancs EL2000". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 251. Spalding. p. 40.
  17. ^ "More Northern Counties body orders". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 180. Spalding. 6 November 1992. p. 5. Metroline will receive 31 Dennis Lances with 37 seats, two of which will have coach style seating.
  18. ^ Jones, Stuart (3 May 1996). "Manufacturer Focus: EXCEL - Optare's low floor takes to the road". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 356. Spalding: Glen-Holland Ltd. pp. 9–13. Among recent deliveries have been [...] Sigmas to Trent and the Brighton & Hove subsidiary of the Go Ahead group which is in the process of taking a batch of 20.
  19. ^ a b c Morgan, Mike (20 April 1996). "Dominator makes way for the lighter Lance". Coach & Bus Week. No. 214. Peterborough: Emap. p. 31.
  20. ^ "Dennis gets lowdown on Lance". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 4 March 1993. p. 11. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  21. ^ "Lowdown on a Lance". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 27 May 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  22. ^ Simpson, Richard (12 September 1992). "Details out of first UK low-floor bus". Coach & Bus Week. No. 30. Peterborough: Emap. p. 4. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  23. ^ "38 Lance SLF Pathfinders for LT mobility trial routes". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 182. Spalding. 20 November 1992. p. 4.
  24. ^ "Wright launches single-door Pathfinder". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 14 April 1994. p. 15. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  25. ^ Lyons, Mark (30 June 2022). "Go-Ahead Northern becomes Go-Ahead Group". The Go-Ahead Group: The First 25 Years. Key Publishing. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-1-80282-082-9. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  26. ^ "More Dennises ordered by British Bus". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 307. Spalding. 19 May 1995. p. 4. A 26th Lance will be an additional low floor SLF version, with Wright Pathfinder body, similar to four already running on the company's Croydon-Guildford service.
  27. ^ Curtis, Martin; Walker, Mike (2013). Badgerline: Bristol's Country Buses. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-7110-3634-5. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  28. ^ "Essex low-floor service launched". Coach & Bus Week. No. 146. Peterborough: Emap. 10 December 1994. p. 5.
  29. ^ "County awaits outcome". Coach & Bus Week. Peterborough: Emap. 1994.
  30. ^ Cole, Martin (6 October 1995). "Coach & Bus '95 Stand Guide". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 327. Spalding. p. 16. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  31. ^ "Bullocks gets first five Manchester grant-aided low-floors". Coach & Bus Week. No. 195. Peterborough: Emap. 25 November 1995. p. 27.
  32. ^ Morgan, Mike (11 May 1996). "Tale of the century: Dennis fits in a 100". Coach & Bus Week. No. 217. Peterborough: Emap. p. 10.
  33. ^ Morris, Stephen (July 1996). "Arrow takes a bow". Buses. No. 496. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 27–29. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  34. ^ Smith, Ian (5 November 2014). . Ian's Bus Stop. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 2 December 2014.
  35. ^ Millar, Alan (July 1997). "Whatever happened to...? ...the Dennis Arrow". Buses. No. 508. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 14. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  36. ^ "NCT hits the bullseye". Coach & Bus Week. No. 226. Peterborough: Emap. 13 July 1996. p. 24. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  37. ^ Morgan, Mike (11 May 1996). "Targeting a ton". Coach & Bus Week. No. 217. Peterborough: Emap. p. 10.
  38. ^ Lidstone, John G. (July 1996). "Fleet News International". Buses. No. 496. Hersham: Ian Allan Publishing. p. 54. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  39. ^ "Kneeling tests for Lance". Commercial Motor. Temple Press. 9 July 1992. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  40. ^ "Hong Kong Buses Part 3: Kowloon Motor Bus". Fleetline. No. 249. Sydney: Transport Enthusiasts Society of South Australia. July 1997. p. 118.

External links edit

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Not to be confused with Dennis Lancet The Dennis Lance was a single decker bus chassis manufactured by Dennis between 1991 and 2000 replacing the Dennis Falcon Its low floor variant the Dennis Lance SLF Super Low Floor was built between 1993 and 1996 Between 1995 and 1998 Dennis also built its double deck variant the Dennis Arrow initially marketed as a double deck Dennis Lance as the replacement of the Dennis Dominator Dennis LanceDennis ArrowArriva North West amp Wales Plaxton Verde bodied Dennis Lance in Liverpool in March 2007OverviewManufacturerDennisProduction1991 2000AssemblyGuildford Surrey EnglandBody and chassisDoors1 or 2Floor typeLance ArrowStep entranceLance SLFLow floorRelatedDennis Trident 3PowertrainEngineCummins C6TCapacityLance Lance SLFUp to 74 passengersArrow76 84 seated 11 16 standingTransmissionZF Ecomat 4HP500ZF Ecomat 5HP500DimensionsLength10 11 6 metres 33 38 ft Width2 5 metres 8 ft 2 in Curb weightLance5 410 5 580 kilograms 11 930 12 300 lb Lance SLF6 240 kilograms 13 760 lb Arrow5 610 kilograms 12 370 lb 1 ChronologyPredecessorDennis FalconDennis DominatorSuccessorDennis DartDennis Trident 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 Lance 1 2 Lance SLF 1 3 Arrow 2 Exports 3 References 4 External linksHistory editLance edit nbsp Arriva Guildford amp West Surrey East Lancs EL2000 bodied Dennis Lance in Dorking in July 2008 nbsp First Essex Northern Counties Paladin bodied Dennis Lance in Colchester in October 2008 The Dennis Lance was unveiled at the 1991 Coach amp Bus Show as both a larger version of the Dennis Dart and the successor to the Dennis Falcon chassis The first Dennis product to be developed at the manufacturer s new Guildford factory with computer aided design the rear engined Lance chassis was designed with an inline driveline and longitudinally mounted Cummins C6T engine claimed to improve fuel economy by 15 when compared to conventional angle drive drivelines It was also developed to fit the recommendations of the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee DiPTAC on improving accessibility equipped with 275 millimetres 10 8 in entrance and interior steps as standard 2 1 The Dennis Lance was available with a number of bodies including the Alexander PS and Strider the East Lancs EL2000 the Northern Counties Paladin the Optare Sigma and Delta 3 and the Plaxton Verde Ipswich Buses was the first operator in the United Kingdom to order the Dennis Lance taking delivery of a single example with East Lancs EL2000 bodywork in 1991 4 the operator would subsequently take delivery of two more EL2000s and an Optare Sigma built on the Lance chassis during 1994 5 6 London Buses subsidiary Selkent later took delivery of 16 Alexander PS bodied Lances in April 1992 for use on route 36B replacing AEC Routemasters used on the service 7 The Dennis Lance was most popular on the Plaxton Verde chassis with the largest orders coming from Badgerline Group companies Midland Red West and Yorkshire Rider the latter of which were delivered to Huddersfield for Flagship services 8 9 10 Orders of Verde bodied Lances continued under FirstBus with a further 30 delivered under FirstBus for the rebranded Leeds City Link operation 11 London Buses subsidiary Selkent s Catford garage would also delivery of twelve dual door Verdes on Dennis Lance chassis in 1994 for use on London Buses route 208 12 better source needed Other operators of Verde bodied Lances included Busways Travel Services Clydeside 2000 North Western Nottingham City Transport Potteries Motor Traction citation needed and South Wales Transport 13 Lances built on other bodies proved particularly popular during 1993 The Caldaire Group took delivery of 30 Lances with Alexander Strider bodywork in 1993 distributing 18 of the order to Yorkshire Woollen and the remaining 12 to West Riding 14 with municipal bus companies Grimsby Cleethorpes Transport and Yellow Buses of Bournemouth taking fleets of nine and six Lances with East Lancs EL2000 bodies respectively in the same year 15 16 31 Lances with Northern Counties Paladin bodywork were delivered to Metroline s Cricklewood bus garage for routes 113 and 302 17 five with Northern Counties Paladin bodies were delivered to Eastern Counties in 1993 citation needed Towards the end of the step entrance Lance s production Go Ahead Northern s Gateshead amp District operation took delivery of fifteen Lances with Optare Delta bodywork in 1994 6 and on the Optare Sigma body fellow Go Ahead Group subsidiary Brighton amp Hove took delivery of 20 during 1996 while Wellglade Group operator Trent Buses took delivery of seventeen between 1994 and 1995 18 British Bus subsidiary London amp Country took delivery of fifteen East Lancs EL2000 bodied Lances in April 1996 19 while the last step entrance Lances produced for the United Kingdom were thirteen with Northern Counties Paladin bodies for First Eastern National followed by three for First PMT in 1997 citation needed Lance SLF edit nbsp Metroline Wright Pathfinder bodied Dennis Lance SLF on route 186 nbsp A Line Berkhof bodied Dennis Lance SLF in May 2009 In March 1993 the Super Low Floor Dennis Lance SLF was unveiled becoming the first low floor bus chassis manufactured in the United Kingdom the Lance SLF came with an independent kneeling front suspension as standard capable of lowering the step free entrance from 320 millimetres 13 in to 250 millimetres 9 8 in A wheelchair ramp was also provided as standard The Lance SLF was also the first new bus chassis in the United Kingdom to be fitted with disc brakes as standard which were manufactured by Girling 20 21 22 Of around 105 Dennis Lance SLFs built the majority were built with Wright Pathfinder bodywork The most notable of these were 38 dual doored examples for London Buses for use on the first London bus routes to be converted to low floor operation The recipients of this order were London United for use on route 120 Metroline for use on route 186 and CentreWest for use on route 222 23 A single door Pathfinder would later be launched in 1994 marketed towards bus operators based outside London The first of these part of a trial project funded by the Department of Transport would be delivered to Go Ahead Northern s Coastline Buses operation for use on services linking Whitley Bay Tynemouth and North Shields 24 making Coastline one of the first bus operators in the United Kingdom outside of London to place low floor buses into service 25 Further Pathfinder bodied Lance SLFs included five delivered to London amp Country 26 with six also delivered to Badgerline for service in Bath 27 and a sole example delivered to Western National during 1995 Ten Pathfinder bodied Lance SLFs were supplied with 40 funding from Essex County Council to West Midlands Travel s County Bus subsidiary 28 Southend Transport and Hedingham Omnibus in 1994 part of the UK s first low floor project to be funded by a county council without funding from the government or the European Union 29 Some Pathfinder bodied Lance SLFs would eventually be prematurely withdrawn from service due to suspension strut failures a result of water ingress caused by outside storage of the chassis at Wright s Ballymena factory before the bodies were built 1 The Lance SLF chassis was also built with Berkhof Excellence 1000 NL bodywork with 30 dual purpose specialist vehicles delivered to the British Airports Authority for use on staff shuttle duties at Heathrow Airport between 1994 and 1995 30 Five each were also delivered to Stagecoach East Kent and Stagecoach Ribble 31 the latter of which were the last Lance SLFs produced before the type was discontinued in 1996 1 Arrow edit nbsp Aintree Coachline Northern Counties Palatine II bodied Dennis Arrow in April 2017 A double deck version of the Lance was launched in 1995 as a replacement for the Dennis Dominator chassis Later renamed to the Dennis Arrow 19 it was available with Northern Counties Palatine II and East Lancs E Type and Pyoneer bodywork and only differed from the step entrance single deck Lance through the addition of an anti roll bar and shock absorbers being moved towards the rear of the chassis 1 At a maximum capacity of 84 seats and 16 standing passengers the Arrow could carry a total of 100 passengers 32 33 The Arrow was sold to just five operators in the United Kingdom with Capital Citybus taking a total 54 of the 73 built with both Palatine II and Pyoneer bodywork 34 35 London amp Country who took ten with EL2000 bodywork 19 and Nottingham City Transport who took four with Palatine II bodywork 36 Smaller operators included Aintree Coachline who took a single Arrow with Palatine II bodywork London Coachlines who took a single Arrow with Pyoneer bodywork and two purpose built playbuses built with both bodies 37 The Dennis Arrow would be superseded by the low floor Dennis Trident 2 Exports editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed May 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message nbsp SMRT Buses Duple Metsec bodied in August 2009 The step entrance single deck Dennis Lance had a level of export success to Continental Europe In the Netherlands a single Lance with Berkhof Excellence 1000 NL bodies were delivered to Noord Zuid Hollandsche Stoomtramweg Maatschappij NZH in 1995 resulting in a repeat order for six being delivered to the operator for use in Haarlem during 1996 38 Three Lances with Duple Metsec bodywork were also exported to Miejskie Zaklady Autobusowe MZA of Warsaw Poland between 1992 and 1993 The Lance also proved popular in the Asian export market A joint venture between Dennis and Malaysian manufacturer UMW Specialist Vehicles would build complete knock down Lance chassis known as the UMW Dennis Lance for the Southeast Asian market 1 In Malaysia a fleet of Duple Metsec bodied UMW Dennis Lances were delivered to Naeila Corps shortly before the company was bought over by Causeway Link while Transit Link JB also operated a small number of similar examples In Singapore meanwhile Trans Island Bus Services ordered 72 Lances of which 52 were built by UMW Dennis most were fitted with Duple Metsec bodywork while the last two were fitted with Volgren bodywork A single UMW Dennis Lance with Duple Metsec bodywork was also operated by Ritchies Coachlines in New Zealand In Hong Kong 24 Lances with Alexander PS bodywork were delivered to Kowloon Motor Bus in 1992 39 40 References edit a b c d e f Goundry Andy 23 March 2020 Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles Crowood pp 141 147 ISBN 978 1 78500 708 8 Retrieved 14 May 2024 Lance creates a stir Commercial Motor Temple Press 7 March 1991 p 22 Retrieved 2 December 2014 Cole Martin 15 April 1994 Vehicle Preview Optare Sigma Dennis Lance Bus amp Coach Buyer No 251 Spalding p 40 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Dennis Lance first order Commercial Motor Temple Press 5 September 1991 p 18 Retrieved 2 December 2014 Grants for upgrade Coach amp Bus Week No 61 Peterborough Emap 17 April 1993 p 7 Retrieved 15 May 2024 a b First Lances Coach amp Bus Week No 61 Peterborough Emap 17 April 1993 p 11 Retrieved 20 May 2024 Selkent new look Coach amp Bus Week No 11 Peterborough Emap 2 May 1992 p 14 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Plaxton for Badgerline Commercial Motor Temple Press 20 August 1992 p 16 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Rider launch flagship Bus amp Coach Buyer No 294 Spalding 17 February 1995 p 17 Retrieved 15 May 2024 First orders Coach amp Bus Week No 157 Peterborough Emap 4 March 1995 p 12 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Yorkshire Rider has become Britain s biggest Plaxton Verde user with the delivery of 48 on Dennis Lance chassis New buses and a facelift for Leeds City Link Bus amp Coach Buyer No 348 Spalding Glen Holland Ltd 8 March 1996 p 20 The order includes the delivery of 30 Dennis Lance single deck buses with Plaxton Verde bodywork and 30 9 8 metre Dennis Darts with Plaxton Pointer bodies Smith Ian 5 April 2000 LV Ian s Bus Stop Archived from the original on 13 April 2008 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Isaacs Jonathan 21 October 1993 1m buses to take on BR South Wales Evening Post Swansea p 1 Retrieved 15 May 2024 via Newspapers com Caldaire 4m orders Coach amp Bus Week No 44 Peterborough Emap 19 December 1992 p 8 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Jarosz Andrew 17 April 1993 East Lancs Lances delivered Coach amp Bus Week No 61 Peterborough Emap p 10 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Millar Alan 15 April 1994 In Service Report Dennis Lance East Lancs EL2000 Bus amp Coach Buyer No 251 Spalding p 40 More Northern Counties body orders Bus amp Coach Buyer No 180 Spalding 6 November 1992 p 5 Metroline will receive 31 Dennis Lances with 37 seats two of which will have coach style seating Jones Stuart 3 May 1996 Manufacturer Focus EXCEL Optare s low floor takes to the road Bus amp Coach Buyer No 356 Spalding Glen Holland Ltd pp 9 13 Among recent deliveries have been Sigmas to Trent and the Brighton amp Hove subsidiary of the Go Ahead group which is in the process of taking a batch of 20 a b c Morgan Mike 20 April 1996 Dominator makes way for the lighter Lance Coach amp Bus Week No 214 Peterborough Emap p 31 Dennis gets lowdown on Lance Commercial Motor Temple Press 4 March 1993 p 11 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Lowdown on a Lance Commercial Motor Temple Press 27 May 1993 p 27 Retrieved 2 December 2014 Simpson Richard 12 September 1992 Details out of first UK low floor bus Coach amp Bus Week No 30 Peterborough Emap p 4 Retrieved 15 May 2024 38 Lance SLF Pathfinders for LT mobility trial routes Bus amp Coach Buyer No 182 Spalding 20 November 1992 p 4 Wright launches single door Pathfinder Commercial Motor Temple Press 14 April 1994 p 15 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Lyons Mark 30 June 2022 Go Ahead Northern becomes Go Ahead Group The Go Ahead Group The First 25 Years Key Publishing pp 18 19 ISBN 978 1 80282 082 9 Retrieved 15 May 2024 More Dennises ordered by British Bus Bus amp Coach Buyer No 307 Spalding 19 May 1995 p 4 A 26th Lance will be an additional low floor SLF version with Wright Pathfinder body similar to four already running on the company s Croydon Guildford service Curtis Martin Walker Mike 2013 Badgerline Bristol s Country Buses Hersham Ian Allan Publishing p 75 ISBN 978 0 7110 3634 5 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Essex low floor service launched Coach amp Bus Week No 146 Peterborough Emap 10 December 1994 p 5 County awaits outcome Coach amp Bus Week Peterborough Emap 1994 Cole Martin 6 October 1995 Coach amp Bus 95 Stand Guide Bus amp Coach Buyer No 327 Spalding p 16 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Bullocks gets first five Manchester grant aided low floors Coach amp Bus Week No 195 Peterborough Emap 25 November 1995 p 27 Morgan Mike 11 May 1996 Tale of the century Dennis fits in a 100 Coach amp Bus Week No 217 Peterborough Emap p 10 Morris Stephen July 1996 Arrow takes a bow Buses No 496 Hersham Ian Allan Publishing pp 27 29 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Smith Ian 5 November 2014 Dennis Arrow Ian s Bus Stop Archived from the original on 12 November 2016 Retrieved 2 December 2014 Millar Alan July 1997 Whatever happened to the Dennis Arrow Buses No 508 Hersham Ian Allan Publishing p 14 Retrieved 15 May 2024 NCT hits the bullseye Coach amp Bus Week No 226 Peterborough Emap 13 July 1996 p 24 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Morgan Mike 11 May 1996 Targeting a ton Coach amp Bus Week No 217 Peterborough Emap p 10 Lidstone John G July 1996 Fleet News International Buses No 496 Hersham Ian Allan Publishing p 54 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Kneeling tests for Lance Commercial Motor Temple Press 9 July 1992 Retrieved 15 May 2024 Hong Kong Buses Part 3 Kowloon Motor Bus Fleetline No 249 Sydney Transport Enthusiasts Society of South Australia July 1997 p 118 External links edit nbsp Media related to Dennis Lance at Wikimedia Commons Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Dennis Lance amp oldid 1225477019, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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