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Dennis Loline III / MCW #488
5 april 2009 - Cobham (UK). The Dennis Loline has always been a favourite of mine. These were a version of the Bristol Lodekka, built under licence, as non-State companies were not allowed to buy from Bristol but wanted a modern, low-height bus. Note the unusual air-operated sliding door, which closes with a gentle ‘swish’ as the bus begins to move off. Aldershot and District was a major bus operator in West Surrey and East Hampshire until 1969. A quality bus.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Dennis Loline III / MCW #503
5 april 2009 - Cobham (UK). Another Dennis Loline of the Aldershot and District Traction Company, which ran bus and coach services in West Surrey and Hampshire.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
2 august 2009 - Stokes Bay, Gosport, Hampshire (UK) – My all-time favourite UK bus. Aldershot and District bought many of these locally-built, high quality buses with the distinctive, air-operated sliding entrance door, which gently closed with a lovely ‘woosh’ as the bus moved off from a stop. This one was retained by the company (by now known as Alder Valley) as a show bus until 1998, when it was sold for preservation.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
Dennis Loline III / MCW #503
2 august 2009 - Gosport, UK - Stokes Bay: One of the finest buses ever built in the UK, a Dennis Loline 3 with Weymann body operated by the Aldershot and District Traction Company. The Loline was built under licence from the Bristol factory, who developed the Lodekka in the 1950s, the first modern bus with a step-free floor but only available for purchase by Tilling Group bus companies. The Loline 3 was a magnificent bus, but quite expensive and so not many were sold, the A&D company being the main user.
Author: dvigar
Author: dvigar
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