Ebook: The London Dennis Trident

Propelled towards the end of the 1990s by accessibility imperative requiring low floor buses both, in London and the rest of Britain, Dennis developed a tri axle Trident double decker for Hong Kong and then adapted the design as a two-axle version for Britain.

Orders came thick and fast between 1999, when the first Tridents for London entered service with Stagecoach and 2006, when the Enviro 400, a combination of its unified body builders, replaced it. In those years, over two-thousand of the type appeared in London, ordered by Stagecoach, First London, United, Metroline, Metrobus, London General, Blue Triangle, Connex, Armchair, and Hackney Community Transport.

The bodywork was by Alexander ALX400, Plaxton, (Precedent) and East Lancs, to two available lengths, while badging itself progressed although Trans Bus, until this troubled organization was suspended in 2004 by todays Alexander Dennis.

Versatile and personable, the Trident in all its forms lasted two-decades in London, the last examples being, withdrawn from service in 2020.