Plaxton Pointer

Plaxton Pointer
Stagecoach in Oxfordshire Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer 2 bodywork in 2015
Overview
ManufacturerReeve Burgess
Plaxton
TransBus
Alexander Dennis
Production1991–2006
AssemblyScarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Designer
  • Pointer 1
  • Capoco Design
  • Pointer 2
  • Ogle Design
Body and chassis
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeStep entrance/Low-floor (SLF)
ChassisPointer (Step entrance):
Dennis Dart
Volvo B6
Pointer (Low floor):
Dennis Dart SLF
Volvo B6LE
Pointer 2 (Low floor):
Dennis Dart SLF
Blue Bird LFCC9
Powertrain
EngineCummins B Series (Dennis Dart)
Cummins B Series/ISBe (Dennis Dart SLF)
Volvo TD63 (Volvo B6)
Volvo TD63/D6A (Volvo B6LE)
Capacity44-62 (29-41 seated)
Dimensions
Length8.5–11.3 metres (28–37 ft)
Width2.3–2.4 metres (7 ft 7 in – 7 ft 10 in)[1]
Chronology
SuccessorAlexander Dennis Enviro200

The Plaxton Pointer[a] is a single-decker body of a bus. It was made from 1991 to 2006: first by Reeve Burgess, then later by Plaxton, TransBus International, and Alexander Dennis.

Plaxton Pointer 1

The Plaxton Pointer 1[b][2] is a body of a bus. It was made from 1991 to 1997 by Reeve Burgess and then Plaxton.

The Pointer 1 body was built on the step-entrance Dennis Dart chassis[3] and the step-entrance Volvo B6 chassis.[4][5]

1995 improvements

In 1995, Plaxton made a new bus body called Plaxton Pointer 1, It was made from 1995 to 1997. it had new front and rear lights, new front and rear bumpers, new interior and it had a low floor instead of steps.

The Pointer 1 body was built on the Dennis Dart SLF (Super Low Floor)[6] chassis and the Volvo B6LE chassis[7]

  • PMT high-floor Dennis Dart with Reeve Burgess Pointer bodywork in 1992
  • Target Travel high-floor Dennis Dart with Plaxton Pointer 1 bodywork in 2010
  • Target Travel high-floor Dennis Dart with Plaxton Pointer 1 bodywork rear in 2010
  • Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer 1 bodywork in 2009 (1995 improvements)
  • Brighton & Hove Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer 1 bodywork in 2010 (1995 improvements)
  • Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer 1 bodywork in 2009 (1995 improvements)

Plaxton Pointer 2

The Plaxton Pointer 2[c][8] is a body of a bus. It has a low floor. It was made from 1997 to 2006 by Plaxton and then TransBus International and then Alexander Dennis.

The Pointer 2 body was built on the Dennis Dart SLF chassis.[9]

Dennis Dart SPD/MPD

The Plaxton Pointer body was built on the long Dennis Dart SPD (Super Pointer Dart) chassis[10] and the short Dennis Dart MPD (Mini Pointer Dart) chassis.[10]

Exports

Hong Kong

In 1998, New World First Bus ordered seventy-six Dart SLFs with Pointer 2 bodywork.

In 2003, Park Island Passenger Transport ordered eight Super Pointer Darts Pointer 2, They were painted yellow and had luggage racks. The last two were delivered in 2008.[11]

Canada

From 1999 to 2001 BC Transit ordered ninety air-conditioned Dart SLFs with Pointer 2 bodywork.[12]

Iceland

In 1999, Hagvagnar ordered two Dart SLFs with Pointer 2 bodywork for use on Strætó bs services.[13]

  • Bluebird Bus & Coach Dennis Dart MPD with Plaxton Pointer 2 bodywork in 2008
  • First Berkshire & The Thames Valley Dennis Dart MPD with Plaxton Pointer 2 bodywork with normal rear lights (not daytime running)
  • Stagecoach Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer 2 bodywork with retrofitted circular LED daytime running rear lights
  • Kowloon Motor Bus air-conditioned Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer 2 bodywork in July 2016
  • Park Island Transport air-conditioned Dennis Dart SLF with Plaxton Pointer 2 bodywork in August 2013
  • BC Transit left-hand drive Plaxton Pointer 2 bodied Dennis Dart SLF in March 2020

Notelist

  1. ↑ Previously called Reeve Burgess Pointer, and TransBus Pointer and Alexander Dennis Pointer
  2. ↑ Previously called Reeve Burgess Pointer
  3. ↑ later called TransBus Pointer and Alexander Dennis Pointer

References

  1. ↑ "POINTER - Low-floor midibus specification". Guildford: Alexander Dennis Limited. November 2004. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Beeton, Cliff (15 July 2023). Independent Buses Around Stoke-on-Trent. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1366-4.
  3. ↑ Devoy, David (15 September 2015). Lanarkshire Independents. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-5250-4.
  4. ↑ "First UK midis shown". Coach & Bus Week. No. 18. Peterborough: Emap. 20 June 1992. p. 14.
  5. ↑ Tucker, Peter (15 July 2020). Urban Buses in Northern England. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-4456-9761-1.
  6. ↑ Bartlett, Andrew (30 January 2021). Buses Along the South West Coast Path from Minehead to Poole Harbour via Land's End: A History of the Past & a Guide to the Modern Day. Pen and Sword Transport. ISBN 978-1-5267-5543-8.
  7. ↑ "Mainline P101NDT, Volvo B6LE / Plaxton Pointer image". Flickr. 29 August 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  8. ↑ Jones, Stuart (8 August 1997). "Plaxton Pointer 2: A softer look for Britain's best-seller". Bus & Coach Buyer. No. 421. Spalding: Glen-Holland Ltd. pp. 8–10. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  9. ↑ Tucker, Peter (15 July 2023). Buses in Lancashire, Greater Manchester and Merseyside. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 978-1-3981-1416-6.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Pointer". alexander-dennis.com. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007.
  11. ↑ Li, Hanhua (18 July 2018). 香港空調巴士漫遊 [Hong Kong air-conditioned bus tour] (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Zhonghua Book Company (Hong Kong) Limited. pp. 92–105. ISBN 978-988-8513-52-9. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  12. ↑ Curtis, Malcolm (10 January 2001). "Lighter, tighter British buses unveiled". Times Colonist. Victoria. p. 15.
  13. ↑ Goundry, Andy (23 March 2020). Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles. Ramsbury: Crowood Press. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-78500-708-8. Retrieved 10 August 2024.

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