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The Dennis Loline was a low-height
The Dennis Loline was basically a license-built 
In 1961, commissioned No. 861, which had lowbridge bodywork on a Loline chassis, and was the lowest ever roofed British double-decker. It was specially designed to pass under an ultra low railway bridge at Sawley Junction, now , station.
Aldershot & District Traction operated the largest number of Dennis Loline buses.
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Aldershot & District Bus Interest Group
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double-decker bus
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manufactured by Dennis
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between 1958 and 1966.
History
The Dennis Loline was basically a license-built Bristol Lodekka
The Bristol Lodekka is a Front-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, half-cab Lowbridge double-deck bus, low-height low-floor bus, step-free double-decker bus built by Bristol Commercial Vehicles in England. It was the first production bus design t ...
, being primarily supplied to municipal
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, private sector British Electric Traction
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fleets and independent bus companies in the United Kingdom, during a period when Bristol's sales were restricted to state-owned bus companies.
Production was to cease in 1962, however this was quickly reversed and it continued to be made until 1966.
Three versions of the Dennis Loline were built: the Loline with rear entrance, Loline II with front entrance and the later Loline III with a revised front grille in front of the radiator and a different clutch and constant mesh gearbox.
In 1961, commissioned No. 861, which had lowbridge bodywork on a Loline chassis, and was the lowest ever roofed British double-decker. It was specially designed to pass under an ultra low railway bridge at Sawley Junction, now , station.
Aldershot & District Traction operated the largest number of Dennis Loline buses.
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put one Dennis Loline into service in 1963. It was the first double-decker bus on Hong Kong Island
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References
Further reading
* Brown, S. (2013). ''The Lodekka Alternatives''.Ian Allan Publishing
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In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo ...
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External links
Aldershot & District Bus Interest Group
{{Dennis, state=collapsed Loline Double-decker buses Half-cab buses Vehicles introduced in 1956