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East Lancs Lolyne

Low-floor double-decker bus body on Dennis Trident 2 chassis

Field	Value
name	East Lancs Lolyne
manufacturer	East Lancashire Coachbuilders
production	1999-2006 (Non-Myllenium Facelift)
2002-2006 (Myllenium Facelift)
image	Carousel Buses 411 T411 SMV.JPG
caption	Carousel Buses Lolyne bodied Dennis Trident 2 in 2007
width	2,535 mm
length	10 m to 11.5 m
height	4,195 mm to 4,300 mm
capacity	76 to 94 seated
floortype	Low floor
doors	1 or 2
chassis	Dennis Trident 2
related	East Lancs Vyking
predecessor	East Lancs Pyoneer
successor	East Lancs Olympus

2002-2006 (Myllenium Facelift)

The East Lancs Lolyne is a type of low-floor double-decker bus body built by East Lancs. Launched in 1999, the Lolyne was the double-decker version of the Spryte, built on the Dennis Trident 2 twin-axle low-floor chassis. The body could be built as either a closed top bus or an open-top bus, and the Lolyne name continued the long line of 'misspelt' names which continued until the Scania OmniDekka.

Myllennium Lolyne

The facelifted East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne superseded the original Lolyne in 2002, featuring a revised front end based on the East Lancs Myllennium single-deck bus. The structure of the Myllennium Lolyne was built using the Alusuisse "System M5438" system.

Operators

The first Lolynes were delivered to Nottingham City Transport in early 1999 as part of an order of 12 of the type, these being among the first Trident 2s produced. Nottingham City Transport would eventually become a major operator of pre-facelift Lolynes, taking a total of 54 between 1999 and 2001 as the company's standard low-floor double-decker bus.

Subsequent operators following the Lolyne's launch included Brighton & Hove, who ordered 20 Lolynes, some with convertible open-top roofs, in 1999 before taking delivery of a further 20 during 2000, Yellow Buses of Bournemouth, who took delivery of nine during 1999, and Maynes Buses of Manchester, who took delivery of five during 1999. Preston Bus took delivery of its first seven Lolynes with funding from Lancashire County Council in late 1999 as part of a 'Quality Bus' scheme to improve services running from Preston bus station to Tanterton, subsequently taking delivery of a further ten Lolynes during 2000.

Exports

The only export operators of East Lancs Lolynes in Continental Europe were two sightseeing operators in Spain, with these buses being built to open-top configuration; 25 Lolynes were delivered to Madrid Vision between 2001 and early 2002, with an additional 18 delivered to Barcelona Tours during 2002.

Isle of Man Transport was also an export operator of both variants of the Lolyne, taking delivery of eleven original Lolynes between 2000 and 2001. followed by fourteen Myllennium Loylnes delivered between 2004 and 2006.

Gallery

File:Go North East 3866 Dennis Trident East Lancs Lolyne W866 PNL DFDS ferry bus livery in Newcastle 9 May 2009 pic 2.jpg|Rear of DFDS Seaways liveried Go North East East Lancs Lolyne-bodied Dennis Trident 2 in Newcastle First 32758 WA54OLT (12860159293).jpg|First Devon & Cornwall East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne bodied Dennis Trident 2 in Plymouth in March 2014

References

(February 1999). "Dennis Trident appears". Ian Allan Publishing.
"Lolyne body specification".
Millar, Alan. (August 2000). "68 Solos, 48 Tridents & 1 tram: Nottingham's 21st century profile". Ian Allan Publishing.
Hesketh, Peter. (August 2000). "Behind the scenes of two quality partnerships". Ian Allan Publishing.
(10 December 1999). "New buses hit the road". [[Lancashire Telegraph]].
Lidstone, John G.. (February 1999). "Fleet News England & Wales". Ian Allan Publishing.
Turner, Anna. (2 August 2001). "First two-axle Tridents for export run in Madrid". Emap.
(22 September 2000). "Manx Dennis Tridents". Glen-Holland Ltd.
(2 June 2005). "Isle of Man Transport: VDL Bus DB250 & ADL Trident East Lancs". Expo Publishing.

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