Created 1-Apr-20
Modified 8-Mar-24
This single bus doesn't fit readily with any others and therefore has a gallery of its own.
New in September 1992 and entering service the following month, it was a Dennis Dart 9SDL3016 with a Northern Counties Paladin B35F body new to Mainline, Sheffield as their 402 and registered K402 EDT. Mainline evaluated the Volvo B6 and the Dennis Dart but seem to have preferred the air suspension on the B6 compared to the Dart and therefore standardised on Volvo's product. The Dart, thus being non-standard, was offered for sale quite early and snapped up by Rhondda in 1996.
It survived to become Stagecoach 590 and later 32990 and has now been secured for preservation.
© David Beilby
