West Midlands Trident

2000s WEST MIDLANDS LOW-FLOOR DOUBLE-DECKER

From January 2001, the Public Service Vehicle Accessibility Regulations required that all new buses on scheduled services should have easy-access low floors, with specific provisions for the carriage of wheelchairs and priority seats for passengers with limited mobility among other features. Travel West Midlands ordered a total of 360 Dennis Trident 2 chassis fitted with Alexander bodywork to satisfy its need for PSVAR-compliant double deckers.

They were delivered in several batches, during which time the manufacturers' names changed from Dennis and Alexander (separately) to Transbus to Alexander Dennis:
4125 to 4224 (April to August 2001),
4305 to 4404 (February to December 2002),
4405 to 4414, always based in Coventry (January 2003),
4425 to 4474 (June to August 2003),
4535 to 4584 (January to March 2004),
4585 to 4634 (July 2004 to January 2005).

While Travel West Midlands would have specified its choice of seats, destination equipment, interior colours, etc., this was a combination of chassis and body to be found in many fleets around the country

Preservation
National Express West Midlands presented BX02ASV to the Museum in November 2021.