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| floortype = [[Low-floor bus|Low floor]]
| floortype = [[Low-floor bus|Low floor]]
| doors = 1 or 2 doors
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| chassis = [[Dennis Dart SLF]]<br>[[Volvo B6LE]]
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It was launched in spring 1996 as a low floor replacement of the [[Alexander Dash]]. It was supposed to fill in the gap between the [[Alexander ALX100|ALX100]] [[minibus]] and the [[Alexander ALX300|ALX300]] [[rigid bus|full-size]] [[single-decker bus|single-decker]].
It was launched in spring 1996 as a low floor replacement of the [[Alexander Dash]]. It was supposed to fill in the gap between the [[Alexander ALX100|ALX100]] [[minibus]] and the [[Alexander ALX300|ALX300]] [[rigid bus|full-size]] [[single-decker bus|single-decker]].


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As compared to the [[Alexander Dash|Dash]], the ALX200 has a more rounded appearance. The styling is completely different from the [[Alexander Dash|Dash]] body, with a rounded roof dome and deep double-curvature windscreen with plastic mouldings under the [[windscreen]] to make it look deeper, and large circular [[headlight]]s and circular front indicators, it also has a separately mounted [[destination blind|destination box]]. The body was primarily built on [[Dennis Dart SLF]] and [[Volvo B6|Volvo B6LE]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Devoy|first1=David|title=Lanarkshire Independents|date=2015|publisher=[[Amberley Publishing]]|isbn=9781445652504|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luKGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1993&dq=Alexander+ALX200#q=Alexander%20ALX200|accessdate=25 January 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander ALX200 |url=http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=52&Type=Body |website=Bus lists on the web |accessdate=10 December 2018}}</ref> It was given a mild front end refresh during 2001.
[[File:Paignton Garage Stagecoach 34014 R114VPU 47105 WA04TXW.jpg|thumb|left|[[Stagecoach South West]] ALX200 bodied Dennis Dart SLF in [[Paignton]] in 3 July 2011]]
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As compared to the [[Alexander Dash|Dash]], the ALX200 has a more rounded appearance. The styling is completely different from the [[Alexander Dash|Dash]] body, with a rounded roof dome and deep double-curvature windscreen with plastic mouldings under the [[windscreen]] to make it look deeper, and large circular [[headlight]]s and circular front indicators, it also has a separately mounted [[destination blind|destination box]]. The body was primarily built on [[Dennis Dart SLF]] and [[Volvo B6|Volvo B6LE]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Devoy|first1=David|title=Lanarkshire Independents|date=2015|publisher=Amberley Publishing Limited|isbn=9781445652504|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=luKGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1993&dq=Alexander+ALX200#q=Alexander%20ALX200|accessdate=25 January 2016|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Alexander ALX200 |url=http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=52&Type=Body |website=Bus lists on the web |accessdate=10 December 2018}}</ref> It was given a mild front end refresh during 2001.


The ALX200 sold quite well, and buyers included [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]] (which includes 90 on B6LE), [[FirstGroup]], [[Arriva]] and [[Newport Transport|Newport]] (which operated some on 8.8m Dart SLF chassis) and many more. [[Citybus (Hong Kong)|Citybus]] of [[Hong Kong]] purchased ten ALX200-bodied Volvo B6LE buses in 1997 (they returned to UK in 2000). 50 Alexander ALX200s were also bodied on [[right hand drive]] Dennis Dart SLF chassis for use by [[Arriva Netherlands]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2000 |title=The Mayflower Corporation plc, Annual Report and Accounts 2000 |location=High Wycombe |publisher=The Mayflower Corporation |agency=Global Reports |page=18 |id={{ProQuest|1838507702}} |quote=In Europe, [Mayflower] has built on business wins in Spain, Portugal and Iceland and delivered 50 new generation Dart ALX200 midi buses to Arriva Netherlands.}}</ref> A small number were built by [[Thomas Built Buses]] from 1999 to 2003, under license for use in the United States as the 'SLF 200'; these buses were fitted with [[Cummins ISB]] and Mercedes-Benz engines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Forsyth |first1=Ian |title=Boost for Alexander. |work=Aberdeen Press & Journal |date=3 March 1999|id={{Factiva|fabp000020010901dv3300h3k}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Goundry|first=Andy|title=Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O53SDwAAQBAJ|accessdate=3 January 2023|date=23 March 2020|publisher=Crowood|isbn=978-1-78500-708-8|page=159}}</ref>
The ALX200 sold quite well, and buyers included [[Stagecoach Group|Stagecoach]] (which includes 90 on B6LE), [[FirstGroup]], [[Arriva]] and [[Newport Transport|Newport]] (which operated some on 8.8m Dart SLF chassis) and many more. [[Citybus (Hong Kong)|Citybus]] of [[Hong Kong]] purchased ten ALX200-bodied Volvo B6LE buses in 1997 (they returned to UK in 2000). 50 Alexander ALX200s were also bodied on [[right hand drive]] Dennis Dart SLF chassis for use by [[Arriva Netherlands]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2000 |title=The Mayflower Corporation plc, Annual Report and Accounts 2000 |location=High Wycombe |publisher=The Mayflower Corporation |agency=Global Reports |page=18 |id={{ProQuest|1838507702}} |quote=In Europe, [Mayflower] has built on business wins in Spain, Portugal and Iceland and delivered 50 new generation Dart ALX200 midi buses to Arriva Netherlands.}}</ref> A small number were built by [[Thomas Built Buses]] from 1999 to 2003, under license for use in the United States as the 'SLF 200'; these buses were fitted with [[Cummins ISB]] and Mercedes-Benz engines.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Forsyth |first1=Ian |title=Boost for Alexander. |work=[[Aberdeen Press & Journal]]|date=3 March 1999|id={{Factiva|fabp000020010901dv3300h3k}}}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Goundry|first=Andy|title=Dennis Buses and Other Vehicles|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O53SDwAAQBAJ|accessdate=3 January 2023|date=23 March 2020|publisher=Crowood|isbn=978-1-78500-708-8|page=159}}</ref>


However, with the formation of [[Alexander Dennis|TransBus International]], the ALX200 was phased out, in favour of the more successful [[Plaxton Pointer]] in 2001 when production of the Pointer was moved from [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] to [[Falkirk]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Piper plays a lament for 500 lost jobs at Plaxton. |work=The Northern Echo |date=28 July 2001|id={{Factiva|nrco000020010803dx7s00005}}}}</ref> (where [[Walter Alexander Coachbuilders|Walter Alexander]] is based).
However, with the formation of [[Alexander Dennis|TransBus International]], the ALX200 was phased out, in favour of the more successful [[Plaxton Pointer]] in 2001 when production of the Pointer was moved from [[Scarborough, North Yorkshire|Scarborough]] to [[Falkirk]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Piper plays a lament for 500 lost jobs at Plaxton. |work=[[Northern Echo]]|date=28 July 2001|id={{Factiva|nrco000020010803dx7s00005}}}}</ref> (where [[Walter Alexander Coachbuilders|Walter Alexander]] is based).

==See also==
{{Portal|Buses}}
* [[List of buses]]


==References==
==References==
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