Lothian Buses: Dennis Trident / Plaxton President (52 reg)

English: The 52 registration (SK52 Oxx) batch of the Dennis Trident / Plaxton President fleet of buses operated by Lothian Buses. A total of 22 were delivered in November and December 2002. Fleet numbering began at 635, leaving a gap of five numbers in the Trident series (the 51 reg batch having ended at 630). No.s 645 & 652-6 were for the airport fleet, delivered in Airlink livery. The remainder were for the standard fleet, being delivered in the simplified version of Harlequin livery, the first Tridents to do so. The Airlink buses were later cascaded to the main fleet, receiving simplified Harlequin too. Some have lasted in service long enough to receive Classic livery, variously receiving 'Lothian Buses.com' fleetname or TfE style 'Lothian Buses' fleetname or one then the other. No. 656 was later renumbered 634 as a result of being at the end of a cascade of re-numberings triggered by the re-numbering of 04-reg Tridents (No.s 666 and 701-6) - see listing for full details. One bus (651) has been painted into a special livery for use on the boat bus tour. Five buses (635-639) were transferred to the East Lothian fleet, resulting in various livery changes.

fleetnumbers & registrations

No. 635 (SK52 OGT) No. 636 (SK52 OGU) No. 637 (SK52 OGV) No. 638 (SK52 OGW) No. 639 (SK52 OGX) No. 640 (SK52 OGY) No. 641 (SK52 OGZ) No. 642 (SK52 OHA) No. 643 (SK52 OHB) No. 644 (SK52 OHC) No. 645 (SK52 OHD) No. 646 (SK52 OHE) No. 647 (SK52 OHG) No. 648 (SK52 OHH) No. 649 (SK52 OHJ) No. 650 (SK52 OHL) No. 651 (SK52 OHN) - re-registered XIL 1484 for boat bus tour No. 652 (SK52 OHO) No. 653 (SK52 OHP) No. 654 (SK52 OHR) No. 655 (SK52 OHS) No. 656 (SK52 OHT) - renumbered to 634 (free number), with 656 being given to 04-reg Trident (701)

Simplified Harlequin livery

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  634 (ex-656)

East Lothian buses

No.s 635-639 were the buses temporarily allocated to the new East Lothian fleet, being repainted out of Harlequin into allover white and receiving eastLothianbuses.com fleetnames. Once new buses arrived for the operation, 635/6 were retained and given the full green/cream livery, while the remaining three returned to the main fleet, receiving Classic livery.

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  ? in white with eastLothianbuses.com fleetname
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  636 in green/cream with eastLothianbuses.com fleetname

No. 651 as the boat tour bus

For the 2012 season, No. 651 (SK52 OHN) was repainted into the yellow/blue livery and re-registered with the ageless mark XIL 1484, for use as the boat tour bus, replacing an older Olympian.

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