34226 - X226 WNO

Dennis Super Pointer Dart 

New in 2000 to Stagecoach Selkent's TB Garage for use on Route 227. however has seen action on the 208,269 and most Recently the 246. one of this batch even made it around the 314 route in the days before iBus. 

this batch of Super Pointers are rare as they are the only Dual door SPD's Built. 

after 12 hard years in London these buses were spread far and wide 4 of them went to Nicosia in Cyprus and stayed dual door the rest of them stayed in the UK with 226 going to Edinburgh coach lines and 229 being sold to Non PSV use with cash converters. this bus now resides in a school in reading. 34226 is the sole surviving one in PSV use and that runs. 

Fun Fact

This bus is the sole surviving one of the batch and has since had the Centre Doors Replaced and is currently undergoing work on the entire air system amongst other things. the batch of 13 Super Pointers at TB were the only dual door buses Built for London. 

Brief History 

12/00 TB new to Stagecoach Selkent for 227 (Bromley)

1/01 TB into service on 208, 227

6/02 TB renumbered 34226L

12/04 TB repainted: white roof

6/06 TB bought by East London Bus Group

9/06 TB reseated: B35D, repainted all-red

6/12 TB withdrawn

8/12 sold to Ensign Bus, Purfleet

12/12 bought by Edinburgh Coach Lines

1/17 Purchased by WB of Bromley Bus Preservation Group.