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((Infobox Bus 
|name             = Duple Dartline
|image            = Southern Vectis 817.JPG
|imagesize        = 
|caption          = Preserved [[Southern Vectis]] [[Duple Coachbuilders|Duple]] Dartline bodied [[Dennis Dart]] in July 2008
|interiorimage    = 
|interiorcaption  = 
|manufacturer     = [[Duple Coachbuilders|Duple]]<br>[[Carlyle Works]]<br>[[Marshall Bus]]
|production       = 1989–1993
|assembly         = [[Blackpool]] (Duple)<br>[[Edgbaston]] (Carlyle)<br>[[Cambridge]] (Marshall)
|capacity       = 
|length           = 8.5m, 9.0m or 9.8m
|width            = 2.3m
|height           = 3.2m
|floortype        = [[High-floor|Step entrance]]
|doors            = 1
|weight           = 
|chassis          = [[Dennis Dart]]
|engine           = [[Cummins B Series engine|Cummins B series]]
|powerout         = 
|transmission     = [[Allison Transmission|Allison]] AT545
|predecessor      = [[Bedford JJL]] (Marshall models)
|successor        = [[Marshall C37]]))

The '''Duple Dartline''' was a [[single-decker bus]] body built on the [[Dennis Dart]] chassis by three manufacturers - [[Duple Coachbuilders]] of [[Blackpool]], [[Carlyle Works]] of [[Birmingham]] and [[Marshall Bus]] of [[Cambridge]] - between 1989 and 1993.

==Duple==
The Dartline was unveiled by [[Duple Coachbuilders|Duple]] at the 1988 [[British International Motor Show]] in Birmingham, along with the [[Dennis Dart]] chassis.<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/29th-september-1988/11/duple-9m-on-course-for-nec Duple 9m on course for NEC] ''[[Commercial Motor]]'' 29 September 1988</ref><ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/27th-april-1989/16/dart-on-target Dart on target] ''Commercial Motor'' 27 April 1989</ref> Initially offered in just one length, 9 metres, its most distinctive feature was its curved, asymmetric windscreen covering the [[destination sign]] with an arched top.

Four pre-production vehicles were built at Duple's [[Blackpool]] factory in 1989, and were used as demonstrators. Of these, three were 9 metres long, while the fourth was for [[London Regional Transport|London Buses Limited]] and measured 8.5 metres.<ref name="iansbusstop">((cite web|url=http://www.countrybus.org/Dart/DT.htm|title=IAN'S BUS STOP: Dennis Dart DT|work=countrybus.org|accessdate=17 February 2016))</ref>

Production commenced at the end of 1989, with 27 8.5-metre versions for the [[London United Busways|London United]] subsidiary of London Buses Limited, and 34 9-metre versions. Of the latter, 14 were for another London bus operator, R&I Tours, while five were for [[Southampton Citybus]], three were for Great Yarmouth Transport, another three were for [[Rosso (bus company)|Rossendale Transport]], and two were demonstrators for [[Hong Kong]] (and were eventually purchased by [[Kowloon Motor Bus]]).<ref>[http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=187 Duple Dartline] Bus Lists on the Web</ref>

With the closure of Duple, the Dartline design rights were sold to [[Carlyle Works]], and many of these 61 buses were completed by the Birmingham manufacturer and badged accordingly, although they retained their Duple body numbers.<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/26th-october-1989/18/darts-go-to-carlyle Darts go to Carlyle] ''Commercial Motor'' 26 October 1989</ref><ref>"Deregulation Darts" ''Bus & Coach Preservation'' May 2018 page 26</ref>

==Carlyle==
A further 199 Dartlines were built in Birmingham between the middle of 1990 and the beginning of 1992, of which 140 were 8.5 metres (coded C25 by Carlyle), 16 were 9 metres (coded C26), and 43 were to a longer length, 9.8 metres (coded C27 and C28).<ref name=C25>[http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=150 Caryle C25 Series] Bus Lists on the Web</ref><ref name=C26>[http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=151  Caryle C26 Series] Bus Lists on the Web</ref><ref name=C27>[http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=152  Caryle C27 Series] Bus Lists on the Web</ref><ref name=C28>[http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=153  Caryle C28 Series] Bus Lists on the Web</ref>

All the 8.5-metre versions were for London Buses Limited, going to its London United, [[Metroline]], [[Selkent]] and [[Arriva London|South London]] subsidiaries.<ref name="iansbusstop"/> Of the 9-metre versions, 13 went to [[Warrington's Own Buses|Warrington Borough Transport]] and one each to Southampton Citybus, [[Bus Vannin|Isle of Man Transport]], and Yeomans Canyon Travel of [[Hereford]].<ref name=C25/><ref name=C26/>

Of the 22 C27-coded 9.8-metre versions, eight were ordered by [[London Country North West]] and delivered after that company's takeover by [[Arriva Shires & Essex|Luton & District]], while the remaining 14 went to numerous small operators.<ref name=C27/> Finally, all but one of the 21 C28-coded 9.8-metre versions went to [[China Motor Bus]] in Hong Kong.<ref name=C28/>

==Marshall==
Carlyle closed in early 1992, and the rights to all of its designs, including the Dartline, passed to [[Marshall Bus]].<ref>[http://archive.commercialmotor.com/article/16th-january-1992/16/marshalls-snaps-up-rights-to-dart Marshalls snaps up rights to Dart] ''Commercial Motor'' 16 January 1992</ref> Marshall was trying to enter the midibus market since 1985, when they bought the design tools and rights for the [[Bedford JJL]], but to no success, due to low market demand. The [[Cambridge]] manufacturer built a final five Dartlines, all to the 9.8-metre length and coded C27, in late 1992 and early 1993, of which two went to [[Mayne Coaches]] of [[Manchester]] and one to [[Epsom Coaches]].<ref>[http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/index.htm?http://www.buslistsontheweb.co.uk/list.asp?listname=209  Marshall C27 Series] Bus Lists on the Web</ref> Total Dartline production was thus 269, including the four pre-production vehicles of 1989. In late 1993, Marshall redesigned the Dartline as the [[Marshall C37|C37]], with a symmetrical windscreen and a more substantial front bumper.

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Buses of the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Midibuses]]
[[Category:Single-deck buses]]
[[Category:Vehicles introduced in 1989]]

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