Australian made buses/coaches present and historical

[Simon75]

Diamond East Midlands have 6 Custom Denning Element 2 buses. Are these the only Australian made buses in UK.
Also has any Australian made byses/coaches bern in us in the UK side years ago?

 

[busesrusuk]

Diamond South East have a couple that are used on the Hotel Hopper services around Heathrow although they are branded for the Bedfont Lakes shuttle but seem to be rarely out on that particular route. A couple of pics of one of them:

Diamond SE 39004 Jun26

Heathrow North, Jun 2026

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Diamond Sth East 39004 May26

T5 Heathrow, May 2026

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[Edvid]

Diamond South East have a couple that are used on the Hotel Hopper services around Heathrow although they are branded for the Bedfont Lakes shuttle but seem to be rarely out on that particular route.

Has anyone actually seen an Element 2 on the Bedfont Lakes shuttles they were branded for?

Incidentally the deal(s) to introduce these to UK roads was/were led by a Dunn brother on both sides - Simon for Rotala, Scott for Custom Denning.

 

[bv52_eno]

Ensignbus has a couple of BCI Enterprise/Excellence(which if I remember correctly is because ADL refused to produce a UK spec E500MMC for Enterprises), and London used to have a hybrid version of Enterprise as a demo aswell

Ensignbus 144

Ensignbus 144 (LX17 DZE) BCI FBC6108BRZ1 Excellence Route 25 to Aldgate (strike extra) Stratford Bus Station, Stratford, LB Newham Taken on 17/12/2022 Copyright George Batchelor 2022

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TA1e, LX18 DGF

Go-Ahead CitiRider TA1e approaches Westminster Bridge, as it works a 12 service for Oxford Circus. Vehicle Details Operator: London Central Fleet Details: TA1e Registration: LX18 DGF Vehicle Type: BCI Enterprise CitiRider Vehicle History New to GAL Camberwell 04/18

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[citybus2500]

Ensignbus has a couple of BCI Enterprise/Excellence(which if I remember correctly is because ADL refused to produce a UK spec E500MMC for Enterprises), and London used to have a hybrid version of Enterprise as a demo aswell

Ensignbus 144

Ensignbus 144 (LX17 DZE) BCI FBC6108BRZ1 Excellence Route 25 to Aldgate (strike extra) Stratford Bus Station, Stratford, LB Newham Taken on 17/12/2022 Copyright George Batchelor 2022

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TA1e, LX18 DGF

Go-Ahead CitiRider TA1e approaches Westminster Bridge, as it works a 12 service for Oxford Circus. Vehicle Details Operator: London Central Fleet Details: TA1e Registration: LX18 DGF Vehicle Type: BCI Enterprise CitiRider Vehicle History New to GAL Camberwell 04/18

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But aren't BCIs built in China?

Diamond East Midlands have 6 Custom Denning Element 2 buses. Are these the only Australian made buses in UK.
Also has any Australian made byses/coaches bern in us in the UK side years ago?

Rotala currently have 10.

More are expected in the UK this year.

 

[bv52_eno]

But aren't BCIs built in China?

Forgot about that

Though I suppose it is technically still an Australian company?