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{{Infobox UK Bus
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 | name             = Alexander ALX200
 | image            = Arriva NWW Dart ALX200 1.jpg
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 | caption          = An ALX200 on Dennis Dart SLF chassis, in service with [[Arriva North West and Wales]].
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 | manufacturer     = [[Walter Alexander Coachbuilders|Alexander]]/TransBus
 | factory          = Falkirk, [[Scotland]]
 | replaced         = [[Alexander Dash]]
 | capacity         = 
 | operator         = Stagecoach Group<br>Metroline<br>Selkent<br>Arriva London<br>East London (bus company)<br>FirstGroup and others
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 | floortype        = Low floor
 | doors            = 1 or 2 door
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 | chassis          = [[Dennis Dart SLF]]<br>[[Volvo B6LE]]
 | engine           = [[Cummins B Series engine|Cummins B-series]] (Dennis Dart SLF)<br>Volvo D6A (Volvo B6LE)
 | powerout         = 
 | transmission     = Allison/ZF
 | options          = Various customer options
}}

The '''Alexander ALX200''' was a [[midibus]] body built by [[Walter Alexander Coachbuilders|Alexander]] of the [[United Kingdom]]. It was one of the ALX-series, which accounted for 5 different models (100/200/300/400/500, all except ALX100 featured the same designs on the front and rear panels), built for new generation (mainly [[Low-floor bus|low-floor]]) bus chassis produced since late 1990s.

It was designed by John Worker, and was launched in summer 1996 as a low floor replacement of the [[Alexander Dash]].

The styling is completely different from the Dash body, with a rounded roof dome (more rounded than the Dash) 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 had a separately mounted [[destination blind|destination box]]. The rear end had 3 pairs of circular lights (with sometimes an additional pair being at the top). There was a choice of bonded or gasket glazing, and was built on [[Dennis Dart SLF]] and [[Volvo B6|Volvo B6LE]]. The design was revised when used to body a batch of short-wheelbase Dart SLF chassis for a London bus operator.

It sold quite well, and buyers included Stagecoach (which includes 90 on B6LE), FirstGroup plc, Arriva and Newport (which operated some on 8.8m Dart SLF chassis) and many more. Citybus of [[Hong Kong]] purchased ten ALX200-bodied Volvo B6LE buses in 1997 (they returned to UK in 2000). Also, a number of ALX200-bodied Dennis Dart SLF had been exported to the [[Netherlands]].

However with the formation of [[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]] (where Alexander is based).

==Gallery==
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File:Stagecoach Hants & Surrey 34014 rear.JPG|The rear of an ALX200, showing the styling on the back, in service with Stagecoach in Hants & Surrey in Camberley.
File:Shamrock Buses 212 JFR 13W rear badges.JPG|The ALX200 badge.
</gallery>

==See also==
*[[Alexander ALX100]]
*[[Alexander ALX300]]
*[[Alexander ALX400]]
*[[Alexander ALX500]]

==References / sources==
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