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Plaxton
Company type
Subsidiary
Industry
Transportation, manufacturing
Founded
1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Headquarters
Eastfield, North Yorkshire, England
Products
Bus and coach bodies
Owner
NFI Group
Number of employees
750
Parent
Alexander Dennis
Website
plaxtonlimited.co.uk
Plaxton is an English builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Eastfield, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1907 by Frederick William Plaxton, it became a subsidiary of Alexander Dennis in May 2007. In 2019, the maker was acquired by Canadian bus manufacturer New Flyer which then became NFI Group.
Plaxton is an English builder of bus and coach vehicle bodies based in Eastfield, North Yorkshire, England. Founded in 1907 by Frederick William Plaxton...
The Plaxton Paragon and Plaxton Panther are closely related designs of coach bodywork built by Plaxton in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England, since...
The Plaxton Elite is a coach body produced by the British bus and coach manufacturer Plaxton. It is primarily targeted at the premium touring market and...
operations into a 70:30 joint venture with Alexander, Dennis and Henlys' Plaxton merged to form TransBus International. The factories concerned employed...
The Plaxton Panorama is a double decker coach bodywork, produced by Plaxton's Scarborough factory on the newly built Volvo B11RLE chassis. The Panorama...
The Plaxton Beaver, originally known as the Reeve Burgess Beaver, is a minibus body built by Plaxton. It was built at the Pilsley, Derbyshire factory of...
then some years later sold to Yorkshire bus manufacturer Plaxton. Long-established Plaxton took the Henlys name in March 1992, sold the motor business...
The Plaxton Leopard is a coach bodywork manufactured by Plaxton. It was introduced in October 2013 as a replacement for the Plaxton Profile. Initially...
The name Plaxton Expressliner or National Expressliner can refer to one of three designs of coach built by Plaxton for National Express use: The original...
Hayward Alan Roger "Rod" Plaxton (June 2, 1904 – December 20, 1963) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics. In 1928...
The Plaxton President was a low floor double-decker bus body built by Plaxton at the former Northern Counties factory in Wigan, England. It was first...
The Plaxton Paramount was a design of coach bodywork built by Plaxton. It first appeared at the 1982 British Motor Show and was built until 1992. In its...
The Plaxton Pointer (originally known as the Reeve Burgess Pointer, and later as the TransBus Pointer and Alexander Dennis Pointer) is a single-deck midibus...
The Plaxton Cheetah is a minibus/midibus body manufactured by Plaxton in Wigan, England. Between 1997 and 2014 it was mounted on Mercedes-Benz Vario chassis...
The Plaxton Premiere, Plaxton Excalibur and Plaxton Prima were closely related designs of coach bodywork built by Plaxton. The Premiere and Excalibur...
The Plaxton Centro was a low entry single-decker bus bodywork designed by Bluebird Vehicles and manufactured by Plaxton. It was launched on the VDL SB120...
The Plaxton Profile is a coach built by Plaxton for the Volvo B7R and Dennis Javelin chassis. It is the smallest of Plaxton's full-sized coach range....
William Plaxton (1843–1907) was a Canadian politician who served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories. Plaxton ran for...
The Plaxton Supreme was a design of coach bodywork built by Plaxton. It was first built, on small chassis only, in 1974, replacing the Plaxton Panorama...
Herbert Alfred Wellington "Bert" Plaxton (April 22, 1901 – November 7, 1970) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics...
The Plaxton Primo was a low-floor minibus body manufactured by Plaxton on the Enterprise Bus Plasma chassis between 2005 and 2010. Launched in 2005, the...
The Plaxton Panorama Elite was a successful design of coach bodywork built between 1968 and 1975 by Plaxton of Scarborough, Yorkshire, England. A wide-doorway...
the same year, Wright bodied the Dart with the Handybus. In early 1991, Plaxton launched the Pointer (which was initially designated as Reeve Burgess Pointer...
Max Plaxton is a Canadian cross-country mountain biker. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's cross-country at Hadleigh Farm, but did...
Hugh John Plaxton (May 16, 1904 – December 1, 1982) was a Canadian ice hockey player and politician. During his hockey career, he competed in the 1928...
Alexander Dennis, ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, Motor Coach Industries, New Flyer, Plaxton, NFI Parts, and Carfair Composites. The company is listed on the Toronto...
the replacement for the Dennis Dart SLF chassis and Alexander ALX200 and Plaxton Pointer 2 bodies. The Enviro200 MMC was launched in 2014, eventually replacing...
Christianity portal Cecil Andrew Plaxton was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Wiltshire from 1951 to 1974. Born in 1902, he was educated at Magdalen...
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