The model -
a third version of Kowloon Motor Bus A152 was released in
late November 2016, again carrying a predominantly white livery with
road safety slogans. This version represents the vehicle in 1983.
Released at the same time was a similar liveried Daimler 'D' type
(38913).
The bus
- Kowloon
Motor Bus introduced 210 AEC Regent Mk V buses into
its fleet
between 1963
and 1966 to cater for increasing demand due to the rapid
growth in
population at that time. The bus was unprecedented at that
time in terms of body length (34 feet) and passenger capacity
(117 passengers). To cope with 'one-man-operation' scheme in the mid
1970s , the exit door and staircase of the AEC Regent V buses were
removed from the rear and rebuilt in the middle of the
bus. These
buses was deployed on urban and Shatin district route
nos. 6,
6A, 6C, 13 and 80K until their retirement in 1987.
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