| The model -
Announced
in February 2000, this model was released in Hong Kong in late March.
The
model was offered to subscribers of the EFE Newsletter in August 2000,
with expected dispatch in September. This model differs from the DMS
included
in the special Citybus Set (19906).
A 1:24 scale version of this vehicle was issued by 80M Bus Model Shop
in
April 2006, (12401).
The bus
- D20 was one of the second batch of five former London Transport to
enter
service with Citybus. Unlike the first batch of five DMS's, it retained
it's centre exit doors. It was new to London Transport in 1973 and
joined
the Citybus fleet in July 1981, being L20 (denoting a Leyland engine).
It became D20 in September 1981, after receiving a standard Gardner
engine.
It was withdrawn in 1991.
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