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MTR Bus
(formerly Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation)
 
The first KCRC model was produced in 1995, being commissioned by the Hong Kong Transport Society and featuring a 1/64th scale Corgi Metrobus (Model No. 91710).

Corgi's July-December 1997 Original Omnibus Catalogue included Model No. 43202, a tri-axle Leyland Olympian with Alexander bodywork, in the then standard livery of white, red and grey. However, the Company adopted a new corporate livery, and the actual model appeared in this new livery. A Hong Kong and United Kingdom version were issued, with the Hong Kong one carrying additional 10th Anniversary signwriting.
 

43202 in the original livery,
later carried by 43218
43202 in the new corporate
livery
44407 in the latest livery

A year after the release of the first Olympian, the Hong Kong Transport Society commissioned Corgi to produce Model No. 43218, which carries the original livery.

With the arrival in 2000 of a batch of 11.3 metre Dennis Tridents, KCR themselves commissioned Corgi to produce a model to celebrate the arrival of these new buses, albeit in Corgi's scale 12 metre length.

In December 2007 KCRC was merged with MTR (Mass Transit Railway). These models are only released in Hong Kong unless otherwise stated.
 

 Table listing MTR/Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation releases in date order
 Model
No.
Make
of model
Vehicle
Livery
Fleet
No.
Route
No.
Quantity
Date
Issued
91710
  Corgi  MCW Metrobus  Standard white/grey/red
104
K16
5,000
 05/95
?*
43202(a)
  Corgi  Leyland Olympian
 Alexander		  New corporate livery with
 10th Anniversary signwriting
222
K11
6,500
 10/97
43202(b)
  Corgi  Leyland Olympian
 Alexander		  New corporate livery without
 10th Anniversary signwriting
222
K11
4,000
 10/97*
43218
  Corgi  Leyland Olympian
 Alexander		  Standard white/grey/red
201
K18
5,000
 12/98
12/98*
44407
  Corgi  Dennis Trident
 Alexander ALX500		  Red/blue/white
601
659
2,000
 10/00
38704
  80M Bus
 Model Shop		  Dennis Trident
 Alexander ALX500		  Red/blue/white
737
506
1,250
 05/10
38703
  80M Bus
 Model Shop		  Dennis Trident
 Alexander ALX500		  Red/blue/white
737
K73
1,250
 06/10
38705 80M Bus
 Model Shop		 Dennis Trident
 Alexander ALX500		 White - Northwest NT730K511,25003/11
38706 80M Bus
 Model Shop		 Dennis Trident
 Alexander ALX500		 White - Northwest NT730K761,25003/11
    
* - UK release date
   
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