| The model
- the second version of the KMB Wrights Eclipse Gemini was released in
Hong Kong on 1st May 2004. Thanks to Jotus
Model Depot I am able to to provide the photographs below which show
the differences between the first and second versions of this model. Check
out the following
Fotopic site
devoted to the KMB Wrightbus.
The bus -
Production examples of the this bus began entering service in September
2003. The initial order was for 50 buses, but in January 2004, a repeat
order, worth £6million, was placed with Ian Pearson MP, the Minister
with responsibility for Enterprise, Trade and Investment, saying "This
repeat order from KMB, the world’s biggest bus company, is a marvellous
endorsement of Wrightbus as a designer and manufacturer of a range of superb
vehicles which incorporate advanced technology for both drivers and passengers.
Repeat business placed so quickly after just a few weeks of the first introduction
of the vehicles by KMB on some of Hong Kong’s busiest routes is a measure
of the quality of the buses and of this Northern Ireland company’s highly
responsive customer services." |
