45005b - Volvo Olympian/Alexander
	Citybus / Stagecoach

Citybus started operating buses in 1979, using one double deck bus on a shuttle service for the employees of a Hong Kong dockyard. Over the past two decades, the Company's buses have become a highly popular means for people to commute comfortably and conveniently between their homes, offices and Hong Kong's major travel interchanges. The Citybus network of routes now stretches from the south side of Hong Kong Island to Beijing, carrying over 580,000 passengers per day.

Stagecoach started operations in 1980, when it started it's first express coach service in the United Kingdom. A reputation was soon earned for providing new quality coaches for operation on their expanding network of express coach services. Major expansion in the UK came with the purchase of several bus companies that had been privatised in the late 80's and early 90's. With opportunities for major expansion in the UK limited, Stagecoach looked overseas for further growth and is now involved in bus and coach operations in Australia, China, Finland, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal and the USA. Other activities within the Stagecoach group include train operations, train leasing and airport management.

The purchase of Citybus by Stagecoach Holdings PLC in 1999 saw the combining of two of the world's most dynamic bus operators. This set of two models has been produced to commemorate this occasion.
 

Photograph courtesy of Jotus Model Depot

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