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Alexander Dennis 'New Generation' Enviro500.... March/April 2013 |
On 27th March 2013, a day after Citybus
officially launched
their 'New Generation' Enviro500s to Cityflyer specification, this Kowloon Motor Bus example was spotted on its way to/from the To Kwa Wan Vehicle Examination Centre. It is believed to be the fully built example that appeared at the official launch which took place at the NEC, Birmingham, UK in November 2012 (the following link will take you to that page). The Kowloon Motor Bus order is believed to be for 220 twelve-metre examples, to three different specifications:- 50 with 86 seats + 40 standees + 1 wheelchair 148 with 90 seats + 42 standees + 1 wheelchair 22 with 85 seats + 42 standees + 1 wheelchair (this last batch is believed to be for Long Win) |
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Above photographs courtesy and copyright of Ying Hang Tin | |
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The bus was registered RZ5946
on 23rd April 2013 and allocated the fleet no. ATENU1. It entered
service on 30th April operating on route 58X |
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Both photographs show the bus on its first day of service | |
Photograph courtesy and copyright of Network Shuttle | Photograph courtesy and copyright of CC by-nc-nd 3.0 |
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