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A new page has
tonight been added to the
 section of the site for the
new MTR Bus Enviro500s featured in yesterday's News.
Work on the 'Trams'
section, which included some changes to its layout and
appearance, has now been completed and all pages should again
be
accessible.
31st August 2012
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Grant Ng Kwok Kuen
MTR Bus has purchased
nine 11.3 metre Alexander Dennis Enviro500s for
use on the West-Rail feeder bus routes. It is expected they will enter
service between now and early 2013. Four have so far arrived
and were
seen in mid August with tests and trial runs expected to
commence
shortly. My special thanks to Grant Ng Kwok Kuen for providing both the
information and photographs, more of which will be added to the section of the site shortly.
30th August 2012
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A correction
for the quantities of the two Cars Workshop Alexander Dennis Enviro200
Darts - AAU13 (93003)
is limited
to 600 pieces and AAU21 (93004)
is limited
to 1,200 pieces. The destination of the latter reads 'Kam Sheung Road
Railway Station', but in Chinese only.
The 'Trams'
section is currently undergoing some changes resulting in the
continuity between pages not being what it should be!
Hopefully
this work will be completed shortly.
29th August 2012
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The two KMB Alexander
Dennis Enviro200 Dart were released in Hong Kong today. Produced by
Cars Workshop, AAU13
(PX5012) is on route 8A to Whampoa Garden
(93003)
whilst AAU21 (PZ501) is on route 51 to Tsuen
Wan (Nina Tower) (93004).
Each is limited to 900 pieces See correction above.
A new page and a review
of the recently published book 'A
Centenary Date with Hong Kong Tramways' has now been added -
just follow the link.
Further photographs of
the two new Citybus Youngman single-deckers have
been added to the section of the site.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Jotus.com
My thanks
to Jotus.com
for providing photographs of the Busme/T.680
Dennis Dragons, which will be added to the relevant pages shortly.
28th August 2012
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The two KMB Dennis
Dart Enviro200's mentioned in the 'News' for 23rd
August are
set for release tomorrow. AAU13 (PX5012) on route 8A to Whampoa Garden
whilst AAU21 (PZ501) is on route 51 to Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower).
Five people were injured,
at least one
seriously, when a Long Win Enviro500 (fleet no. 703?) mounted a
pavement and crashed into the Citywalk shopping mall in Tsuen Wan early
yesterday morning after the driver reportedly fainted at the wheel.
27th August 2012
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
Photographed today
operating on
route 76 are these two Citybus single-deckers. The first features fleet
no. 1352, a Jit Luen bodied Volvo B6 whilst the second shows fleet no.
1814, the second Youngman to enter the Citybus fleet, being registered
on 15th August.
26th August 2012
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A new page along with a brief review of the recently published tram
book 'Amazing
Ding Ding' has now been added - just follow the link.
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Mark Chua
My thanks to Mark Chua
for
providing photographs of these 'Brand Hong Kong' liveried SBS
Transit buses. Not quite as attractive as that used in Hong
Kong, in my opinion. I hope to add a more detailed
Singapore
update shortly.
24th August 2012
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Four new KMB
models have been announced today.
The
first two feature air-conditioned Volvo Olympians, fleet numbers are
currently unknown, one on route 58M and the other 73X. The quantity
will be 1,800, presumably 900 for each version.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of
Philip
Chan
The second features Alexander
Dennis Enviro200's AAU13 (PX5012) on route 8A to Whampoa Garden, as
pictured above, and AAU21 (PZ501) on route 51. Again it is believed
each is limited to 900 pieces.
My thanks to Philip Chan and Fai Ho for providing this news.
The Corgi 'Buspak' Olympian (43209)
that appeared on a popular auction site last week, sold for
£310.
Tramric Product & Design has
organised a 'Tram Art Exhibition' which is to be held at the Atrium of
Tai Yau Plaza, 181 Johnston Road, Wan Chai between 29th August and 26th
September.
Thanks to John Bennett,
new photographs of the Beijing Skoda
706 RO articulated bus have now been added to the appropriate page -
just follow this link.
Whilst new pages have
been added for the Busme/T.680 Dennis Dragons (BT680-1A
& BT680-16M),
I am lacking the usual photographs of these models - if you are willing
to share your photos, please e-mail
me.
23rd August 2012
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New pages have
now been added for the KMB Buses Model Co. Volvo
Olympian S3V18 (BLV61002)
along with the two Busme/T.680 Dennis Dragons (BT680-1A
& BT680-16M).
18th August 2012
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I
am still catching
up with the news from last week, along with the latest news, so my
apologies for the rather short updates.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Grant Ng Kwok Kuen
The first of Citybus's
new Youngman single-deckers entered service today on route 76
and my special thanks to Grant Ng Kwok Kuen for sending me several
photographs, which have been added to the section of the site.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of BusMe
Released on
8th August were the two Duple Metsec Dennis Dragons from Busme. Both
feature S3N361, one version on route 1A to star Ferry and the
other on route 16M with a blank destination.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of BusMe
A third version, with a quantity of just 18 pieces, features a blank
route and destination, just like the actual buses after its last
service. With a very special
certificate, one of these was the prize in the lucky draw
section of their recent bus model sharing show. The remaining
models will be used for other lucky draw of BUSME function and
some of them will only sell to the BusMe's members, details
of which will announced in due course.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Julian Ferendino
Pictured above is a built-up Cars
Workshop Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Trident kit,
assembled by Julian Ferendino and superbly decorated with the Queen's
Diamond Jubilee decals.
Bus Factory released two
resin KMB models in my absence. The first (top photo)
is a Dennis Falcon, featuring fleet no. AF16
(DJ107) on route 203E to Jordan Road Ferry. The second (bottom
photo) is Dennis Lance AN1 (FP2584) on route 273 to Fanling
Railway Station. New pages will be added as soon as time allows.
Noted on a popular
auction site here in the UK is Corgi 'Buspak' Olympian (43209)
- I would add that I have no connection with the seller!
15th August 2012
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Released on 10th August
was this
Buses Model Co. KMB Olympian, fleet no. S3V18 (BLV61002),
limited to
1,288 pieces and carrying JRTeam decals. A new page and further
photographs will be added shortly.
Two new tram books
arrived in my absence and reviews for both will appear in due course.
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright ofBobby Liu
My thanks to Bobby Liu for sending
me these photographs of two unregistered Citybus YoungMan at the
dealership.
MTR Bus Enviro400 fleet
no. 143 (RN4128) was noted today operating on route K65 - thank to
Kelvin Pang for providing this news.
And
finally, a holiday snap!
13th August 2012
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of BusMe
My thanks to BusMe
for sending me a selection of photographs of their soon to be released
Dennis Dragon, GA6479, which is expected to go on sale towards the end
of next week. A lack of time has prevented me from adding further
photographs.
The Network
Shuttle Facebook has images of this
Wuzhoulong FDG6120HEVS 'Pure Electric' hybrid bus.
I am now on holiday for
just over a
week so there will be no updates during this time. Please do continue
to send me your news, information and photographs ready for my return.
3rd August 2012
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of BusMe
The BusMe
Facebook page has several photographs of sample models of
their forthcoming Dennis Dragon GA6479. One is on route 1A to
Star Ferry and the other on route 16M, with a blank
destination, which is a nice touch. Further details will be published
when known.
Further to yesterdays
news on the recently published book 'Amazing Ding Ding', I am advised
the book is available from most bookshops
in Hong Kong, including 80M Bus Model Shop. It is also
available
from at least two on-line shops.
The
poster shown below features all the wooden trams prior to the new-build
ones and 12 of these have already disappeared, having been scrapped
already.
I can confirm that a review will appear here in due course.
2nd August 2012
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The first of
Citybus's YoungMan single deckers has been allocated fleet number 1811
and was yesterday registered as RN819.
Not previously mentioned
is
the
book 'Amazing Ding Ding' which was published in June and gives
an
insight into Hong Kong's unique double-deck trams. In addition
to
the history of tramways,
clarification is given to some errors and myths, which are
well
illustrated. It also
includes rare or undisclosed contents such as tramlines
development, variety of tramcars, engineering, depots and advertising.
Included is a poster which I believe features every tram!
The book is written in Chinese and is supported with prefaces by
renowned parties from UK and Germany. It retails for HK$118. I hope to add a full review in due
course
1st August 2012
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