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Photograph courtesy and
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KMB's Volvo Super
Olympian
3ASV100 has received all-over advertising for the 'Journey with you'
exhibition and carries little evidence of its owner.
Issue 68 of Bus Fan World's
'Bus Focus' has now been published and contains the usual fleet and
route news plus articles on the UK Bus Expo 2012, Euro Bus Expo, the
new Enviro500, the all new Cityflyer, KMB's BYD K9A electric
single-decker, the buses of KMB, former Hong Kong buses now in
Australia, preserved China Motor Bus LM10 in the UK, plus lots
more, making a total number of 94 pages, all in colour.
(Please
note all text is in Chinese)
30th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Morris
My thanks to Philip Chan
and Morris for providing the above photographs of the recently
issued Hongkong Post Gift Set.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Citybus 8028 is the
newest Cityflyer liveried Enviro500NG to enter service as is pictured
here yesterday.
A new page has tonight
been added to the  section of the site for the 'Journey with you -
Hong Kong Bus History exhibition' featured in yesterday's news..
29th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
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Chan
Currently taking place at
the
Hong Kong Museum of History is the exhibition 'Journey with you - Hong
Kong Bus Story'. Further photographs will be added shortly.
28th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Jotus.com
My thanks to Jotus.com for sending
me the above photographs of the two St John liveried Volvo Olympians
from Buses Model, which were released on 15th September. New pages for
these two models and the two Kowloon Motor Bus models being released
tomorrow will be added as soon as time allows.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Morris
My thanks also to Morris
for confirming the three Enviro500s in the Hongkong Post Gift set are
as follows :-
New
World First Bus 5518 - route 18P to North Point
Kowloon Motor Bus ATEE5 - route 47X to Chun Shek
Citybus 8128 - route 619 to Macau Ferry.
26th September 2013
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Set for release in Hong
Kong on
Friday (27th) are these two 80th Anniversary Kowloon Motor Bus models
from Drumwell. DW10515 (top) features Wrights Gemini 2 bodied Volvo
B9TL AVBWU252 on route 102 to Shau Kei Wan. This is limited to 1,088
pieces. DW10516 (bottom) again features a Gemini 2, this time
AVBWU253, on route 6C to Kowloon City Ferry. This is limited
to
1,288 pieces.
The Hongkong Post gift
set featuring three Enviro500s (see News
7th July 2013) is now believed to have been issued. The Citybus example
features 8128 on route 619 to Macau Ferry whilst the KMB example
features ATEE5 on route 47X. Details of the New World First model are
not yet known.
With effect from 28th
September, KMB are cancelling route 66.
25th September 2013
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A new page has
now been added for the Atlas Editions Hong Kong tram (4648104).
23rd September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
My thanks again to Bobby
Liu for providing the above shot of the final single-door Enviro200 to
be delivered to KMB, which was registered yesterday and was noted today
operating on route 46. A
larger image has been added to the section of the site.
Pictured above is the
Atlas Editions
Hong Kong tram, which has just been acquired from a popular auction
site. A larger image is available by clicking on the above image. The
photograph below gives a comparison with a Peak Horse 1/76
scale
tram
21st September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Kowloon Motor Bus
continue to
register their 12-metre Enviro500NGs with ATENU106 being
registered yesterday, according the the excellent Across
website.
Pictured
above is ATENU93, seen earlier today operating route 307 (Tai Po
Central - Central Ferry Piers). It is believed this route will
soon be operated solely by these new buses.
20th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
An
appropriate shot of Citybus 11.3m Enviro500NG taken earlier today, the
eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival
Tramric
are to release three further tram sets (in addition to the
green liveried set released in July). TR031 features tram no.
172
in a tram safety livery, TR032 features tram no. 18 in a HK Tramways
recruitment livery whilst TR033 features tram no. 72 in M+R Spedag
Group 25th anniversary livery.
18th September 2013
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As mentioned below, the first
KMB 80th Anniversary liveried model is set for release tomorrow
(DW10514).
14th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Buses Model Co.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Buses Model Co.
My thanks to Buses Model
Co. for
allowing me to use the above photographs of the St John liveried Volvo
Olympian (BLV61009A and BLV61009B), which is set for release on Sunday.
My
thanks to Keith
McGillivray for allowing me to his computer
generated image!
Just click on the link for more of Keith's work and superb photos.
13th September 2013
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The
first of
KMB's 80th Anniversary liveried models is set for release this
Sunday and thanks to Philip Chan, below is a photograph of the actual
bus,
displaying the
destination and route number featured on the model.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
Further to the news report on 3rd September regarding Custom and Alexander
Dennis Ltd developing a new Enviro500 double-deck bus for the
Australian, New Zealand and Malaysian market, I have now added a new
page to the section of the site which includes the
full article. My thanks to Tim Williams for providing details and
to BusNSW
for allowing me publish this.
Last October I
published a list of the models you most wanted to see released. I have
repeated this list below, with the addition of a date released column,
where applicable.
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Kowloon Motor Bus - Volvo
Olympian/Alexander 12 metre (3AV class) |
June
2013 |
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Kowloon Motor Bus - Volvo B7RLE/MCV Evolution (AVC
class) |
April
2013 |
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China Motor Bus - MCW Metrobus 11.45 metre (MB class) |
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China Light & Power - ADL Enviro500 (317-321) |
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MTR Bus - ADL Enviro500 (801-812) |
December
2012 |
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MTR Bus - ADL Enviro400 (140-148) |
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KCRC - Volvo Olympian/Northern Counties 11 metre (225-239) |
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Citybus - Scania/Caetano (8900) |
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SBS Transit - Volvo B9TL/Wrights Gemini 2 |
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Asia World City
liveried KMB Dennis Dragon or Wrights
Gemini 2 |
July 2013 |
No doubt the list could be updated with the inclusion of the range of
new generation Enviro500s!
11th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Stephen Cho
My thanks again to
Stephen Cho for sending me several photographs of another
double-decker spotted in
Sydney yesterday. This
time it is a Gemilang bodied Scania K320UD, belonging
to
Ritchies of New Zealand, which is set to make an appearance at
the
Sydney Bus Show in two weeks time.
Further photographs of
the Kowloon Motor Bus BYD e-bus have now been
added to the section of the site.
10th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Dennis Law
Hong Kong's first
franchised
battery-powered electric bus entered service today
following an official ceremony this morning
at the Star
Ferry Bus Terminus. The bus operated route 2 between Star Ferry and So
Uk. The official KMB press release can be viewed here.
My thanks to Dennis Law for providing the above information and a
superb selection of photographs, more of which will be added shortly.
Following the
recent news
of the new double-deckers in Australian, my thanks to Stephen Cho for
providing me with details of an announcement made back in June that
double-deck buses are planned to be introduced in Wellington, New
Zealand towards the end of the year. Mana and Newlands Coach Services
hope to be in possession of its first custom-made double deckers which
will run on its Newlands and Churton Park routes. It will be the first
time double-deck buses will have operated in Wellington.
9th September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
The latest Kowloon Motor
Bus to be registered is AAS7, an ADL Enviro200 seen here earlier today
on route 203.
A new page has just been
added to the section of the site for the
new Enviro500NGs for MTR Bus.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Dennis Law
KMB's Daimler E AD7456
(Ex-D550) is shortly to feature as an exhibit
for the Hong Kong Museum of History's themed
exhibition for the history of Hong Kong Buses, which will open
on 25th September. Owing to space
limitations, only its front end is being displayed!
8th September 2013
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Thanks to
photographs and information supplied by Tim Williams, Doug Coster and
Barry Wong, a new page has been added to the section of the site for
Sydney's Bustech CDi double-deckers.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Grant Ng Kwok Kuen
MTR Bus introduced
several of its new 11.3
metre ADL Enviro500NG into service last week and thanks to Grant Ng
Kwok Kuen and Bobby Liu photographs will be added shortly.
7th September 2013
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Further to yesterdays news on the new double-deckers in Sydney, I am
grateful to Tim Williams for providing details of this month's BusNSW
(Bus Proprietors' Association of NSW) magazine which includes an
article on Custom and Alexander Dennis Ltd developing a new
Enviro500 double-deck bus for the Australian, New Zealand and Maylasian
markets with a release date set for the second half of 2014. The new
bus is 2.5m wide, 4.2m high and 12.5m long.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Tim Williams
Pictured above
is one of Busways Bustech CDI double deckers.
Released today in Hong
Kong are these two 1/250 scale tram sets., further details of which
will be added shortly.
3nd September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
ATENU75 is one of the
latest ADL Enviro500NGs to enter service with Kowloon Motor Bus.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
A
comparison between KMB ATENU75 and Citybus 8328 - the destination
equipment on 8328 is, in my opinion,
much clearer - Citybus have also fitted tree guards to this
batch.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Doug Coster
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Doug Coster
My thanks to Doug Coster
for sending me a
selection of photographs of the new Bustech double-deckers,
operating for Hillsbus in Sydney, Australia, more of which will be
added as soon as time allows.
2nd September 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
It is confirmed that
Buses Model
Co. are to release this St John Ambulance liveried Volvo Olympian,
which
was first mentioned on this site in November last
year. It is
believed two versions will be released - one on route 16 to
Lam
Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) (888 pieces) and the second on route 16
to
Mong Kok (Park Avenue) (500 pieces).
1st September 2013
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