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A further shot of the
new VDL DB300 with MCV bodywork, thanks to Dennis Leung.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
New Lantao Bus began
operating the former Citybus 'Cityflyer' Dennis Trident HT9721 on its
route B2X today.
31st January 2014
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Set for release in Hong
Kong tomorrow are these two diecast Kowloon Motor Bus Albion Victors.
On the left is L17 (HK4518) on route 70 to Sheung Shui whilst on the
right is L51 (HK4552) which is on route 35A to Shek
Yam. I hope to add further details shortly, but a larger
clickable image is available above.
Today's book news
- the 'Hong Kong Bus Review 2013' from OverGround
Publishing - further details will be added in due course.
30th January 2014
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Following the news below,
I am grateful to Plaxtonl's
Bus Page for allowing me to share their photograph of the new
MCV
bodied VDL, news of which appears below. I would recommend taking a look at
their Facebook page for the latest information and photos.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Jotus.com
My thanks to Jotus.com
for sending me a selection of comparison photos showing the two
recently released 'new-generation' Alexander Dennis
Enviro500s.
These have been added to a new page in the section of the
site.
It is that time of the
year
when the various Yearbooks and Reviews are published - already
mentioned is that from Northcord Transport (see 25th January)
and
above is the JRTeam's
'Hong Kong Transport Yearbook 2013'. I hope to provide further details
in the near future.
Rather belatedly, as it
comes from last week's edition of Coach & Bus Week, is this
article on Dave Roger's latest acquisition, the very last Leyland
chassis produced, becoming SBS Transit's SBS 9168S.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Jotus.com
Two resin models released
recently are these KMB Leyland Olympians from P&T Model. BL54
(top)
is on route 182 to Central Macau Ferry (B00422-182) whilst the second
is BL90 (bottom) on route 28A to Lok Wah (B00422-28A). Each version is
limited to 160 pieces.
29th January 2014
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New pages have
now been added for
three Kowloon Motor Bus models issued in Hong Kong today
- Cars
Workshop KMB Enviro500NG ATENU70 (94401)
and 80M Bus Bus Model Shop Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Dragons
S3N297 (80888)
and S3N290 (80889).
Photographs have
appeared of a new two-axle double-decker for Kowloon Motor Bus. The bus
is believed to be a 10.5 metre MCV bodied VDL DB300. Further details or
photographs would be most welcome!
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Badenwurttemburg
New World First
Bus Enviro500 5516 is the second bus carrying
advertising for the Hong
Kong Museum of History's exhibition 'Images Through Time :
Photos of Old Hong Kong', detailed in yesterday's news.
27th January 2014
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The first model of the
new
generation Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander Dennis Enviro500 is set for
release tomorrow (94401). Produced by Cars Workshop, it features
ATENU70 carrying EuroV banner adverts and is on route 118 to Siu Sai
Wan and is limited to 1,800 pieces.
Two 11-metre Duple Metsec
bodied
Dennis Dragons are due to be released in Hong Kong tomorrow. Products
of 80M Bus Model Shop, S3N297 (80888) is on route 58X to Leung King
whilst S3N290 (80889) is on route 66 to Tai Hing. Each is limited to
900 pieces.
New pages for the above models will be added as soon
as time allows, however a 34th wedding anniversary dinner has
to
take priority tonight - so my wife tells me!!
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Andrew Chan
KMB's newest bus, Wrights
Gemini 2 bodied
Volvo B9TL AVBWU303, registered on 23rd January, was noted in service
today on route 960.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip
Chan
Meanwhile Citybus
Enviro500 8188 is one of at least two buses carrying advertising for
the Hong
Kong Museum of History's exhibition 'Images Through Time :
Photos of Old Hong Kong' which runs until 21st April 2014.
26th January 2014
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I am reliably
informed that the
Kwoon Chung Bus liveried Tridents featured in yesterday's news update
are in fact still owned and operated by Citybus.
A new page has been added
for the Hong
Kong Buses Yearbook 2014
from Northcord Transport. Unfortunately I have received no
image or information from the publisher and am grateful to
Dennis
Law for providing a detailed list of the articles contained within
it.
25th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Dennis Law
Several of the former
Citybus Dennis Tridents, now with Kwoon Chung Motors, were noted
carrying out private hire duties today and further photographs have
been added to a new page in the  section of the site.
24th January 2014
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My thanks to a regular visitor for sharing the
above photograph of Stagecoach Leyland Olympian 13502
(C160
HBA), former KMB 3BL128, in school bus yellow
livery, which has
been converted by Dream Bus Model from the Cars Workshop
model 38804
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and the real thing!!! (Thanks
Donald)
23rd January 2014
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Set for release in Hong
Kong
tomorrow are these two 'Year of the Horse' decorated Enviro500 models.
Citybus 8308 (80898)
is on route 1 to Happy Valley (Upper) whilst New
World First Bus 5539 (80899)
is on route 682 to Siu Sai Wan. Each is
limited to 1,088 pieces.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Watt Yung
Former Citybus
'Cityflyer' Duple
Metsec bodied Dennis Trident 2159 appeared at the Bus Fan World bus
rally yesterday in its new livery.
20th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Kevin
Bus Fan World organised a
bus
rally in Tai Po today and my thanks to Kevin for sending me this
excellent shot of a line-up of six Dennis single-deckers. From left to
right:- KMB AN8 (FP4583) an Alexander bodied Lance,
an
unidentified Carlyle bodied Dart, KMB AA48 (GS9019) a
Northern Counties bodied Dart, Citybus 1483 (EX4327), a Carlyle bodied
Dart, KMB AA8 (FN7282) a Duple Metsec bodied Dart and Park Island 202
(MW3648), a Plaxton bodied Dart.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip
Chan
4040, numerically
the
first of the 11.3metre batch of New World First Bus
Enviro500NGs,
was registered on 13th January along with 4048, which was noted in
service earlier today.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Andrew Chan
Meanwhile, KMB continue
to register their new 12-metre Enviro500NGs, with 12 being registered
on 16/17th
January. ATENU222 is pictured here leaving Mong Kok East Railway Station
19th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip
Chan
Citybus
Volvo Olympian 525 amongst the Chinese New Year decorations!
The latest edition of Buses
magazine features an interesting interview with KMB's
Transport Development Director, Mark Savelli.
18th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Chris Silkstone
Discovery
Bay MAN NL273 DBAY71 has been
repainted, most noticeable is the revised frontal appearance. Sister
vehicle DBAY196 is pictured below in November 2010 with the former
front end style.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Jotus.com
New World First Bus 'old'
and
'new' - Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Condor DA72 (right) was registered
on 30 January 1997 whilst ADL Enviro500NG 4042 (left) was registered on
31 December 2013. Interesting to note that this batch of new generation
Enviro500s are the first to have cameras fitted.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Jotus.com
17th January 2014
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The above flyers
give details of new Kowloon Motor Bus models that are set for release
on 27th January. On the left gives details of the first
release of
the KMB Alexander Dennis Enviro500NG features ATENU70, which is
pictured below, and in November was added to my model 'wish list'!
On the right are two versions of an 11-metre Duple Metsec
bodied
Dennis Dragon - further details are presently unknown.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Keith Wood
16th January 2014
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Kowloon Motor Bus
has issued a number of 'Q' buses which are now available from
all 80M Bus Model
Shops. The above small images all have larger 'clickable'
images.
May I again thank all of
you who have sent me photographs of 'actual' buses recently -
unfortunately it is impossible for me to publish each and every one,
but I do try and post those relevant to the current bus
scene. I
do still enjoy seeing the photographs, even if they are not posted.
15th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
With the arrival of the
new
Enviro500NGs, several Long Win vehicles have been
repainted and
transferred to the KMB fleet - Long Win 104 (HN1655), an Alexander
ALX500 bodied Dennis Trident, is now KMB fleet
no. ATR443.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
New buses have dominated
recent
news, but of course, to make way for these new arrivals, older
buses are being withdrawn. This year will see the withdrawal of the
Alexander bodied Scania N113s (AS class) along with a large number
of the short Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Dragons (ADS class).
Pictured above is Scania AS5 (top) and Dennis Dragon ADS138,
both
of which have recently been withdrawn early following accident
damage. My thanks to Bobby Liu for providing the above news and of
course you can keep track of all new vehicles and imminent withdrawals
at the Across
website.
14th January 2014
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Sun Hing Toys has just
launched two new series of Hong Kong trams. The first features a 1:64
scale tram with pull back motor and sound effect function, in
green, blue, red/white. The second is to a scale of 1:80, and
again this features a pull back motor, again in
green, blue, red/white. I
hope to provide further details
shortly.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Teo Wei Shen
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Mark Chua
SMRT
Buses launched their new bus livery on several vehicles
yesterday. So far, only the SMB-registered buses (OC500LE, Citaro
& MAN NL323F) on routes 190, 700/700A and 960 have received
the new
livery. The new livery is expected to be rolled out across the
remainder of the fleet progressively,
although it is unknown when the older TIBS registered buses
will get a repaint. I am grateful to Mark Chua and Teo Wei
Shen for providing this
information and photos, more of which will be added shortly.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Badenwurttemburg
New Generation Enviro500s
are becoming a common sight at the
Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus - on the left is 8355, a 12-metre example
about to depart on route 77 to Tin Wan whilst 9116, an 11.3-metre
example, has just arrived from South Horizons on route 99.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Paul Hawkins
Citybus Enviro500 8128
carries all-over advertising for the
Bruce Lee : Kung Fu - Art Life exhibition currently being held
at the Hong
Kong Heritage Museum.
13th January 2014
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Set for release in Hong
Kong tomorrow are the two Kowloon Motor Bus 'Year of the Horse' models.
Enviro500 ATE236 (39425)
is on route 106 to Wong Tai Sin whilst Wrights Gemini 2 AVBWU16
(DW10520)
is on route 271 to Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road). Each
is limited to 2,000 pieces.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Alex Cheng
My thanks to Alex Cheng
for allowing me to use his photograph of KMB's Enviro500 ATE236 in
'Year of the Horse' livery.
11th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Grant Ng Kwok Kuen
A brief update only today
owing
to a lack of time - my thanks to Grant Ng Kwok Kuen for allowing me to
share his excellent photographs of the New World First Bus and Citybus
Year of the Horse buses, which clearly show the difference in colour
schemes.
10th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Paul Hawkins
My thanks to Paul
Hawkins, currently on
holiday in Hong Kong, for taking time out to send me
this
rear-end shot of the Citybus 'Year of the Horse' Enviro500.
The The Wall Street Journal (Hong Kong on-line version) features an interesting article
on bus photography in the city - just follow this
link.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Watt Yung
Once again thanks to Watt
Yung for this shot of New World First Bus 11.3 metre Enviro 500NG, fleet
no. 4045.
9th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Watt Yung
My thanks to Watt Yung
for allowing me to use his photograph of the New World First Bus 'Year
of the Horse' Enviro500. A
larger photograph has been added to the section of the site.
7th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Citybus
Citybus and New
World First Bus have today launched their Year of the Horse liveried
buses. Both are Alexander Dennis Enviro500s, Citybus choosing
8308 (RV3831) whilst New World First Bus has chosen 5539
(PV6102). Both buses appear to
carry identical decals, the Citybus example appears to have more of a
red base colour whilst the NWFB example has more of an orange base
colour.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
WH Bac
Citybus 9146 is one of
the latest 11.3-metre Enviro500NGs to enter service.
My thanks to Donald
MacRae for sending me several photographs of sister vehicles to
KMB 3BL138, the recently released model, and these have been
added
to the
following pages, 38805 and 38806.
6th January 2014
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As
a result of
problems experienced by my web hosting company, this site has been
unavailable for most of today. Hopefully all is now back to normal.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip
Chan
As reported below, New
World
First Bus has introduced several of its new Enviro500NGs into service
and noted earlier today was 4042 on route 111. Further photographs have been
added to the section of the site.
4th January 2014
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Grant Ng Kwok Kuen
My thanks to Grant Ng Kwok Kuen for allowing me to use this nearside
shot of Kowloon Motor Bus 'Year of the Horse' Gemini
2. A new page has tonight been added to the section of the site.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of
David Rowe
Go Ahead London have
placed in service two
BYD electric buses, EB1 and EB2, which are operating on
route 507
between Waterloo and Victoria. My thanks to David Rowe for sending me
the above photographs.
3rd January 2014
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The
above poster gives confirmation of the two Kowloon Motor Bus 'Year of
the Horse' models that are set to be released. Wrights Gemini 2 bodied
Volvo B9TL (AVBWU16) is on route 271 to Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road)
whilst Enviro500 (ATE236) is on route 106 to Wong Tai Sin. No release
dates are currently known.
Three
New World First Bus 11.3 metre Enviro500NGs (4041-4043) were registered
on 31st December and these entered service today.
2nd January 2014
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Confirmation of
yesterday's news - released in Hong Kong today are these
two Cars Workshop 12-metre Kowloon Motor
Bus Leyland Olympians. 3BL138 (DJ805) is the subject
model - one version is on route 5 to Star Ferry (38805)
whilst the other is on route 26 to Shun Tin (38806).
Each is limited to 750 pieces and they retail for HK$348.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Philip
Chan
Noted undergoing tests in
Shau Kei Wan earlier today was New World First Bus 4044, an 11.3-metre
Enviro500NG. A new page has been added to the section of the site.
This
site recorded a record number of visits in 2013, up
more than 58,000 on 2012 and totalling 440,212 for
the year.
1st January 2014
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