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44504 - Dennis Trident/Duple Metsec
Citybus
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The model - the fifth Citybus Duple-Metsec Trident released by Citybus/Corgi features the very first low-floor bus for Citybus, in a unique livery of predominantly yellow, with a blue skirt and red stripes. This model was released in Hong Kong during April 1999 and in the UK in June.

The bus - 2100 was the first low floor double-deck bus for Citybus and was one of the six prototype Dennis Tridents, arriving in Hong Kong in September 1997. It is featured on the front cover of the 1998 Hong Kong Buses Yearbook. The Duple-Metsec body was built to a luxury coach specification to evaluate its suitability for use on a network of routes serving the new Hong Kong Airport. The facilities include reclining seats, luggage racks, individual reading lights, overhead lockers and of course, air-conditioning.

  
 Manufacturer of model  Corgi
 Scale  1:76
 Prototype chassis  Dennis Trident III
 Prototype bodywork  Duple Metsec DM5000
 Prototype length  12 metre
 Fleet number  2100
 Registration number  HM1086
 Route number  969
 Destination  Tin Shui Wai
 Quantity (total)  Certificate states 6,000
 
Hong Kong
UK
 Quantities (if known)
3,500
 2,400
 Date released
Apr 1999
Jun 1999


 
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Model No. 44504
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