The model
- this model appears in Corgi's 'The Original Omnibus Company' October-December
1998 catalogue. The vehicle it is meant to represent is actually a 12 metre
single-door Olympian! It was released on 5th November 1998.
The bus
- Capital Citybus operated over 300 buses in London, on mainly London Transport
contract services. For a brief period, when new in 1992, this vehicle operated
on loan to Capital Citybus, then a subsidiary of Hong Kong Citybus, and
was tried on London Transport route 248 between Romford and Cranham. The
vehicle was earlier loaned to Selkent for a period, before being shipped
to Hong Kong where it entered service with Citybus on 31st December 1992. |