| The model
- This Kowloon Motor Bus
Neoplan Centroliner
with Satami all-over advertising was the subject of a posting on
Facebook by Satami in mid November 2017. I believe it offers a free model to the
top 10
comments as to why you would like the bus in your collection. The model became generally available on 16th December 2017.
The bus
- Kowloon Motor Bus placed an initial order for 20 Neoplan N4026 Centroliners
and the first arrived in Hong Kong in September 1998. This bus was allocated
Fleet No. AP1 and registered HY 1677. The Centroliner is a 12-metre
low-floor double-decker and like the Dennis Tridents, is powered by a Cummins
M11-305E engine.
After a series of trials, the Centroliners
entered service on 1 August 1999. The first route that these buses were
allocated was 296C, which runs between Sheung Tak in Tseung Kwan O and
Tonkin Street in Sham Shui Po. By mid 2003, over 160 such vehicles were
in the fleet.
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