| The model
- this is
one of two versions of AP21 carrying all-over advertising for Kobayashi
and released in China on 27th October 2020. Both
are unlicensed models. The other is on route 58M (NP1019).
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 HY1677. 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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