The model
- the second release of the Cars Workshop Olympian casting was
announced
on 14th November 2008. It portrays AV197 in standard white livery with
LiteVision destination equipment. The model was released on 28th
November.
A separate
waterslide sheet is included,
which gives the collector the following choices of route number and
destination:-
263 - Tuen Mun Railway Station (LiteVision
Display
Version)
961 - Shan King (LiteVision Display Version)
681 - Ma On Shan Town Centre (Red plastic
board
version)
103 - Potfield Road (Red Plastic board
version)
307 - Central Ferry Pier (Red Plastic board
version)
74X - Tai Po Central (Black Plastic Board
version)
**
corrected 30th November 2008 **
48X - Wo Che (Black Plastic Board version)
12A - Whampoa Garden (Black Plastic
Board
Version)
The bus
- AV197 is one of a batch of over 500 11-metre air-conditioned Volvo
Olympians
which entered service with KMB between 1994 and September 1998. This
particular
vehicle entered service on 31st January 1997.
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