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November 2012, Alexander Dennis unveiled
its 'new-generation', three-axle Enviro500 double deck, and
announced advance orders for more than 530. The stylish, new-look
vehicle is lighter, more fuel-efficient and can carry 90 seated
passengers. It has been designed specifically for the Asia Pacific
market and 532 will be delivered to Hong Kong operators such as KMB,
Long Win Bus, Citybus and MTRC during 2013 and early 2014. |
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| The Citybus order is
for 156
buses, 107 of which will be 12 metre and 49 will be 11.3 metre.
66 of the 12 metre examples are for Cityflyer operations. |
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| What is believed to be the first of the
batch, fleet no. 9100, was noted on 24th April 2013 undergoing testing. |
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| Photograph courtesy
and copyright of Ying Han Tin |
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| Fleet nos. 9100 and 9102 were
registered on 22nd May 2013 and both were noted in service the
following day, when the above photographs of 9100 were taken. |
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| Above photographs courtesy and
copyright of Network
Shuttle |
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| A nearside shot courtesy and
copyright of '9030' |
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| 9101 was registered on 24th May 2013
and is pictured here on 4th June |
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| Above photographs courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan |
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| 9108 and 9110 were registered on 21st
June 2013 and 9108 is seen here in service the following day. |
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| Photograph
courtesy and copyright of Kevin Lai |
Photograph
courtesy and copyright of Silver Cheung |
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| Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Kevin Lai |
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| Noted on 3rd July 2013 undergoing road
tests in the Wah Fu Estate area was 9109, the latest of the batch to be
registered. |
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9114 was noted in service on 11th August 2013 |
9118 was
registered on 20th August 2013 and is seen here the following day |
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| Above photographs courtesy and
copyright of Siver Cheung |
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The last of the batch were registered
in early December 2013, 9146 seen here on 26th January 2014 was
registered on 4th and 9148, the final vehicle, was registered on the
9th.
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| Above photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan |
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