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 Ten Volvo Olympians transferred from Citybus - March/May 2014
 
On 12th March 2014 it was reported that ten Citybus 12-metre Volvo Olympians were to be transferred to the New World First Bus fleet. The buses have been renumbered VA67 to VA76 and the first of the batch carry NWFB driver recruitment advertisements.  On 24th April VA75 appeared in a route branded livery. 
   
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VA67 appeared in its new livery on 13th March 2014 and the above shots were taken on 16th March
Photographs courtesy and copyright of Philip Chan
     
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VA68 was spotted on 23rd March 2014
Photograph courtesy and copyright of Bac Wai Hung
VA69 was noted on 21st March 2014
Photograph courtesy and copyright of Grant Ng Kwok Kuen
     
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VA71 photographed on 30th March 2014
Photographs courtesy and copyright of Philip Chan

 
On 24th April, VA75 appeared in all-over branding for route 18X.
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By May, the rear end of VA75 had received its decals!
   
Photographs courtesy and copyright of Alexander Lo

On 2nd May 2014 VA76, the last of the batch, was noted carrying route 798 branding. The following photographs were taken on 3rd May.
 
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Above photographs courtesy and copyright of Alan Wong
   
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Photograph courtesy and copyright of Philip Chan
   


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