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Two further Kowloon Motor Bus Seddon Pennine Mk 4s have been announced by Network Shuttle. The first features AR7604 on route 33 with a destination of Tsuen Wan Ferry (55906) whilst AR7628 is on route 16A with a destination of Jordan Road Ferry (55907). New pages will be added in due course.
© Kwan KY My thanks, once again, to KY Kwan for sending me the above photograph the actual AR 7628.
Citybus has repainted its first former New World First Bus 11.3 metre Wrights Gemini 2 bodied Volvo B9TL into its new livery. 42086 (TX7617) was previously 4526 in the NWFB fleet and is seen in service today on route 23 to North Point Ferry.
I am sure this new book by Keith McGillivray will be interest to many visitors to this site. 28th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
© Ray Ng My thanks to regular contributor Ray Ng for sending me photographs of two of his recent acquisitions, namely one of the Kowloon Motor Bus Seddon Pennine 4s from APEC and the Citybus ADL 'facelift' Enviro500 no. 5805 from Model 1. Just click on an image to be taken to the relevant model page. 27th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
© Kwan KY My thanks to KY Kwan for sending me the above photograph, taken at Lai Chi Kok Road in 1976, of Seddon Pennine 4 AR7655, which is on the same route and displaying the same destination as the recently released model. The bus differs from the model in that it has received a 'flat' KMB windscreen .
© Kwan KY KY clearly has an affection for the Seddon, as reflected in this photograph of his models. 22nd September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
The four APEC
Kowloon Motor Bus Seddon Pennine 4s have been released today.
New Lantao Bus has registered four new 11.7 metre Gemilang MAN A95 double-deckers, which have yet to be allocated fleet numbers. 20th September 2024 |
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| New pages have now been added for the four newly announced APEC Kowloon Motor Bus Seddon Pennine 4s, as follows:- 55903 - S66 (AR7655) Route 36B Jordan Road Ferry 55904 - S89 (AR7675) Route 33 Tsuen Wan Ferry 55910 - (AR7609) Route 33 Sham Shui Po Ferry 55911 - (AR7697) Route 16A Tsuen Wan Ferry
New pages have also been added for the three resin Singapore 3-door ADL 'facelift' Enviro500s mentioned below:- BB011 - License plate SG6375S Tower Transit Route : 969 WOODLANDS BB012 - License plate SG6347Z SBS Transit Route : 974 JALAN BOON LAY BB013 - License plate SG6349T SMRT Route : 190 KAMPONG BAHRU via CHINATOWN 17th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| CORRECTION In my haste to update my site yesterday, I incorrectly detailed the models numbers, which should have read 55901 - 55904, as marked on each of the photographs. To add confusion, I am now reliably informed that the model numbers are in fact 55903, 55904, 55910 and 55911, and I have now updated the images below accordingly. 16th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Network Shuttle are accepting pre-orders for these four Kowloon Motor Bus Seddon Pennine Mk IV diecast models from APEC.
Citybus has restored Volvo Olympian no. 405 and the bus attended a 45th anniversary event today.
As reported below, Long Win Bus has registered two new 12.8 metre Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8Ls which are classified as coaches. Pictured above are AV6X1 (ZL7492) AV6X2 (ZL6914). It is understood that KMB originally planned to assign these two new buses to KMB route P960 and P968, hence their red livery. The company subsequently changed its mind and allocated the buses to Long Win.
The ACROSS website has received a makeover - just click on the above image to take a look.
More than 50 retro colour KMB buses are now parked in Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel car park. 15th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
This Alexander Dennis Enviro100EV demonstrator was on display at ReThink HK Green Sustainable Business Forum held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai.
I have today received the following statement from Brilliant Buses:-
I plan to add new pages for these models together with further photographs shortly.
13th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
New pages have now been added for the two China Motor Bus Volvo Olympians mentioned in yesterday's news - VA12 (63523) and VA13 (63524).
Long Win Bus has registered two new 12.8 metre Wrights Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8Ls which are classified as coaches and allocated the fleet numbers AV6X1 and AV6X2. 8th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Kowloon Motor Bus has announced the above two new 12.8 metre MCV bodied Volvo B8Ls. The first features Y6X117 (YC2753) on route 249M to Tsing Yi Station whilst the second features Y6X148 (YG1727) on route 276E to Tin Shui Wai (Tin Fu).
Released during my holiday last week were these two China Motor Bus 11 metre Alexander bodied Volvo Olympians with route A20 branding. Produced by Model 1, the first features VA12 (GE7388) on route 307 to Sheung Wan whilst the second features VA13 (GE9574) on route A20 to Airport. I am presently unable to confirm the quantities. New pages for these two models will be added shortly. My thanks to Peter Lau for advising me of the above models and he has now confirmed that VA13 is limited to 999 pieces. 7th September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
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