Photograph courtesy and copyright of
80M Bus Model Shop

Due for release in Hong Kong on Thursday (19th) is the third release of Drumwell's air-conditioned Leyland Victory Mk 2 casting (DW10903). This release shows the vehicle in the special livery applied whilst in the UK. A new page and further photographs will be added shortly. 

An interview, in english, conducted by RTHK's (Radio Television Hong Kong) english-language current affairs programme 'The Pulse' concerning Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Bus Terminal is now available on YouTube - just click on the above image. 

SMRT Buses has ordered 66 units of the Mercedes Benz O530 Citaro. The first fully built unit has arrived and was first spotted parked inside Cycle and Carriage on 3 November fully painted in SMRT's red and white livery but without logos. With its introduction, this bus will be Singapore's first fully low floor bus.

The bus will seat 29 passengers with 2 'granny' seats as well as a single Passenger in Wheelchair (PIW) bay. A foldable chair has been provided at the PIW bay. Both the entrance as well as the exit doors will be leaf doors. 

The following is the extract from Daimler's Press Release .

BlueTec in Asia

Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT) is the first company in Southeast Asia to put Mercedes-Benz urban buses with BlueTec 5 into operation in short-distance public transport. This means that the BlueTec diesel technology so successfully introduced by Daimler in Europe now also has a presence in Asia. And with an order for 66 Mercedes-Benz Citaro BlueTec urban buses that meet the stringent Euro 5 exhaust standard, the SMRT Corporation in Singapore is setting new benchmarks in Southeast Asia.

Wei Shen's excellent Fotopic site entitled 'SBS 9199C Singapore Bus Gallery' can be found by following the link.

Today this site celebrates its 11th Anniversary            5th November 2009

Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Concorde Hobby Shop

The Concorde Hobby Shop website gives details of another Best Choose model, this time a Leyland FG lorry, which is expected to retail for HK$58.

Photograph courtesy and copyright of
Creative Master Northcord Ltd 

Creative Master Northcord Ltd has today issued a press release for the Stagecoach Western 'School Bus' liveried Leyland Olympian (hkbus 2011) pictured above.