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As reported late yesterday, this KMB 'Astro Boy 60th Anniversary' Dennis Trident (38504) is released today in Hong Kong. Featuring ATR42 on route 81 to Wo Che, it is limited to 1,200 pieces.
30th
September 2011
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Further souvenirs, this time bus related, feature in today's news. All feature China Motor Bus AL1 - the above photographs are tie pins, gold (left) and silver (right). Those below are pin badges, gold (left) and silver (right). These are produced by Pinland, retail for approximately HK$95 and are currently available only from Jotus.com.
29th
September 2011
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Big Bus Company
(Hong Kong) has taken delivery of at least two further Ankai
open-top double-deckers, which have yet to enter service.
Set for release soon are these three Hong Kong Tramways key chains, from Tramric Design. 28th
September 2011
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A new page has
tonight been added to the  pages which
features photographs of former KMB Olympian S3BL459 now at
Ocean Park and known as 'The Last Bus'.27th
September 2011
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photographs of the Citybus 'Cityflyer' Enviro500s and one of Long Win's
latest Enviro500s. 26th
September 2011
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Today saw the launch of the new Citybus 'Cityflyer' A29 route, which saw ADL Enviro500s nos. 8203 and 8204 in operation, both in 'Cityflyer' livery. One of Long Win's latest Enviro500 was also spotted. Further photographs will be added to the pages, just as soon as time allows.25th
September 2011
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Pictured above is former Kowloon Motor Bus Leyland Olympian S3BL459 (FV8281) in Ocean Park as "The Last Bus" for this year's Halloween Bash. A number of spare parts taken from scrapped KMB buses have been used inside this "Ghost House". My thanks to Dennis Law for providing this news and photographs, more of which will be added shortly.
Some further photographs of Citybus ADL Enviro500 no. 8203 have been added to the pages, just follow this link... 24th
September 2011
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My thanks to Albion Kwok for sending me photographs of Citybus Enviro500 no. 8203 in 'Cityflyer' livery, ready for the launch of new 'Cityflyer' route A29 on Sunday. Further photographs have been added to the pages.
A couple of new photographs of Kowloon Motor Bus Dennis Dragon 3N152, courtesy of Donald MacRae, have been added to the model page 92603. 23rd
September 2011
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A surprise release in Hong Kong yesterday was this Alexander Dennis Enviro500 in demonstrator livery for Australia (39414). Produced by 80M Bus Model, it is limited to 1,300 pieces. A new page and further photographs have now been added. 20th
September 2011
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Kowloon
Motor Bus are to issue two 11-metre Leyland Olympian (AL class) models.
The first represents one of the class in 1993, on route 111, whilst the
second represents one in 2011, on route 40X. Each model will be limited
to 1,000 pieces.
Further details will be published, when known.
The latest edition of Bus Fan World's 'Bus Focus' magazine has now been published. As usual it contains fleet news (all text is in Chinese), route news, model corner as well as articles on the Star Ferry, the new Scania K280UD for Citybus and NWS Holdings training buses plus lots more,
Photographed at Showbus today is this tri-axle Leyland Olympian, which is not an ex-Hong Kong example. It was one of three purchased by Stagecoach for evaluation, and was at the time Britain's biggest bus, with 110 seats. The other two were sold by Stagecoach earlier this year, and this one is reportedly going into a private collection of preserved buses, but it is still operating with United Counties Bedford depot. There is a report on this bus in the latest Buses magazine. My thanks to Dave Rogers for the photograph and information. 18th
September 2011
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The trial by SMRT Buses (Singapore) of MAN demonstrator SMB138Y has proved successful, resulting in an order of 200 complete buses. The production MAN NL323F buses are to be bodied by Gemilang (design based on MAN Lion City Hybrid). The buses are Euro V compliant with the engine producing 320 hp, fully low floor, equipped with Alcoa rims, Vogelsitze seatings and Mobitec electronic destination signage. The air-conditioning appears to be supplied by Denso like the demonstrator, but this is unconfirmed owing to the black area covering the front top of the bus. One of the batch of production batch buses, SMB189A, was spotted on the road while undergoing tests with trade plate. The revenue equipment and side electronic destination signage are not installed yet. More buses are expected to be delivered in the coming months. My thanks to Mark Chua for providing this update.
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September 2011
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The buses
involved in the fire at Tsz Wan Shan are confirmed
as...
Citybus Enviro400 no. 7010 photographed on 13th September - a larger image has been added to the pages.15th
September 2011
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three KMB
buses at Tsz Wan Shan Bus Terminus last night. They
are
reported to be Volvo Olympian 3AV269 and Volvo Super
Olympians 3ASV75 and 3AS181, although this is not confirmed.
Any
further details would be welcome. A news clip can be found here.
(Link now removed) 13th
September 2011
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New pages have tonight been added for the three Cars Workshop KMB Dennis Dragons released on Saturday, namely 92603, 92604 and 92605. My thanks to Keith Wood for providing a photograph of the actual 3N152. 12th
September 2011
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WISHING JON AND STEPH THE VERY BEST FOR THEIR WEDDING TODAY AND EVERY HAPPINESS FOR THEIR FUTURE LIFE TOGETHER
The three KMB Dennis Dragons due for release tomorrow are products of Cars Workshop. They are from top to bottom 3N152 (DK3482) on route 6 to Star Ferry (92603), 3N150 (DK2715) on route 102 to Shau Kei Wan (92604) and 3N175 (DK5471) on route 690 to Hong Shing Garden, (92605). Each is limited to 800 pieces. New pages and further photographs will hopefully be added tomorrow as I have more important things to do today!!! 10th
September 2011
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Please note the
three KMB Dennis
Dragons are set for release on the Sunday 11th September and not
Saturday, as mentioned below.The three are believed to be:-3N150 (DK2715) on route 102 to Shau Kei Wan 8th
September 2011
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I am informed
that
three Kowloon Motor Bus Dennis Dragon models are set for
release
on
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September 2011
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My thanks to regular contributor Philip Chan for sending me photographs of two recent additions to the Citybus fleet, namely Enviro400s nos. 7005 and 7007, which have now been added to the pages.
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As promised, a
special 'Canadian Enviro500' update has tonight been added to the pages. My thanks to Simon Yiu for
providing such a comprehensive summary and photographs.
3rd September 2011
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My thanks to Heka Inpu for being quick off the mark in sending me photographs of one of the first 'R' registered buses for KMB. AVBWU213 was registered RA425 yesterday and is pictured today operating on route 2A. Further photographs have been added to the pages.
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Following Simon Yiu's report that the City Council of Ottawa, Canada, has approved the the purchase of 80 low-height Alexander Dennis Enviro500s (see News 29th August), Alexander Dennis Inc has officially issued a press release on their website confirming they are 'set to unveil a stylish new look for double deck range' - just follow this link. (Link now expired)
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