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The Citybus and New World
First Bus Year of the Snake models are set for release tomorrow (1st
Feb).
Citybus
Enviro500 No.8188 (CM083)
is on route 307 to Sheung Wan whilst New
World First Bus Enviro500 No.5553 (20037)
is on route 116 to Quarry
Bay. Each is limited to 1,088 pieces.
31st January 2013
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New World
First Bus has started
to receive the first of its fourth batch of 12 metre
Enviro500s. 5557 (RW4460) and 5558 (RW2655) have been noted to-date.
An unconfirmed report advises that the first of a further batch of
Enviro400s for Citybus have arrived in Hong Kong.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of C.K.Chow
KMB's preserved AEC
Regent V AD4807, which has resided at Ocean Park's 'Old
Hong Kong' exhibition
since March last year, has been replaced today with preserved Daimler
'E'. Just follow the link for further photographs, thanks to C.K.Chow.
30th January 2013
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Vehicle Model Studio
(VMS) has
just announced their first new product for 2013, which is a Little
Registration Plate Key Chain/Mobile Phone Rope set to be sold at their
Dry Goods Stall in the Lunar New Year at Mose Park. Its length is 6 cm
and the customer has the choice of registration number.
My
thanks to Ken who has sent me a selection of photographs showing his
modified 1:120 buses. A selection of 'base' models
have been
used and I'm sure you'll agree they are all very impressive.
29th January 2013
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Further photographs of the Citybus and New
World First Bus Year of the Snake buses have tonight been added to the  section of the site.
28th January 2013
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Photographs courtesy and
copyright of Hong Choi
Back
home after a few
days away and confirmation has been received that both the Citybus and
New World First Bus Year of the Snake buses have appeared on the
streets of Hong Kong. My thanks to Hong Choi, Philip Chan and Grant Ng
Kwok Kuen for allowing me to uses their photos, more of which
will
be added tomorrow.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
Meanwhile
Citybus continue to receive their new ADL Enviro500s, with 8315 being
the latest, seen here leaving Kennedy Town for North Point yesterday, a
day after being registered.
The section of the site has been updated
with larger images of all the above photographs - more will
be added tomorrow.
27th January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Henry Tin
What is believed to
be numerically the first of the batch of Cityflyer new
generation
Enviro500s, fleet no. 8000, was spotted today as it underwent
its
vehicle examination. Further photographs have tonight been added to the section of
the site.
21st January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Kowloon
Motor Bus continue to receive their new ADL Enviro400s, with ATSE39
being the latest to be registered (16th Jan). It was seen yesterday
operating route 74A and was captured
passing Tai Po Road near Chek Nai Ping.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
and
from KMB's newest bus to one of their oldest, Leyland Olympian
3BL41 was new in 1984 and is now part of the training fleet.
There
are quite a few eye catching advertisements adorning the buses of Hong
Kong at present, and below are a few examples.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
KMB Wrights Gemini 2 bodied Volvo
B9TL AVBWU54 - 'Eva Air - Hello Kitty'
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Jacky Cheung
Citybus
Enviro500 8129 - 'Weisen U'
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
KMB
Enviro500 ATE248 - 'West Kowloon Bamboo Theatre'
20th January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Dave Rogers
I've heard its presently cold in Hong Kong,
but surely not this cold!
l
am reliably informed that the actual New World First Bus and Citybus
Year of the Snake buses will be launched next week. Enviro500s will
carry the decals, New World using 5553 and Citybus 8188.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of 312 Model
The
312 Model site has today
been updated to show three new two-axle Leyland Olympians, which are
pictured above. Left to right are BL13 (CZ9917) on route 96R
to Wong Shek Pier, BL16 (DA489) on route 113 to West
Point
and BL 20 (DA365) on route 81M to San Tin Wai. Further details will be
published when known.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Keith Wood
Continuing
the subject of
matching fleet and route numbers, I have
received a number of photographs showing various combinations,
none of which are 'perfect' matches, and too many to include here, but
Keith Wood has provided a couple of 'good' matches, which are shown
above - New World First Bus 11.3 metre Enviro500s 4023 and 4038 on
routes 23 and 38 respectively.
The
remaining
photographs of the two Guangzhou Bus GZ6112S models from RV Model have
now been added to the appropriate pages (RV-001
& RV-002).
19th January 2013
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The first glimpse of the New World First Bus
and Citybus Year of the Snake models.
18th January 2013
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Further
details have
been received on the new Guangzhou Bus GZ6112S1 models from RV Model.
Each is limited to 788 pieces and at present they are only available
on-line or from some model shops in China. On eBay each model
is
currently selling for approximately UKŁ45. Whilst new pages
have
been added (RV-001
& RV-002), a
lack of time has prevented me uploading further photographs, but I hope
to rectify this shortly.
I
believe that Citybus will officially launch its new generation
Enviro500 at a ceremony on Thursday 24th January.
17th January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Grant Ng Kwok Kuen
The first new generation
ADL Enviro500 for Citybus visited the Central Ferry Piers
today, coinciding with the visit of the UK's Under Secretary
of State for Transport. Decorated in full Cityflyer livery
and displaying trade plates, it has been allocated the fleet
number 8001. My thanks to Grant Ng Kwok Kuen for allowing me to use his
excellent photos. A new page has now been added to the section of the site and some larger
than normal photos are currently being added.
16th January 2013
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RV-001 Photograph courtesy and
copyright of RV-Model
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RV-002 Photograph courtesy and
copyright of RV-Model
I am grateful to Jacky Ho and RV-Model for providing news and
photographs of two new 1/76 scale diecast buses. Both
models are replicas of Guangzhou Bus GZ6112S1 from Guangzhou Denway Bus
Co. Ltd.,
China. Produced
by RV-Model, the first model (RV-001)
was released in November last year and is based on the bus operated by
the Guangzhou First Bus Company. The route number is 131B which is a
route operating around the Pearl River in Guangzhou city. The
second (RV-002) is based on the same bus that is operated by the
Guangzhou Jumbo Bus (Group) Holdings Limited. The route number is 272
which was a bus line commuting between the two train stations in
Guangzhou, but has recently been suspended. This model is believed to
have just been released. New pages and further photographs will be
added shortly.
Following yesterdays
posting of Citybus Olympian No. 592 on route 592, I have received a
few other similar
fleet and route no. matches, which are shown below.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of David Kwong
New
World First Bus
Alexander ALX500 bodied Dennis Trident no. 1111 captured in Central on
route 111 a few years ago.
Another
New World First Bus vehicle, this time Dennis Condor DA91
pictured at Central Ferry Pier on route 91 in May last year.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Kowloon
Motor Bus Enviro200 AAU30 on route 30
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
Kowloon
Motor Bus short Dennis Dragon ADS30 also on route 30
15th January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Leslie Chan
Kowloon Motor Bus has today registered and allocated a fleet
number to its BYD eBus single-deck bus. BE1 (RV8143)
is believed to be the first of ten such vehicles ordered by
KMB.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Philip
Chan
Meanwhile Citybus Alexander ALX500 bodied Dennis Trident no. 2303
(pictured above in August last year) was
badly damaged by fire today whilst operating route B3A in
the Shenzhen Bay Bridge area.
Whilst perusing
photographs
taken during my recent visit to Hong Kong I came across this shot,
taken at Causeway Bay's Moreton Terrace Bus Terminus. Nothing out of
the ordinary I hear you say, other than the fact that this
Citybus
Olympians' fleet number matches its route number. This leads me to ask
what other fleet no./route no. matches are possible/likely?
14th January 2013
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I am led to
believe that whilst
Citybus and New World First Bus will decorate a similar vehicle from
each fleet for the Year of the Snake, the decals will differ
to some
degree. Further details are expected shortly.
13th January 2013
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As expected, the Citybus
Cityflyer liveried Alexander ALX500 Dennis Trident was released in Hong
Kong today(CM084/38509).
Further photographs have now been added.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Silver Cheung
Last month I mentioned
that newly registered Citybus Enviro500s were mainly put into
service on route 102 between Shau Kei Wan and Mei Foo. Spotted
earlier today at the Macau Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan is 8311, registered yesterday and
operating route 788, as was 8310 a few days ago (see below).
11th January 2013
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Above is the first
glimpse of
the forthcoming Citybus 'Cityflyer' liveried Alexander ALX500 bodied
Dennis Trident, fleet no.2103, which is set for release
shortly.
10th January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of ATENVIRO
My thanks to ATENVIRO for
sending me
photographs of two ADL Enviro500 chassis recently delivered to Hong
Kong and spotted on their way to China for bodying. The top photograph
shows the standard chassis which is destined for New
World
First Bus, whilst the bottom photograph shows the the new
generation Enviro500 chassis for
Citybus. Larger images
can be viewed by clicking on each image.
9th January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Benny Lee
Citybus Enviro500 no.
8310 was noted yesterday operating route 788 between Central (Macau
Ferry) and Island Resort.
It is believed that three of the four fully built up new style
Citybus Enviro500s have now arrived in Hong Kong.
Photographed in November 2011 is VA30, the last of the first
batch of New World First Bus Volvo Olympians, which is set to
retire tomorrow. I understand parts have already been removed from VA27
and VA29 has suffered accident damage. It is understood that VA29 may
be transferred into the training fleet. My thanks to 9042volvo for
providing the above information.
8th January 2013
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A first glimpse of KMB's
Enviro500 Year of the Snake model featuring ATE236 on
route 619 to
Shun Lee (39416).
This model is limited to 2,000 pieces.
and the Drumwell Wrights
Gemini 2
AVBWU16 (DW10512)
is pictured above, on route 270A to Sheung Shui. This is also
limited to 2,000 pieces. Both models are set for release tomorrow (4th
January).
The release
of the Cityflyer Alexander ALX500 bodied Dennis Trident (CM084) is set
for 11th January. It is limited to 1,388 pieces.
The above flyer
confirms the forthcoming Kowloon Motor Bus Year of
the Snake diecast and cute buses.
Following on with the
Year of
the Snake theme, JRTeam are to issue two bus folders, as shown
above. These are set for release tomorrow.
Set for publication in February
is the 'Hong Kong Bus Review' by Dominic Kung and published by
OverGround Publishing. It will retail for HK$220.
3rd January 2013
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of 9042volvo
My thanks to 9042volvo
for sending me a
couple of night shots of KMB's latest Enviro400, ATSE32 seen yesterday
operating on route 606 along with ATSE29.
Vehicle Model
Studio (VMS) has advised that they are holding a fair at Morse
Park No.3 in the coming Lunar New Year when they will
sell some bus models and other bus related
souvenirs. They
will also share some of their designed advertisements at differing
scale for bus models in our stall for the visitors. The event
will
take place between 4th - 10th February at the Dry Goods Stall
No 117 at Morse Park No.3, Wong Tai Sin.
2nd January 2013
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