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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of Dennis Law
Citybus's 12.8 metre
Wrights bodied Volvo B9TL was noted at the To Kwa Wan Examination
Centre today. It is believed that the bus will undergo its
tilt test in the next week or so. A new page and further photographs
have been added to the 
section of the site. My thanks to
regular contributor Dennis Law for this information and photographs.
One of the first buses to
be
registered with a 'T' registration is believed to be Kowloon Motor Bus
hybrid ADL Enviro500, registered TA2344 and allocated a fleet
number of ATH1.
29th October 2014
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I am reliably
informed that Kowloon
Motor Bus will decorate three of its vehicles for the Year of
the
Goat, these being a 12-metre Volvo Olympian, an ATEU class Enviro500
and an ATE class Enviro500, this being in a plain gold livery.
A new double-decker bus
service will return to Adelaide in November, running between the
airport and the city, the first time double-deckers have been used in
Adelaide since trolleybuses ceased operating in 1958. The
State
Government is leasing the buses on a six-month trial basis, mainly to
cater for overseas and interstate visitors. The new double-decker is
being branded as JetExpress service, to compliment current
JetBus
services.
28th October 2014
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of Dennis Law
Preserved former China
Motor
Bus/New World First Bus Leyland Victory, LV30, participated in an
event, "Festival HK", held at Victoria Park today. It was as
an
exhibit together with some classic UK cars to
inform people about the history of Hong Kong
transport circa
60s - 70s.
26th October 2014
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Drawing courtesy and copyright
of Adrian Chiu
I am grateful to Adrian Chiu for
allowing me to share his superb drawing of Citybus Enviro500 no. 8328 -
quite amazing don't you think?
Artistic licence has been
used to create
the above image of a tri-axle 'Borismaster' in the latest SMRT livery!
Thanks this time to Keith McGillivray for allowing me to use
this
image, and further 'what might be' images can be found on
Keith's
Flickr site, just follow the link.
And finally (I think!)
thanks
to Mark Chua for sharing this photograph of SMRT
Enviro500, SMB5003U, being the first Enviro500 in
SMRT's
fleet to get an advertisement - this being an in-house SMRT
Media
10th birthday in a striking pink themed design.
25th October 2014
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This Kowloon Motor Bus
Daimler E
with diarama, the street name reads Ngau Tau Kok Road, is set for
release in Hong Kong tomorrow. Produced by Cars Workshop (38404),
it
features D385 (AD7291) on route 101 to Kwun Tong and it is limited to
1,200 pieces.
20th October 2014
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A new page has
just been added to the section for the new SMRT
MAN/Gemilang demonstrator mentioned in yesterday's news.
19th October 2014
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Set for release on
Tuesday
is this Kowloon Motor Bus Daimler E, which comes with a
diorama.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of
Jotus.com
Basking in the sunshine
yesterday at Ap
Lei Estate Chau Bus Terminus is Citybus ADL Enviro500NG 8460, having
been registered just two days earlier.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
And spotted today heading
to
Star Ferry is AVBWU351, one of twenty Wrights Gemini
2 bodied
Volvo B9TLs registered by KMB over the three days 6th-8th October.
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
KMB's VDL DB300 is
currently
operating Eastern Cross Harbour route 606, which is a route usually
associated with two-axle vehicles.
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SMB5888H,
the MAN double-deck demonstrator made its training run on 16th October
with the bus captains familiarising themselves. The
bus is
bodied by Gemilang and is sold under the Lion's City double-deck
branding, though the chassis in the vehicle
registry indicates it to be an A95. The signage is unknown
though
it looks to be Mobitec, but it remains to be confirmed.
According to
a post from SMRT,
"Hi everyone, We received a number of
queries from bus spotters who asked about a new double-deck bus at one
of our depots.
We confirm that SMRT Buses will put on trial one new MAN double-deck
bus at the manufacturer's request. The trial will last a year. This is part of
our ongoing effort to test new bus models. Our commuters have welcomed
the addition of double-deckers to our growing fleet of buses to meet
increased demand."
My thanks to Mark Chua for providing the above report.
18th October 2014
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Another surprise release
in Hong Kong today is this Kowloon Motor Bus air-conditioned Dennis
Dragon (80900).
Produced by 80M, it features AD1, the first of a batch of 360 such
vehicles to enter service between 1990 and 1997. It is on route 6 to
Mei Foo and is limited to 1,500 pieces. A new page and further
photographs will be added shortly.
This
Roadshow 1/64 scale
Wrights bodied Volvo B9TL, with a pull-back motor, is set for release
shortly. The detail and livery application looks to be very impressive
and the model is limited to just 500 pieces.
14th October 2014
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Photograph courtesy and
copyright of Bobby Liu
The newest bus in the
Citybus fleet is ADL Enviro500NG 8459, registered on 3rd October.
12th October 2014
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Two surprise releases in
Hong
Kong today are these China Motor Bus Dennis Condors from 80M. DM22
(ES2859) is on route 23 to Pokfield Road (80902)
whilst DM7 (ER3652) is
on route 780 to Siu Sai Wan (80903).
Both are limited to 600 pieces.
11th October 2014
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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of Dennis
Automodel, a
new name in
the model bus market, has announced it will release six new
resin
models of various KMB liveried Duple Metsec bodied Dennis Darts. The
first, featuring AA29 (GE7471) on route 51 to Kam Tin has been released
this week, with the remaining five due shortly. It is believed each is
limited to just 50 pieces. Details of the models are:-
| AA29 |
(GE7471) |
- 51 |
Kam Tin |
| AA34 |
(GF1742) |
- 34 |
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| AA29 |
(GE7471) |
- 208 |
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| AA34 |
(GF1742) |
- 77K |
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| AA23 |
(GD3852) |
- 99 |
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| AA34 |
(GF1742) |
- 249M |
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It
has also announced it plans to release a Northern
Counties
version in New Hong Kong Bus Company colours, the photograph
showing HB6061, a 1997 example.
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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of Keith Shum
With the current protests
having an effect on transportation in Hong Kong, Citybus vehicles are
now displaying just route numbers where the normal final
destination is not achievable. ADL Enviro500 8256
shows such
an example.
4th October 2014
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DreamBus Model
continue to produce some superb hand made conversions, the latest being
this Berkhof bodied MAN 24.310 in the livery of New Lantao Bus. Take a
look either at their Facebook
page or their fotop page for some other stunning models.
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Photographs courtesy and copyright
of Pietro Yeung
My thanks to Pietro Yeung
for allowing me to use a couple of his photographs, taken earlier
today, of KMB's MCV bodied VDL DB300, which entered service
today.
3rd October 2014
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Due for release tomorrow
in Hong Kong is the
final Kowloon Motor Bus 80th Anniversary model featuring Scania Caetano
ASU19 on route 2 to Star Ferry (DW10807).
It is limited to 888 pieces.
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Photograph courtesy and copyright
of Tom Chen
My thanks to Tom
Chen for allowing me to share his photograph of the Citybus
12.8 metre Wrights bodied Volvo B9TL.
On the subject of KMB
Scanias, a
recent release in 1/64 scale is this version - previous releases I
believe carried coloured liveries with a Scania decal. My grandson will
enjoy the pull-back motor!
2nd October 2014
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