ADL Enviro 500 MMC Facelift @59M

A new face of KMB fleet is Alexander Dennis Enviro 500 MMC with Facelift body.

One of the members was spotted on 59M (TV3120 ATENU 813)

The last days of wheelchair not accessible buses

The non-low floor bus fleet of KMB is getting smaller and smaller.

Yesterday (6 Aug 2015) , some Volvo Olympian 12m are retried.

This photo was taken on 4 Aug 2015, HG3923 (3AV311) was running 87K. Now it is history.

Dennis Dragon 11m are already disappeared in the fleet. 

25 years of Dennis Dart

Dennis Dart was introduced in 1989 in UK, and arrived HK the next year. Time flies and it is already 25 years since its first introduction.

(EP5213) This is one of the first two sample of KMB fleet. The length and bodywork are unique. It is 8.9m long with a Carlyle body.

The Carlyle body work is more common in China Motor Bus fleet and subsequently the New World First Bus (NWFB). The standard length now becomes 10m. When this photo was taken, IFC was still under construction. 

An example of Dennis Dart 10m with Carlyle body is still survived in Citybus private fleet as of 2014.

This is the production version of KMB Dart in 1993, also 10m long, but now in Duple bodywork.

Another member. When the Hong Kong Science Park was newly opened, many of them serve route 272K from University Station to there. They carried a full advertisement of the Science Park.

In 1996, the wheelchair accessible version has been introduced. It was still 10m long, but will Plaxton body.

Dennis Dart SLF even served in Lantau Island, but roads in Lantau Island was too harsh for them.

Dennis Dart SLF has been further extended to 11.7m. This bus serves Park Island until now.

Even in Discovery Bay

A first hand NWFB Dennis Dart, they are near retirement as of 2015.

NWFB 2063 HY7985 Dennis Dart 10.1m

Dennis Enviro 200 can be considered as the evolution from Dennis Dart. It is 10.4 m long in KMB fleet.

Single door version

Sai Kung, the paradise of Hong Kong

Just next to the bus terminus, things are already beautiful.

Dennis Lance 丹尼士長矛巴士 (AN) 1993-2010

At the time of 1993, the Dennis Falcon, which had been serving for Kai Tak airport routes for 8 years, were getting old. The airbus service also required expansion. A total number of 24 Dennis Lance had been ordered, in which 12 were single-door and the remaining were double-door. The single-door version were fitted with baggage stand and served in the airport routes. The double-door version are used as city shuttles.

When the new airport in Chek Lap Kok was open in 1998. Some of these single-door Lance had been transferred to Long Win bus, also serving route from Tung Chung to Airport. The others had gone back to city. All Dennis Lance are retired in 2010.

Although the number of Dennis Lance is not so large, it is still influential. The highly successful Dennis Trident is derived from it.

FU 5072 was served as a training bus at that day. It was usually served in 110 cross harbour route. All Dennis Lance in Hong Kong were fit with Alexander PS bodywork.

TIB919H, a Dennis Lance of SMRT, is till serving in Singapore as of 2011. The bus was made in Malaysia under UMW-Dennis, and is fit with a Duple Metsec body.

Dennis Dragon Non-A/C 11m (Second Batch)

The second batch, were still bodied in Duple bodywork with 8 irregular windows on the upper deck, but wind drawers are installed at the front for the hot weather in HK.

DN758 S3N64 at 70X, which is from Sheung Shui to Jordan Road, Kowloon. This is one example that 11m runs highway.

DP6316 at Jordan Road Terminus, serving 36B. The background is Victoria Harbour and the Peak.

 DN1776 at 36B, same location, but in a hazy day.

DY9699 at 43C

Dennis Dragon Non-A/C 11m (First Batch)

Following the success of 12m Dennis Dragon, KMB ordered more for this model since 1986, but a shorter 11m 3-axle version. Initially for the trunk routes between New Territories and Kowloon, they turned out served nearly every route of KMB. With a shorter body but the same engine of Gardner 6XCT, the performance of the model is even more superior. The later batches, which equipped with Commins engines, are highway runners.

DM7035, S3N20, is the first batch of Dragon 11m. The early model of Dragon 11m has 8 windows on the upper deck, and does not have the wind drawers. This bus spent its late time on serving route 43.

DM7621, S3N21 at 43A

DM8097, S3N12 at 43A

DM8445, S3N15 at 41

Dennis Dragon Non-A/C 12m

Once upon a time they ruled the Cross Harbour Tunnel, they were the Dennis Dragon 12m non-AC, the three-door monsters. With a capacity of over 140, most of them were served in the busiest routes until their retirement in 2004. A number of them have been converted into training buses and continue to serve in the bus company. 3N1-3 were in Alexander Body with 2 doors. The remaining ones were in Duple Metsec Body with 3 doors.

DM 3103, the last 12m Dennis Dragon Non-AC, before its retirement, it usually served in routes of Kwai Tsing District.

Another angle of DM3103