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. 

CUHK diesel air-conditioned school bus!

Finally, the in-house diesel fleet of CUHK school bus is air-conditioned.

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

Single-deckers on KMB 87K

A single-deck Volvo B7RLE (AVC56 RG7354) is seen KMB 87K today.

On another day, another Volvo B7RLE AVC27 (PH381) is also spotted.

How, even Scania K230UB also comes to serve 87K (ASC25 PB7069).

More on electric buses in CUHK

Finally, I took photos of  all the two buses and took a ride on them. Honest speaking, in such a short ride (less than 5 minutes), it is hard to distinguish any performance difference between electric buses and conventional buses.

A meeting with Leyland Olympian Training Bus

Met with ET7856, a KMB's Leyland Olympian, now being a training bus of the company.

Electrical Bus in the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Wuzhoulong FDG6102EVG returns to CUHK for service. This is not a low-floor bus, but has air-conditioning.

Leyland Albion EV55CL & EVK41L -- The last single-decker bus without air-conditioning of KMB

On an exhibition outside Hong Kong Museum of History

BM 248, running on 64K from Tai Po Train Station to Yuen Long

More on Daimler A outside Hong Kong Museum of History (丹拿A型)

On an exhibition of local bus history (4961)

Volvo Olympian 10.5m Non-AC in Singapore

I took this photo on Summer 2011. This bus was serving route 91 in SBS. If my information is correct, the entire model has been retired.

An advertisement introducing Dennis Dart SLF from Kowloon Motor Bus in Hong Kong (1996-2014)

Dated back to 1996, this advertisement introduced the first type of wheel-chair accessible bus in Hong Kong, Dennis Dart SLF. Since then, the HK bus services had entered the era of wheel-chair accessible. Some of the first batch were sold to the bus company of Park Island. This batch begins to retire in 2014.

Daimler A outside City Hall of Hong Kong (丹拿A型)

In Hong Kong, the age of senior citizen is 65.
You are now a senior citizen.

4961 (1949-)

But you are not Mercedes-Benz O305....

I know, you are celebrating KMB's 80 year anniversary....

But you are just a Scania K310UD

ASU 20 PC5322 @42A

Sai Kung, the paradise of Hong Kong

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

A tribute to Leyland Olympian in Hong Kong

Everything is gone here in the album. The Leyland brand, the Leyland Olympian Model, the Hot Dogs (Non air conditioned bus), the KMB route 70, the 3-door 12m buses, and the old Jordan Road Terminus....

When all "hot dog" were gone....

Finally, Hong Kong has no public air-conditioned buses. All of them become our memory.

Dennis Dominator 丹尼士統治者(多明尼達)

An Alexander bodied Dennis Dominator. The bus was originated from UK, bought to Hong Kong as a second-hand bus by a private bus company Argos Bus. It was later turned into an open-top bus.

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.

More on KMB Leyland Olympian A/C 11m 1988-2011 利蘭奧林匹克(奧林比安)

 EU6705 at 73x. In the early days, Leyland Olympian appears in nearly all routes with air-conditioned services, if a 11m bus could run.

ET 7856 and FN 7831. Same model, same route, same advertisement, just different front.

EZ 8310, the front

EZ 8310 at 264M, the rear

Another example of the final batch, FN6884