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© Herry Law Chun Ming Another wet and gloomy day here in the UK, so I am grateful to Herry Law Chun Ming for allowing me to share his photographs of the Kowloon Motor Bus Year of the Horse decorated Volvo B8L, which has certainly brightened my day!! 18th February
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The
annual Hong Kong Bus Day event at Sydney Bus Museum took place today.
The event concentrated on running shuttle services, with Hong Kong
buses, between the Museum and Town Hall in the Sydney CBD. The event
also had a special photoshoot at White Bay before wrapping up.
© Stephen Cho Three Hong Kong buses pose at White Bay, near the bus museum towards the end of the day.
© Stephen Cho The Museum's preserved Kowloon Motor Bus Mercedes Benz O305/Alexander ME30 (DG5344) poses at White Bay after it had been freshly resprayed a week prior to the event.
© Stephen Cho Museum preserved former China Motor Bus MCW Metrobus ML1, the first tri-axle double decker in Hong Kong, was picking up passenger at the museum entrance. Privately preserved former Kowloon Motor Bus Leyland Olympian BL66 (DE3271) was used as a display. Behind is ex Department of Government Transport Leyland Atlantean/Pressed Metal #1003. It was one of the 224 purchased in 1970s, and was intended to be sold to China Motor Bus in Hong Kong in their very early life due to industrial action, but the Labor Party stopped the sales. I am grateful to Stehen Cho, Australian News Editor of British Buses Abroad Magazine for sending me the above photographs and explanations.
I have just updated the page in the XTRA section of the site that features the Kowloon Motor Bus Zodiac liveried models - just click on the above image. 15th February
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Details of the remaining three releases are as follows:-
The first features V6X10 (WZ5280), a 12.8 metre MCV EvoSeti bodied Volvo B8L, which is on route 601 to Po Tat (KMB2026001).
Next comes sister vehicle V6X43 (XE1324), which is on route 277E with a destination of Express>Sheung Shui (KMB2026002). Each of these models is limited to 800 pieces.
Finally comes the Pet Bus decorated 12 metre Salvador Caetano bodied Scania K310UD featuring ASU4 (PC2853) on route PBS1 with a destination of Central<>Ma Wan (KMB2026057). This is limited to 450 pieces. New pages and further photographs for each have now been added.
© Andrew Wai My thanks to Andrew Wai for sending me photographs of his Hong Kong Airport Automonous Bus, and these can be found here. 14th February
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Thanks to 80M Bus Model Shop, new photographs have just been added for the Citybus Year of the Horse decorated ADL Enviro500NG (63323/CM216).
Thirteen years ago today I was fortunate enough to visit the Shatin Depot of Kowloon Motor Bus, where I underwent some driver training - a truly memorable experience! 13th February
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Details of three of the three Kowloon Motor Bus models released yesterday are as follows:-
The Year of the Horse decorated MCV D123 bodied Volvo B8L features V6B210 (ZZ6552) and is on route 69X with a destination of Tin Shui Wai (Tin Shui). It carries the product code of KMB2026003 and is limited to 800 pieces.
The second again features an MCV D123 bodied Volvo B8L, this time in retro livery. V6B215 (ZZ8100) is on route 269B with a destination of Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road). It carries the product code of KMB2026004 and is limited to 800 pieces.
The third again is decorated in Year of the Horse livery, this time applied to part open-top ADL Enviro500NG ATENU726 (TR8167). It is on route HK1 with a destination of Star Ferry. It carries the product code of KMB2026130 and is limited to 800 pieces. New pages and further photographs have now been added. Details of the two MCV EvoSeti bodied Volvo B8Ls are as follows:- V6X10 (WZ5280) is on route 601 to Po Tat and carries the product code KMB2026001 whilst V6X43 (XE1324) is on route 277E with a destination of Express>Sheung Shui and carries the product code of KMB2026002. Each is limited to 800 pieces. 12th February
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believe that all the Kowloon Motor Bus models mentioned below have now
been released along with the Citybus Year of the Horse decorated ADL
Enviro500NG. The Citybus model is produced by Model 1, carrying their product code 63323. I am presently unable to confirm the product codes or quantities for the KMB models, so if you can help, please e-mail me.
I have just added a new page to the XTRA section of the site for the Citybus Zodiac liveried models - just click on the above image. 11th February
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© Kowloon Motor Bus Kowloon Motor Bus has today announced no less than thirty new models of which six are to 1/76th scale. The first two feature unidentified 12.8 metre MCV EvoSeti bodied Volvo B8Ls, one on route 601 to Po Tat and the other on route 277E with a destination of Express > Sheung Shui. Next is V6B210 (ZZ6552), the MCV D123 bodied Volvo B8L with Year of the Horse decals, which is on route 69X. The fourth is an unidentified retro liveried MCV D123 bodied Volvo B8L, which is on route 269B to Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road). The fifth features Salvador Caetano bodied Scania K310UD (PC2853), with Pet Bus decals, on route PBS1. Finally, the second bus to carry Year of the Horse decals is part-open top ADL Enviro500NG ATENU726 (TR8167) on route HK1. 8th February
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Listed on the Hong Kong Airport Shop e-shop is this 1/76 scale BYD driverless bus which I first featured back in March 2025. Further details can be found here. 7th February
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New Lantao Bus unveiled it's Year of the Horse livery today, which has been applied to Gemilang bodied MAN RC2 MN94 (TT1858). Model 1 has also announced a model, which is on route 1R to Ngong Ping and is limited to 500 pieces (63297). 4th February
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The Bus Lodge Hong Kong Facebook page has been updated and now includes details of the Cathay Pacific 80th Anniversary Tram Parade that took place on 25th January.
I do not believe I have had any issues with the website being 'off-line' today, so fingers crossed it was a blip. 3rd February
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Unfortunately,
owing to a problem with my web hosting company, the site was off-line
late last night for a short period of time. Hopefully you are able to
view this message and the outage did not affect you too much.
© Citybus Photographs of the actual Citybus Year of the Horse model have now been posted by Citybus. A new page with further photographs has now been added (CM216). 2nd February
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