Citybus

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Citybus Limited is a large bus company operating in Hong Kong. Their main business is public bus transportation, but they also run charters and contract services.

Citybus is a major privately owned public transit provider in Hong Kong focused on bus service. The majority of its routes serve Hong Kong Island, Ocean Park, North Lantau where Disneyland Hong Kong and Tung Chung are located and the Hong Kong International Airport via its Cityflyer service in addition to several cross-harbour bus routes. The company operates both franchised and unfranchised bus services; unfranchised services are concentrated on routes to City One Shatin. Citybus is an operating subsidiary of NWS Transport Services Limited which is in turn owned jointly by Chow Tai Fook Entreprises Limited and NWS Holdings Limited. Is is a sister operating company alongside New World First Bus providing bus transit services in Hong Kong. Company buses are instantly recognizable through its yellow, red and blue livery.

Contents

Routes

List of Citybus bus routes

Charter and suburban services/non-franchised department fleet

Fleet number Thumbnail Year Length Manufacturer Model Body Engine Transmission Destination sign Notes
1 HongKongCitybus 001.jpg 1964 (imported to HK in 1984) 9.1m AEC Routemaster R2RH Park Royal Leyland 0.680 AEC 4-Speed transmission Oldest bus still active in Hong Kong
106-189, 193-204 HongKongCitybus 179.jpg 1989-1992 11m Leyland Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LT10B
245 hp
ZF 4HP500
190-192 HongKongCitybus 0192.jpg 1992 11m Leyland Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LT10B
245 hp
ZF 4HP500
  • Converted to open-top bus in 2006
  • First air-conditioned open-top buses in Hong Kong
205,221 HongKongCitybus 0205.jpg 1992-1993 10.4m Leyland Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LT10B
245 hp
ZF 4HP500 Converted to open-top bus in 2008
300-314 1992 12m Leyland Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LT10B
245 hp
ZF 4HP500
  • These buses are used exclusively as CLP group(中電) employee shuttle buses to their power plant
  • 301, 304, 306, 310, 312 were later resold to Citybus,
  • 308 and 314 were sold to UK in 2006 and 2005 respectively
317-321 HongKongCitybus0317.jpg 2009 12m Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Cummins ISLe Euro 4 ZF 6HP602C
  • These buses are used exclusively as CLP group(中電) employee shuttle buses to their power plant

Urban transit services/franchised department fleet

Double deckers

Fleet number Thumbnail Year Length Manufacturer Model Body Engine Transmission Destination sign Notes
206-220, 222-238 HongKongCitybus 0231.jpg 1992 10.4m Leyland Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LT10B
245 hp
ZF 4HP500 Vultron + roll sign / LiteVision
  • These are the only buses in the citybus fleet which the bodies were built locally, at KMB Tuen Mon Depot
  • 206, 207, 227 sold
  • all retired
239-248 HongKongCitybus 0243.jpg 1994 10.4m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo TD102KF
Euro 1
ZF 4HP500 Vultron + roll sign
  • all retired, but some are converted to training bus T6-T9
315 HongKongCitybus 315.jpg 1994 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LTA10
Euro 1
252 hp
ZF 4HP500 Usually found on rt.930 or 969B, the only 2 suburban 12m Volvo Olympians in the world
324-329 HongKongCitybus 0324.jpg 1998 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision Number sign and roll sign
341-395 HongKongCitybus 0352.jpg 1993 12m Leyland Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LT10B
252 hp
ZF 4HP500 Lite-Vision Number sign and roll sign
  • 341 is former #122, an 11m suburban Leyland Olympian that was rebodied and the chassis was lengthened to 12m after a fire
  • 26 units remail
  • 341,345,378,381,385-387 were sold to UK
  • 342, 343, 347, 348, 350-352, 354-356, 358-364, 366-377, 389-391 retired
396-426 HongKongCitybus 0398.jpg 1994 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Cummins LT10B
Euro 1
252 hp
ZF 4HP500 Lite-Vision Number sign and roll sign 396 equipped Volvo TD102KF engine
427-484 HongKongCitybus 0429.jpg 1995 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo TD102KF
Euro 1
Voith D863.3 LiteVision
485-504 HongKongCitybus 0493.jpg 1995 12m Volvo Olympian Plaxton Palatine I Volvo TD102KF
Euro 1
Voith D863.3 Lite-Vision
505-510 HongKongCitybus 0509.jpg 1995 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo TD102KF
Euro 1
ZF 5HP500 Lite-Vision Number sign and roll sign Ex- Stagecoach HK; sold to Citybus in 1996
511-585 HongKongCitybus 0557.jpg 1997 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
Voith D863.3 Lite-Vision
586-620 HongKongCitybus 0601.jpg 1997/1998 12m Volvo Olympian Plaxton Palatine Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
Voith D863.3 Lite-Vision
621-635 HongKongCitybus 0631.jpg 1997 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
Voith D863.3 Lite-Vision
636-699 HongKongCitybus 0682.jpg 1998 12m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision Number sign and roll sign
702-740 HongKongCitybus 0715.jpg 1994-1997 10.3m Dennis Dragon-Dominator 6X2 Duple Metsec Cummins LTA10
Euro 1
Voith D863.3 713 retired
801-880 HongKongCitybus 0858.jpg 1995-1997 12m Dennis Dragon-Dominator 6X2 Duple Metsec Cummins LT10B
Euro 1
252 hp
Voith D863.3 801-830 with Lite-Vision Number sign and roll sign, 831-880 with Lite-VisionLED sign
901-950 HongKongCitybus 0940.jpg 1996 11m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo TD102KF
Euro 1
Voith 863.3 919 retired
951-980 HongKongCitybus 0969.jpg 1998 11m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
Voith D863.3
  • 952 equipped Lite-Vision flip-dot sign
  • 969 equipped Hanover LED sign
  • 970-975 equipped Amplus LED sign
981-999 & 9000 HongKongCitybus 0985.jpg 1998 11m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
ZF 5HP590
9001-9040 HongKongCitybus 9038.jpg 1998 11m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision Number sign and roll sign Previously numbered 1001-1040; renumbered in 2004
9041-9042 HongKongCitybus 9041.jpg 1998 11m Volvo Olympian Walter Alexander RH Type Volvo D10A
Euro 2
245 hp
ZF 4HP500 Lite-Vision
  • Ex- CMB VA62 & VA64
  • Previously numbered 1041-1042; renumbered in 2004
2100 HongKongCitybus 2100.jpg 1997 12m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision sign with Hanover Display controller
  • Equipped with luggage racks
  • Equipped with coach seating
  • Used on CityFlyer
2200 HongKongCitybus 2200.JPG 1997 12m Dennis Trident Walter Alexander ALX500 Cummins M11-E Voith D863.3 Hanover Display
2201 Citybus 2201-a.jpg 1997 12m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E Voith D863.3 Lite-Vision Along with 656, this is one of only two buses in Citybus Stagecoach livery
2500 HongKongCitybus 2500.jpg 1997 12m MAN 24.35 Volgren MAN D2866LOH ZF 5HP600 Lite-Vision
2101-2111 HongKongCitybus 2111.jpg 1998 12m Dennis Trident Walter Alexander ALX500 Cummins M11-E Voith D863.3 Hanover Display
2112-2161 HongKongCitybus 2120.jpg 1998 12m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision sign with Hanover Display controller
  • Equipped with luggage racks
  • Used on CityFlyer
2202-2225 HongKongCitybus 2214.jpg 1998 12m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision Suburban
2232-2261 HongKongCitybus 2255.jpg 1998 12m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision
  • Single door
  • Suburban
2226-2231 HongKongCitybus 2229.JPG 1999 12m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision Suburban
2262-2301 HongKongCitybus 2264.jpg 1999 12m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision
2700 Citybus 2700.jpg 1999 10.6m Dennis Trident Duple Metsec DM5000 Cummins M11-E ZF 5HP590 Lite-Vision Single door
2800 HongKongCitybus 2800.jpg 2001 12m Acania K94UB Volgren Scania AB DC9-02 Euro 3 ZF 5HP592 Lite-Vision
2302-2310 Citybus 2306-a.jpg 2002 12m TransBus Trident TransBus ALX500 Cummins ISMe
Euro 3
Voith D864.3E Hanover Display Ex-NWFB 1201-1209
8100-8109 HongKongCitybus 8105.jpg 2007-2008 12m Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Cummins ISLe Euro 4 Voith D864.5 Lite-Vision First Euro 4 buses in fleet
8110-8127 HongKongCitybus 8115.jpg 2009 12m Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Cummins ISLe Euro 4 ZF 6HP602C Hanover Display LED
8128-8204 Citybus 8135-a.jpg 2010 12m Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Cummins ISLe Euro 5 ZF 6HP604C
6 speed
Hanover Display LED
  • 8128-8193 are E depot
  • 8194-8202 are N depot
  • 8203 & 8204 are T depot and have Cityflyer livery
7000 HongKongCitybus 7000.jpg 2009 10.5m Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 CumminsISLe Euro 5 ZF EcoLife
6 speed
Hanover Display LED Delivered November 2009
7001 HongKongCitybus 7001.JPG 2010 10.5m Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 CumminsISLe Euro 5 ZF EcoLife
6 speed
Hanover Display LED
7500 HongKongCitybus Volvo B9TL.JPG 2010 10.6m Volvo B9TL Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 Volvo D9B ZF EcoLife
6 speed
Hanover Display LED
8900 Hong Kong Citybus K280UD.JPG 2011 12m Scania K280UD Salvador Caetano Scania AB DC9-29 Euro 5 ZF 6HP602C
7002-7039 HongKongCitybus 7004.JPG 2011 10.5m Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Cummins ISLe Euro 5 ZF EcoLife
6 speed
Hanover Display LED
8205-8319 Citybus 8209-a.JPG 2012 12m Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Cummins ISLe Euro 5 ZF 6HP604C
6 speed
Hanover Display LED 8205-8207 have cityflyer livery and have luggage rack
8000-8065 Citybus 8001.JPG 2013 12m Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Alexander Dennis Enviro500 Cummins ISLe Euro 5 ZF 6AP1700B
6 speed
Hanover Display LED
7040-7059 HongKongCitybus 7041.JPG 2013 10.5m Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Alexander Dennis Enviro400 Cummins ISLe Euro 5 ZF EcoLife
6 speed
Hanover Display LED

Single deckers

Fleet number Thumbnail Year Length Manufacturer Model Body Engine Transmission Destination sign Notes
1332-1361 HongKongCitybus 1352.jpg 1998 10.6m Volvo B6LE Jit Luen Volvo D6A
210 hp
ZF HP500 1335-1339, 1350, 1356 retired
1481-1490 HongKongCitybus 1488.jpg 1991 9.8m Dennis Dart Carlyle Cummins 6BT 145 hp Allison AT-515 1481, 1485 retired
1501-1560 HongKongCitybus 1531.jpg 1998 11.7m MAN NL262 MAN NL262 MAN D2866LUH-22 Voith D851.3
  • 1560 has a Single door, luggage racks, and Voith D854.3E since 2006
  • 1512, 1514, 1517, 1534 retired
1561-1569 HongKongCitybus 1564.jpg 2000 11.7m MAN NL262 MAN NL262 MAN D2866LUH-22 Voith D854.3E
  • These buses converted to single doorway in 2005 for Cityflyer service A10
  • These buses equipped Voith D851.3 transmissions when they were new
  • Equipped with luggage racks
  • Used for CityFlyer
1810-1825 Citybus YoungMan.JPG 2012 10.5m Young Man JNP6105GR MAN D0836LOH-65 Voith
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