A. Wong Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 I was in Seoul for about 5 days, so I got some photos of various Korean buses and will be posting them gradually in this thread and on the Wiki. Surprised that the 3 major manufacturers were not yet listed: Hyundai, Daewoo, and Kia. There seem to be some articles on Wikipedia though so I might copy the information over to ours. I think 90% of the cars I saw on the road were Hyundai or Kia there too! Some coach models that I noted: Daewoo FX116 Cruising Arrow Kia Granbird Hyundai Universe Xpress Some buses looked the same as others but were badged by the different company, so I don't know if they all shared designs at some point or what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA-(T)-Train Posted May 25, 2013 Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 I was in Seoul for about 5 days, so I got some photos of various Korean buses and will be posting them gradually in this thread and on the Wiki. Surprised that the 3 major manufacturers were not yet listed: Hyundai, Daewoo, and Kia. There seem to be some articles on Wikipedia though so I might copy the information over to ours. I think 90% of the cars I saw on the road were Hyundai or Kia there too! Some coach models that I noted: Daewoo FX116 Cruising Arrow Kia Granbird Hyundai Universe Xpress Some buses looked the same as others but were badged by the different company, so I don't know if they all shared designs at some point or what... Living in Korea, there are so many express coach models, made from Daewoo, Hyundai, and Kia (such as those FX116, Granbird, and Universe, which all have different variants). Transit buses are made from Hyundai (New Super Aero City) and Daewoo (BS106, BS110/120CN, BS090). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Wong Posted May 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2013 Cool, thanks for the info! I'm hoping to document this more on our Wiki! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimon8000 Posted May 29, 2013 Report Share Posted May 29, 2013 Cool, thanks for the info! I'm hoping to document this more on our Wiki! There used to be a LHD Leyland Olympian, 11m tri-axle, with low height Alexander body at Seoul, Korea. That would be appreciated if you can find more info about this bus, picture on the bus as follow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Wong Posted May 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2013 I definitely didn't see that, and I am not there anymore, sorry! Someone else will have to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leylandvictory2 Posted June 19, 2013 Report Share Posted June 19, 2013 There used to be a LHD Leyland Olympian, 11m tri-axle, with low height Alexander body at Seoul, Korea. That would be appreciated if you can find more info about this bus, picture on the bus as follow: That bus has sold to Citybus in Hong Kong for parts and it has been scrapped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Wong Posted June 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 24, 2013 This is like the Hyundai version of the Toyota Coaster! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A. Wong Posted July 2, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 I decided to try Flickr out and put all my trip photos up there. You can see my pictures from Seoul, taken May 2013, here: Some sample photos below: IMG_3554 by etspe, on Flickr IMG_3863 by etspe, on Flickr IMG_3856 by etspe, on Flickr IMG_3717 by etspe, on Flickr P1070904 by etspe, on Flickr P1070972 by etspe, on Flickr IMG_3679 by etspe, on Flickr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva5113 Posted November 1, 2014 Report Share Posted November 1, 2014 ADL Enviro500 which curruntly using by GO Transit and OC Transpo and etc... will be appear in South Korea very soon. 경진여객's RT 7770 will be one can find out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAverageJoe Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 ADL Enviro500 which curruntly using by GO Transit and OC Transpo and etc... will be appear in South Korea very soon. 경진여객's RT 7770 will be one can find out. http://www.alexander-dennis.com/news/seoul-passengers-give-thumbs-up-to-double-deck-bus-services/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soo8513 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 Currently in Daejeon, South Korea. Visited Seoul twice - buses everywhere. In Daejeon city transit appears to be Hyundai and Daewoo, both step and low floor. I believe all are CNG. I also noticed that buses are assigned to a route, as the route number is painted on both sides of the bus and route numbers are digitally displayed front and back. Important stops are also announced in English. Every stop has a shelter and a display monitor with time to stop for each route. Was very impressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva5113 Posted June 1, 2016 Report Share Posted June 1, 2016 7 hours ago, soo8513 said: Currently in Daejeon, South Korea. Visited Seoul twice - buses everywhere. In Daejeon city transit appears to be Hyundai and Daewoo, both step and low floor. I believe all are CNG. I also noticed that buses are assigned to a route, as the route number is painted on both sides of the bus and route numbers are digitally displayed front and back. Important stops are also announced in English. Every stop has a shelter and a display monitor with time to stop for each route. Was very impressed. Most cities in South Korea, buses are operated in restrict into assigned route, not like Canada that appear on any route. Some major cities in South Korea not allowed to buy any diesel bus and restricted into CNG buses. However, if you going outside of major cities like Seoul, Daejon, Pusan, you will see diesel buses more easily. Also forgot to mention in here, in rush hour routes, some routes in Geonggi province to Seoul (Regional buses), They are now using double Decker buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris H Posted June 13, 2016 Report Share Posted June 13, 2016 I just got back from Busan, which is the second largest city. I was able to see all kinds of transit buses, mostly Hyundai New Super Aero City and some Daewoos. The expressway, tour buses, and intrastate buses used mainly Kia Granbird and Hyundai Universe Xpress, but I spotted a few older Daewoo Royal Cruisers too. Another interesting bus I saw was at Gimhae Airport, a New Flyer D40LF operated by Sharp Airport Services (Not sure which transit agencies it operated for before it was exported to Korea.). At Gimhae Sharp has mostly a Super Aero City fleet, but that D40LF was an odd ball. A cool sight to see. Korean Air shuttle buses, which I rode, are Daewoos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IRT_BMT_IND Posted June 15, 2016 Report Share Posted June 15, 2016 There is one video of the Sharp D40LFs on youtube. Apparently they are ex OCTA. Do you know if the D40LFs are road legal in Korea (ie do they have Korean license plates) or are they confined to the airport? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris H Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Looks like those New Flyers are just confined to the airports. From what I saw, they have only fleet numbers on them and no license plates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUECITY160 Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 Hi guys.. I'm curious if anyone is still interested.. on this topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Viva5113 Posted February 24, 2018 Report Share Posted February 24, 2018 Here is bus that very recently retired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA-(T)-Train Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 No more older Daewoo BS106/BS090/BS110s or older Hyundai New Super Aero City buses in Seoul anymore. There are new buses from Chinese manufacturers on some routes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris H Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 I was in Seoul over the Summer and I saw some odd ball buses among the domestic Hyundai and Daewoos. There are a few green painted Higer (Chinese) transit buses and several MAN (Routes 3200, 3102) and Volvo (Route G7111) double decker buses being used as well. Also, Gimpo Airport still has the Sharp Aviation New Flyer D40LFs, I saw 3 of them shuttling passengers to planes on the tarmac. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA-(T)-Train Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 On 10/15/2019 at 11:02 AM, Chris H said: Also, Gimpo Airport still has the Sharp Aviation New Flyer D40LFs, I saw 3 of them shuttling passengers to planes on the tarmac. I assume by extension Jeju Int'l Airport and Gimhae Airport in southern South Korea also have their D40LFs still (whichever Korean airports Sharp Aviation serves). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTA-(T)-Train Posted February 10, 2021 Report Share Posted February 10, 2021 There are BYD electric buses in Seoul at the very least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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