HK Cross Harbour Tunnel Rts
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I see rts like 101, 102, 301, 307 jointly operated by KMB and NWS Hldg...
Qn: Is the deployment 50:50??? -
Ya it shld be more or less balanced deployment between the 2 bus co.Originally posted by sbst275:I see rts like 101, 102, 301, 307 jointly operated by KMB and NWS Hldg...
Qn: Is the deployment 50:50??? -
re: XiaoTaro and sbst275
There is a deployment list for HK Cross Harbour services.
Refer here: http://hk.geocities.com/hkbusschedule/kmbroute/kmbroute.htm (in Chinese Traditional text)
Also there is a fixed timeslot for a bus company to operate on a particular x-harbour service.
Anyway HK cross harbour services are one of my favourites. Rode on them many times before. -
How many 'hot dogs' as termed in HK are there left?
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re: sbst275
I have no idea about this, but they are dying fast. -
Hmm, heard that those in Hong Kong Island are all gone. Some are left in New Territories and so on. Wonderful buses, I took Dennis Dragon several times up the hill at Junk Bay (Tseung Kwan O) and it can overtake aircon buses, climbing the grade at 30-40km/h.Originally posted by SGEMP:re: sbst275
I have no idea about this, but they are dying fast. -
YeahOriginally posted by SGEMP:re: sbst275
I have no idea about this, but they are dying fast.
I've checked, now left some rts, with the hot dogs
Like say 21 buses, 19 ADD and 2 hot dogs except 1 is majority hot dog out of the 1st 27 KMB rts I've checked
Geez, their fares beats SG bus fares down, KMB 8 esp fare is cheaper by as much as S$0.20 based on the dist data
Now found KMB 10, since it's loop sv I take dist as 10.5km fare is HK$4, 10.5km is abt 13.5 fare stage, that means it's almost 35c cheaper -
NWS Hldg is now FAC fleet... CityBus went FAC in 1998 aft the ex-SBS LAs were withdrawn from franchise svOriginally posted by jetabt767400:Hmm, heard that those in Hong Kong Island are all gone. Some are left in New Territories and so on. Wonderful buses, I took Dennis Dragon several times up the hill at Junk Bay (Tseung Kwan O) and it can overtake aircon buses, climbing the grade at 30-40km/h.
NWFB converted itself from 80% NAC fleet from 1998 to 100% AC fleet in 2002
KMB still left NAC LO3x, VO3x and Dragons -
Not exactly, dont forget there's still one Dennis Dragon/Condor on 15C which is open top NACOriginally posted by sbst275:NWS Hldg is now FAC fleet... CityBus went FAC in 1998 aft the ex-SBS LAs were withdrawn from franchise sv
NWFB converted itself from 80% NAC fleet from 1998 to 100% AC fleet in 2002
KMB still left NAC LO3x, VO3x and Dragons -
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I mean conventional double deckersOriginally posted by XiaoTaro:Not exactly, dont forget there's still one Dennis Dragon/Condor on 15C which is open top NAC 
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OK checked
Breakdown of Hot dogs still in active based from the data given at the link gave by SGEMP
There are still 8 majority NAC svs, 6 NAC svs as well as 65 PAC svs (Small NAC fleet) inside some 276 KMB rts
71 buses -> 22 LO3x, 33 Dragons, 3 VO3x & 12 MCW + 1 unknown on 44S serves on the majority NAC and NAC svs
PAC Svs: 65 svs/ 172 buses -> 56 LO3x, 80 Dragons, 15 VO3x and 21 MCW
So there are still 243 hot dogs on active service
But as like SGEMP has said, every mth, they are getting lesser, as KMB converts svs to FAC quite frequently -
cross harbor route 104 same half NWFB and half KMB. recommanded route for bus fans like us . uses enviro 500s and i ehar one B9TL ututututu
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HK NAC bus i see so many when i went over. no problem of them dying out fast.
svc 2 la svc 9 la...svc 6 la svc 12 la so many NAC models.
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Hard to say woOriginally posted by ZYX2005:cross harbor route 104 same half NWFB and half KMB. recommanded route for bus fans like us . uses enviro 500s and i ehar one B9TL ututututu
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HK NAC bus i see so many when i went over. no problem of them dying out fast.
svc 2 la svc 9 la...svc 6 la svc 12 la so many NAC models.
YX
Every mth svs gets more a/c or converted to FAC svs
KMB updates the a/c deployment on their website -
Yea, KMB seems to be trying out a Scanias w/ Caetano bodywork, that demonstrator vehicle is currently in UK for it's annual ShowBus event.Originally posted by sbst275:Hard to say wo
Every mth svs gets more a/c or converted to FAC svs
KMB updates the a/c deployment on their website -
I used to ride on XHT 104 many times before I migrated to SingaporeOriginally posted by ZYX2005:cross harbor route 104 same half NWFB and half KMB. recommanded route for bus fans like us . uses enviro 500s and i ehar one B9TL ututututu -
Is the peak tram (15C) Partial Air Con? (As in upper deck NAC n bottom deck AC)
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It's a tourist sv between Central and Cable Car Twr (?), em there's only AC fares of HK$3.20 (S$0.64) for abt SG's eqiv 2 fare stage (1.4km), travelling time is estd 8 minsOriginally posted by SBS9889U:Is the peak tram (15C) Partial Air Con? (As in upper deck NAC n bottom deck AC)
NWFB 15 rts serves The Peak, 15B or 15C are branch svs
Just like the KMB rts, say Sv X, then there's prefix A or B as branch rts, X for Express Svs, K for KCRC feeder, M for MTR feeder, P for Peak Hr branch sv... This is just as a general guide
Oh yes, if you arrive HK and take by the Tridents to town, 'A'or 'E' svs would welcome you -
U can sort of consider the service PAC, it has a dart(sometimes 2) and a open top condor running on 15C. The dart is airconditioned, but the condor(DM06) is fully non air-con.Originally posted by SBS9889U:Is the peak tram (15C) Partial Air Con? (As in upper deck NAC n bottom deck AC) -
Keke
Saw the Scania ADD pic, kinda looks like the Centroliner a bit
Ah yes, can someone verify that I saw in some discussion that 238M is almost totally driven by female drivers as well as 273/ 273A? -
U mean the new K95 Scania decker with Canteno body?Originally posted by sbst275:Keke
Saw the Scania ADD pic, kinda looks like the Centroliner a bit
Ah yes, can someone verify that I saw in some discussion that 238M is almost totally driven by female drivers as well as 273/ 273A?
I think that looks worse than the CDGE B9TL's
Anyway heres the link to a discussion in Chinese of the new KMB decker.[/url]
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External looks kinda like the CentrolinerOriginally posted by XiaoTaro:U mean the new K95 Scania decker with Canteno body?
I think that looks worse than the CDGE B9TL's
Anyway heres the [url-http://hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/viewthread.php?tid=142112&extra=page%3D1]link [/url]to a discussion in Chinese of the new KMB decker.[/url]
Interior haven't see the pic -
K95 comparision w/ ComfortDelGro's B9TL??
Oh yeah, I saw this list of NT - Kwoloon Express Bus 60X, how come there isn't a normal Sv 60??? It's been withdrawn or???
AL1 has retired... The world's 1st ADD... Converted ADD actually... I heard that they tried to convert 2x LVs and MCWs but wasn't sucessful -
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When the FUSO went in KMB service? -
Which FUSOs are u referring to? there were 4 models, 2 of which are demonstrators and have retired.Originally posted by sbst275:Anyway...
When the FUSO went in KMB service?