Trips & Running Days

This is where I am including events such as Showbus, Buses Festival and readers reports of trips etc.

Hong Kong & Singapore

Paul Hawkins visited Hong Kong and Singapore and has sent ma number of interesting pictures. It wets ones appetite for a similar trip!

The three Franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, Citybus, New World First Bus and Kowloon Motor bus have introduced there special liveries for the Year of the Rooster with Citybus using a 12.8M E500MMC.NWFB USING A 12M E500MMC and KMB using a Wright Gemini and an E500. The Photo of the NWFB one is not the best but it was the only time I saw it.

Citybus 6371 UD7005 on route 962B with its Rooster wrap taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

To celebrate the upcoming 2017 Year of the Rooster, KMB has applied new decals to two of their vehicles: ATENU139 (SH6188) and AVBWU429 (TS3933). These vehicles have been chosen as this year's CNY-decorated buses because their registration numbers contain the lucky numbers 3, 6, and 8.

 
KMB deckers with Rooster wraps taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

Citybus 696 HV6418 on the 70 taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

Citybus 2231 JD107 route E22 taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

Citybus 6390 UM6575 on the 788 taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

Citybus 6805 UN3404 on the Airport route taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

Citybus 8034 SJ9765on the Airport route taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

Citybus 8252 RP4990 on the 930 taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

Citybus 9557 UC3051 on the 37 taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins.

HKG Training Bus T24 HS8472 taken on January 25th by Paul Hawkins. This looks to be an ex Airport Flyer? I wonder!

Singapore.

All pictures taken by Paul Hawkins in January 2017.

Singapore - City Sightseeing PC2572Y

Singapore SBS Transit SBS2830J on the 111. This looks to be a real beast!

Singapore SBS Transit SBS3246P on the 14.

Singapore SBS Transit SBS5025Y on the 131.

Singapore SBS Transit SBS7387P on the 111.

Singapore Smart bendi-bus TIB1205C on the 960.

Singapore Tower Transit SG5104P on the 2.

 
Singapore Tower Transit SMB3557B and SMB3564E both on the 106.

Well, it is always nice to see busesd in other parts of the world and these two countries offer British Buses at their best.

Paul Francis, yes related to Gavin, is on a world cruise and is under order to get some bus pictures. Here is his first taken in San Francisco. Can anyone give us the history of this Olympian?

Gavin says that the registration in this country was J830CEV. All details supplied by Paul Bateson. He tells me there are lots of ex-British open toppers running around San Francisco. The open topper in San Francisco was originally Dublin Bus 91-D-10106. It was then sold through Ensigns to be Halifax Joint Omnibus No. 30 before export to USA.