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| Kowloon Motor Bus | Long Win Bus | Citybus | New World First Bus | MTR Bus | CLP Power |
Citybus currently has a total of 1,135 Enviro500 MMC[1], 733 of which were purchased by Citybus (42 of which were once transferred to NWFB from 2017 to 2020 and returned to Citybus in response to the 2023 Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger) , and the other 402 vehicles were introduced from NWFB in response to the 2023 Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger. The details are as follows:
- 52 11.3M buses with the fleet number prefix 40, formerly part of the New World First Bus fleet (purchased in two batches: 12+40);
- 240 12M buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 55, 56, 57 and 58. Part of the former New World First Bus fleet (Purchased in 4 batches: 86+50+90+14);
- 42 12M buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 57 and 58, formerly part of the New World First Bus (Purchased in 2 batches: 30+12);
- 216 12M buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 83, 84 and 85 (Purchased in 6 batches: 1+40+104+40 + 10+11+10, of which the third batch of 30 buses[2] was once resold to New World First Bus and returned to the city in response to the 2023 Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger);
- 30 12M buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 85 made specifically for the North Lantau Bus Routes (12 buses [3] were once resold to New World First Bus, and returned in response to the 2023 Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger);
- 66 12M coaches with fleet numbers prefixed with 80 (Cityflyer Fleet);
- 59 11.3M urban buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 91 (Purchased in 2 batches: 49+10);
- 110 12.8M buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 61 and 62, formerly part of the New World First Bus Fleet (Purchased in 4 batches: 30+46+22+12).
- 202 12.8M urban buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 63, 64, and 67 (Purchased in 7 batches: 1+84+29+30+16+38+4);
- 88 12.8M special buses with fleet numbers prefixed with 65 used on North Lantau Bus Routes (Purchased in 4 batches: 49+19+15+5);
- 72 12.8M coaches with fleet number prefixed with 68 (Cityflyer Fleet) (Purchased in 4 batches: 12+25+7+28).
The Transport Department has vehicle restrictions on Citybus' Enviro500 MMC 12.8M Fleet:
- The 63XX, 64XX, and 67XX can only run on Routes 1, 1P, 5X, 8X, 10, 19P, 20 Series[4], 22D[4], 22M[4], 50[5], 55[5], 77 Series, 79X[4], 102 Series, 117, 118 Series, 170 Series, 182 Series, 307 Series (Excluding 907B, 907C, and N307), 606 Series, 608[4], 619 Series, 621, 629, 671 Series, 681, 681P, 690, 690P, 780 Series, 788, 789, 930 Series[6], 933, 950, 952 Series, 955, 962 Series, 967 Series, 969 Series, 976 Series, 981P, 982X (Limited to departures from Yu Chui Court), 989, B3 Series[7], B7, B8, N8X, and X8;
- As for buses 6501-6588 and the 68XX, they can only run on Cityflyer[8] and North Lantau Bus Routes[9], Route B5[10], 952, 962 and 969 Series, other than Routes A10, A17, N952, N962, N969, and NA10.
Introductory Fleet List[]
| Citybus Enviro500 MMC Introductory Fleet List | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Body | Engine | Gearbox | Passenger Capacity | Service Years | Remarks |
| 6300 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC 12.8M | Cummins ISL8.9E5340B (Euro 5) |
ZF EcoLife 6AP1700B | U63/L35+S48 146 People |
2014- | Demonstrator |
| 6301-6384 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC Facelift 12.8M (Normal Variant) |
2015∕2016- | ||||
| 6385-6413 | 2016∕2017- | |||||
| 6414-6425 | 2017- | |||||
| 6426-6443 | Before Modification: U63/L35+S48 146 People After Modification: U63/L31+S53 147 People |
Equipped with Double Wheelchair Spaces | ||||
| 6444-6452 | Cummins L9E6C340B (Euro 6) |
U63/L29+S48 140 People |
2018- | Equipped with Luggage Racks and Window Blinds | ||
| 6453-6459 | U63/L35+S48 146 People |
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| 6460-6490 | U63/L27+S54 144 People |
2019/2020- | Equipped with Double Wheelchair Spaces, Window Blinds, and Luggage Racks | |||
| 6491-6497 | U63/L31+S50 144 People |
Equipped with Double Wheelchair Spaces and Window Blinds | ||||
| 6498-6499, 6700-6701 |
2022- | |||||
| 6501-6549 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC Facelift 12.8M (Special Second Variant) |
Cummins ISL8.9E5340B (Euro 5) |
U63/L29+S48 140 People |
2016- | Equipped with Luggage Racks and Window Blinds | |
| 6550-6567 | 2017- | |||||
| 6568 | Before Modification: U63/L29+S48 140 People After Modification: U63/L27+S54 144 People |
Before Modification: Equipped with Luggage Racks and Window Blinds After Modification: Equipped with Luggage Racks, Window Blinds, and Double Wheelchair Spaces | ||||
| 6569-6575 | 2018- | |||||
| 6576-6583 | U63/L27+S54 144 People |
Equipped with Luggage Racks, Window Blinds, and Double Wheelchair Spaces | ||||
| 6584-6588 | Cummins L9E6C340B (Euro 6) |
U63/L29+S48 140 People |
Equipped Luggage Racks and Window Blinds | |||
| 6800-6811 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC Facelift 12.8M (Passenger Variant) |
Cummins ISL8.9E5340B (Euro 5) |
U55/L27+S47 129 People |
2016/2017- | Cityflyer Vehicles | |
| 6812-6836 | 2017/2018- | |||||
| 6837-6843 | Cummins L9E6C340B (Euro 6) |
2018- | ||||
| 6844-6871 | U55/L25+S50 130 People[11][12] |
2019/2020- | ||||
| 8000-8065 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC 12M (Normal Variant) | Cummins ISL8.9E5340B (Euro 5) |
U51/L23+S46 120 People |
2013/2014- | ||
| 8320 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC 12M (Normal Variant) | U55/L31+S45 131 People |
2013- | The British original factory installed Demonstrator[13] | ||
| 8321-8360 | U55/L31+S47 133 People |
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| 8361-8399, 8402-8449, 8460-8466 | U59/L31+S47 137 People |
2014- | [14] | |||
| 8450-8459 | Before Modification: U59/L31+S47 137 People After Modification: U59/L25+S55 139 People |
Equipped with Standing Room | ||||
| 8467-8483, 8490 | U59/L31+S47 137 People |
2015- | ||||
| 8484-8489 | Before Modification: U59/L31+S47 137 People After Modification: U59/L23+S51 133 People |
Equipped with Luggage Racks, and Double Wheelchair Spaces | ||||
| 8491-8506 | Before Modification: U59/L31+S47 137 People After Modification: U59/L25+S47 131 People |
Equipped with Luggage Racks | ||||
| 8507-8536 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC 12M (Special Second Variant) | U59/L27+S46 132 People |
Equipped with Luggage Racks and Window Blinds[15] | |||
| 8537-8546 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC Facelift 12M (Normal Variant) |
Cummins L9E6C340B (Euro 6) |
U59/L31+S46 136 People |
2018- | ||
| 8547-8557 | U59/L27+S51 137 People |
2021- | Equipped with Double Wheelchair Spaces | |||
| 8558-8567 | 2022- | Equipped with Double Wheelchair Spaces[16] | ||||
| 9100-9148 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC 11.3M | Cummins ISL8.9E5340B (Euro 5) |
U51/L25+S46 122 People |
2013- | Equipped with Standing Room | |
| 9149-9158 | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC Facelift 11.3M | Cummins L9E6C340B (Euro 6) |
U55/L25+S46 126 People |
2020- | Equipped with Standing Room and Window Blinds | |
The following is the Depot to which each batch of Enviro500 MMC belongs. For the detailed fleet list, please refer to Enviro500 MMC Fleet List.
- 6393-6443, 6453-6459, 8320-8360, 8417-8419, 8421-8436, 8438-8442, 8444-8459, 8461-8483, 8537-8546, 8547-8557: Chai Wan Depot (E)
- 6300-6384, 6444-6452, 6460-6490, 6498-6499, 6700-6701, 8491-8506, 8558-8567: Tuen Mun Depot (N)
- 6385-6392, 6491-6497, 8460, 8484-8490: West Kowloon Depot (N)
- 8391-8416, 8420, 8437, 8443: Chai Wan Depot (E) and Tuen Mun Depot (N) (Priority is given to Operation Department 2 and routes belonging to Depot 1, so these buses are labeled with both E and N Depot logos)
- 9108-9158: Wong Chuk Hang/Ocean Park Depot (S)
- 6501-6588, 6800-6871, 8000-8065, 8507-8524: Siu Ho Wan Depot (T)
- 9100-9107: West Kowloon Depot (Even though this batch of buses are Non-Franchised Buses, they still have the N Depot logo on them)
Continuously restarting the Rear Axle Steering function[]
When issuing the license plates of 6300[17], 8009-8065[18], 8325-8360[19], 9104-9105, 9109, 9111-9148[20], they were equipped with a Rear Axle Steering function, and a "Rear Axle Steering" sticker was stuck next to the cab to remind the bus captain[21]. Due to frequent accidents, except for 6300/SV9154, Alexander Dennis Asia Pacific Branch has disabled this function since October 2013[22][23], with the relevant components being dismantled and all relevant stickers being removed.
Until 2014, 8474-8506 and 8509-8536 pre-activated the Rear Axle Steering function for the first time [24], and then Citybus successively activated related functions for vehicles already in service.
Vehicle Improvement Works[]
Citybus began to carry out a number of improvement projects on batches of the Enviro500 MMC buses that have been put into service since February 2017, including:
- Guardrails added to the alighting doors of all buses to ensure the safety of passengers;
- In view of the "wheel throwing" incident that occurred in Citybus in 2016, all the hoods were removed, the center of the hoods was cut off and reinstalled so that the engineering department could check the wheel screws, so the hoods turned into rims;
- In response to the reorganization of Chow Tai Fook Group on 15 November 2016, the remaining equity was sold to NWS Holdings[25], so the "Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and NWS Holdings" stickers were removed and replace by a sticker reading "Members of NWS Holdings" were affixed to the left[26], but due to the sale of NWS Group’s transportation business in August 2020, the “Member of NWS Group” sticker have also been gradually removed.
- If most passenger seats on buses put into service starting from 2016 were not equipped with three-point seat belts in advance, the upper passenger seats would gradually be replaced with passenger seats equipped with three-point safety belts.
- Head locks were gradually added[27]
- ↑ The bus is abbreviated as E500MMC.
- ↑ 8361-8390
- ↑ 8525-8536
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 This route prioritises buses with numbers 6426-6443 and 6491-6497
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 This route prioritises buses with numbers 6498-6499 and 6700-6701
- ↑ Excluding special departures via Kwai Shing Wai to Wan Chai (Fleming Road)
- ↑ This route prioritises buses with numbers 6444-6452
- ↑ These routes prioritises buses 68XX
- ↑ These routes prioritises buses with numbers 6501-6588
- ↑ This route prioritises buses with numbers 6568-6583
- ↑ 全新配備多項安全科技巴士抵港 加入新巴城巴歐盟六型車隊陣容 (Traditional Chinese Only), Joint NWFB and Citybus Press Release, 26 April 2019.
- ↑ News of the Release of the Cityflyer MMC Euro6 (Traditional Chinese Only), hkitalk
- ↑ 8320 is one of three test Demonstrators. It was delivered to Citybus after the test. It is also the only one in the fleet that does not have the buzplay system installed.
- ↑ Among them, 8362-8399 and 8402-8429 are the first batch to use Malaysian-made chassis. 8361-8390 has transferred to NWFB in 2017.
- ↑ 8525-8536 were transferred to NWFB in 2020.
- ↑ The first batch using a Chinese-made chassis.
- ↑ "「18/7 城巴#6300今日驗車合格後，中午過後試車來到筲箕灣巴士總站。入站時，巴士 ZF Servocom® RAS 尾軸反方向輔助轉向功能正在生效。」相關照片" plaxtonl's Buses Page Facebook Page.
- ↑ 城巴篇丹尼士 E50D 型空調十二米（歐盟五型）CTB Dennis E50D (A/C) 12m (Euro V), Hong Kong Bus Resource Centre.
- ↑ 2013年7月未/新出牌巴士消息，hkitalk.net
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "新E500 11米尾軸輔助轉向巴士" [Employee Notice], 25 June 2013 (Posted on plaxtonl's Buses Page's Facebook Page).
- ↑ 內部通告 Internal Notices of Bus Companies
- ↑ 黃色公司尾軸轉向巴士消息, Bus Forum, Hong Kong Discuss Forum
- ↑ 城巴8000及9000車系鎖尾軸轉向, hkitalk
- ↑ "轉彎So Easy", Published in the April 2015 issue of "創建新篇" (Hong Kong: Public Affairs Department of Citybus and NWFB, April 2015), Page 8.
- ↑ 「16/11【左手交右手】因應集團重組，新巴及城巴將由周大福集團拼入新創建集團全資擁有，作價接近14億元。」, plaxtonl's Buses Page's Facebook Page
- ↑ 與周大福企業「劃清界線」嘅新巴城巴, hkitalk.net.
- ↑ [1].