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NEWS
HK BUS OPERATOR 2,500 DOUBLE-
DECK FLEET REACHED
THANKS TO ITS latest order for 56
three-axle Alexander Dennis Limited
(ADL) Enviro500, Hong Kong’s
Kowloon Motor Bus Company is
scheduled to have more than 2,500
double-deckers in its fleet by year’s
end, ADL reports recently.
As Hong Kong’s largest bus
operator, Kowloon Motor Bus
Company (KMB) should receive the
Enviro500 buses from ADL since
the current generation model
was launched in 2012, the now
NFI-owned, British bus manufacturer
confirms.
Alexander Dennis president
and managing director Paul Davies
said: “We are very honoured that KMB
continues to place its confidence
in Alexander Dennis with this latest
Above:
“KMB continually
challenges us to
raise the bar and
these latest 12.8m
Enviro500 buses
are testament to
their commitment
to world-class
passenger
services,” said ADL
president and MD
Paul Davies.
liveable cities through connected,
clean, and sustainable transportation,
it explains.
With 8,000 team members in 10
countries, NFI is a leading global
bus manufacturer of mass mobility
solutions under the brands New Flyer
(heavy-duty transit buses), MCI (motor
coaches), Alexander Dennis Limited
(single and double-deck buses),
latest bus order by the second half
order for 56 double-deck buses.
Plaxton (motor coaches), ARBOC
of 2021.
“KMB continually challenges us to
(low-floor cutaway and medium-duty
KMB is the largest franchised
raise the bar and these latest 12.8m
buses), and NFI Parts, it adds.
bus operator in Hong Kong with
a fleet of around 4,000 buses
Enviro500 buses are testament to
their commitment to world-class
ABOUT ADL
operating on more than 400
passenger services,” he added.
Alexander Dennis Limited (‘ADL’) is
routes, it states.
KMB’s new Enviro500 will be
ABOUT NFI
a global leader in the design and
manufacture of double-deck buses
12.8m long and powered by
Leveraging 450 years of combined
and is also the UK’s largest bus and
low-emission Euro 6 engines, ADL
experience, NFI is leading the
coach manufacturer, it states.
states. They will be able to carry
electrification of mass mobility
ADL offers single- and double-deck
up to 143 passengers, with all
around the world, it states.
vehicles under the brands of
98 seats fitted with three-point
With zero-emission buses
Alexander Dennis and Plaxton, and
safety belts, it confirms.
and coaches, infrastructure and
has more than 31,000 vehicles in
This new order continues a
technology, NFI meets today’s urban
service in the UK, Europe, Hong
long-standing relationship between
demands for scalable smart mobility
Kong, Singapore, New Zealand,
Alexander Dennis and KMB, which
solutions, it adds.
Mexico, Canada and the United
has now ordered in excess of 2,500
Together, NFI is enabling more
States, it confirms.
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