HONG KONG WEB DIRECTORY

Citybus started operating buses in 1979 using one double deck bus on a shuttle service for the employees of a Hong Kong dockyard. By 1981 the search for new business resulted in the operation of our first residential bus route between City One Shatin and Kowloon Tong MTR station. This route is still operating as route 62R and was Hong Kong's first fully air conditioned bus route. By 1984, Citybus had begun a cross-boundary coach service between Hong Kong and Shenzhen initially using second hand double deck buses from the United Kingdom, but these were supplemented by our first new air-conditioned double deck buses in 1985.In 1989 an order was placed for 12 air conditioned double deckers which at the time was the biggest commitment made by any bus operator. These entered service on the cross border routes and route 62R and their popularity was so great that additional orders were placed soon afterwards for additional vehicles to cope with the increasing demand.In 1991 the Hong Kong Government awarded Citybus its first franchised route, (the 12A), on Hong Kong Island, and the Company, by competitive tender, took over 28 more franchised routes in 1993 which resulted in the fleet more than doubling in size. A further 14 franchised routes followed in 1995 which together with organic expansion saw the fleet expand to over 500 buses.Success followed success and in 1996 the company won another competitive tender to operate another 13 prime franchised routes serving the new Hong Kong International Airport and Tung Chung new town.............

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