Shenzhen City Buses November 2007

25th November 2007

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A second visit to Shenzhen in November 2007, this time crossing into China by means of the new almost seamless Western Crossing through Shenzhen Bay from Yuen Long by New Lantao Bus opened in 2007. We returned by another newly opened crossing at Lok Ma Chau, served by the KCR and KMB on the HK side.

This time the search was on for the a sight of the few remaining Daimler Fleetlines in service with Shenzhen Bus Group. These were rebodied in the late 1990's by Sui King Eagle in Guangzhou, and approximately 130 were built, using Fleetline chassis from Kowloon Motor Bus. Now only about a dozen remain, operating the lengthy Route 226 from Red Bay to Zoological Park alongside an assortment of older Chinese built King Long and GZ saloons. And very nice they are too, it being a real pleasure to hear classic Fleetline tune from the Gardner 6LXB engine and SCG gearbox. The gear selector remains semi automatic but with an innovative push button control rather than the traditional H shaped cast iron gate. New chassis numbers were cast into the chassis when these vehicles were built, effectively creating a brand new bus in the eyes of the Chinese authorities.

A selection of other city buses shown as well, mainly operating with the massive Shenzhen Bus Group, SZ Bus, Kingswell and the Peng Yun double deckers on Routes 1 and 2.

These are digital images taken with a Panasonic DMC-FZ30 digital camera.

Thanks for visiting - haste ye back.