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The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong.It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes, with over 4,000 buses - mostly double deckers - and 420 routes. [4]
In 1933, bus services were franchised.Rights were given to Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) on the North side, and China Motor Bus (CMB) on the Island. Other bus companies such as Hong Kong Tramways, Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Hong Kong Hotel and Aberdeen Kai Fong, had to cease operations and their buses sold to the franchised operators.
Transport International's business units are: [3] The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited; Long Win Bus Company Limited - founded 1997; Sun Bus Holdings Limited - founded in 1998 as a non-franchised bus operator providing premium and value-for money tailor-made transportation services (e.g. residential bus service, shuttle bus, tour coach)
Together with Tang Shiu Kin, Lui Leung, Tam Woon-tong and Lam Ming-fan, William Louey renamed the company 'Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited' (KMB). [1] At the time, there were 106 small single-deck buses in the embryonic KMB bus fleet, offering two seat classes: first class (with cushion) and second class (wooden). [2]
The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world. KMB's fleet consists of about 3,800 buses on 400 routes and a staff of over 12,000. [3] In 1979, Citybus began its operation in Hong Kong with one double-decker, providing shuttle service for the Hong Kong dockyard.
Founded in 1933, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world. [10] KMB's fleet consist of about 3,900 buses on 400 routes and a staff of over 12,000 people.
Kowloon Motor Bus. Kowloon Motor Bus Mk1 Enviro500 in 2004. The Enviro500 is the first model of second-generation low-floor buses for Kowloon Motor Bus, with straight staircase and plug door (only at the exit) fitted. All KMB's Enviro500s had a bronze band added to the champagne livery to differentiate them from the first-generation low-floor ...
Grave of Tang Shiu Kin in Hong Kong. Sir Shiu-kin Tang CBE, KStJ, JP (Chinese: 鄧肇堅; 21 March 1901 – 19 June 1986) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1933, he co-founded Kowloon Motor Bus and is known through the public service institutions he funded and founded in Hong Kong, many of which bear his name.