Ex- China Motor Bus Daimler Fleetline
前中巴丹拿Fleetline DMS
     The Daimler Fleetline XF196, was one of the 206 former London Transport  DMS class Fleetline bought by
CMB in the period between 1980 and 1984. 
     XF196 was one of the last DMS fleetline to join CMB, its was former London DMS 2105 (KJD 105P). It
arrived in Hong Kong in the summer of 1984, and first on the road in the November same year as DD 5273.
After 12 years of service in Hong Kong, it has been withdrawal from the service by CMB, the bus was bought
by a buyer and about to send to Japan, but it didn't go ahead, it was parked along side Sha Tau Kok Road,
the road that connecting to the Mainland China, as a garage.
     前中巴丹拿Fleetline XF196，是中巴在1980年至1984年期間從倫敦運輸局購入的206部DMS系丹拿
Fleetline巴士之中的其中一部。
    XF196是最後一批加入中巴車隊的DMS巴士，她的前身，是倫敦運輸局的DMS 2105，車牌KJD 105P，
巴士在1984年夏天運抵香港，並在同年11月底以DD 5273的車牌在街上服務市民。經過12年在香港的歲
月，巴士終於在1996年退役，並在同年被一位買家買入，並準備將之運往日本，但不知道甚麼原因，巴
士並沒有運往日本，之後巴士被停放在沙頭角公路旁，當作貨倉之用。
  • Seen here along side the Sha Tau Kok Road is former China Motor Bus

    • Fleetline XF196, still carrying an over-all advert for the Hong Kong
    Government.(2001/01/14)
  • 停泊沙頭角公路旁的前中巴丹拿Fleetline DMS XF196，仍帶有退役前
    • 的政府公民教育廣告。 (2001/01/14)
  • Another view for the bus, showns that its still retaining its CMB route number

    • blind, DD 5273 registration number, but has its engine and gearbox removed. 
    (2001/01/12)
  • 巴士的車尾，仍保留著中巴的路線牌布，DD 5273的車牌，但沒有了引擎及
    • 波箱了。 (2001/01/14)

     

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