Kowloon Motor Bus Fleet Numbering
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) of Hong Kong maintains a system to code their fleet.
- Note: All the length specified in this section, including in the following leading paragraph, is only nominal. An Olympian 11m is not, and never exactly 11000mm long but some 11300mm.
Read more about Kowloon Motor Bus Fleet Numbering: Classic Age, Second-hand Classic Age, Age of 3-axle Buses, Age of Air-conditioned Buses, Age of Super Low Floor Buses, Long Win Bus
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their spars like burned matchsticks.”
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