Hong Kong Buses And Trams 19761997: The Final British Years,New

Hong Kong has long been a place of great interest to transport enthusiasts. Its mixture of predominantly Britishbuilt buses operating in a bustling oriental setting holds endless fascination while Hong Kong Tramways 1920sstyle tramcars evoke past times in an ultramodern setting.Changes to Hong Kongs bus and tram scene during the final twentyone years of British rule are recounted and illustrated in this book. Included are the decline of the China Motor Bus Companys operations and the emergence of Citybus Limited as a major player. Vehicles of the Kowloon Motor Bus Company, which claimed to be the worlds largest privatelyowned bus company operating in a single city, are depicted at various locations including the New Territories. Bus and light rail transit operations of the KowloonCanton Railway Corporation are illustrated as are buses of Argos Bus Services, the Motor Transport Company of Guangdong and Hong Kong, the New Lantao Bus Company, Public Light Buses, Stagecoach (Hong Kong) Limited and operations of the Peak Tramways Company. This book includes pictures of some of the many hundreds of secondhand buses from British operators, such as London Transport, Ribble and Southdown, which were imported into Hong Kong from the 1970s onwards.