The Anonymous Widower

A New Bus for Hong Kong?

I was chatting with the conductor on a New Bus for London and he said that he’d seen officials from bus companies in Hong Kong on the bus.

This is not unexpected as Hong Kong has quite a few Wright buses, as this article indicates.

So is the New Bus for London going to be the New Bus for Hong Kong? I would suspect that the new London design, has the ability to be stretched to a double rear axle design, like that used in Hong Kong.

Update on May 25th, 2012 – In his talk last night, David Barnett indicated that the current New Bus for London is a stretch of the original design, so a stretched bus with an extra axle, is probably not the most difficult pieces of engineering, especially given the computing employed to transfer designs to a real bus. The power-train layout would still allow a totally flat floor, which the New Buses for London have and is one of the best passenger features.

May 14, 2012 - Posted by AnonW | News, Transport/Travel | Buses, Hong Kong, New Bus for London