12 ex KMB S3BLs arrive for Bigbus London

Dear All,

BigBus in London bought 12 S3BLs from KMB for use on London sightseeing tours.

Those are: SBL229,240,247,256,259,261,278,284,286,291,294,298.

The buses were converted to open top buses and repainted in BigBus colours.
what we are not sure of are the engines: if the buses are to run in London, the engine must be  compatible with Euro2/3 emission standard.

Those buses are meant to enter service soon; photos when they do!

question:
does anybody know where to locate the chassis number of the bus [so we can identify it?]

regards

Yoram

You can try Bus Lists on the Web for the chassis number, Yoram.

BTW the class code of the Olympians in HK were S3BL instead of SBL.

Regards,


Lex

[ref=430488]yblumann[/ref]  在 2005-11-27 03:56 AM 發表:

Dear All,

BigBus in London bought 12 S3BLs from KMB for use on London sightseeing tours.

Those are: SBL229,240,247,256,259,261,278,284,286,291,294,298.

S3BL229(DT8317)-ON10482
S3BL240(DW3065)-ON10501
S3BL247(DW3683)-ON10526
S3BL256(DW4358)-ON10559
S3BL259(DW7274)-ON10556
S3BL261(DW7793)- ON10512
S3BL278(DY8912)-ON10591
S3BL284(DY9259)-ON10685
S3BL286(DY9362)-ON10611
S3BL291(DY9758)-ON10693
S3BL294(DZ110)-ON10694
S3BL298(DZ296) -ON10689

hope these help  #:

question:
does anybody know where to locate the chassis number of the bus [so we can identify it?]

you can find out the chassis number near the right hand side panel (need to open )show on the photo

P.S. someone told me the bus are for use in Dubai and not London, anyone can check? #???

[ Last edited by ad63 on 2005-11-27 at 08:54 ]

Thanks! my info is that the buses are for London service. We shall have to wait and see!

regards

Yoram

[ref=430761]yblumann[/ref]  在 2005-11-27 06:12 PM 發表:

Thanks! my info is that the buses are for London service. We shall have to wait and see!

regards

Yoram

Thanks, hope you can take some good photos of the ex KMB S3BL for us over UK

good luck #;D

do you think they will change the lower deck window over UK?  #:-*

Dear Yoram,

Thanks for your news.
But there are some news from some discussion groups on the net
mentioning those KMB olyms are prepared for the expanding service
in Dubai next year by bigbus.
Any comment on this news?

Kenneth

Kenneth,

I asked this question: we are told that the buses are meant for London operation; if they are for London, then the engines would have to be modified or changed to comply with the Euro2/3 emission standards, so we have to wait and see!

regards

Yoram

Yoram

Would those ex- KMB S3BL to be re-engine before joined the BigBus fleet??

Thanks

Bill

[ref=430501]ad63[/ref]  在 2005-11-27 08:38 AM 發表:
you can find out the chassis number near the right hand side panel (need to open )show on the photo

P.S. someone told me the bus are for use in Dubai and not London, anyone can check?  

But some of them with the chassis no. plate removed - at least DW3065! Very hard to "identify" it....#

[ Last edited by leslie on 2005-11-28 at 13:52 ]

[ref=431163]billlmf[/ref]  在 2005-11-28 00:41 發表:

Yoram

Would those ex- KMB S3BL to be re-engine before joined the BigBus fleet??

Thanks

Bill

Yoram has already said that if these olympians are to stay in London,
then they will have new engines. The problem is we don't know (yet)
where they are going to end up.