The government has excused higher-than-average crash rates for Citybus and its sister firm New World First Bus (NWFB), claiming the buses operate on “busier roads” and that pedestrian and “kerbside activities” – […]
LOHAS BUS CRASH MYSTERY INVESTIGATION DEEPENS, DRIVER ARRESTED
Authorities still have no answers on the cause of a violent bus crash, 14 hours after the dramatic rescue of 31 passengers from a double-decker overturned in a Lohas Park ditch. The […]
CITYBUS E-BUS SUPPLIER WISDOM SHARES OFFICE AND EMAIL ADDRESS WITH CITYBUS OWNER
Chinese bus maker Wisdom’s Hong Kong company is incorporated in the same Jardine House office as Hong Kong’s public transport bus owner Templewater and has a “templewater.com” email address listed as its […]
CITYBUS USING SECRET SLUSH FUND TO BUY CLEANTECH BUSES FROM PARENT’S FUJIAN JOINT VENTURE
Citybus is using secret public funds to buy technology from a company in which its parent owns a significant stake, Transit Jam has learned, with millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money so […]
FANS QUEUE FOR HOURS TO RIDE HONG KONG’S FIRST COMMERCIAL ELECTRIC DOUBLE-DECKER
Hundreds of eager bus fans queued for hours to secure a place on Hong Kong’s first commercial electric double-decker bus today as it plied the busy 5B route between Causeway Bay and […]
OFFICIALS TO WELCOME HK’S FIRST ELECTRIC DOUBLE-DECKER
The new Wisdom bus on Hong Kong soil for the first time last October Hong Kong’s first electric double-decker bus will be launched this afternoon, according to a source at bus operator […]
TWO BUSTED ROBBING BUS CASH BOXES
Two men who were recruited as “cash box collectors” through a jobs website found themselves equipped with tools and sent to rob bus cash boxes, police revealed today, after a spate of […]
CITYBUS/NWFB 12% BUS FARE HIKE “ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL”, WHILE LONGWIN’S FARE HIKE REQUEST REJECTED
The government has approved four out of five fare hike applications from bus companies, granting both New World First Bus (NWFB) and CityBus a 12% increase, New Lantao Bus a 9.8% rise […]
CHAI WAN CRASH: PEDESTRIAN KILLED, CITYBUS DRIVER ARRESTED
Police arrested a Citybus driver for dangerous driving causing death yesterday (5 January) after the bus he was driving knocked down and killed a pedestrian in Chai Wan. At about 4.55pm, Ms […]
BREAKING: NEW WORLD FIRST BUS AND CITYBUS SOLD IN HK$3.2BN DEAL
New World has sold its entire bus business to an investment firm and its partners for HK$3.2 billion after trading hours last night (21 August), according to the firm. NWS Holdings sold […]