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The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong.It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes, with over 4,000 buses - mostly double deckers - and 420 routes. [4]
Together with Tang Shiu Kin, Lui Leung, Tam Woon-tong and Lam Ming-fan, William Louey renamed the company 'Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited' (KMB). [1] At the time, there were 106 small single-deck buses in the embryonic KMB bus fleet, offering two seat classes: first class (with cushion) and second class (wooden). [2]
In 1933, bus services were franchised.Rights were given to Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) on the North side, and China Motor Bus (CMB) on the Island. Other bus companies such as Hong Kong Tramways, Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels, Hong Kong Hotel and Aberdeen Kai Fong, had to cease operations and their buses sold to the franchised operators.
The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world. KMB's fleet consists of about 3,800 buses on 400 routes and a staff of over 12,000. [3] In 1979, Citybus began its operation in Hong Kong with one double-decker, providing shuttle service for the Hong Kong dockyard.
Transport International's business units are: [3] The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited; Long Win Bus Company Limited - founded 1997; Sun Bus Holdings Limited - founded in 1998 as a non-franchised bus operator providing premium and value-for money tailor-made transportation services (e.g. residential bus service, shuttle bus, tour coach)
Founded in 1933, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world. [10] KMB's fleet consist of about 3,900 buses on 400 routes and a staff of over 12,000 people.
Grave of Tang Shiu Kin in Hong Kong. Sir Shiu-kin Tang CBE, KStJ, JP (Chinese: 鄧肇堅; 21 March 1901 – 19 June 1986) was a Hong Kong entrepreneur and philanthropist. In 1933, he co-founded Kowloon Motor Bus and is known through the public service institutions he funded and founded in Hong Kong, many of which bear his name.
In the 1920s, the route was opened by the Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, between University of Hong Kong, Central and Royal Pier via Caine Road, with no route number.On 11 June 1933, the route was taken over by China Motor Bus as part of the Hong Kong Island bus franchise, and given the number 3.