New World First Bus

New World First Bus is a major privately owned public transit provider in Hong Kong focused on bus service. The company was established in 1998 when it took over the franchise for bus service to Hong Kong Island from China Motor Bus. Service is provided primarily to Hong Kong Island, South Tseung Kwan O, West Kowloon along with cross-harbour routes between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon and the New Territories.

New World First Bus is an operating subsidiary of NWS Transport Services Limited which is in turn owned jointly by Chow Tai Fook Entreprises Limited and NWS Holdings Limited. Is is a sister operating company alongside Citybus providing bus transit services in Hong Kong.

Routes

List of New World First Bus routes

Current fleet roster

Single deckers

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model Number	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination Sign	Notes
2061-2065, 2076-2094		1998	10.1m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2	Cummins B5.9 Euro 2	Allison AT-646 4 speed	LiteVision Orange	In the process of retirement.
2051-2052		2015	11.6m	BYD	K9R	BYD	BYD-TVC90A		Hanover Displays Orange
2053-2054		2016	11.6m	Yixing	Great Dragon SDL6120EVG	Feiyan			Hanover Displays Orange
2501-2505		2017	10.6m	Dennis	Enviro 200	Enviro 200	Cummins ISB6.7-e6C250B Euro 6	Voith Diwa 854.5 4 speed	Hanover Displays Orange
2600-2607		2015	11.6m	Youngman	JNP6120	Youngman	MAN D0836	Voith Diwa 854.5 4 speed	Hanover Displays Orange

Double Deckers

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model Number	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination Sign	Notes
1001-1190		1998-1999	12m	Dennis	Trident 3	Walter Alexander ALX500	Cummins M11 305 hp	Voith D863.3 (1001-1130, 1141-1190) ZF 5HP590 (1131-1140)	Hanover Displays Yellow	In the process of retirement.
3001-3062		1998-1999	12m	Dennis	Trident 3	Duple Metsec	Cummins M11 305 hp	Voith D863.3	Hanover Displays Yellow	3006 has LiteVision orange destination sign. In the process of retirement.
1401-1415, 1422-1430		1999	11.3m	Dennis	Trident 3	Walter Alexander ALX500	Cummins M11 305 hp	Voith D863.3	Hanover Displays Yellow
1624, 1639, 1640, 1644-1646, 1648, 1653, 1655-1661		1999	10.6m	Dennis	Trident 3	Walter Alexander ALX500	Cummins M11 305 hp	Voith D863.3	Hanover Displays Yellow
3301-3340		1999-2000	10.3m	Dennis	Trident 3	Duple Metsec	Cummins M11 305 hp	Voith D863.3	Hanover Displays Yellow	3318 has Hanover Displays orange destination sign.
5001-5040		1999	12m	Volvo	B10TL Super Olympian	Walter Alexander ALX500	Volvo D10A Euro 2 285 hp	ZF 4HP590	Hanover Displays Yellow	5023 has LiteVision orange destination sign.
3601		2000	10.6m	Dennis	Trident 3	Duple Metsec	Cummins M11 Euro 2 305 hp	ZF 5HP590	Hanover Displays Yellow	Ex-demo bus from Dennis.
5041-5060		2000-2001	12m	Volvo	B10TL Super Olympian	Walter Alexander ALX500	Volvo D10A Euro 2 285 hp	ZF 4HP590	Hanover Displays Yellow
6001		2000	12m	Neoplan	Centroliner	Neoplan Centroliner	Cummins M11 305 hp	ZF 5HP600	Hanover Displays Yellow
6002-6030		2000-2001	12m	Neoplan	Centroliner	Neoplan Centroliner	Cummins M11 305 hp	ZF 5HP600	Hanover Displays Yellow
5061-5089		2001	12m	Volvo	B10TL Super Olympian	TransBus ALX500	Volvo D10A Euro 3 285 hp	ZF 5HP590	Hanover Displays Yellow	5070 is the first Euro 3 bus in the fleet. 5081 has a Hanover Displays orange destination sign.
1210-1221		2002	12m	Dennis	Trident 3	Walter Alexander ALX500	Cummins ISMe 335 hp	Voith D864.3	Hanover Displays Yellow
3341-3360		2002	10.3m	Dennis	Trident 3	Duple Metsec	Cummins ISMe 335 hp	Voith D864.3E	Hanover Displays Yellow
5090-5103		2002	12m	Volvo	B10TL Super Olympian	TransBus ALX500	Volvo D10A Euro 3 285 hp	ZF 5HP590	Hanover Displays Yellow
5500		2008	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 4 340 hp	Voith D864.5	LiteVision Orange
5501-5517		2008	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 4 340 hp	ZF 6HP602C	LiteVision Orange	5504 was used as a demonstrator by Alexander Dennis in Australia in summer 2008.
4000-4019		2009	11.3m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 4 340 hp	Voith D864.5	Hanover Displays Orange
4020-4039		2010	11.3m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	ZF 6HP604C	Hanover Displays Orange
5518-5541		2011	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	ZF 6HP602C	Hanover Displays Orange
5542-5554		2012	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	ZF 6HP602C	Hanover Displays Orange
4040-4051		2013-2014	11.3m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500 MMC	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	ZF 6AP1700B	Hanover Displays Orange
5555-5582		2013	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	ZF 6HP602C	Hanover Displays Orange
5600		2014	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500H	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISB6.7	BAE Systems HybriDrive hybrid system	Hanover Displays Orange	First hybrid bus in fleet.
4052-4079		2015	11.3m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500 MMC	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	ZF 6AP1700B	Hanover Displays Orange
5583-5599, 5601-5669		2015	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500 MMC	Alexander Dennis Enviro500	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	ZF 6AP1700B	Hanover Displays Orange
4500-4519		2015-2016	11.3m	Volvo	B9TL	Wrightbus Eclipse Gemini 2	Volvo D9B Euro 5 310 hp	ZF 6AP1403B	Hanover Displays Orange
5670-		2016	12m	Alexander Dennis	Enviro500 MMC	Alexander Dennis Enviro500 New Facelift	Cummins ISLe Euro 5 340 hp	Voith D864.5	Hanover Displays Orange
6090		2016	12.8m	MAN	A95	Gemilang	MAN D2066 LUH33	ZF 6AP2000B	Canrun Orange

Retired fleet roster

Single deckers

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model Number	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination Sign	Notes
DC1-DC20		1991-1992	9.8m	Dennis	Dart	Carlyle Bodyworks	Cummins B5.9 Euro 1	Allison AT-545 4 speed	Rollsign	Sold to NWFB from CMB in 1998. DC2-DC7, DC10, DC12, DC14-DC16, DC18 sold to Citybus.
2001-2042		1998	10.7m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2	Cummins B5.9 Euro 2	Allison AT-646 4 speed	Hanover Displays Yellow (2001-2021, 2026, 2027, 2029, 2030, 2036, 2037, 2039-2041) LiteVision Orange (2022-2025, 2028, 2031-2035, 2038, 2042)	Some sold to UK operators. 2026, 2037, 2039, 2040, 2027, 2018, 2029, 2030, 2036, 2041 sold to KMB and renumbered AA61-AA70.
2066-2075		1998	10.1m	Dennis	Dart SLF	Plaxton Pointer 2	Cummins B5.9 Euro 2	Allison AT-646 4 speed	Hanover Displays Yellow	Sold to UK operators.

Double deckers

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Year	Length	Manufacturer	Model Number	Body	Engine	Transmission	Destination Sign	Notes
LF13, LF18, LF21, LF26-LF28, LF46, LF48, LF105, LF107, LF109-LF111, LF113-LF121, LF123, LF125-LF127, LF136, LF152, LF160, LF205, LF209, LF211, LF215, LF217, LF222, LF223, LF226, LF228, LF229, LF231, LF237, LF239, LF243, LF248, LF249, LF252, LF254-LF258, LF260, LF264, LF265, LF267-LF270, LF272, LF278, LF281, LF284, LF291-LF293, LF296, LF297, LF300, LF302-LF304		1974-1979		Leyland	Fleetline	Walter Alexander CB Type	Gardner 6LXB	SCG350	Rollsign	LF26 preserved.
MC2-MC12		1978	9.7m	MCW	Metrobus	MCW	Gardner 6LXB	Voith D851	Rollsign	MC2, MC5, and MC6 are used as training vehicles.
MB1-MB40		1978-1979	11m	MCW	Metrobus	MCW	Gardner 6LXB	Voith D851	Rollsign	MB5 preserved.
SF3-SF26, SF28-SF31		1979-1980		Leyland	Fleetline	Walter Alexander CB Type	Gardner 6LXB	SCG350	Rollsign	SF3 preserved.
LV1-LV147		1979-1981		Leyland	Victory 2	Walter Alexander CB Type	Gardner 6LXB	Voith D851	Rollsign	LV24 and LV30 preserved. Some were sold off.
DS1-DS30		1980	12m	Dennis	Jubilant	Walter Alexander CB Type	Gardner 6LXB	Voith D851	Rollsign	DS1 preserved.
ML1-ML84		1981-1988	12m	MCW	Metrobus	MCW	Gardner 6LXCT	Voith D851	Rollsign	Most were sold off.
LV148-LV167		1979-1981		Leyland	Victory 2	Duple Metsec	Gardner 6LXB	Voith D851	Rollsign
DL1-DL48		1982-1990	12m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Gardner 6LXCT	Voith D851	Rollsign	DL2 had Walter Alexander RH Type body. Some were sold off.
DM1-DM28		1990-1991	11m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Gardner 6LXCT	Voith D851	Rollsign	Some sold to Citybus.
DA1-DA36		1990-1991	11m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Cummins LTA10	Voith D863	Rollsign	Some were sold to UK and Dubai (UAE). DA14, DA16, DA22, DA27, DA28 were purchased by Big Bus Tours HK.
LA1-LA25		1991-1992	11m	Leyland	Olympian	Walter Alexander RX Type	Cummins LT10	ZF 4HP500	Rollsign	LA7, LA9, and LA21 are used as training vehicles.
DA37-DA56		1993	11m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Cummins LTA10	Voith D863	Rollsign
LM1-LM10		1993	11m	Leyland	Olympian	Walter Alexander RX Type	Cummins LT10	ZF 4HP500	Rollsign	Sold off.
VA1-VA30		1994-1995	11m	Volvo	Olympian	Walter Alexander RX Type	Cummins LT10	ZF 4HP500	Rollsign
DA57-DA65		1996	11m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Cummins LTA10 Euro 1	Voith D863	Hanover Displays Yellow
DA66		1996	11m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Cummins LTA10 Euro 1	Voith D863	LiteVision number sign and rollsign	Previously used exclusively on route 15C.
DA93-DA96		1996	12m	Dennis	Dragon	Duple Metsec	Cummins LTA10 Euro 1	Voith D863	Hanover Displays Yellow	Ex-HACTL units / Super Terminal 1 at Chek Lap Kok Airport.
VA31-VA50		1996	11m	Volvo	Olympian	Walter Alexander RX Type	Cummins LT10	ZF 4HP500	Hanover Displays Yellow
DA67-DA82		1997	11m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Cummins LTA10 Euro 1	Voith D863	Hanover Displays Yellow
DA83-DA92		1997	11m	Dennis	Condor	Duple Metsec	Cummins M11 Euro 2 235 hp	Voith D863	Hanover Displays Yellow
VA51-VA63		1998	11m	Volvo	Olympian	Walter Alexander RX Type	Volvo D10A Euro 2 245 hp	Voith D863	Hanover Displays Yellow	VA51-VA55 transferred to MTR Bus. VA58-VA60 are used as training vehicles. VA62 and VA64 sold to Citybus, renumbered 9041 and 9042.
VA65-VA66		1998	12m	Volvo	Olympian	Plaxton Palatine I	Volvo D10A Euro 2 245 hp	Voith D863	Hanover Displays Yellow	Ex-HACTL units / Super Terminal 1 at Chek Lap Kok Airport.
VA67-VA76		1997	12m	Volvo	Olympian	Walter Alexander RX Type	Volvo D10A Euro 2 245 hp	Voith D863.3	LiteVision Orange
1201-1209		2002	12m	Dennis	Trident 3	Walter Alexander ALX500	Cummins ISMe 335 hp	Voith D864.3	Hanover Displays Yellow	Sold to Citybus in 2003, renumbered 2302-2310.
1416-1421		1999	11.3m	Dennis	Trident 3	Walter Alexander ALX500	Cummins M11 305 hp	Voith D863.3	Hanover Displays Yellow	Sold to MTR in 2005, renumbered 748-753.
1601-1623, 1625-1638, 1641-1643, 1647, 1649-1652, 1654, 1662		1999	10.6m	Dennis	Trident 3	Walter Alexander ALX500	Cummins M11 305 hp	Voith D863.3	Hanover Displays Yellow	Sold to MTR in 2005, renumbered 701-747.