Volvo B9TL
Photographs of 2-axle B9TLs are sorted into the following sub-entries:
Volvo B9TL Demonstrator in London (1
page)
Citybus Wright Eclipse Gemini II bodied
B9TL (1 page)
Delaine East Lancs bodied B9TLs (1
page)
First Bus Wright Eclipse Gemini bodied B9TLs
(1 page)
Kowloon Motor Bus Wright Eclipse Gemini
II bodied B9TL (2 pages)
The Big Bus Company Optare
Visionaire bodied B9TLs (1 page)
Photographs of 3-axle B9TLs are sorted into the
following sub-entries:
AVD1 - The first Kowloon Motor Bus
B9TL (1 page)
AVBWU1 - The first Kowloon Motor Bus
Wright bodied Euro 5 B9TL (1 page)
Kowloon Motor Bus Year of the Dragon Bus
(1 page)
Kowloon Motor Bus Year of the Rabbit Bus
(1 page)
Kowloon Motor Bus Year of the Tiger Bus
(1 page)
Kowloon Motor Bus Wright bodied
B9TLs (4 pages)
Kowloon Motor Bus Alexander
Dennis Enviro 500 bodied B9TLs (3 pages)
Long Win Bus Alexander bodied B9TLs (1 page)
SBS Transit Comfort Delgro bodied
B9TLs (20 pages)
Interior details of a SBS Transit Comfort Delgro bodied
B9TL (1 page)
SBS Transit Wright bodied
B9TLs in the first batch (7 pages)
SBS Transit Wright bodied
B9TLs in the second batch (2 pages)
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The B9TL was the successor for 3-axled B10TL (Super Olympian) and 2-axled B7TL. The design of B9TL was modified from the B10TL (Super Olympian). A 9-litre engine and ZF 6-speed transmission is used to reduce the fuel consumption. Kowloon Motor Bus purchased more than 300 buses. The first bus was bodied by Volgren and delivered in 2003. It entered service in April 2004.
SBS Transit purchased 200 B9TLs fitted with Comfort Delgro bodies. They were the first double deckers of the company with assigned wheelchair area. In 2010, they purchased 350 more Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied buses.
The 2-axle and 3-axle B9TL were also popular in United Kingdom. They were used as city buses and open top sight-seeing buses.
In 2010, two 2-axled B9TLs were delivered to Kowloon Motor Bus and Citybus respectively.
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Page created: 23 May 2004
Last updated: 29 January 2012