Omsi 2 tour (745) Sydney bus 135 Quarantine Station - Manly - Warringah Mall @ Dennis Dragon 澳洲 悉尼

Map:http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/f... Bus: http://aussiex.org/forum/index.php?/f... (you need to logon to the forum Sydney Buses Network (operated by State Transit)Route 135 - North Head to Warringah Mall North Fort Museum, Manly stop 209577 11:54 … 13:54 … 15:54 … North Head, opp Q Station, Manly stop 209515 11:57 12:57 13:57 14:57 15:57 16:58 Darley Rd near Manly Hospital, Manly 4 stops stop 209584 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:01 East Esplanade Stand A, Manly 6 stops stop 209579 12:07 13:07 14:07 15:07 16:07 17:07 Condamine St near Sydney Rd, Balgowlah 3 stops stop 209316 12:14 13:14 14:14 15:14 16:14 17:13 Condamine St near King St, Manly Vale 5 stops stop 209319 12:20 13:18 14:18 15:18 16:18 17:17 Pittwater Rd near Warringah Mall, Brookvale stop 2100111 12:24 13:22 14:22 15:22 16:22 17:21 Warringah Mall Set Down, Brookvale stop 210040 12:26 13:24 14:24 15:24 16:24 17:23 The Dennis Dragon (also sold as the Dennis Condor) was a 3-axle double decker bus manufactured by Dennis in England between 1982 and 1999 The Dennis Dragon was named "Dragon" because they were designed for Kowloon Motor Bus. In Chinese, Kowloon means "nine dragons" and it is an area in Hong Kong, so the name "Condor" was adopted for China Motor Bus' "Dragons" to avoid "naming for an opponent company". All were built for the overseas market, although some were later repatriated.[1] Dennis had registered the Condor name in the 1950s for a lightweight haulage chassis. Dennis Dragon 9.9m (also known as the Baby Dragon) in Kwun Tong in October 2006 The Dennis Dragon/Condor chassis was developed from 2-axle Dennis Dominator, with two separate wheels fitted in front of the rear axle (auxiliary axle was fitted since 1986). It was fitted with both Gardner or Cummins engines coupled to a Voith or ZF gearbox.. The Cummins engine was initially available as an option, but it gradually replaced the Gardner engine as standard All Dennis Dragons/Condors, except four out of five prototypes, were fitted with Duple Metsec bodywork. In Hong Kong, this made Dennis Dragon/Condor easy to differentiate because most of the other bus models at the same period (such as Leyland Olympian, Volvo Olympian, Scania N113, etc.) were bodied with Alexander bodywork. Hong Kong Kowloon Motor Bus In 1982, Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) purchased three 12 m non air-conditioned Dennis Dragons with Alexander bodywork for evaluation. KMB purchased 188 Duple Metsec bodied 12 metre Dennis Dragons. These had three doors (one for boarding and two for alighting). Between 1986 and 1994, KMB purchased the first of 370 11 metre non air-conditioned Dennis Dragons for the bus services of New Territories. Fifty had a closed back, which was originally reserved for installation of air-conditioning, but this was never fitted. All of the buses were withdrawn in 2012 In 1990, KMB purchased an 11-metre air-conditioned Dennis Dragon for testing. In following years up to 1999, KMB introduced totally 765 air-conditioned Dennis Dragons, including 235 9.9 metre buses, 360 11 metre buses and 170 12 metre buses.[2] All of the 11-metre Dennis Dragons were withdrawn in 2015. The remaining Dennis Dragons will be retired by 2017 HACTL[edit] In early 1996, Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (HACTL) received four Dennis Dragons for use as staff buses. They were similar with Citybus's 12-metre Dragon in appearance but with no route indicators and narrower seats were fitted so as to increase the seating capacity. All these buses were acquired by New World First Bus after HACTL ceased to operate its staff bus routes in September 1999. They re-entered service in 2000. Magic Bus Duple Metsec bodied Dragon in Manchester in March 2008 In 1992, Stagecoach introduced ten Dennis Dragons in Malawi. The company also introduced twenty Dennis Dragons in Kenya between 1995 and 1996. Later, all the Dennis Dragons in Kenya were shipped back to England and allocated to Stagecoach Manchester's Magic Bus fleet. They re-entered service between 1998 and 2000 where they would stay in service with the company until 2010.