New Bus Milestones To meet the operation of 88 franchised bus routes in Hong Kong since September 1 of 1998, NWFB had made an order on 500 new bus from Dennis Specialist Vehicles and Volvo. The company had materialized its Promise in the early of March 2000 on the purchasing plan of 500 new air-conditioned buses. The 500 new buses are distributed as follow: #1001 - #1190 Dennis Trident 12metres / Walter Alexander ALX500 bodywork #1401 - #1430 Dennis Trident 11.3metres / Walter Alexander ALX500 bodywork #1601 - #1662 Dennis Trident 10.6metres / Walter Alexander ALX500 bodywork #2001 - #2042 Dennis Dart SLF 10.7metres / Plaxton Pointer II bodywork #2061 - #2094 Dennis Dart SLF 10.1metres / Plaxton Pointer II bodywork #3001 - #3062 Dennis Trident 12metres / Duple Metsec DM5000 bodywork #3301L - #3340L Dennis Trident 10.3metres / Duple Metsec DM5000 bodywork #5001 - #5040 Volvo Super Olympian B10TL 12metres / Walter Alexander ALX500 bodywork In the mean time, NWFB had advertised some milestones with the use of panel advertisement on certain type of new bus. The photos are as follow: