China : Shenzhen Buses and Coaches November 2007

A quick day trip into Shenzhen from Hong Kong using the then newly opened Shenzhen Bay Port accessed by an impressive new bridge across the Pearl River. The main purpose of the visit was the catch the last of the Siu King Eagle rebodied Daimler Fleetlines operating on the service 226 between the Zoo Park and Red Bay. These are most interesting rebuilds, the chassis having been converted from Hong Kong right hand drive to Chinese left hand drive; the semi automatic transmission is retained but via a push button control rather than the traditional SCG type of gate and lever. Most importantly, these final few survivors sounded like Fleetlines; the last few retired early in 2008.

A selction of the other fleets serving the massive conurbation of Shenzhen are also included.