For record, Kuala Lumpur (1948) was 29 years ahead of Singapore (1977) in introducing double-deckers bus. The earliest recorded use of double-deckers by Malayan bus companies was in Kuala Lumpur (part of Selangor at that time) in 1948 when the Toong Fong Omnibus Co. acquired two Park Royal-built Guy Arab IIIs at a cost of M$40,000 each (British-Malaya Dollar); the General Transport Company (GTC) followed by acquiring Park Royal-built AEC Regent IIIs. While the buses saw service for over a decade, all of them were taken out of service for a variety of reasons and were never replaced with new double-deckers; the buses were often obstructed by narrow streets, trees, low bridges, and increasing overhead wires, while passengers eventually favoured staying on the lower deck of the bus; the cost of operating the buses was also higher. One Toong Fong double-decker was burned in 1952 by communist insurgents in Sungei Besi, while the remaining double-decker were ultimately disused by the mid-1960s due to age. The successor of the GTC, Sri Jaya or later SJ Kenderaan , experimented with a reintroduction of double-deckers in 1989 by leasing a Singapore-assembled, 102-seat Leyland Olympian for use within Kuala Lumpur for 6 months, but found that street conditions were problematic as before and discontinued the use of the bus after the trial. In 2006 Cityliner (Park May and later KTB Group) bought 4 Scania K124- 420 for KL - Klang route but also discontinued. In George Town, Penang, five retired AEC C1-type double-decker trolleybuses were procured in 1956 by the George Town Municipal Council (GTMC) from London Transport as an experiment for the possible use of double-decker buses in George Town. Poor performance results and the advancing ages of the buses, coupled with efforts by the new Municipal Council to replace the entire trolleybus fleet with single-deck diesel-powered buses in the 1960s, led to the withdrawal of the only electric double-deck buses.
Welcome back British or England made bus. In the past we started in early 30's with many of their brand. So many names like Austin, AEC (DD bus), Guy Arab (DD bus), Vulcan, Trojan, Dennis, Albion (later Leyland), BMC, Commer, Bedford, Ford, Fargo and my all time favourite Seddon. By early 80s they have gone and replaced by Indian (Tata), Japanese (Hino and NIssan and few Isuzu) and ever popular Mercedes Benz (since 1950s). p/s Yes we do have Dennis brand in early 50s but not DD bus.
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For record, Kuala Lumpur (1948) was 29 years ahead of Singapore (1977) in introducing double-deckers bus. The earliest recorded use of double-deckers by Malayan bus companies was in Kuala Lumpur (part of Selangor at that time) in 1948 when the Toong Fong Omnibus Co. acquired two Park Royal-built Guy Arab IIIs at a cost of M$40,000 each (British-Malaya Dollar); the General Transport Company (GTC) followed by acquiring Park Royal-built AEC Regent IIIs. While the buses saw service for over a decade, all of them were taken out of service for a variety of reasons and were never replaced with new double-deckers; the buses were often obstructed by narrow streets, trees, low bridges, and increasing overhead wires, while passengers eventually favoured staying on the lower deck of the bus; the cost of operating the buses was also higher. One Toong Fong double-decker was burned in 1952 by communist insurgents in Sungei Besi, while the remaining double-decker were ultimately disused by the mid-1960s due to age. The successor of the GTC, Sri Jaya or later SJ Kenderaan , experimented with a reintroduction of double-deckers in 1989 by leasing a Singapore-assembled, 102-seat Leyland Olympian for use within Kuala Lumpur for 6 months, but found that street conditions were problematic as before and discontinued the use of the bus after the trial. In 2006 Cityliner (Park May and later KTB Group) bought 4 Scania K124- 420 for KL - Klang route but also discontinued. In George Town, Penang, five retired AEC C1-type double-decker trolleybuses were procured in 1956 by the George Town Municipal Council (GTMC) from London Transport as an experiment for the possible use of double-decker buses in George Town. Poor performance results and the advancing ages of the buses, coupled with efforts by the new Municipal Council to replace the entire trolleybus fleet with single-deck diesel-powered buses in the 1960s, led to the withdrawal of the only electric double-deck buses.
rapidKL using Toll Plaza? 😮
Welcome back British or England made bus. In the past we started in early 30's with many of their brand. So many names like Austin, AEC (DD bus), Guy Arab (DD bus), Vulcan, Trojan, Dennis, Albion (later Leyland), BMC, Commer, Bedford, Ford, Fargo and my all time favourite Seddon. By early 80s they have gone and replaced by Indian (Tata), Japanese (Hino and NIssan and few Isuzu) and ever popular Mercedes Benz (since 1950s). p/s Yes we do have Dennis brand in early 50s but not DD bus.
U80
Singapore have this bus model too
it seems like they have the seats out of old smrt busses
Did he redline the engine?
I hope so
It’s really weird having Euro 3 this bus not 6
Because their euro emission standards is Euro 2 or Euro 3, I think by now their emissions should be around Euro 4 to Euro 6
awesome...
wow the sound is difrennt than smrt door closing chime
Looks Like From Hong Kong KMB But Look Like NLB
cummins sound was nice like a ship
wah somemore got seat ditector. COOL
8U🚌
Y not invest in euro 6 emission busses for greener KL....it's a great move
There are Cummins ISL8.9e5340B with Voith DIWA 864.5D4，Euro 5 Engine
Exact identical of SMRT doubledeck buses
wah u go kl
The bus just like Hong Kong！！
Is euro v
no its euro 3
Dah biase naik brt
this bus also got wifi
Euro 5 not Euro 3
no is euro 3
original from smrt buses in singapore
from same bus coach build... Alexander Dennis
how to ride the bus anyway? i waited at the bus station but rapid kl wont stop? can anyone teach me ? lol
The bus stops are kinda messed up
Pasar. Ka
wow the sound is difrennt than smrt door closing chime