Citybus In December 1997,
Citybus introduced a solitary
Australian-built MAN 24.350 bus with
Volgren CR221LD bodywork. This bus remained unique in Citybus fleet and was withdrawn in 2015 due to engine failure and lack of spare parts.
Cancelled order In 1998, Citybus ordered a number of MAN 24.310 buses with
Berkhof/
Volgren CR223LD bodywork after the trial of its MAN 24.350. However, in early 1999,
Transport Department of Hong Kong set quota on the number of buses owned by Citybus, and therefore the order was cancelled involuntarily. At that time, construction of 32 Berkhof-bodied buses and 2
Volgren CR223LD-bodied
buses had been completed, so MAN had to find buyers for these buses. Finally, one Berkhof-bodied bus was retained by MAN for testing, and the others were sold for operations in Hong Kong.
Kwoon Chung Motors In 1999, Kwoon Chung Motors, a
coach and rental bus operator in
Hong Kong, took one of the Berkhof-bodied MAN 24.310 that had been built for Citybus and the bus entered service in 2000. The bus was primarily used on worker services (for staff working at some of the companies at the
Hong Kong International Airport). But during rush hours, it could be seen allocated to
New Lantao Bus, (a subsidiary of Kwoon Chung), routes in
Tung Chung. This bus was retired and stored in July 2015.
Kowloon Motor Bus Kowloon Motor Bus took delivery of the other 32 MAN 24.310 buses from the Citybus order. The 30 buses with Berkhof bodywork entered service in 2000. The 2 buses with
Volgren CR223LD bodywork, which had been stored in Volgren's facility at
Perth,
Australia, entered service in 2002. Later, KMB ordered 15 MAN 24.310 buses with
Volgren CR223LD bodywork. They had the staircase moved forward, had yellow instead of red handrails and no seats were fitted above the front wheels. They entered service in 2002. All of these 47 buses were allocated to
Tuen Mun Depot and mainly ran on express routes serving
Tuen Mun,
Tsuen Wan,
Kwai Tsing Districts and
Kowloon. The buses have reached 16 to 18 years of age in 2018, KMB has withdrawn all of the buses from service. ==United Kingdom==