【Duple Metsec Dennis Trident 3】893 Back on the Road!! Cummins Diesel roars to life!

【Duple Metsec Dennis Trident 3】893 Back on the Road!! Cummins Diesel roars to life! Voith Diwa transmission!
Interior and exterior walk around of former Hong Kong Citybus fleet 893 , 2002 Dennis Trident 3 Duple Metsec DM5000 Double Decker Bus.
Full cab cam of drive from Dunedin City to Otago Heritage Bus yard in Mosgiel. Impressive Cummins Diesel engine and Voith Diwa transmission sounds!!
【Bus】
2002 Dennis Trident 3
Headfirst Travel Fleet: 893
Previously Citybus (Hong Kong)Fleet: 893
Engine: Cummins ISMe335-30 (Euro 3)
335 hp.
Transmission: Voith DIWA 4 speed automatic.
Integrated retarder.
Seats: 75
Doors: 2
Height: 4.17m
Length: 10.5m
Width: 2.5m
Chassis built by: Dennis Specialist Vehicles. (Guildford, England) for Hong Kong services.
Bus body DM5000 built by: Duple Metsec Bus & Coach (West Midlands, England) for Hong Kong services.
【Headfirst Travel】
Headfirst Travel are a Dunedin based transport, tourism and travel company. They specialise in event transport, charter and sight seeing tours. Driver/Guides are great story tellers and they have a versatile and interesting fleet of buses including 5 double deckers ! Headfirst Travel. ‘Bringing Alive Local Legends’
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【Otago Heritage Bus Society】
Otago Heritage Bus are a non-profit community group who aim to preserve, restore and operate buses and coaches of national or regional significance. The vehicles are restored, maintained and operated almost entirely by volunteers.
If you are thinking of hiring a unique bus for your function, special occasion or event, why not choose a heritage bus from the Otago Heritage Bus Society's collection?
You will be helping us restore New Zealand's road transport past as well as adding a unique twist to your event.
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[@Paco_Gaepedores]

These buses were originally owned by New World First Bus (NWFB) with a white and orange paintjob. They used to run service between Central and The Peak in Hong Kong Island. You may notice the height of the bus is slightly shorter than normal double deckers, that's to compensate the roads near The Peak. Just before retirement, some of them were transferred to Citybus and is painted with a yellow livery (Just like 893) and run service between Hong Kong Island and New Territories. Would love to see her get repainted with the original NWFB livery. Well done sir 👍 Long live the Trident ❤

[@calvinracinglovedrift]

And now the New World First Bus (NWFB)will all become to the city bus in Hong Kong in 1/7 because City Bus was acquisition the NWFB and they will Merge to be the City Bus😢

[@lorrainemcmahon969]

Best British bus engineering ever .

[@MarkedRecon]

I always ride these tridents in hong kong and its a nostalgic memory for me since these are now retired

[@busdrivernick]

Hi 👋, I’m glad you enjoyed a trip down memory lane 🙂

[@kml62004]

Cummins ISME335 has the best engine sound ever 😍

[@E233ful]

Fun fact: Actually the body was produce by Transbus. This is because when these low height Trident was put in order, Duple Metsec already closed and been bought by Transbus, but Alexander (which also bought by Transbus) do not have a low height body design for HK market, so they just took out the drawing of these DM5000 body and build it in Alexander factory. Glad to see a special build old Trident bus from HK get preverse in Australia.

[@busdrivernick]

Hi , thanks, actually we are in New Zealand 🇳🇿 not Australia

[@angus6a]

Love this bus.❤️ I used to ride it when it was serving in Hong Kong

[@nathanaelsliferecords6850]

Nice to see it back on the road!! 😍😍

[@ATE_Lover]

Love the sound on this bus

[@larry4022_hk]

The engine sound is pretty good!

[@hinsonbob8876]

These buses are my favourite cuz it sounds are very cool especially the kickdowns and screaming when brakes.

[@terrychingyuencheung2665]

Thanks for sharing the video. Lovely sound that recalls my memory of taking the Tridents for school picnic on Hong Kong Island. Good old days.

[@busdrivernick]

Hi Terry , no worries, I am really glad you enjoyed it and it brought back some nice memories for you 🙂. Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@kmbtransport3821]

wow, this is so cool

[@jeremypoon7091]

Thanks for the vid Nick, brings back all the childhood memories riding Tridents to school! Maybe one day I'll have to cross the Tasman to see it

[@busdrivernick]

Hi Jeremy , no worries mate, I am glad you enjoyed the video. If you are ever over this way, message me and I will see what I can arrange.

[@tr_nt.]

Tridents used to be one of the most common bus types in the UK (specifically the Trident 2) and I've always wanted to ride one of the HK ones but I never could before they were withdrawn, I'm glad ones been saved from becoming razor blades and bean cans!

[@AVBE27_ivysoo]

Wow this bus is so beautiful

[@KannasLacvui_from_mentaiko]

Finally it can be run on roads again!!! Well when I’m watching this video I can already grab some memories back during the time when I onboard 893 in HK.

[@busdrivernick]

🙂 must be vey Nostalgic, it’s got a new life in Dunedin, NZ now 👍🏻

[@wanniechan]

I love Dennis Trident

[@themoderndaytravelnerd2694]

Great video as always Nick. The trident II is my personal favourite, especially the Enviro400. My personal preference for an engine/gearbox combo has always been the 6.7 Cummins ISBe I6 250hp fitted with the ZF ecolife 5/6 speed.

[@volvo903]

Watching the video, it just reminds me all the good old days I had with these trident. Hope I can have a ride on that once more! That for your reservations for that 😊

[@busdrivernick]

Hi Dennis, thanks for watching, if your in Dunedin NZ , message me and I will see what I can do 🙂

[@ph89787]

Nice. KMB, CityBus, New World First Bus and Long Win Bus use to operate tonnes of these buses. My favourite livery from these buses are the red, yellow and gold from the CityFlyer services to and from the airport.

[@funglokhin]

Hongkong Old CTB bus. ❤. I live in hongkong. And i remember seeing these bus in Tung Chung Depot. And the engine sound. Fantastic

[@busdrivernick]

Hi @RookieFromRoblox . So much fun to drive too!! Thanks for watching.

[@avbwu291]

This video recalls my memory, I miss the Dennis trident very much! It is great to see the trident is preserved in a good condition

[@busdrivernick]

Glad you enjoyed it! , and it brings back memories for you .

[@wv3933_photography]

Voith Trident 👍👍👍

[@franciswadsworth6735]

Think you put 2002 dennis trident bus, but anyway good to see you saved this lovely old Hong Kong citybus

[@CRHshutter]

Trident is so good

[@callumdelaney7884]

This sounds ver similar to a Dennis dart but then again it is a Cummins engined sounds really good that sounds it doesn’t miss A Beat as it goes along

[@999silverhk]

From HK ❤❤❤

[@jtjaydentransport5967]

so good

[@VictorSiu-it2ed]

Glad to see she is still healthy to run

[@busdrivernick]

Drives very nicely and sound s great 😊

[@SBS2824Cc]

Voith is damn solid

[@busdrivernick]

Yep 👍🏻 and they sound great too!

[@user-yh2zh2tm6e]

sir , i am from hk, very happy to see this video because I love bus, especially the retired buses . i hope to c u driving volvo olympian, many thx on it.

[@busdrivernick]

So nice of you

[@user-yh2zh2tm6e]

@@busdrivernick u bought one super olympian ?

[@WN_5530]

I like Dennis trident , but I like Alexander Trident more then Duple trident

[@hatita73]

Nice video, Nick!! We have several Dennis buses here in the Netherlands (some regions) too (single deck) though don't know if we ordered new ones yet..Take care and kind regards from The Netherlands, Harald

[@busdrivernick]

Hi Harald, thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it 🙂 Getting less over here too . More Volvo, MAN and Scania

[@WN_5530]

Now, Duple Dennis Trident are all retire in hong kong

[@busdrivernick]

It will be sad to see them go I’m sure

[@ewhxproduction2454]

These tridents (not specifically 10.3 metres) used to be the workhorse for hong kong All bus companies from hong kong began retiring them since 2012. 893 is one of the last Tridents for citybus and nwfb group. Despite not being the last trident, they've been the heart and soul for route 88R for citybus and route 15 for NWFB. After retirement, normal people may think they're worth nothing but they sit somewhere in our hearts. Glad it has found a new life outside hong kong.

[@busdrivernick]

Hi 👋 thank you , and nice words, they are a special bus and glad that this one can carry on it s new life 👍🏻

[@jaxonkennedy543]

Once again, another very intervesting video of yours! This is one of my favourite buses in Dunedin at the moment, and I particularly like the sound of that Cummins engine. The bright coloured livery definitley makes this model stand out compared to most of Dunedin's fleet, which generally have more standard colours. Will this bus be used for transporting cruise ship passengers from Port Chalmers, because it has a decent amount of seats and looks very presentable for the tourists?

[@busdrivernick]

Thanks Jaxon. Glad you enjoyed it mate, good fun to drive too 👍🏻

[@jtjaydentransport5967]

there is have a red hand break there when stop can use it

[@SBS2824Cc]

Hi im curious how is like to be preserving a retired bus . Like things that come to my mind are storage issues and overall maintenance of the bus itself. For storage wise is the bus yard like a shared communal parking space between other bus owners and is it safe to be parked without any security issues. For spare parts are they difficult to find in NZ ? After all they are more than 20 years old . How was the exporting process like for the bus ? Hope ya can reply :)

[@simonflaherty983]

Great looking coach still prefer the roar off the MCD coach

[@busdrivernick]

Thanks Simon , I haven’t had the pleasure of driving an MCD unfortunately, hope to get the opportunity one day 🙂

[@leyland205olympian2]

I'm wondering if there are any latest news on the Volvo B12s that were sold to NZ by CityBus in 2001, they were beasts!

[@busdrivernick]

Hi @leyland205olympian2 I am not sure 🤔 in that . Thanks for watching

[@Tristan-benge]

Has it been registered for nz road now

[@KCRC_YELLOW_HEAD]

Hey you can actually see that there is a sticker that writes city bus and one of your videos I saw there is a driver card holder you can actually put your some sort of cards

[@michaelhcwang1982]

This Bus new in New World First Bus

[@bughisingh4149]

is Hong Kong bus citybus

[@Chairrrr.]

Noo way, it's still in service in the UK?!?!

[@busdrivernick]

Gidday and thanks for watching. No it’s in Dunedin, New Zealand 🇳🇿

[@Chairrrr.]

@@busdrivernick Ohhhhhhhhh

[@britishrailclass]

Hopefully you do a tour to the UK and meet another well known Hong Kong bus preservationist Dave Rogers!

[@NoodleBuses]

What was the top speed you drove it at? It definitely seemed more than 70km/h as HK only allows a top speed of 70km/h for buses

[@busdrivernick]

Hi Noodle Buses . Approx 90km

[@CoasterTurbo]

Actually you forgot to mention this Trident is a 10.3M low bridge with 4.19M tall, specially designed for Route 15 to the Victoria Peak in Hong Kong, equipped with the 11 liter ISM335 engine makes this the most powerful double decker ever made After 2008 Tridents changed the engine to the 8.9L ISL340 and it's nowhere near the power of ISM The driver's cockpit is already tight with the DM body and this low bridge version makes it even worse with little headroom

[@buscaptainKW_Kwanyinlam2111]

Length only 10.3m!

[@mazda159786cct]

If citybus volvo b12 can to driver to highway! the very good.

[@kwokalan4508]

Is the highest speed still limited at 70km/hr or released?

[@busdrivernick]

Released

[@user-do5ck6ps1h]

This is Hong Kong citybus

[@lollo0996]

4:22

[@alvincxtse8411]

I hope you will buy another retired buses from Hong Kong

[@suvangamingrblx1055]

He should buy 8101

[@suvangamingrblx1055]

Or maybe 4011

[@kmb2e]

Height of these buses are not complying NZ 4.25m limit

[@user-tv3tr5xt7p]

It looks like Hong Kong bus

[@busdrivernick]

Yes it was 🙂👍🏻

[@user-us7rz8df1q]

Hk Bus

[@tlrchk2302]

Hong Kong citybus