page_title: Volvo B9TL
section_title: Kowloon Motor Bus
hierarchical_section_title: Volvo B9TL / Asia Pacific / Hong Kong / Kowloon Motor Bus
caption_attribution_description: English: The "Red Bus 2.0" is finally put into service on this "π day", or "White Day". No need to call the "Longhair" because the font size of its LCD display has been enlarged.
context_page_description: The Volvo B9TL is a low-floor double-decker bus built by Volvo from 2002 until 2018. It superseded the Volvo Super Olympian and the Volvo B7TL. The 2-axle version has been superseded by the Volvo B5TL in 2014 and the 3-axle version has been superseded by the Volvo B8L in 2018.
context_section_description: A Volvo B9TL prototype with a Volgren CR223LD was delivered to Hong Kong in July 2003 for Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) as a demonstrator for the Eco-Driveline concept. It was put into service in April 2004 and currently registered as MF5119.
  In early 2004, a Volvo B9TL prototype with a facelifted version of the TransBus Enviro500 body arrived in Hong Kong. It had a slightly different front and rear design, and its rear route box was moved beneath the upper deck rear window. After TransBus International was renamed Alexander Dennis in May 2004, it became the only TransBus Enviro-series bus with a non-Dennis chassis.
  Later in the same year, a Wright-bodied B9TL prototype was also delivered. The rear design of its Wright body was different from that of the Wright-bodied Volvo Super Olympian, with the number plate moved beneath (and a little to the right of) the rear route box.
  In 2005 KMB ordered 63 B9TL chassis with Wright bodywork and 50 with Enviro500 bodies. The Wright-bodied buses entered service between 2005 and 2006, and the Enviro500-bodied buses entered service in late 2006/2007. These were followed by another 35 buses with Enviro500 bodywork, they entered service in 2007/2008.
  In 2009, KMB ordered a further 175 Wright Eclipse Gemini 2 bodied B9TLs which have begun delivery as of early 2010. These were followed by an order for a further 115 Wright-bodied B9TLs in 2010. All these buses entered service between 2010 and 2012.
  A 10.6-metre 2-axle B9TL was put into service by KMB in 2010. It was equipped with a Volvo D9B-310 engine and a ZF EcoLife 6AP1403B gearbox.
  Starting from June 2017, some of the new B9TLs were painted with the new livery of red and sliver stripes, with the motto "Heartbeat of the City" shown on the top of the vehicle. The last Wright-bodied 12-metre B9TL was put into service in August 2019.
  KMB ordered three Gemilang bodied B9TLs in 2017. They were registered in September 2018 and entered service in March 2019.
  As of July 2020, there are 953 Volvo B9TLs in service with KMB.
caption: KMB's Gemilang-bodied Volvo B9TL on its first day of service
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