Hong Kong Bus Day
Sunday 2nd of February
The Sydney Bus Museum continues its annual Hong Kong Bus Day event during the Lunar New Year featuring our popular Hong Kong buses, operating the CBD 456 Service to and from the Museum to the Town Hall in Park Street (Stand H) outside Hungry Jacks.
How to Ride the HK Buses
BY BUS
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Catch the HK Buses from the City! You can catch one of our vintage buses from the CBD at Town Hall. Our services depart from Park Street Stand H every half hour.
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FROM THE MUSEUM
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Make your own way to the Museum in Leichhardt. Parking is available at the top of William Street, a minute's walk from the Museum.
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Route 437 and 440 buses operate from the City, and stop at the Pioneers Memorial Park, just down the road.
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Tickets can be purchased at the Museum entrance when you arrive!
MCW Metrobus CMB ML1
ML1 was the first tri-axle double decker bus delivered to Hong Kong in 1982. Built by Metro-Cammell Weymann (MCW) in the UK, who would supply China Motor Buses (CMB) with 84 of these 12 metre long "Super-Metrobuses" between 1982 and 1988.
These buses were intended to help deal with the rising population of Hong Kong, transporting people on cross harbour tunnel services linking Hong Kong with the Kowloon Peninsula.
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Withdrawn in 2000, it was purchased by Ensignbus UK, who shipped ML1 to Sydney for charter work for the 2000 Olympics. In 2005, ML1 was purchased for restoration and donated in 2018.
MERCEDES 0305 KMB ME30
ME30 was delivered to Kowloon Motor Buses (KMB) in 1985, and was one of the first buses delivered to a franchise operator after import restrictions limiting companies to only Commonwealth suppliers were lifted. It and 40 others were used on high demand routes, and later on routes to Yuen Long due to their high horsepower.
Withdrawn in 2002, ME30 was purchased by an Australian enthusiast and shipped over in 2009, being donated to the SBM in 2020.