Yutong City Master

The Yutong City Master is a 2011 model of low-floor double-decker bus that was first designed for JSP Skopje, the public company which has operated bus routes in Skopje since 1948. The bus design is in a "retro" style, similar to London's AEC Routemaster. A total of 220 have entered service.

Yutong City Master
Double-decker buses specially designed for Skopje public transport
Overview
ManufacturerYutong
Production2010–present
AssemblyZhengzhou, China
Body and chassis
ClassComplete bus
Body styleDouble-decker city bus
Double-decker open-top bus
Doors1 or 2
Floor typeLow floor
RelatedAEC Routemaster
Dimensions
Length11.8 m (38 ft 9 in)
Width2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
Height3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
A Yutong City Master cabriolet bus operating in Guangzhou, China

On 14 April 2010, the government of the Republic of Macedonia ordered 202 double-decker buses from the Chinese manufacturer Yutong, worth 35.5 million euros.[1][2]

The first 68 transit buses were put into service on 6 September 2011.[3] The total number of the buses increased to 220, including 15 cabriolet buses with removable roofs for tourists. The cost of the project is over €41 million, which was paid by the Macedonian government.[4]

Some City Masters also appear in some cities in China such as Guangzhou and Jiangmen.[5][6]

Design

The buses are designed in a "retro" style, similar to Leyland Titans, the former London double-decker buses previously used in Skopje. Hundreds of London buses were purchased by the Yugoslavian government in the 1950s and used in Skopje until the 1963 Skopje earthquake in which 80% of the city's infrastructure was destroyed.[7][8][9]

The prototype bus appeared on the streets of Skopje on 1 March 2011.[10][11]

The buses are powered by an American Cummins diesel engine manufactured in the UK, with high quality ECO 5. The framework is made in Germany, only the chassis is made in China.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Ambassador Dong attended Yutong's signing ceremony of producing bus for Macedonia". Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of North Macedonia. 15 April 2010.
  2. "Macedonia buys double deckers from China". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 April 2010.
  3. "68 Yutong double deckers arrive in Macedonia". Yutong.
  4. "Skopje prepares for Double-Decker Buses".
  5. "Guangzhou No.1 Bus Company Y3-3361". Flickr. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
  6. "江门新双层 英伦风再临" (in Chinese). 13 April 2014.
  7. "BRITISH BUSES IN SPLIT, CROATIA". Classic Buses.
  8. "Spirit of the Routemaster lives on in the heart of Macedonia".
  9. "Double-decker buses in Skopje, ca. May 1954". University of Massachusetts Amherst.
  10. yutong.com
  11. "Double Decker Bus for Skopje". AP. 2 March 2011.
  12. "MACEDONIA: London's famous bright red Leyland double decker buses were a common sight in Skopje's streets until an earthquake in the 60s destroyed most of them, now a new fleet is bringing some flair back to the city's streets". Reuters. 28 September 2011.

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