日野 Liesse Hino Liesse

日野 Liesse Hino Liesse

繼一九九六年成功取得兩份 RK1MMKA及HT2MLCL購車合約，日野於二零零零年再一次從澳巴手上取得購車訂單，供應二十架Liesse小型巴士。全數Liesse型號為KK-RX4JFKA，跟較早時引進的HT2MLCL一樣都是於日本日野車廠裝嵌完成，先運抵香港再轉運到澳門。而全數驅動組合當然亦是日野原廠產品，包括引擎及全自動波箱。

比對隊中早已出現的日產Civillian及豐田Coaster，日野為澳巴提供的小型巴士有著不少優勝的地方。首先，傳統小型巴士傾向是前置引擎設計，但日野Liesse則跟傳統城巿巴士一樣，引擎放置於車尾，除了改善車廂空間，更重要前門可以安排於前軸前面，更加方便實施一人控制模式，大大減低車長工作壓力。而雙門配置早已成為小型巴士於澳門公共巴士巿場中，標準的設計，在這批Liesse車身設計上亦不例外，但第二道車門則以中門形式出現。另外，日野Liesse小型巴士車身較一般的小型巴士高，提供足夠空間讓乘客站立，這是過去澳巴車隊中小型巴士無法所提供的。全數日野Liesse可載客三十七人，雖然較豐田Coaster多出兩人，但座位數目不及Coaster，只得十七個，不過擁有較寬敞車廂，乘客可以得到一個較舒適的車程。

有感這批小型巴士表現出色，澳巴再次增購小型巴士時亦不作他想，於二零零三至零四年再分兩個批次購入共十八架Liesse，型號屬KK-RX4JFEA，外觀上基本上沒有太大分別，只是中門較第一批Liesse為闊，而這批巴士所配用的引擎亦符合歐三排放標準。憑藉相對高載客量及短小車身，日野Liesse主力行走途經路線充滿狹窄街道的17及18路線，直到二零一一年八月一日兩線分別交由新福利及維澳蓮運營運為止。同一時間，由於首批Liesee未能符合新巴士營運模式下的廢氣排放要求，因此同日宣告退役，加上因交通意外退役的同型車輛，澳巴目前只有十五架Liesse，主要用於行走往返山頂醫院的6號線。

In 2000, Hino successfully gained purchasing order of 20 Hino Liesse minibuses from TCM after supplied Hino RK1MMKA and HT2MLCL full-sized single decker in 1996. The model of this batch Liesse is KK-RX4JFKA and liked the HT2MLCL, they were completely built-up in Japan and the delivered to Macau via Hong Kong. All of them powered by a engine and fully automatic gear box from Hino.

The Hino Liesse is superior to Toyota Coaster and Nissan Civillian in providing a much comfortable journey. At first, traditional minibuses mainly is front-engined while Liesse is rear-engined, as a result entrance can be located in front of the front axle, beside the driver. This made Liesse more suitable for One-Man-Operation. In addition, benefited from a much spacious cabin and sufficient headroom, more standees can be accommodated and hence, all Liesse can carry 2 more passengers than Toyota Coaster with 17 seatings with 20 standees. The bodywork of Liesse is dual-door designed with the exit located at the centre.

Since their good performance, a further 18 Hino Liesse were introduced between 2003 and 2004 and the model for second batch is KK-RX4JFEA. This batch of Liesse featured with a wider centre exit and they are powered by a Euro 3 Hino engine. TCM deployed the Liesse minibuses on route 17 and 18, serving along narrow streets and with high demand until 1, Aug., 2011, when the new bus operation mode implemented. The first 20 Hino Liesee retired since 1 Aug., 2011 as they cannot comply with the emission standard and afterwards only 15 Liesse left and can be easily found on route 6 running between Hospital S.Januario and Iao Hon.

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