金龍XMQ6103G A/T Kinglong XMQ6103G A/T

金龍XMQ6103G A/T Kinglong XMQ6103G A/T

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由八十年代尾日本產品主導，到九十年代尾大量引進歐洲廠家產品，新福利車隊就是經過這樣的轉變，在引進歐洲巴士差不多十年之後，新福利車隊的來源地又有所改變，並寫下澳門公共巴士服務的歷史，五架來自廈門的金龍XMQ6103G A/T城巿巴士，於二零零五年登陸澳門，為日後澳門引進國產巴士打開序幕。國產巴士之所以能成功進入澳門公共巴士巿場，背後原因主要因為澳門賭權開放，以及澳門歷史城區被列入世界文化遺產名錄，進一步吸引遊客訪澳，雖然提供更多發展機會予巴士公司，但另一方面，面對來自賭場專車及旅遊車爭奪員工下，為了維持服務及控制成本，昔日以小型巴士提供頻密班次的服務模式，被視為不合時宜，於是引進大容量的巴士，便成為出路。

在新福利引進這批金龍同時，尚在接收新訂購的亞歷山大丹尼士飛鏢，兩款巴士比較上來，金龍巴士備有相近機械配搭，康明斯引擎(但是由中國東風生產)，Allision波箱，以及同樣由主引擎驅動的開利超卓空調系統，不同的是，金龍巴士設計上仍是流於傳統，登車需要拾級而上，而飛鏢早已經是低地台設計，乘客上落車時毋須攀爬任何梯級。而金龍巴士可取的地方相信是售價，這對要嚴格控制成本的新福利而言，是一個非常重要因素，而且除了售價方面，由國內把巴士經陸路運到澳門，對比由歐洲大陸作起點以海路運送，所需要的費用及時間都有可觀的差距。

五架金龍巴士投入服務後主要行走1A，3，34路線，而隨後主要行走33路線，金龍巴士憑著可以運載六十七位乘客，比對昔日的三菱及平治小巴，對疏導這條行走氹仔及澳門的主幹路線的龐大客量起了重要作用。隨著金龍巴士在澳門有不錯的表現，國產巴士逐漸成為新福利車隊重要成員，不同的是，新福利採購的巴士不再是由廈門金龍廠房生產，而是由同屬廈門金龍汽車集團份有限公司，位於蘇州的金龍聯合汽車工業(蘇州)有限公司製造的海格巴士，至於這五架廈門金龍一直行走至二零一一年七月，因不符合政府主導的新巴士營運模式下的排放標準，而退出新福利車隊，值得一提是，儘管新福利早已在大型巴士上廣泛應用電子路線箱，但全數金龍一直維持傳統牌布展示路線資料。

The fleet of Transmac was dominated by Japanese products in 1980s and then the invasion of European buses during late 1990s, since 2005, we saw another significant change in Transmac fleet, the first China made bus both in the fleet and Macau public bus market. In 2005, Transmac introduced 5 Kinglong XMQ6103G A/T full-sized single decker from Xiamen, indicated the coming of the era of Chinese public buses served in Macau. Bus operators in Macau benefited from the growth of the gambling industry and the tourists, they also faced harsh competition on recruiting sufficient staff with casinos and tour company.

Providing frequent service with minibuses was considered inefficient on controlling operation costs and maintaining the service standard, and acquired more full-sized single deckers were resulted. The Kinglong of Transmac first introduced is powered by a Dongfeng Cummins engine with an Allison fully automatic gearbox. All of them are air-conditioned by Carrier-Sutrak roof-mounted unit. The Kinglong showed some resemblance with the MCV bodied Dennis Dart SLF instead of they are step-entrance. To go one step further, the selling price and delivery costs were much lower than Dennis Dart as Kinglong was built in the mainland, an attractive factor for Transmac turning to China made buses afterwards.

Route 1A, 3 and 34 was the first batch of routes served with Kinglong XMQ6103G A/T and then all of them were arranged on route 33 to cater the great demand of this Macau and Taipa trunk route, with their capacity of 67 passengers carried which was much higher than those minibuses. As their satisfactory performance, more purchasing orders for China made buses were made, but this time, the order went to Higer, manufactured by King Long United Motor Industries (Suzhou) Co. Ltd., another company under Xiamen King Long Motor Group Co. Ltd.

After the implemented of the new bus operation mode in Aug., 2012, all Kinglong XMQ6103G A/T were withdrawn due to they cannot meet the emission standard and before their retirement, none of them are fitted with electronic route display.

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