Scania K94
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The Scania K94 is a rear-engined bus built by Scania of Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

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It could be built as a coach
Coach (vehicle)
A coach is a large motor vehicle, a type of bus, used for conveying passengers on excursions and on longer distance express coach scheduled transport between cities - or even between countries...

 (the K94EB/K94IB) or intercity bus (the K94IB), but one example of the low-entry citybus version (the tri-axle K94UB, also known as the K94UB6x2/4) was produced in 2000.

In Hong Kong, the K94UB has been fitted with a Volgren
Volgren
Volgren is an Australian bodywork company previously owned by Volvo and the Grenda Corporation but is now entirely owned by the latter. It was established in 1977, initially supplying bodywork for Volvo buses sold in Australia, and later supplying bus bodywork on all types of chassis for both local...

 12m double-deck bodywork and is currently in operation with Citybus
Citybus (Hong Kong)
Citybus Limited is one of the three major bus operators in Hong Kong. It provides both franchised and non-franchised bus service. The franchised route network serves mainly Hong Kong Island, cross-harbour routes , Ocean Park, North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport...

 in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. It is equipped with a 260hp 6-cylinder Euro III engine (which was uprated to 300hp before entering service) and a hydraulically (ZF - RAS) steered tag axle in front of the drive axle.

In Sydney, Australia, Transdev TSL (Shorelink) and Comfort Delgro Cabcharge operates a fleet of K94UBs, with Volgren CR228L or Custom Coaches CB60 bodies. They're powered by a Scania 230hp 5 cylinder engine.

The Scania K94 was superseded by the 5th generation K-series
Scania K-series
Scania K-series is a series of bus with longitudinally, straight-up mounted Euro IV engine at the rear. For the 5- and 6-cylinder engines Scania is using exhaust gas recirculation system to fulfill the legal Euro IV emission standard...

 which has a Euro IV engine.
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