Horizon Group

Horizon Group is a Hong Kong-based bus company/franchise that operates in two fictional maps. The company was once related to Sunshine Express as both are also under FWWS Production, one of the largest workshops in Hong Kong, until the eviction of SE in 2020. The company currently operates in the Sunshine Islands, one of Roblox Hong Kong's most popular maps. However, it operated in the City of George from March 2018 to May 2022.

Horizon Group is unique in a way where operations are subdivided by district (Horizon George and Horizon Sunshine Islands), which are transit agencies in their own right.

History
Horizon Group was founded in March 2018 following the merger of two smaller agencies -- String Bay Transit from City of George and Fung Shing First Bus (FSFB) from Tung Shing City. The company started out by retaining the routes held by its predecessors, along with the buses that were part of them. Today, the company still operates most of the routes it inherited. At the time, the company operated Volvo Olympians, Youngman JNP6120s and the MAN NL262.

In mid-2018, Horizon began operations in the Sunshine Islands, the only other map where it operates. Horizon mostly operates services in Zone 6 and 7 and it is responsible for all routes in the former. Consequently, the island in that zone was named after it. Horizon Group does operate some Zone 7 services in partnership with City Scape Bus.

In April 2020, Horizon Group put Volvo B10TLs in service for its Sunshine Islands services to cope with high ridership on routes 360 and 370 as part of a special event. These buses were pulled after a few weeks of service in May 2020 but were supposed to be transferred to their City of George division. However, the company had refurbished some of them for future use in the Islands as of late 2021.

In early 2021, Horizon added the Alexander Dennis Enviro200 to its Sunshine Islands bus fleet as part of service expansion. These buses were particularly ordered for route 673, as with a single door, they can stop in places where it is not possible to unload with a rear door. They can also be run on express services with limited stops. These buses feature a working kneeler which can be engaged/disengaged when the parking brake is deactivated. Around the same time, Horizon added Dennis Trident #335 to the City of George fleet in response to popular demand.

In March 2021, for historical interest, Horizon refurbished its Volvo Olympians and returned them to service in City of George after many years of absence. These buses have helped prevent monotonous bus fleets within the map with the retirement of older models from Transport for George-operated companies. Unlike other buses in public service, these did not have fleet numbers.

Unlike other bus companies, Horizon has not been seeking to expand to other maps and gain a large fleet.

In April 2022, Horizon Group tested hovercraft technology on some of its AES-class Enviro200s for Sunshine Islands' April Fools event.

Effective May 2, 2022, Horizon Group now solely operates within the Sunshine Islands after City of George was closed, which meant that Horizon George has shut down. The company still has not announced plans to operate in another map at the time of editing and is likely to consolidate the entire fleet in the Sunshine Islands for now.

In June 2022, Horizon Group purchased an Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC for testing and began operating it in West Door, complete with new branding. This could possibly mean a future map expansion for the company and allow it to possibly reassign former City of George vehicles to this new contract.

On June 20, 2022, Horizon Group stated that it had acquired a contract in West Door, taking over airport bus service from TaYLAS Transit, using a fleet of 2022 model ADL Enviro500 MMCs (airport services generally require the newest models available). Buses entered service the same day at 12:01 am Hong Kong Time, using a mix of newer buses from the City of George fleet and the ADL E500s as the latter are still in the process of being delivered.

Fleet
Horizon Group operates a varied fleet of buses; most of which are smaller vehicles due to it having mostly lower ridership routes. Consequently, the fleet today is mostly single deck buses.

Vehicles Available for the public
Vehicles listed in this table are available for the public to spawn - you are not required to be in the group to drive these buses.

Admin Buses

 * Dennis Dart (DD1-2)- DD1 retired
 * Dennis Trident LH (336)
 * Volvo B10TL "Super Olympian" (VSOS class)
 * Volvo B8L (VBWL class)
 * MAN A95

Retired

 * MAN NL262
 * Youngman JNP6120