Yutong City Master

{{Short description|Chinese low-floor double-decker bus}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}

{{Infobox automobile

| name = Yutong City Master

| image = Yutong_City_Master_(SK_9734-AC)_JSP_(1).jpg

| caption = Yutong City Master in Skopje, North Macedonia

| manufacturer = Yutong

| assembly = Zhengzhou, China

| production = 2010–present

| class = Complete bus

| body_style = Double-decker city bus
Double-decker open-top bus

| doors = 1 or 2

| floortype = Low floor

| related = AEC Routemaster

| length = {{convert|10.6|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| width = {{convert|2.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

| height = {{convert|4.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

}}

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The Yutong City Master is a low-floor double-decker bus that was first designed for JSP Skopje, the public company which has operated bus services in Skopje since 1948. The bus is designed in a "retro" style reminiscent of London Transport's AEC Routemaster. A total of 217 City Masters, including 15 open-top buses, were built for use in Skopje.{{cite magazine |author= |date=8 March 2022 |title=Skopje's 'Routemasters'|url=https://cbwmagazine.com/skopjes-routemasters/ |magazine=Coach & Bus Week |location=Peterborough |access-date=8 March 2022}}{{subscription required}}

On 14 April 2010, the government of the Republic of Macedonia ordered 202 double-decker buses from the Chinese manufacturer Yutong, totalling €35.5 million.{{Cite web |url=http://mk.chineseembassy.org/eng/xwdt/t704196.htm|title=Ambassador Dong attended Yutong's signing ceremony of producing bus for Macedonia|date=15 April 2010|work=Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the Republic of North Macedonia }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/business/macedonia-buys-double-deckers-from-china-20100417-sl04.html|title=Macedonia buys double deckers from China|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=April 17, 2010}}

The first 68 City Masters were put into service in Skopje on 6 September 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://men.yutong.com/pressmedia/yutongnews/2011/28852.html|title=68 Yutong double deckers arrive in Macedonia|work=Yutong|access-date=17 January 2021|archive-date=21 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121045320/https://men.yutong.com/pressmedia/yutongnews/2011/28852.html|url-status=dead}} The total number of the buses increased to 217, including 15 open-top buses with removable roofs for city sightseeing services. The cost of the project was over €41 million, which was paid by the Macedonian government.{{cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/skopje-prepares-for-double-decker-busses|title=Skopje prepares for Double-Decker Buses|work=Balkan Insight|date=12 August 2011 }}

Some City Masters were also built for service in Chinese cities, including Guangzhou and Jiangmen.{{Cite news|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/hhhumber/35908566271/|title=Guangzhou No.1 Bus Company Y3-3361|work=Flickr|access-date=16 August 2017|language=en-us}}{{Cite web|url=https://superyhk.hatenablog.com/entry/2014/04/30/000000|title=江门新双层 英伦风再临|date=2014-04-13|language=zh|url-status=dead|access-date=16 January 2021|archive-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511132117/http://superyhk.hatenablog.com/entry/2014/04/30/000000}}{{better source needed|date=March 2022}}