Template:Did you know nominations/Citybus Route 12A

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Citybus Route 12A

... that route 12A of Hong Kong bus operator Citybus was its first franchised bus route?

Source: [1] (中巴上世紀八十年代停辦12A線後，此路線在1991年由城巴重新開辦，成為城巴首條專營巴士路線，打破市區近60年來僅由兩間專營巴士公司提供服務的格局。After CMB stopped operating route 12A in the 1980s, Citybus reintroduced the route in 1991. It became Citybus' first franchised bus route, and broke the duopoly in the franchised bus market which had been present in the city area for nearly 60 years.)

ALT1: ... that after bus route 12A on Hong Kong Island was withdrawn in 1989 due to declining ridership, other bus routes in its sector were unable to cope with demand? Source: References 7, 8 & 9 in article
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Comment: Would appreciate if anyone can come up with other alternative hooks as well.

Moved to mainspace by S5A-0043 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 9 past nominations.

The hook doesn't really seem all that interesting to a broad audience, or at least those who aren't bus fanatics. Can a different hook be proposed here? I took a look at the article but nothing stands out. Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 10:38, 19 January 2025 (UTC)
- Well, I thought this hook would work because the DYK for this article on Chinese WP managed to get through on the same fact. I added ALT1 to see if the contrast between "declining ridership" and "unable to cope with demand" could work. Also the "Island" in HKI needs to be there because there's another bus route also called 12A in Kowloon. S5A-0043🚎^{(Leave a message here)} 08:45, 20 January 2025 (UTC)

I propose this hook is at least slightly more interesting:

ALT2: ... that a bus monopoly on Hong Kong Island was broken by Citybus Route 12A?

Jno.skinner (talk) 06:48, 21 January 2025 (UTC)

Works for me too. S5A-0043🚎^{(Leave a message here)} 14:36, 24 January 2025 (UTC)