Satisfied with the trial, SBS ordered 200 Leyland Atlanteans in 1978. Half of this intake were fitted with a Metal Sections body by Soon Chow and the other half an Alexander L body by SBS Woodlands Depot. They were deployed on the roads in between 1979 and 1980 and all units were retired by 1993. All 100 of the Alexander-bodied buses were sold to Citybus of Hong Kong for use on Network 26 and 37 of the Metal Sections-bodied buses to Shanghai, China, where they would continue revenue service. The Citybus' buses would be refitted with a modified Alexander R front and served as the bulk of their training fleet. These buses were scrapped by the mid 1990s, with a handful sold to South Africa. although one of them (Citybus fleet number A633) was a rare survivor and underwent restoration works in mid-2019.