Information About Bus

Franchised





CityBus is one of the franchised bus operators on Hong Kong Island. It operates 111 bus routes, including 62 Hong Kong Island routes, 31 cross-harbour routes, and 18 routes to Tung Chung/Airport. Fares range from $2.5 to $10.6 for Hong Kong Island routes and $3.5 to $48 for Shuttle, External and Airport routes. In 2006, Citybus had 909 licensed buses, which carried about 569,000 passengers a day.



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The New World First Bus Services Limited (NWFB) operates 53 Hong Kong Island routes, 8 Kowloon and Tseung Kwan O routes and 33 cross-harbour routes. Fares for Hong Kong Island routes range from $3.0 to $11.6 and Kowloon and Tseung Kwan O routes range from $3.2 to $7.5. In 2006, NWFB had 694 licensed buses, which carried 501,600 passengers a day.



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The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) operates 322 bus routes in Kowloon and the New Territories and 62 routes on cross-harbour services. Fares for urban routes range from $2.4 to $11.2, and for New Territories routes, from $1.6 to $38.
With a licensed fleet of about 4,000 buses (as at 31 December, 2006), mostly double-deckers, KMB is one of the largest road passenger transport operators in southeast Asia. In 2006, the total licensed fleet carried 2.76 million passengers a day.



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Long Win Bus Company Limited provides franchised bus services to north Lantau and the Airport. It operates 18 routes with a fleet of 153 air-conditioned buses. The average daily patronage is about 73,000 passengers in 2006. Fares range from $3.5 to $28.









The New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited operates 22 routes on Lantau Island and the fares range from $3 to $40.0. As at 31 December 2006, the fleet comprises 83 single-deck buses and carries an average of 39,000 passengers daily. The greatest traffic occurs during summer and on Sundays and public holidays due to recreational demands.



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Non-Franchised
The role of NFBs is to supplement the mass carriers. The supplementary role of NFBs include:




(a)
relieving heavy demand on the franchised bus and green minibus services primarily during the peak hours; and

(b)
filling gaps of passenger demand which cannot be met viably by the regular public transport services.
Based on the above criteria, NFBs are to provide tailor-made service to specific groups of passengers. As at 31 March 2006, there were 7,145 registered non-franchised public buses in the territory.

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