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It was owned and operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) until 2007. Rapid transit services, a light rail system, feeder bus routes within Hong Kong, and intercity passenger and freight train services to China on the KCR network, have been operated by the MTR Corporation since 2007.
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation was created in December 1982 after the government decided to corporatise its railway department. Until 2007, the KCRC owned and operated a network of heavy rail, light rail and feeder bus routes within Kowloon and the New Territories. It was also a land developer by utilising its property development ...
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) is, according to the provisions of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance (Cap. 372), authorised to operate bus services within the North-west Transit Service Area (TSA), [7] and is also allowed to charge fares from passengers of such service. [8]
The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving Hong Kong.Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus services, centred around a 10-line rapid transit network, serving the urbanised areas of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon, and the New Territories.
The following is a list of current franchised bus routes in Hong Kong, sorted according to bus companies. All current franchised bus routes are operated by air-conditioned buses only and fares are paid through flat fares. Note that Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and New Territories and Lantau Island have their own, separate route numbering systems.
The operations of the territory's two leading railway companies, MTRC and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), were merged in 2007 on grounds of economies of scale and cost effectiveness. [citation needed] The Hong Kong Government has an explicit stated [clarification needed] transport policy of using railways as its transport ...
In addition to the 98 metro stations listed on this page, the MTR system also consists of 68 light rail stops and one high-speed rail terminus in the city. [ 1 ] The current system was formed after the merger with the Kowloon–Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, when the operations of the East Rail line , the West Rail line , the Ma On Shan ...
These are the four franchised bus companies in Hong Kong: [2] Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited; Kowloon Motor Bus. Mainly provides service in Kowloon and New Territories, operating about 400 routes with about 3,850 buses. Some of them are cross-harbour routes, either solely operated or jointly operated with Citybus. Citybus Limited; Citybus