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A new style of minibus stops seen on Robinson Road in the Mid-levels of Hong Kong. The public light bus (PLB) or minibus is a public transport service in Hong Kong.It uses minibuses to provide quicker transport and to serve areas that standard Hong Kong bus lines cannot reach as efficiently.
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 first residential bus route was route 88R from City One Shatin to Kowloon Tong station (it was then renumbered 62R). From c. 2003, the route numbers have been changed to prefixes "HR", "KR", and "NR". They stand for Hong Kong Island residential bus routes, Kowloon residential bus routes and New Territories residential bus routes respectively.
The Transport and Highways departments say the railings are critical “to regulate and guide pedestrians for road safety and traffic management purposes.” [50] Hong Kong's high population density makes pedestrian mobility complicated and the railings offer a clear distinction between the automobiles and walkers. [51]
As of 2023, there are four privately owned bus companies providing franchised bus services across Hong Kong, operating more than 700 routes with some 5,800 buses. Hong Kong is one of the few cities in the world that bus services are not operated or owned by the Government. [2] These are the four franchised bus companies in Hong Kong: [2]
The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes, with over 4,000 buses - mostly double deckers - and 420 routes. [4] It is a subsidiary of Transport International.
MTR Bus (legally Northwest Transit Service Area Bus Service) is a public non-franchised bus service in Hong Kong operated by the MTR Corporation, serving the northwestern part of the New Territories. It comprises a network of 22 feeder bus routes for the convenience of passengers using the MTR rapid transit network, providing access to and ...
The remaining 88 routes were opened up for tender. CMB, KMB and Citybus joined in the tender; however it happened to be New World First Bus (NWFB), a completely new bus operator in Hong Kong formed by a joint venture between New World Development and FirstGroup, which won the tender in the end. At midnight on 1 September 1998, CMB ceased to ...