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Hong Kong bus route numbering

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A bus route sign at the Repulse Bay Beach Stop (淺水灣海灘), with both Citybus and NWFB routes shown

In Hong Kong, public bus, public light bus (also known as green minibus) and residential bus routes bear their own route numbers.

Public buses

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The numbering systems of public buses can be classified into Hong Kong Island routes, Kowloon and New Territories routes, Lantau Island (New Lantao Bus) routes, MTR Bus routes, cross-Harbour routes and Airport and North Lantau external bus routes. Their route numbering systems are independent. For example, there are both route 1, and route 2 on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and Lantau Island respectively.

In the past, the air-conditioned bus routes were numbered as 200's (Kowloon and New Territories) and 500's (Hong Kong Island). However, this identification became void after they phased out all the non-aircon buses; since then, bus routes have used the old numbers.

At one time, there were two "N11" bus routes in Tung Chung, namely, Airport overnight route N11 and Lantau Island overnight route N11. The latter is no longer in service.

Public light buses

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The numbering systems of public light bus (green minibuses) are classified into Hong Kong Island public light bus routes, Kowloon public light bus routes and New Territories public light bus routes. There is one public light bus route operating in Airport/Lantau Island (901).[1] Their route numbering systems are independent too. However, for cross harbour public light bus routes, the route numbers from Hong Kong Island or New Territories are used instead.

Residential buses

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Residential bus routes are the routes which are requested to operate by the residents or estates community. In the past, the route numbers are with a suffix "R". 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. There is no residential bus services on Lantau Island (except Discovery Bay) and the Airport. Cross-harbour bus routes uses KR and NR services.

Route numbering system for public buses

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Route Classification Routes Operators
2-digit Numbering in Hong Kong and "5xx" (Fully air-con bus routes before 1999) Citybus
x1-x29 Original Hong Kong Island
x30-x39 Southern District (Pok Fu Lam)
x40-x49 Southern District (Kellett Bay)
x50-x59 Western District (Mount Davis)
x60-x69 Southern District (Repulse Bay, Stanley)
x70-x79 Southern District (Aberdeen, Wong Chuk Hang)
x80-x89 Eastern District (Chai Wan, Siu Sai Wan)
x90-x99 Southern District (Ap Lei Chau)
2-digit Numbering in Kowloon/New Territories and "2xx" (Fully air-con bus routes before 2008) Kowloon Motor Bus
x1-x29 Kowloon
x30-x39 Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan
x40-x49
x50-x59 Tuen Mun, Yuen Long
x60-x69
x70-x79 North District, Sheung Shui
x80-x89 Sha Tin
x90-x99 Sai Kung
2-digit Numbering in Lantau Island New Lantao Bus
1-9
10-19 Fully Air-Conditioned Bus Routes
20-29 Ngong Ping
30-39 Tung Chung
3-digit Numbering
1xx Cross-Harbour Tunnel routes Citybus, Kowloon Motor Bus
260 Recreational route in Hong Kong Island. Citybus
3xx Peak-hour only cross-harbour routes (except for 307) and recreational routes in Hong Kong. Citybus, Kowloon Motor Bus
38x Recreational routes in Hong Kong Island Citybus
4xx Unused.
58x Routes operated by Citybus in Kowloon/New Territories. Citybus
6xx Eastern Harbour Crossing routes Citybus, Kowloon Motor Bus
70x Citybus routes in West Kowloon Citybus
72x Island Eastern Corridor routes Citybus
78x Island Eastern Corridor routes Citybus
79x Citybus routes in Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O Citybus
8xx Sha Tin Racecourse routes Kowloon Motor Bus
9xx Western Harbour Crossing routes Citybus, Kowloon Motor Bus
North Lantau Bus Routes (Using A, E, N, NA, R, S and X)
0x Citybus and Long Win Bus jointly operate short-distance/shuttle routes
1x to Hong Kong Island Citybus
2x to Kowloon/Tseung Kwan O Citybus
3x to New Territories West Long Win Bus
4x to New Territories East Long Win Bus
5x Shuttle Service Citybus
6x Shuttle Service Long Win Bus
Prefixes
A Airport deluxe bus routes [2][3]
B Border routes
Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point routes B1
Shenzhen Bay Control Point routes B2, B2P, B2X, B3, B3A, B3M, B3X
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge routes A10, A11, A12, A17, A21, A22, A23, A25, A26, A28, A29, A30, A31, A32, A33X, A34, A35, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A46, A47X, Prefix NA, B4, B5, B6, N35
Heung Yuen Wai Control Point routes 79K, B7, B8, B9
DB Discovery Bay Bus Service
E North Lantau external bus routes[4][3]
H Citybus Rickshaw Sightseeing Bus routes
K MTR Bus (formerly KCR Feeder Bus) routes
M Some bus routes that are terminated at an Airport Express station
N Overnight bus routes
NA Overnight Airport deluxe bus routes
P City Direct bus services.
R Recreational bus routes (for Hong Kong Disneyland / Marathon)
S Airport shuttle bus routes[5][3]
T Special express routes for relieving rail services: T74, T270, T277
W Routes that terminates at West Kowloon Highspeed link station: W2, W3
X Express routes for special services
Y Typhoon-only temporary bus routes (Y41)
Suffixes
A, B, C, D, E, F Conventional routes
H Hospital routes
K Routes that connect to the Tuen Ma Line or East Rail Line.
M Routes that connect to MTR Urban Lines.
P Peak hour-only routes (except KMB 8P, 40P, 276P, Citybus 8P, 796P, Long Win Bus A41P and New Lantau Bus B2P, which are whole-day services)
R Recreational bus routes
S Peak-hour only routes or special services
X Express services
Rail Bridging Services
500 - 599 Light Rail
600 - 699 Light Rail
AE Airport Express
D Tuen Ma Line
E East Rail Line
H Island Line, previously those from Hong Kong Station
K Kwun Tong Line, previously those from Kowloon Station
East Rail Line
M Tuen Ma Line (Ma On Shan)
P Tuen Ma Line (Tsuen Wan and Kowloon)
S South Island Line
T Tsuen Wan Line
TE Tung Chung Line and Disneyland Resort Line
TKL Tseung Kwan O Line
W Tuen Ma Line

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "New Territories GMB Route 901 | www.16seats.net".
  2. ^ "Route Introduction - Airport". lwb.hk. Long Win Bus Co. Ltd. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Cityflyer Route". nwstbus.com.hk. Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Route Introduction - External". lwb.hk. Long Win Bus Co. Ltd. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Route Introduction - Shuttle". lwb.hk. Long Win Bus Co. Ltd. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
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