Hong Kong bus route numbering
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In Hong Kong, public bus, public light bus (also known as green minibus) and residential bus routes bear their own route numbers.
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[edit] Public Buses
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, KCR Feeder Bus routes, Cross harbour bus 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.
At the past, the air-conditioned bus routes are numbered as 200's (Kowloon and New Territories) and 500's (Hong Kong Island). However, this identification became void because many previously non-air-conditioned bus routes have been converted to air-conditioned.
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.
Please note that the "A" for KCR Buses stands for auxiliary routes, not airport routes.
[edit] Public Light Buses
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 are no public light bus in Airport or on Lantau Island. 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.
[edit] Residential Buses
Residential bus routes are the routes which are requested to operate by the residents or estates community. At 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 (MTR) (it was then renumbered 62R). From c. 2003, the route numbers have been changed as prefix "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.
[edit] Route numbering system for public buses
[edit] 3 digits
- 100's: Cross-Harbour Tunnel routes
- 200's & 500's: Some air-conditioned bus routes
- 300's: Some peak-hour only cross-harbour routes / Hong Kong Island recreational or special bus services
- 600's: Eastern Harbour Crossing routes
- 700's: Some Island Eastern Corridor routes / NWFB West Kowloon or Tseung Kwan O routes
- 800's: Sha Tin Racecourse routes
- 900's: Western Harbour Crossing routes
[edit] Alphabet prefix
- Prefix A: Airport deluxe bus routes (except KCR Feeder Bus route A73, which is an auxiliary route)
- Prefix E: North Lantau external bus routes
- Prefix K: KCR Feeder Bus routes
- Prefix M: Some bus routes that are terminated at Airport Express station
- Prefix N: Overnight bus routes
- Prefix P: North Lantau peak-hour only route P21
- Prefix R: North Lantau recreational bus routes (for Hong Kong Disneyland)
- Prefix S: Airport shuttle bus routes
- Prefix T: Recreational bus routes (T stands for tourists)
- Prefix X: Express routes for special services
[edit] Alphabet suffix
- Suffix A, B, C, D, E, F: Conventional routes
- Suffix K: Mainly connecting to KCR East Rail stations
- Suffix M: Mainly connecting to MTR stations
- Suffix P: Most are peak-hour only routes (except KMB 8P, 276P , NWFB 8P, 18P and Long Win Bus A41P , which are for whole day service)
- Suffix R: Recreational bus routes
- Suffix S: Peak-hour only routes or special services (except NWFB 796S , which are for whole day service)
- Suffix X: Buses using highways or express services
[edit] Brief list
| Public buses | Public light buses | Residential buses | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong Island | Central and Western District, Wan Chai District, Eastern District | 1-29 (except 4, 6, 7, 9, 14), 80-89, 380-389, 500-529, 720-729, 780-789, M722 | 1-69 | HR36, HR41-77 |
| Southern District | 4, 6, 7, 9, 14, 30-79, 90-99, 260, 309, 314, 315, 347, 590-599, M49, M590, X49 | |||
| Kowloon | Urban Kowloon | 1-29, 200-229, 701-705, K16 | 1-81 | KR21, KR22, KR41, KR42 |
| New Territories (or traveling between Kowloon and New Territories) | Kwai Chung, Tsuen Wan, Tsing Yi | 30-49, 230-249, 848 | 46M, 47M, 80-99, 301-313, 401-410, 481, 482 | NR30-49, NR301-332, NR401-412 |
| Tuen Mun | 50-69, 250-269, 868, 869, 506, A73, K1X, K2P, K51, K52, K53, K58, K65, K66, K68, K73, K74, K75, K75P, K76 | 40-49, 140-142 | NR70-79, NR700-758 | |
| Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai | 30-39, 70-79, 601-611, 616 | NR90-99, NR901-956 | ||
| Tai Po | 70-79, 270-279, 872, K12, K14, K17, K18 | 20-26, 28 | NR50-59, NR501-528 | |
| North District | 50-59, 501 | NR10-19, NR101-114 | ||
| Sha Tin, Ma On Shan | 80-89, 272K, 272S, 280-289, 885, 886, 887, 888, 889, 891, K11 | 27, 60-69, 801-811 | NR60-69, NR80-89, NR801-833 | |
| Sai Kung, Tseung Kwan O | 90-99, 290-299, 790-799, 893 | 1-19, 101-111 | NR20-29, NR201-NR214 | |
| Cross harbour bus routes | Cross-Harbour Tunnel routes | 100-199, 301, 305, 336, 807 | Using numbers for Hong Kong Island or New Territories | Using numbers for Kowloon or New Territories |
| Eastern Harbour Crossing routes | 302, 307, 373, 600-699, 802, 811 | |||
| Western Harbour Crossing routes | 373A, 900-999, X962 | |||
| Lantau Island and Airport routes | South Lantau routes | 1, 4, N1 | / | / |
| Ngong Ping (Po Lin Monastery) routes | 2, 21, 23, 1R | / | / | |
| North Lantau internal routes | 34, 36, 37, 38, N38 | / | / | |
| Serving between North Lantau / Airport and South Lantau | 3, 3M, 11, A35, N35 | / | / | |
| Airport deluxe bus services | A10, A11, A12, A21, A22, A31, A33, A35, A41, A41P, A43 | / | DB02R | |
| Airport shuttle routes | S1, S52, S52P, S56, S56P, S64, S64P | / | / | |
| North Lantau external routes | Prefix E, prefix N, P21 | / | / | |
| North Lantau recreational routes | R8, R8A, R11, R21, R22, R33, R42 | / | / | |
| AsiaWorld-Expo special services | X11, X22, X33, X35, X41 | / | / | |
| Discovery Bay routes | / | / | DB00R, DB01P, DB01R, DB02R, DB03R |
