Cancellation of three special bus routes serving Tseung Kwan O

Three special bus routes - the peak service 298B [Hang Hau (North) - Wong Tai Sin], morning special trips of route 93A from Po Lam to Kwun Tong MTR Station and morning special trips of route 98A from Kwun Tong MTR Station to Hang Hau (North) will be cancelled next Monday (16 September) as planned due to substantial passenger diversion to the railway.

Announcing the cancellation today (September 12), a spokesman for the Transport Department said: "Since about 80 per cent of Tseung Kwan O (TKO) residents are within walking distance to MTR TKO Line stations, the need for taking bus services from TKO has reduced."

"It is observed that more bus passengers have made the mode shift at peak hours in the past few weeks," he added.

Passengers of route 298B may make use of the existing bus-bus interchange scheme of route 98A [Hang Hau (North) - Ngau Tau Kok MTR Station] at Kwun Tong Road to interchange routes 3D [Kwun Tong (Yuet Wah Street) - Tsz Wan Shan (Central)], 11B [Kwun Tong (Tsui Ping Road) - Kowloon City Ferry] and 11D [Kwun Tong Ferry - Lok Fu] to Ngau Tau Kok or Kowloon Bay, and route 11C [Chuk Yuen Estate - Sau Mau Ping (Upper)] to Wong Tai Sin. A discount of $2.7 (non air-conditioned bus) and $3.5 (air-conditioned buses) is offered on the second leg of the journey for passengers using Octopus and use the above interchange arrangement. Passengers may also consider taking MTR or NT GMB Route 102B (Yuk Ming Court - Choi Hung) to Choi Hung, or NT GMB route 102 (Hang Hau MTR Station - San Po Kong) to Wong Tai Sin.

Passengers of the morning special trips of route 93A and morning special trips of route 98A may take the regular routes 93A and 98A respectively to their desired destinations.

Notices will be put up at all bus stops along the route for passengers' information.

Passengers can approach TD on telephone number 1878 218 or KMB on 2745 4466 for bus route information.

End/Thursday, September 12, 2002