Service change of bus routes 93M, 98A and 292P

The Transport Department (TD) today (October 24) announced the following route changes to be implemented next Monday (October 28):

Route 93M [Po Lam - Lam Tin MTR Station] will run from Po Lam at 6.50 am, 7.10 am and 7.30 am from Mondays to Saturdays. No service will be provided on Sundays and public holidays. The routeing will be kept unchanged.

Passengers of route 93M may make use of the TKO Line or NT GMB Route 17 (Tsui Lam - Lam Tin MTR Station) to Lam Tin. Passengers may also make use of the existing bus-bus interchange scheme of routes 93A [Po Lam - Kwun Tong Ferry], 95M [Tsui Lam - Kwun Tong (Elegance Road)], 98A [Hang Hau (North) - Ngau Tau Kok MTR Station] to interchange route 16M [Kwun Tong (Yuet Wah Street) - Lam Tin (Hong Wah Court)] to Lam Tin. A discount of $2.7 (non air-conditioned buses) and $3.5 (air-conditioned buses) is offered on the second leg journey for passengers using Octopus and use the above interchange arrangement.

Route 98A morning special trips [Hang Hau (North) - Kwun Tong MTR Station] will be operated from Hang Hau (North) at 7.00 am, 7.20 am, 7.40 am and 8.00 am to Kwun Tong MTR Station via Chung Wa Road and Hang Hau MTR Station Public Transport Interchange instead of Chiu Shun Road and Ngan O Road from Mondays to Saturdays. At the same time, route 98A evening special trips [Kwun Tong MTR Station - Hang Hau (North)] will be cancelled as planned due to substantial passenger diversion to the rail. Passengers of the evening special trips of route 98A may take the regular route 98A to their desired destinations.

Route 292P [Sai Kung - Kwun Tong (Yue Man Square)] will operate one departure from Sai Kung at 7:30 a.m. only from Mondays to Saturdays (except public holidays).

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, October 24, 2002