Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited

Group of Routes Number of
routes operated		 Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2006)
Kowloon Urban 32 (0) 2.40 - 5.90
Kowloon Urban Express 2 (0) 4.70 - 6.20
Kowloon Urban Coach or Air-conditioned 40 (0) 2.70 - 11.20
NT Urban 51 (0) 2.40 - 11.20
NT Rural 5 (0) 2.50 - 4.00
NT Express 2 (0) 5.30 - 14.50
NT Coach or Air-conditioned 199 (1) 1.60 - 38.00
NT Special 8 (0) 4.00 - 15.50
Cross Harbour 64 (0) 8.10 - 34.20
Total 403 (1)  

Note : Figures in brackets denote new routes introduced in 2006

Vehicles (registered as at 31 December 2006)

Configuration/class/(code) Passenger Capacity Number

i) Rear-engined double-deck three-axle
Volvo Super Olympian LF 12 metre (air-con) (3ASV) 130/132 492
Metro-Cammell-Waymann "Metrobus" 11.0m M(S3M) 143 13
Dennis "Dragon" 11 metre (S3N) 143 149
Dennis "Dragon" 11 metre (air-con) (AD) 119/135/136/141 357
Leyland "Olympian" 11 metre (S3BL) 142/143 71
Leyland "Olympian" 11 metre (air-con) (AL) 120/132 149
Dennis "Dragon" 10 metre (air-con) (ADS) 104/114/117 235
Scania N11B DRB 11.5 metre (air-con) (AS) 123/125 22
Volvo "Olympian" 11.3 metre (air-con) (AV) 124/131 530
Volvo "Olympian" 12 metre (air-con) (3AV) 137 348
Volvo "Olympian" 11 metre (S3V) 141 30
Dennis "Dragon" 12 metre (air-con) (3AD) 134 170
Dennis "Trident" 12 metre (air-con) (ATR) 126/131/133/134/135 391
Neoplan SLF 12 metre (air-con) (AP) 126/128/129 161
Dennis "Trident" 10.6 metre (air-con) (ATS) 110/111 150
MAN 12 metre (air-con) (AMN) 118/122 47
Volvo Super Olympian LF 10.6 metre (air-con) (ASV) 109 100
Dennis "Trident" Enviro500 12 metre (air-con) (ATE) 124 271
Volvo Wright Body 12 metre (air-con) (AVW) 121 100
NEO-MAN 12 metre (air-con) (APM) 122 1
Volvo B9TL Enviro 500 12 metre (air-con) (AVBE) 122 13
Volvo B9TL Wright Body 12 metre (air-con) (AVBW) 123 64
Volvo B9TL Volgren Body 12 metre (air-con) (AVD) 128 1
Dennis "Trident" Enviro500-Euro IV 12 metre (air-con) (ATEU) 124 1

ii) Standard single-deck buses
Dennis Lance (air-con) (AN) 65/78 15
Dennis Dart (air-con) (AA) 53/54/60/61/65 56
Mitsubishi MK117J (air-con) (AM) 45 84
Total   4021

Vehicle kilometres operated

  2005
('000)		 2006
('000)		 % Change
Recreation and special services 7067 7035 -0.5
Urban Kowloon Routes 45285 45005 -0.6
New Territories/Rural 21261 21165 -0.5
New Territories/Urban 228463 226242 -1.0
Cross-Harbour Tunnel 36873 36735 -0.4
Racecourse 35 33 -5.7
Total 338984 336215 -0.8

Passengers carried

  2005
('000)		 2006
('000)		 % Change
Recreation and special services 8309 8217 -1.1
Urban Kowloon Routes 250247 247610 -1.1
New Territories/Rural 69337 70294 1.4
New Territories/Urban 588668 585148 -6.0
Cross-Harbour Tunnel 93280 96512 3.5
Racecourse 102 92 -9.8
Total 1009943 1007873 -0.2

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited came into being in April 1933. Currently, the Company operates bus services in Kowloon and the New Territories, and cross harbour services.