Citybus Limited

Group of Routes Number of routes operated Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2006)

Hong Kong Island:
Urban 45 2.50 - 8.40
Mid-Levels 10 3.40 - 6.10
Overnight 3 7.90 - 9.40
Recreation 4 6.90 - 10.60

Cross Harbour:
Air-conditioned Services (Regular) 21 8.90 - 20.70
Air-conditioned Services (All Night) 8 12.80 - 31.00
Sha Tin Racecourse 1 34.20
Recreation 1 26.00

North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport:
Airbus 5 33.00 - 48.00
External 4 14.00 – 21.00
Shuttle 3 3.50 - 4.00
Overnight 5 23.00 - 31.00
Recreation 1 7.00
Total 111  

Vehicles - Franchise 1 (registered as at 31 December 2006)

Configuration/class/(code) Passenger Capacity Number
(i) Rear-engined single-deck two axle
Volvo B6 (air-con) 52 16
MAN 11.6-metre (air-con) 69 52
(ii) Rear-engined double-deck three axle
Leyland Olympian 12-metre (air-con) 137 48
Leyland Olympian 10.4-metre (air-con) 114 25
Volvo Olympian 10.4-metre (air-con) 114 10
Volvo Olympian 11-metre (air-con) 124/125 141
Volvo Olympian 12-metre (air-con) 132/135/136/140 307
Dennis Dragon 10.3-metre (air-con) 116/115 38
Dennis Dragon 12-metre (air-con) 130/129/133 80
Dennis Trident 10.6-metre (air-con) 97 1
Dennis Trident 12-metre (air-con) 124/125/131 25
MAN 12-metre (air-con) 120 1
Scania K94UB 12-metre (air-con) 127 1
Total   745

Vehicle - Franchise 2 (Airport) (registered as at 31 December 2006)

Configuration/class/(code) Passenger Capacity Number
(i) Rear-engined single-deck two axle
Volvo B6LE (air-con) 52 4
MAN 11.6-metre (air-con) 51/69 16
(ii) Rear-engined double-deck three axle
Dennis Trident 108/109/110/113/123/124 148
Total   168

Citybus Limited has a fleet of non-franchised buses and coaches for use on its residents' services and other non-franchised routes.

Vehicle kilometres operated

  2005
('000)		 2006
('000)		 % Change
Hong Kong Island routes 32544 31375 -3.6
Cross Harbour routes 24717 24517 -0.8
North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes 25034 26469 5.7
Total 82295 82361 -0.1

Passengers carried

  2005
('000)		 2006
('000)		 % Change
Hong Kong Island routes 141169 139706 -1.0
Cross Harbour routes 45072 47108 4.5
North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes 18840 20948 11.2
Total 205081 207762 1.3

Citybus began as a non-franchised operator in 1979 and became a franchised operator in 1991 to operate bus services on Hong Kong Island (Franchise 1). Commencing from June 1997, Citybus also operated bus services in North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport (Franchise 2).