Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited

Group of Routes Number of
routes operated
Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2004)
Kowloon Urban
38 (0) 2.40 - 5.90
Kowloon Urban Express
2 (0) 4.70 - 6.20
Kowloon Urban Coach or Air-conditioned
34 (0) 2.70 - 11.20
NT Urban
65 (1) 2.40 - 11.20
NT Rural
8 (0) 2.50 - 4.00
NT Express
2 (0) 5.30 - 14.50
NT Recreation
0 (0) -
NT Coach or Air-conditioned
180 (2) 1.60 - 38.00
NT Special
11 (0) 4.00 - 15.50
Cross Harbour
65 (0) 8.10 - 34.20
Total 405 (3)

Note : Figures in brackets denote new routes introduced in 2004


Vehicles (registered as at 31 December 2004)

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)
142/143 86
Dennis "Dragon" 11 metre (S3N)
141/143 160
Dennis "Dragon" 11 metre (air-con) (AD)
119/135/136/141 359
Leyland "Olympian" 11 metre (S3BL)
142/143 249
Leyland "Olympian" 11 metre (air-con) (AL)
120/132/138 150
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)
124/131 531
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 98
Dennis "Trident" Enviro500 12 metre (air-con) (ATE)
124 224
Volvo Wright Body 12 metre (air-con) (AVW)
121 71
NEO-MAN 12 metre (air-con) (APM)
122 1
ii) Standard single-deck buses
Dennis Lance (air-con) (AN)
65/78 15
Dennis Dart (air-con) (AA)
53/54/60/63/65 57
Mitsubishi MK117J (air-con) (AM)
45 103
Total 4150


Vehicle kilometres operated

2003
('000)
2004
('000)
% Change
Recreation and special services
7138 7181 +0.6
Urban Kowloon Routes
45723 45729 -
New Territories/Rural
19931 20382 +2.3
New Territories/Urban
234673 232154 -1.1
Cross-Harbour Tunnel
36792 37304 +1.4
Racecourse
42 38 -9.5
Airport Service
0 0 -
Total 344299 342788 -0.4


Passengers carried

2003
('000)
2004
('000)
% Change
Recreation and special services
8115 8712 +7.4
Urban Kowloon Routes
255610 259403 +1.5
New Territories/Rural
68112 69136 +1.5
New Territories/Urban
635161 630337 -0.8
Cross-Harbour Tunnel
93377 96146 +3.0
Racecourse
133 116 -12.8
Airport Service
0 0 -
Total 1060508 1063850 +0.3

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


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