Public Transport

Citybus Limited

Group of Routes	Number of routes operated	Fares ($) (as at 31.12.2004)
Hong Kong Island:
Urban	45	2.50 - 8.40
Mid-Levels	10	4.00 - 6.10
Overnight	4	7.90 - 11.90
Recreation	6	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	21.00
North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport:
Airbus	4	33.00 - 45.00
External	4	14.00 - 24.00
Shuttle	3	3.00 - 4.00
Overnight	5	23.00 - 31.00
Total	112

Vehicles - Franchise 1 (registered as at 31 December 2004)

Configuration/class/(code)	Passenger Capacity	Number
(i) Rear-engined single-deck two axle
Volvo B6 (air-con)	52	7
MAN 11.6-metre (air-con)	69	74
(ii) Rear-engined double-deck three axle
Leyland Olympian 12-metre (air-con)	137	54
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	142
Volvo Olympian 12-metre (air-con)	132/135/136/140	300
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	31
MAN 12-metre (air-con)	120	1
Scania K94UB 12-metre (air-con)	127	1
Total		764

Vehicle - Franchise 2 (Airport) (registered as at 31 December 2004)

Configuration/class/(code)	Passenger Capacity	Number
(i) Rear-engined single-deck two axle
Volvo B6LE (air-con)	52	22
(ii) Rear-engined double-deck three axle
Dennis Trident	108/109/110/113/123/124	142
Total		164

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

	2003 ('000)	2004 ('000)	% Change
Hong Kong Island routes	35766	33995	-5.0
Cross Harbour routes	23857	25039	+5.0
North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes	23209	25161	+8.4
Total	82832	84195	+1.6

Passengers carried

	2003 ('000)	2004 ('000)	% Change
Hong Kong Island routes	147771	146664	-0.8
Cross Harbour routes	44417	46217	+4.1
North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes	15149	17922	+18.3
Total	207337	210803	+1.7

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).