Section 5 - Public Transport

Citybus Limited

Group of Routes

Number of routes operated

Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2009)

Hong Kong Island :

Urban

44

2.50 - 8.40

Mid-Levels

10

3.40 - 6.10

Overnight

3

7.90 - 9.40

Recreation

5

6.90 - 10.60

Urban Kowloon and New Territories:

Regular

1

11.00

Cross Harbour:

Air-conditioned Services (Regular)

21

9.30 - 21.40

Air-conditioned Services (All Night)

7

13.40 - 32.20

Recreation

1

27.20

North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport :

Airbus

5

33.00 - 48.00

External

4

14.00 - 24.00

Shuttle

3

3.50 - 4.00

Overnight

5

23.00 - 31.00

Recreation

1

7.00

Total

 110

 


Vehicles - Operations Department 1 (Former name: Franchise 1) (registered as at 31 December 2009)

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

49

(ii) Rear-engined double-deck three axle

Leyland Olympian 12-metre (air-con)

137

39

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)

102

1

Dennis Trident 12-metre (air-con)

124/125/127

25

Dennis Trident E500 12-metre (air-con)

118/129

28

MAN 12-metre (air-con)

120

1

Scania K94UB 12-metre (air-con)

127

1

Total

 

761


Vehicle - Operations Department 2 (Former name: Franchise 2) (Airport) (registered as at 31 December 2009)

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 12-metre (air-con)

105/108/110/113/123

148

Volvo Olympian 12-metre (air-con)

125/131

4

Total

 

172


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

 

2008
('000)

2009
('000)

% Change

Hong Kong Island routes

29,645

28,947

-2.4

Urban Kowloon and New Territories

1,546

1,730

11.9

Cross Harbour routes

24,531

24,446

-0.3

North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes

26,948

26,884

-0.2

Total

82,670

82,007

-0.8


Passengers carried

 

2008
('000)

2009
('000)

% Change

Hong Kong Island routes

136,973

136,448

-0.4

Urban Kowloon and New Territories

2,496

3,094

24.0

Cross Harbour routes

47,550

47,031

-1.1

North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes

22,081

21,490

-2.8

Total

209,100

208,063

-0.5


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