79 bus lines of KMB, NWFB and Citybus will be put into service again on Thursday to see the latest arrangements

[KMB/Citybus/NWFB] Under the fifth wave of the epidemic, public transport has been greatly affected. The Transport Department has earlier approved 140 franchised bus routes to suspend services.

As the epidemic slows down, the Transport Department said that from tomorrow (31st), 79 bus routes will resume service, but 61 routes will continue to be suspended.

Checking the latest announcements of the franchised bus operators, a total of 31 KMB routes will continue to suspend services, including two luxury bus “Star Premium” routes, namely P960 and P968; the late night route N41X from Hung Hom to Tsing Yi; Mountain and Tsim Sha Tsui Pier's 5X line, etc.

In addition, although some routes have resumed service, the schedule reduction continues. For many daytime routes such as 2D, 5D, 7B, 8, 28B, and 47A, after 8 pm, there may be a full 1 hour wait for a bus.

As for NWFB and Citybus, a total of 30 lines continue to be suspended, including 5X, 8X, 20A, 260, etc.

In addition, some routes of the two buses will cancel the service after 8 pm, such as 12, 18, 682B, etc.

▼On March 4, the service of many routes at the Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Terminal Bus Terminal will be suspended▼

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According to KMB's latest service announcement, the following 31 routes, including two luxury bus "star line", namely P960 and P968.

The late-night line N41X from Hung Hom to Tsing Yi, and the 5X line to and from Tsz Wan Shan and Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Piers are still suspended until further notice.

Bus routes that remain suspended until further notice (KMB Announcement)

As for the routes to resume services from tomorrow, they include a number of routes at Tsim Sha Tsui Pier, such as Routes 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8A, etc.; 96R between Diamond Hill Station and Wong Shek Pier, and between Tai Po Market Station and Wu Kau The holiday outing line of Teng 275R also restarted.

KMB's 70 bus routes to resume service:

1, 2, 2X, 5P, 6, 6F, 6P, 7, 8A, 11, 12P, 13P, 14B, 35X, 36X, 40A, 41P, 43C, 43S, 46S, 47A, 64S, 69P, 72C, 73P, 74C, 75P, 75X, 80A, 81S, 82D, 85S, 89P, 89S, 92R, 93K, 96R, 230X, 237A, 242X, 243P, 251M, 258S, 259C, 259E, 261P, 261S, 261X, 268B, 270C, 270D, 270P, 271B, 271P, 271X, 272E, 272P, 272X, 273C, 273P, 274, 274P, 275R, 281E, 287D, 289R, 292P, 960A, 978B, T74

▼Temporary schedule adjustment of KMB routes on Kowloon and Hong Kong Island▼

Temporary adjustment of KMB's frequency in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island (KMB Announcement)

Some routes resume operation but bus schedules have not resumed

Although 70 lines of KMB have resumed operation, the situation of class cuts still continues.

According to KMB's announcement, there are several routes that only have one bus after 8 pm, or every hour, such as Circular Route 5D between Hung Hom and Kowloon Bay, 8 between Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier and Kowloon Station, and Route 8 between San Po Kong and Shun Lee Estate Circular Route 29M, 978 between Fanling and Wan Chai, 89B between Sha Tin Wai and Kwun Tong, etc.

▼Temporary schedule adjustment of KMB New Territories routes▼

In addition, there are many routes during peak hours, the frequency of which is the most sparsely every half an hour, such as 5 between Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier and Fu Shan Village, 5A between Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier and Kai Tak, Circular 24 between Mong Kok and Kowloon Bay, and between Circular 110 between Tsim Sha Tsui and Shau Kei Wan.

NWFB and Citybus still have 30 bus routes suspended

For NWFB and Citybus, 30 routes are still suspended, including 260 between Central and Stanley, 5X between Kennedy Town and Causeway Bay, 90 between Ap Lei Chau and Central, and between Central and Queen's Hill 979.

According to the latest announcement of the two buses, the following routes are still suspended until further notice:

Routes that are still suspended from March 31 (NWFB and Citybus Announcement)

As for the 9 bus routes to resume services, they include Route 8 between Wan Chai and Heng Fa Chuen, Route 969A between Tin Shui Wai and Admiralty, and Route 27 between Braemar Hill and North Point.

9 NWFB and Citybus restart routes:

8, 27, 77A, 77X, 102P, 962G, 969A, 671X, 682X

However, there are some bus routes that provide services, which close early in the evening and are still suspended after 8pm, such as the circular route 12 between Central and Robinson Road, 14 between Stanley and Sai Wan Ho, and between Sai Kung and Tseung Kwan O 792M.

▼Temporary schedule adjustment of NWFB and Citybus▼

Temporary Frequency Adjustment of NWFB and Citybus (NWFB and Citybus Announcement)

79 bus routes resume service, 61 routes continue to suspend daytime routes, generally wait for the epidemic within 30 minutes | NWFB and Citybus call for 2 days of unpaid leave. The union claims that there is no overtime charge or underpayment, or it has reached 4,000 KMB’s fare income last year. Year-on-year surge of 18.5%, earning about 100 million yuan in passenger rewards, the balance is completely exhausted