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KOWLOON MOTOR BUS COMPANY (1933) LIMITED
Group of Routes Number of
routes operated
Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2003)
Kowloon Urban 38 (0) 2.40 - 5.90
Kowloon Urban Express 2 (0) 4.70 - 6.20
Kowloon Urban Coach or Air-conditioned 35 (0) 2.70 - 11.20
NT Urban 70 (0) 2.40 - 11.20
NT Rural 9 (0) 1.20 - 3.90
NT Express 3 (0) 5.30 - 14.50
NT Recreation 0 (0) -
NT Coach or Air-conditioned 178 (6) 3.00 - 38.00
NT Special 11 (0) 4.00 - 15.50
Cross Harbour 65 (2) 8.10 - 34.20
Total 411 (8)
Note : Figures in brackets denote new routes introduced in 2003

Vehicles (registered as at 31 December 2003)
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) 142/143 170
     Dennis "Dragon" 11 metre (S3N) 141/143/144/151 239
     Dennis "Dragon" 11 metre (air-con) (AD) 119/135/136/141 359
     Leyland "Olympian" 11 metre (S3BL) 142/143/150 346
     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) 126/128/131/133/134/135 391
     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 74
     Dennis "Trident" Enviro500 12 metre (air-con) (ATE) 124 135
     Volvo Wright Body 12 metre (air-con) (AVW) 121 7
     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) 53/54/60/61/63/65 57
     Mitsubishi MK117J (air-con) (AM) 45 165
Total 4295

Vehicle kilometres operated
2002
('000)
2003
('000)
% Change
Recreation and special services 6993 7138 +2.1
Urban Kowloon Routes 46070 45723 -0.8
New Territories/Rural 20138 19931 -1.0
New Territories/Urban 239527 234673 -2.0
Cross-Harbour Tunnel 37136 36792 -0.9
Racecourse 45 42 -6.7
Airport Service 0 0 -
Total 349909 344299 -1.6

Passengers carried
2002
('000)
2003
('000)
% Change
Recreation and special services 9585 8115 -15.3
Urban Kowloon Routes 273733 255610 -6.6
New Territories/Rural 74586 68112 -8.7
New Territories/Urban 676666 635161 -6.1
Cross-Harbour Tunnel 99625 93377 -6.3
Racecourse 159 133 -16.4
Airport Service 0 0 -
Total 1134354 1060508 -6.5

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited came into being in April 1933 with rights to operate bus services in Kowloon and the New Territories.