Citybus Limited

Group of Routes Number of routes operated Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2010)
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 2010)

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 18
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)  115/116 38
Dennis Dragon 12-metre (air-con)  129/130/133 80
Dennis Trident 10.6-metre (air-con)  102 1
Dennis Trident 12-metre (air-con)  118/124/125/127/129 53
Dennis Trident E500 12-metre (air-con) 129 70
MAN 12-metre (air-con)  120 1
Scania K94UB 12-metre (air-con)  127 1
(iii) Rear-engined double-deck two axle
Dennis Trident 10.5-metre (air-con) 88 2
Volvo Olympian B9TL 10.4–metre (air-con) 85 1
Total   813

Vehicle - Operations Department 2 (Former name: Franchise 2) (Airport) (registered as at 31 December 2010)

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

  2009
('000)
2010
('000)
% Change
Hong Kong Island routes  28,947 28,700 -0.9
Urban Kowloon and New Territories  1,730 1,768 2.1
Cross Harbour routes  24,446 24,482 0.1
North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes  26,884 26,890 0.0
Total 82,007 81,840 -0.2

Passengers carried

  2009
('000)
2010
('000)
% Change
Hong Kong Island routes  136,448 137,529 0.8
Urban Kowloon and New Territories  3,094 3,440 10.1
Cross Harbour routes  47,031 47,560 1.1
North Lantau and Hong Kong International Airport routes  21,490 22,538 4.9
Total 208,063 211,067 1.4

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).