Section 5Public Transport

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited

Group of Routes Number of routes operated Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2020)
Kowloon Urban and N.T. 359 2.0 – 46.5
Cross Harbour 65 8.8 – 39.9
Total 424

Vehicles (registered as at 31 December 2020)

Configuration / class (code) Passenger Capacity Number
i) Rear-engined double-deck three-axle buses
Volvo Super Olympian LF 12 metre (3ASV) 130/132 7
Scania K280 UD 12 metre (ASUD) 133 2
Dennis “Trident” 12 metre (ATR) 133/134 27
Dennis “Trident” 10.6 metre (ATS) 111 3
Volvo Super Olympian LF 10.6 metre (ASV) 109 51
Dennis “Trident” Enviro 500 12 metre (ATE) 124 268
Volvo Wright Body 12 metre (AVW) 121 98
Volvo B9TL Enviro 500 12 metre (AVBE) 116/122 94
Volvo B9TL Wright Body 12 metre (AVBW) 123 63
Volvo B9TL Volgren 12 metre (AVD) 128 1
Dennis “Trident” Enviro 500 Euro IV 12 metre (ATEU) 124 41
Scania K310 UD Caetano 12 metre (ASU) 123 20
Volvo B9TL Wright Body Euro V 12 metre (AVBWU) 126/137/138 791
Trident Enviro 500 Euro V 12 metre (ATEE) 124 6
Trident Enviro 500 Turbo 12 metre (ATENU) 131/136/137/138 1,666
Trident Enviro 500 Turbo 12.8 metre (3ATENU) 146/151 222
Volvo B9TL Wright Body 12.8 metre (3AVBWU) 146 2
Trident Enviro 500 Hybrid 12 metre (ATH) 123 3
MAN ND363F 12 metre (AMNE) 133 1
MAN ND323F 12 metre (AMNF) 134 20
Volvo B8TL Wright Body Euro VI 12 metre (AVBWL) 138 1
Volvo B9TL GML Body 12 metre Euro V (AVG) 135 3
Trident Enviro 500 Turbo 12 metre Euro VI (E6T) 136 2
MAN ND323F GML Body 12M (AMNF) 132 1
Trident Enviro 500 Turbo 12.8 metre Euro VI (E6X) 140/146 143
Volvo B8L Wright Body 12 metre Euro VIa (V6B) 137 163
Volvo B8L 12 metre Euro VI (AVBML) 133 2
Dennis Facelift 11.3 metre (E6M) 125 100
Volvo B8L 12.8 metre Euro VI (V6X) 142 31
ii) Rear-engined double-deck two-axle buses
Trident Enviro 400 10.5 metre (ATSE) 88/90 51
Volvo B9TL Wright Body 10.6 metre (AVBWS) 85 1
VDL MCV 10.5 metre (AMC) 98 1
iii) Single-deck buses
Scania K230 UB 12 metre (ASC) 81 26
Scania K230 UB 10.6 metre (ASB) 68 20
Scania K230 UB Euro V 12 metre (ASCU) 81 1
Volvo B7RLE MCV 12 metre (AVC) 75 38
Dart Enviro 200 Euro V 10.4 metre (AAU) 62 29
Dart Enviro 200 Euro V Single Door 10.4 metre (AAS) 59 11
Youngman Supercapacitor 12 metre (AYM) 72 8
BYD K9R Pure Electric 12 metre (BDE) 70 10
Total 4,028

Vehicle kilometres operated

2019('000) 2020('000) % Change
Kowloon Urban and N.T. 244,979 225,022 -8.15
Cross Harbour 35,855 33,577 -6.35
Total 280,834 258,599 -7.92

Passengers carried

2019('000) 2020('000) % Change
Kowloon Urban and N.T. 916,967 696,114 -24.09
Cross Harbour 105,953 81,433 -23.14
Total 1,022,920 777,547 -23.99

The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited commenced operations in April 1933. Currently, the Company operates bus services in Kowloon and the New Territories, and cross harbour services.