Section 5Public Transport

New World First Bus Services Limited

Group of Routes Number of routes operated Fares ($)
(as at 31.12.2020)
Hong Kong Island 47 3.4 – 13.0
Kowloon Urban and N.T. 14 3.6 – 15.6
Cross Harbour 33 8.8 – 35.2
Total 94

Vehicles (registered as at 31 December 2020)

Configuration / class Passenger Capacity Number
i) Rear-engined double-deck three-axle air-conditioned buses
Dennis Trident E500 11.3 metre 118 40
Dennis Trident E500 12 metre 124/128/129 79
Dennis Trident E500MMC 11.3 metre 124/125 52
Dennis Trident Enviro500H 12 metre 123 1
Dennis Trident E500MMC 12 metre 136/137/138 268
Dennis Trident E500MMC 12.8 metre 146 110
Volvo B9TL 11.3 metre 126 30
Volvo B9TL 12 metre 136 25
MAN A95 ND323F 12.8 metre 143 1
Volvo B8L 12 metre 139 7
ii) Rear-engined single-deck two-axle air-conditioned buses
Dennis E200MMC 10.7 metre 66 5
YOUNGMAN JNP6120GR 11.6 metre 71 8
iii) Electric Motor single-deck two axle air-conditioned buses
BYD K9 Electric 11.6 metre 68 2
Great Dragon Electric Bus 11.6 metre 64 2
iv) Rear-engined double-deck two-axle air-conditioned buses
Dennis Enviro400-LH 10.4 metre 89 60
Total 690

Vehicle kilometres operated

2019('000) 2020('000) % Change
Hong Kong Island 18,833 17,023 -9.6
Kowloon Urban and N.T. 5,424 5,497 1.3
Cross Harbour 16,519 15,557 -5.8
Total 40,776 38,077 -6.6

Passengers carried

2019('000) 2020('000) % Change
Hong Kong Island 89,882 67,245 -25.2
Kowloon Urban and N.T. 19,004 15,204 -20.0
Cross Harbour 58,279 44,841 -23.1
Total 167,165 127,290 -23.9

The New World First Bus Services Limited commenced operations on 1 September 1998.