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2023-01-20

KMB 38 routes with special service arrangements during Lunar New Year

Given the arrival of the Lunar New Year, KMB will have 38 routes with special service arrangements starting from Lunar New Year's Eve (21 January), including service hours adjustments and frequency enhancement to facilitate family and friends gatherings more conveniently. Route 63R travelling to Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree will be operated between 22 January and 5 February, allowing the public to make a wish in the New Year. KMB also invites passengers to visit Tai Po Lam Tsuen, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tuen Mun, Kwun Tong, and Sai Kung to collect postcards and stamps for Lunar New Year celebrations.

Please click here for the details of the special service arrangements.

Route 63R will travel between Tai Po Market Station and Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree from the first day to the fifteenth day in the Lunar New Year

Many Hong Kong people and tourists will go to Tai Po Lam Tsuen to write their wishes on wishing placards and throw them together with tangerines onto the Wishing Tree to make wishes during Lunar New Year. KMB will operate Route 63R for 15 consecutive days, providing services for the public to and from Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree and Tai Po Market Station. A "$1 Fare Concession Scheme" will also be launched at the same time. Passengers using the same Adult Octopus card or e-payment methods to take KMB Routes 72X, 73X, 74D, 74X, 75X, or 271, and then interchange to Route 63R at the designated bus stops, or vice versa can enjoy a $1 discount on the second leg.

Route

Service Hours

Full Fare

63R

[Tai Po Market Station Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree]

22 January to 5 February

 

22 to 25 January, 28 and 29 January

From Tai Po Market Station: 08:00 – 17:30

From Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree: 09:30 – 19:00

 

26, 27, and 30 January and 5 February

From Tai Po Market Station: 08:30 – 17:30

From Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree: 09:30 – 18:30

$9.1

Designated KMB Routes under the $1 Fare Concession Scheme

Outbound (Lam Tsuen bound)

First leg

Catchment areas

Second leg

Suggested interchange location

72X [Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Tai Po Central]

Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong

63R

Tai Po Mega Mall Bus Stop

73X [Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) Tai Po (Fu Shin)]

Tai Wo Hau, Lei Muk Shue, Shing Mun Tunnels BBI

74D [Kwun Tong Ferry Kau Lung Hang]

Kwun Tong, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon Wan, Choi Hung, Tate's Cairn Tunnel, Pak Shek Kok

Tai Wo Station

74X [Kwun Tong Ferry Tai Po Central]

Kwun Tong, Ngau Tau Kok, Kowloon Bay, Choi Hung, Tate's Cairn Tunnel

Tai Po Mega Mall Bus Stop

75X [Kowloon City Ferry Tai Po (Fu Shin)]

To Kwa Wan, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin BBI, Tate's Cairn Tunnel

271 [Jordan (West Kowloon Station) Tai Po (Fu Heng)]

Tsim Sha Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon Tong

Inbound (Urban areas bound)

First leg

Second leg

Catchment areas

Suggested interchange location

63R

72X [Tai Po Central Mong Kok (Park Avenue)]

Kowloon Tong, Mong Kok, Tai Kok Tsui

Tai Po Central
Bus Terminus

73X [Tai Po (Fu Shin) Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower)]

Shing Mun Tunnels BBI, Lei Muk Shuem Tai Wo Hau, Tsuen Wan

74D [Kau Lung Hang Kwun Tong Ferry]

Pak Shek Kok, Choi Hung, Kowloon Wan, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong

Tai Wo Station

74X [Tai Po Central Kwun Tong Ferry]

Choi Hung, Kowloon Bay, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong

Tai Po Central
Bus Terminus

75X [Tai Po (Fu Shin) Kowloon City Ferry]

Tate's Cairn Tunnel, Wong Tai Sin BBI Shatin Pass Road, Kowloon City, To Kwa Wan

271 [Tai Po (Fu Heng) Jordan (West Kowloon Station)]

Kowloon Tong, Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui

Passengers may also take Route 64K from Yuen Long (West) and alight at the Fong Ma Po Bus Stop to visit Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree.

Route

Service Hours

64K [Tai Po Market Station Yuen Long (West) ]

From Tai Po Market Station: 0540 – 0010

From Yuen Long (West): 0540 – 0010

 

"Recollecting your memories in Hong Kong" with KMB during Lunar New Year

KMB celebrates the festive time with the public. Passengers may visit Tai Po Lam Tsuen, Tsim Sha Tsui, Tuen Mun, Kwun Tong, and Sai Kung to get KMB's "Recollecting your memories in Hong Kong" postcards and stamps between 22 January and 5 February. There are nine stamps on the front side of the postcards and the back side with classic bus stamps. They can then write down the message on the card and mail it to the intended recipient, sharing the New Year's blessings with them. Postcards are available while stock lasts.

Dates

Location

Service Hours

22 January to 5 February

Tai Po Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree, next to the bus stop of Route 63R

1100-1800

Terminus Supervisor Office, Sai Kung Bus Terminus

1000-2000

Tsim Sha Tsui Star Ferry Bus Terminus
Terminus Supervisor Office, located behind the Customer Service Center (22 and 23 January
)
Customer Service Centre (24 January to 5 February)

1100-1400, 1500-2000

Tuen Mun Central Bus Terminus
Terminus Supervisor Office (22 and 23 January)

Customer Service Centre (24 January to 5 February)

1100-1400, 1500-2000

24 January to 5 February

Kwun Tong Yue Man Square Customer Service Centre

1100-1400, 1500-2000

 Please click here for more details.

Passengers may call the KMB Customer Service Hotline on 2745-4466 or visit KMB website www.kmb.hk or App1933 for more details.