28 January

Major events

• 2019: Hong Kong Island GMB routes 8 and 8X became the first two GMB routes to accept payments by Alipay HK "RideCode".

Route introductions

• 1973: Cross-Harbour Bus Route 104 entered service.
• 1995: Residents’ Bus Route NR805 entered service.
• 1998: Citybus routes 40S and 99S entered service.
• 2002: Citybus Route 71P entered service.
• 2014: NLB Route 34X entered service.
• 2018: Hong Kong Island GMB routes 27A and 37S entered service.
• 2019: Cross-Harbour Bus Routes 948A and 948B entered service.

Route cancellations

• 2017: Citybus Route 96S and Kowloon GMB Route 7 ceased service.
• 2018: Hong Kong Island GMB routes 36S, 36X and 37A ceased service.
• 2024: New Territories GMB Route 622 ceased service.

Route changes

• 1993:
  • KMB routes 85M, 86K, 299, first generation KMB Route 89R and Cross-Harbour Bus Route 680 were rerouted via D16 road at Ma On Shan Town Centre.
  • KMB Route 87K was extended to Kam Ying Court and converted to circular operation.
• 1994: Villa Rocha special service on Hong Kong Island GMB Route 14M was changed to operate during daily daytime.
• 2002:
  • A new morning special service on Citybus Route 72A was introduced to operate one-way from Sham Wan to Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace).
  • Special service on Citybus Route 7 from Tin Wan to Central Ferry Piers was cancelled.
  • The terminus of Hong Kong Island GMB Route 20 was relocated to Aldrich Bay (Oi Tak Street).
• 2013: KMB joined the operation of Cross-Harbour Bus Route 619X with a new departure at 07:38.
• 2018:
  • Hong Kong Island GMB Route 37 was taken over by Apleichau Maxicab, with the terminus relocated to Ap Lei Chau Estate and the Lei Tung Estate-bound journeys detoured via Ap Lei Chau Main Street.
  • Hong Kong Island GMB Route 59 was changed to operate one-way during Monday to Friday morning and evening peak hours respectively, with the other periods being replaced by the new Octopus interchange concession between routes 58／58A and 59A.
• 2019:
  • The starting point of KMB Route 72C was relocated to Tai Mei Tuk, which would resume original routing after observing Ting Kok Road and Fung Yuen.
  • KMB Route 271X was extended to Jordan (West Kowloon Station).
  • The terminus on all departures on Cross-Harbour Bus Route 948 were changed to Cheung On, with the outbound trips detouring via Cheung Wang Estate before returning to Fung Shue Wo Road and original routing, and the inbound trips returning to Cheung On after serving Cheung Wang Estate upon reaching Fung Shue Wo Road.
  • A new special service on New Territories GMB Route 97A was introduced, departing at 19:30 from Cheung Sha Wan Plaza to Wonderland Villas on Mondays to Fridays.
• 2024: New Territories GMB Route 621 was extended to Tin Shui Wai North (Wetland Park Road).

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