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Airport Shuttle Bus Route S1

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This article is about Route S1 since 1999. For 1st generation Citybus Route S1 from 1997 to 1998, see "Citybus Route S1 (1st generation)".

The North Lantau Shuttle Bus Route S1 is jointly operated by Citybus and Long Win Bus (LWB). It runs between Tung Chung Station and the Airport (Passenger Terminal Building) on a circular basis, passing through the CAD Headquarters and the AsiaWorld-Expo.

This route is the main route between the Passenger Terminal Building of Hong Kong International Airport, AsiaWorld-Expo and MTR Tung Chung Station. Many passengers travelling between the City and the Airport will use this route to connect to the Tung Chung Line, which is considered to be the most economical alternative to the Airport Bus Routes and the MTR Airport Express. It is the route with the lowest fare in Hong Kong and the first full-day non-cross-harbour jointly-operated bus route in Hong Kong.

History[]

  • 20 June 1999: The Transport Department (TD) reorganised the Airport Shuttle Bus Routes ("S" Routes) by merging Citybus Route S51 and LWB Route S61 into a new route S1, jointly operated by the two companies.[1]
  • 25 June 2000: Observes via Tung Fai Road for both bounds, with additional stops outside Dragonair House and CNAC House to tie in with the opening of these two buildings.
  • 24 September 2004: Additional stop was added at "Carpark No. 1" towards the airport, and at the same time "Carpark No. 2" bus stop at Cheong Tat Road was cancelled.
  • 20 December 2005: Detoured via Sky City Road, Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East, with an additional stop outside the Asiaworld-Expo at Airport Expo Boulevard to facilitate public access to the newly completed Asiaworld-Expo.[2][3][4]
  • 20 March 2011: An additional bus stop was added outside the SkyPier at Sky City Road East towards Tung Chung Station.[5]
  • 20 April 2015: Diverted via Mei Tung Street when accessing the Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus as the old exit of the terminus was closed.
  • 17 April 2016: Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) Enquiry Service was added to LWB trips of this route.[6][7]
  • 30 March 2017: Starting from 2:30pm, buses were diverted via Cheong Hong Road underneath the bridge section of Cheong Tat Road to "Regal Airport Hotel" bus stop for Tung Chung Station direction, and the "Car Park 4" bus stop was cancelled to tie in with the closure of the section of Cheong Tat Road outside the Government Lounge Carpark for the Airport Passenger Terminal Building extension.[8][9][10]
  • 3 November 2017: Bus Stop "Terminal 1 and Terminal 2" was temporarily relocated from outside Carpark 1 to outside Terminal 1 with effect from 10:00am to accommodate the conversion of the former into a coach pick-up/drop-off area.[11][12][13]
  • 13 January 2018: As Tung Fai Road was closed due to the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Link Road construction, the return journey was diverted to an unnamed road northeast of the CAD Headquarters (known as Tung Yiu Road from 26 July 2019) and the "CAD Headquarters (Tung Fai Road)" sub-station was relocated from the access road of Dragonair House / CNAC House to the relevant unnamed road until the completion of the project.[14][15]
  • 30 April 2018: From 10:30am onwards, after the unnamed road at the northeast of CAD Headquarters towards Tung Chung Station, return to the original routing at East Coast Road via Dragonair/CNAC House Access Road and Tung Fai Road, and the "CAD Headquarters (Tung Fai Road)" bus stop was also relocated back to outside Cathay Dragon House.[16][17][18]
  • 28 May 2018: Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) Enquiry Service was added to Citybus trips of this route.[19]
  • 26 November 2023: The "Terminal 1" bus stop located outside the Coach Station at Car Park 1 on Cheong Tat Road towards Tung Chung Station was relocated to outside the Terminal 1. [20][21]
  • 26 November 2023: The "Car Park One" stop outside the Coach Station, Car Park One at Cheong Tat Road towards Tung Chung Station was shifted to outside the Terminal 1. [22][23][24]

Historical route information[]

Details of the past service hours and headways, fares and other route information of this route are set out in the "Historical route information" sub-page of this article.

Service Hours and Headways[]

The latest update is on 12/2020, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

from Tung Chung Station
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Saturdays
05:30 - 07:00 10
07:00 - 08:00 7／8
08:00 - 08:15 5
08:15 - 10:00 7／8
10:00 - 11:00 10
11:00 - 14:00 7／8
14:00 - 15:30 10
15:30 - 18:30 7／8
18:30 - 00:00 10
Sundays and Public Holidays
05:30 - 07:00 10
07:00 - 10:00 7／8
10:00 - 11:00 10
11:00 - 14:00 7／8
14:00 - 15:30 10
15:30 - 18:30 7／8
18:30 - 00:00 10
Detailed Departure Timetable
From Tung Chung Station
Hours Minutes
Mondays to Saturdays
05 30, 40, 50
06 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
07 00, 07, 15, 23, 30, 37, 45, 52
08 00, 05, 10, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
09 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
10 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
11 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
12 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
13 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
14 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
15 00, 10, 20, 30, 37, 45, 52
16 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
17 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
18 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 40, 50
19 - 23 On odd hours: 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
On even hours: 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
00 00
Sundays and Public Holidays
05 30, 40, 50
06 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
07 00, 07, 15, 23, 30, 37, 45, 52
08 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
09 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
10 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
11 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
12 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
13 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
14 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
15 00, 10, 20, 30, 37, 45, 52
16 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
17 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 37, 45, 52
18 00, 07, 15, 22, 30, 40, 50
19 - 23 On odd hours: 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
On even hours: 00, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50
00 00
Remarks
  • Departures in RED are operated by Long Win Bus, you can use the KMB Monthly Pass; other departures are operated by Citybus. If you use the KMB Monthly Pass, you need to pay the normal fare.
This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival service.

Fares[]

Journey/ Boarding Stop Fare
Full Fare $3.7
Fare Remarks
  • Half-fare for children aged below 12 and senior citizens aged 65 or above; the remainder of the fare after half-fare will be counted as 10 cents.
  • Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Senior Octopus Cards or Personalised Octopus cards, Hong Kong residents aged 60 to 64 using JoyYou Card, and eligible persons with disabilities using Personalised Octopus cards with "Persons with Disabilities Status" can enjoy a flat fare of $2.0 per journey under the $2 Concessionary Fare. If the concessionary fare for eligible persons with disabilities aged below 12 and senior citizens aged 65 or above is less than $2.0 after a 50% discount from the regular fare, the beneficiary is only required to pay the original concessionary fare; if the original full fare for Hong Kong residents aged 60 to 64 or eligible persons with disabilities is already less than $2.0, the beneficiary is also only required to pay the original full fare.
  • Passengers are required to tender exact fare by cash or by Octopus card when boarding. No exact change will be given.
  • Passengers may also use AlipayHK "EasyGo" and UnionPay "QuickPass", BoC Pay "Ride Code" and WeChat Pay HK or WeChat "Ride Code", JCB Card, MasterCard, UnionPay, American Express, Discover Card, Diners Club International Credit Card, UnionPay Credit Card with inductive payment capabilities, as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay mobile payment platforms for fare payment (JCB cards, American Express cards and Diners Club International cards only apply to LWB departures). Passengers using the above payment methods cannot enjoy the "Public Transport Fare Subsidy" nor the "Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities".
  • This route has no section fares.

Bus Deployments[]

For Citybus, three (3) buses are deployed on this route, mainly the Enviro500 MMC regular version 12m (8507-8524) and its 12.8m version (6501-6588). In addition, this route will mostly be operated on a limited basis during typhoons and single-deck buses under the Franchised License (3) may be deployed to ensure safety.

For LWB, three Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (UE6X) are used as scheduled buses.

One of them is required to run the 06:45 departure of Route S64P every day as an order bus. In addition, buses of route N30 will be deployed to run the 08:10 departure of this route from Monday to Saturday.

List of LWB buses on Route S1
Fleet No. Plate No. Depot Remarks
UE6X41 XN9961 Siu Ho Wan Depot (T) Operates on this route only during peak hours
UE6X56 XR3429 Operates on this route on a whole-day basis
UE6X63 XR3530 Operates on this route on a whole-day basis

The above list of scheduled buses are as of October 2021, forwarded from hk2007.buscess website (Chinese only). The above buses might not be listed according to running orders.
The related content is for reference only and will be updated according to fleet changes (check update list). To check scheduled bus changes, refer to detailed information on hk2007.buscess website.3021

Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 13.6km, and the journey time is approximately 35mins. (The average speed is 23.3km/h.)

via: Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Scenic Road, East Coast Road, Tung Yiu Road, roundabout, Tung Yiu Road, East Coast Road, Cheong Lin Road, Airport SouthInterchange, Cheong Lin Road, Cheong Tat Road, Airport North Interchange, Sky City Road, Airport Expo Boulevard, Sky City Road East, Sky City Interchange, East Coast Road, Tung Yiu Road, Tung Fai Road, East Coast Road, Scenic Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Shun Tung Road and Tat Tung Road

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Airport Shuttle Bus Route S1 (Tung Chung Station ↺ Airport (Passenger Terminal Building))
No. Area Road Bus Stop Name (LWB) Bus Stop Name (Citybus) Remarks
1 Tung Chung Town Centre Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus Tung Chung Station MTR logo
Chek Lap Kok South Road
2 Airport (Cargo Area) Scenic Road Aviation Fuel Tank Farm Aviation Fuel Tank Farm for Scenic Hill, please alight at this stop
3 Airport (East Commercial Area) Tung Yiu Road CAD Headquarter CAD Headquarters near Cathay House, CNAC House
4 Airport (Terminal Area) Cheong Tat Road Terminal 1 (South), Cheong Tat Road Terminal 1 (South) MTR logo Circular point
5 Terminal 1 (North), Cheong Tat Road Terminal 1 (North) MTR logo
6 Regal Airport Hotel Regal Airport Hotel
7 Airport (SkyCity) Airport Expo Boulevard AsiaWorld-Expo AsiaWorld-Expo MTR logo
8 Sky City Road East Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel
9 Airport (East Commercial Area) Tung Yiu Road CAD Headquarter CAD Headquarters near Cathay House, CNAC House
10 Airport (Cargo Area) Scenic Road Aviation Fuel Tank Farm Aviation Fuel Tank Farm
Chek Lap Kok South Road
11 Tung Chung Town Centre Tat Tung Road Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal
12 Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus Tung Chung Station MTR logo

Joint-operation Arrangements[]

This is the first non-cross-harbour whole-day jointly-operated route in Hong Kong's history (the first non-cross-harbour joint route was the cancelled Route 81P, which was not a full-time service) and there are only three such routes in operation (the other two being R8 and the unconventional X1).

In terms of stop signages, Citybus and LWB have their own numbering on most of the stops along the route, unlike the usual joint routes where only one of the stop signs lists the numbering of each stop. However, at the beginning, the Tung Chung MTR Station Bus Terminus (now known as Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus), the Asiaworld-Expo and the CAD Headquarters stops only had Citybus stop signs, with the Tung Chung MTR Station Bus Terminus stop signs also bearing the LWB logo and a different layout from the usual Citybus terminus sign. At that time, LWB Route N42A already shared a stop with this route, and the company had also set up a stop sign for this route. In around 2014, Citybus replaced the Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus stop sign for this route with a generic intermediate station design and no longer carried the LWB logo. In November 2014, LWB removed the numbering of this route from its own stop sign at Cheong Tat Road "Car Park 1" stop, which was later reapplied when the stop sign was replaced with a stop flag. On 22 January 2017, as routes S52 and S52P no longer stopped at "Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal" bus stop, Citybus removed the route numbers of these two routes from the stop signs. Subsequently, LWB reorganised the "Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal" stop sign and the numbering of route S1 was removed while the Route Sheet Plate was retained. On 4 January 2021, some trips of Routes A26 and A26P added a stop at stop at the Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel stop (formerly the SkyPier stop) and Citybus added these route numbers to the stop sign there. In summary, except for the "CAD Headquarters" and "Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus" where only Citybus has this route number on the bus stop sign, all other bus stops and termini have this route number on their respective bus stop signs.

Ridership[]

This route provides a quicker route between Tung Chung Station and the Airport (Passenger Terminal Building);[Remark 1] it is also the only whole-day public transport service that passes through the Airport's East Commercial Area, and the fares for passengers using this route to interchange with the MTR Tung Chung Line are much cheaper than those of the Airport Bus Routes (A Routes) and the Airport Express. This route is also recommended by some overseas guidebooks and maps, which has attracted many travellers to use this route and has led to an increase in ridership.

Related Incidents[]

  • 19 June 2001: In the morning, an Airport-bound LWB Dennis Lance was hit head-on by a Dennis Trident (187/HT7230) on Route E32 at the Cheong Tat Road roundabout, and a MAN A53 (HKR137/JM6146) on DBTSL Route DB02R crashed into the right side of the vehicle. The incident resulted in 12 people being injured, with two other vehicle drivers in serious condition.[25][26]

Gallery[]

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Remarks[]

  1. ↑ Despite Citybus also has its own Route S56 with more direct routing from Airport to Tung Chung, but departures are more scarce.

Related Articles[]

  • Airport Shuttle Bus Route S1A (Cancelled)
  • Airport Shuttle Bus Route S1B (Cancelled)
  • Citybus Route S51 (Predecessor of this Route)
  • Citybus Route S56
  • LWB Route S61 (Predecessor of this Route)
  • LWB Route S64
  • Airport Shuttle Bus Route T1 (Cancelled)
  • Airport Shuttle Bus Route X1

Notes and References[]

  1. ↑ 巴士新聞（1997年6月） (Bus News (June 1997)), busstop.info. (Chinese)
  2. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus extends several airport routes to AsiaWorld-Expo"[Press Release], 19 December 2005.
  3. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus brings You to the Asiaworld-Expo" [Promotional Leaflet]
  4. ↑ Long Win Bus Company Ltd.,"龍運巴士加強服務，往返機場博覽館" (Long Win Bus Enhances Services to and from the AsiaWorld-Expo) [Press Release], 20 December 2005.
  5. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Route S1 Additional Bus Stop" [Press Release], 18 March 2011.
  6. ↑ 聯營路線終於有抵站時間預報功能 (ETA finally available for jointly-operated routes), hkitalk.net
  7. ↑ 九巴聯營過海線新增ETA (ETA added for KMB jointly-operated cross-harbour routes), hkdiscuss.
  8. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes E11, E11A, E21, E22, E22A, E22P, E22X, E23, N11, N21, N21A, N23, N26, N29, S1, S56 Cancellation of Car Park 4 Bus Stop and Diversion" [Passenger Notice], 24 March 2017.
  9. ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "E32,E42,S1,S64,S64X,N30,N30P,N30S,N31,N42,N42A,N42P,N64 Permanent Cancellation of "Car Park 4" Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 28 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Diversion of Bus Routes and Cancellation of Bus Stop on Cheong Tat Road near Car Park 4" [Traffic Advice], 28 March 2017.
  11. ↑ 香港國際機場，"Invitation to Tender: Contract C17W002 - CAR PARK 1 ENHANCEMENT" [Tender notices and other announcements].
  12. ↑ Citybus Limited, " Routes E11, E11A, E21, E22, E22A, E22P, E22X, N11, N21, N21A, N23, N26, N29, S1, S56 Temporary Relocation for "Terminal 1 and Terminal 2" Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 30 October 2017.
  13. ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "S1,S64,S64X,E32,E42,N30,N30P,N30S,N31,N42A,N42P,N64 Bus Stop Temporary Relocation" [Passenger Notice], 2 November 2017.
  14. ↑ Long Win Bus Company Ltd., "S1 Bus Stop Relocation and Routing Amendment" [Passenger Notice], 11 January 2018.
  15. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes S1, E22P, E22X, A12 Temporary Diversion on East Coast Road" [Passenger Notice], 12 January 2018.
  16. ↑ Long Win Bus Company Ltd., "S1 Bus Stop Relocation and Routing Amendment for Tung Chung Direction" [Passenger Notice], 19 April 2018.
  17. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes A12, E22P, E22X, S1 Bus Stop Location Rearrangement at Tung Fai Road" [Passenger Notice], 27 April 2018.
  18. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Re-routeing of Bus Route Nos. S1, A12, E22P and E22X in Chek Lap Kok" [Traffic Advice], 7 May 2018.
  19. ↑ Citybus Limited, New World First Bus Services Limited,"NWFB and Citybus Extend “Next Bus” Arrival Service Further Now Covering All Citybus Franchised Routes" [Press Release], 28 May 2018.
  20. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Adjustment of Bus Stops of LWB/CTB Route No. S1 (Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus to Asia World-Expo (via Passenger Terminal Building) (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 22 November 2023.
  21. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Route S1 Bus Stop Relocation at Cheong Tat Road Car Park One" [Passenger Notice], 21 November 2023.
  22. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Adjustment of Bus Stops of LWB/CTB Route No. S1 (Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus to Asia World-Expo (via Passenger Terminal Building) (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 22 November 2023.
  23. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Route S1 Bus Stop Relocation at Cheong Tat Road" [Passenger Notice], 21 November 2023.
  24. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "E32, E41, E42, N30, N42, N42A, N64, S1, S64, S64X Bus Stop Rearrangement at Cheong Tat Road" [Passenger Notice], 22 November 2023.
  25. ↑ 機場三輛巴士相撞意外 (19/6/2001), YouTube
  26. ↑ 機場巴司機疑瞌睡撼對頭車 (Airport Bus driver suspected to have fallen asleep and crashed the other bus head on), Ming Pao, 20 June 2001.

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