Anderson (安達臣) is a community in Kwun Tong District and Sai Kung District, above Sau Mau Ping. The land was formed from a portion of the Tai Sheung Tok hillside through two large-scale development projects, namely the Development at Anderson Road and the Development of Anderson Road Quarry Site. It is still currently under development.
Although Anderson spans through both Kowloon and the New Territories, KMB treats the whole of Anderson as East Kowloon and adopts the Kowloon route numbering also for routes serving the New Territories side.[1]
History[]
Development at Anderson Road[]
The Development at Anderson Road (安達臣道發展計劃, DAR) is a development of about 20 hectares of land between Anderson Road and Sau Mau Ping Road for public rental housing development. On 31 January 2008, capital works for the site formation and associated infrastructure works commenced. The project is divided into two districts, namely North and South Districts, with five sites provided for Government, Institution and Community facilities and public open space, and the remaining five sites included in the Anderson Road Public Housing Development for the construction of On Tat Estate and On Tai Estate, providing 17,920 public rental housing flats for a planned population of about 48,300.
As the population of the development area will continue to rise, the traffic demand in the area will intensify. Coupled with the fact that the area is far away from the Kwun Tong town centre and the established railway network, the Administration has constructed a brand-new road and a number of flyovers between Anderson Road and Sau Mau Ping, which would link up with Clear Water Bay Road and Po Lam Road, and will become a major road in the development area, so as to encourage more residents to take public transport such as buses and the MTR, and to reduce the traffic load of the neighbouring roads. The new road was gazetted on 28 March 2014 as On Sau Road[2][3] and opened to the public in January 2016. The Planning Department also proposed to construct flyovers at the junctions of Sau Mau Ping Road, Lin Tak Road and Tseung Kwan O Road, and to widen the section of Lin Tak Road at Hong Wah Court and the section of New Clear Water Bay Road near Shun Lee Tsuen Road in order to increase the capacity of the road.
Meanwhile, the Government has specifically enhanced the pedestrian connection system in the area. The footbridge connecting On Tat Estate to Sau Mau Ping Road and Po Lam Road was commissioned in mid-June 2016 to tie in with the intake of the first batch of residents of On Tat Estate. The remaining footbridges connecting On Tai Estate to Lee On Road and Shun On Road were also opened in the second quarter of 2017 to tie in with the occupation of the first batch of residents of On Tai Estate.
On public transport services, the Government planned to introduce six new bus routes to serve the area. Apart from the introduction of Routes 213D and 213X by KMB with additional buses from the original Routes 13D and 13X, TD has adopted a tendering approach in selecting the operators for the remaining four new bus routes.[4] In June 2015, TD issued a tender notice for the route packages of the Anderson Road Development Area, and after selection, announced in November 2015 that all the four new bus routes had been awarded to KMB[5][6]. The routes were commissioned in phases from the second quarter of 2016, taking into account the rate of population growth in the development areas.
In addition to the above six franchised bus routes, in the 2017-2018 Bus Route Planning Programme, KMB proposed to divert Route 290X, which at that time only provided one-way service from LOHAS Park Station to Tsuen Wan during the peak hours of Mondays to Fridays in the morning, to route via On Sau Road with a new return service during afternoon peak hours on Mondays to Fridays, which was implemented with effect from 19 June 2017, making it the first direct bus route from the Development Area at Anderson Road to the New Territories, and was later upgraded to a daily whole-day service on 22 December 2018. In the same plan, Citybus also proposed to introduce the Cityflyer route A26[Remark 1] between Yau Tong and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre), which was put into operation on 29 January 2018 and became the first Citybus franchised bus route to serve the area.[7][8]
Green minibus service was also introduced for the Anderson Road Development Area, with two routes planned to run between Jordan Valley Road North in Ngau Tau Kok and Kowloon Bay Business Area respectively. The Transport Department (TD) published in the Gazette on 3 July 2015 to put the two routes on open tender under the same group and among them, the alignment of Route 89A to and from Ngau Tau Kok was revised during the tendering exercise, so that it would not go to the United Christian Hospital and would only have a stop nearby.[9]
The Anderson Road Development Area is part of the Kwun Tong District, but after the intakes, there were no buses or green minibuses to Kwun Tong Town Centre for a period of time, and the only way to get there was to take the lift to Sau Mau Ping or Four Shun via the footbridge, or take KMB Routes 213M or 213S to Po Tat Estate or Lam Tin Station to change to other routes. In 2019, KMB launched Route 213B to Kwun Tong Town Centre, but it is only available during the morning peak hours on Mondays to Fridays. It was only until 2021 when there was a whole-day route running between the Area and Kwun Tong Town Centre with the extension of Route 11X to On Tai (North).
| Plans related to new minibus routes at the Anderson Road Development Area | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Suggested routing | District Council(s) involved | Estimated launch date | Eventual launch date | Operator | Finalised route number | Finalised amendments |
| Route A | Circular to/from On Tai Estate[Remark 2] and Jordan Valley Road North, via Po Tat Estate, Sau Mau Ping Road and Lok Wah Estate | Kwun Tong | 4th quarter of 2015 | 29 May 2016 | Honest Profit | 89A | Omits United Christian Hospital[9], extended to On Tai Estate on 29 June 2017 with circular operation cancelled and Ngau Tau Kok as the terminus on the other side |
| Route B | Circular to/from On Tai Estate[Remark 2] and Kowloon Bay (Sheung Yee Road), via Po Tat Estate, Sau Ming Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Kai Fuk Road, Wang Kwong Road (section at Business Area) | Kwun Tong | 4th quarter of 2015 | 21 August 2016 | Honest Profit | 89B | Extended to On Tai Estate on 27 August 2017 and detoured via On Chui Street eastbound for Kowloon Bay direction |
| Plans related to new franchised bus routes at the Anderson Road Development Area | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Suggested routing | Current route(s) bundled | District Council(s) involved | Estimated launch date | Eventual launch date | Operator | Finalised route number | Finalised amendments |
| 213D | Operated by buses dispatched from Route 13D, running circular between Sau Mau Ping (Central) and Mong Kok, via Po Tat Estate, On Sau Road (On Tat Estate and On Tai Estate), Choi Wan Estate and Choi Hung Station, omitting Kwun Tong Town Centre and Ngau Tau Kok, full fare $7.80 | 13D | Kwun Tong Wong Tai Sin Kowloon City Yau Tsim Mong |
1st quarter of 2016 | 27 August 2016 | KMB | Section fare from Choi Wan St. Joseph's Primary School to Sau Mau Ping (Central) lowered from $6.1 to $5.8 | |
| 213X | Operated by buses dispatched from Route 13X, running circular between Anderson Road Development Area (On Tai[Remark 3]) and Tsim Sha Tsui, via Sau Mau Ping Road, Lok Wah Estate, Ngau Tau Kok, Kai Cheung Road, omitting Sau Ming Road, Kai Yip Estate and Richland Gardens, full fare $8.50 | 13X | Kwun Tong Kowloon City Yau Tsim Mong |
1st quarter of 2016 | 30 July 2016 | KMB | Extended to On Tai (South) located on clockwise On Yan Street on 13 August 2017 | |
| Route 1 | Operates circular to/from On Tai[Remark 3] and Lam Tin Station, via Po Tat Estate and Tseung Kwan O Road, providing whole-day service | / | Kwun Tong | 4th quarter of 2015 | 4 June 2016 | KMB[6] | 213M | Extended to On Tai on 29 June 2017 with a new short-working auxiliary service 213S on Monday to Friday morning peak hours launched on the same day, running circular between On Tat and Lam Tin Station |
| Route 2 | To/from On Tai[Remark 3] and Shau Kei Wan, via Po Tat Estate, Sau Mau Ping, Pik Wan Road, Yau Tong, Eastern Harbour Crossing, North Point, Quarry Bay, Tai Koo and Sai Wan Ho, providing two trips on each direction during AM and PM peak hours respectively | / | Kwun Tong Eastern |
1st quarter of 2016 | 18 April 2017 | KMB[6] | 613 | Enhanced to whole-day service with a frequency of 12-15mins during peak hours [10] Rerouted via Ko Chun Court and Ko Yee Estate (same as Route 603), omitting northern part of Ko Chiu Road near Buddhist Ho Kam Nam College Extended to On Tai (West) located on clockwise On Yan Street on 15 July 2017 |
| Route 3 | To/from Sau Mau Ping (Central) and Tai Wai Station, via Po Tat Estate, On Sau Road (On Tat Estate and On Tai Estate), Choi Wan Estate, Tate's Cairn Tunnel, Sha Tin Central and Mei Lam Estate, providing whole-day service | / | Kwun Tong Wong Tai Sin Sha Tin |
3rd quarter of 2016 | 9 July 2017 | KMB[6] | 88 | Detoured via clockwise On Yan Street for Tai Wai direction Detoured via Shatin Central Bus Terminus for Sau Mau Ping direction |
| Route 4 | To/from Yau Tong and Cheung Sha Wan (Kom Tsun Street), via Pik Wan Road, Po Tat Estate, On Sau Road (On Tat Estate and On Tai Estate), Choi Wan Estate, Wong Tai Sin, Shek Kip Mei and Sham Shui Po, providing whole-day service | / | Kwun Tong Wong Tai Sin Sham Shui Po |
1st quarter of 2016 | 13 August 2016 | KMB[6] | 214 | |
Development of Anderson Road Quarry Site[]
The Development of Anderson Road Quarry Site (安達臣道石礦場發展計劃), an 86-hectare site at Anderson Road Quarry between Anderson Road and Po Lam Road, was declared by the Town Planning Board on 14 November 2008 as a Site with Potential for Housing Development.[11] Upon cessation of mine operation and completion of land formation works, the site would provide a platform of about 40 hectares for housing, open space, school, and associated government, institution and community facilities.
The K. Wah Group held a handover ceremony on 26 July 2017 to return the Anderson Road Quarry, which had been in operation for more than half a century, to the Government, and the land formation and associated infrastructure works for the development of the Anderson Road Quarry site commenced immediately thereafter.
A public transport interchange, bus stops and minibus stops will be provided at the Site to provide the necessary public transport connections to encourage residents to use public transport, thereby reducing the flow of private cars. To avoid increasing the traffic load in Kwun Tong Town Centre, new bus/minibus routes are proposed to run between the nearest MTR stations and various districts in Kowloon to spread out the vehicular and pedestrian flows to different connection points.
Regarding public transport services, the Government planned to introduce four brand new bus routes to serve the Anderson Road Quarry Development Area, with termini located at the public transport interchange at the end of On Yu Road, as published in the 2022-2023 Bus Route Planning Programme. Similar to the arrangement for franchised buses in the Anderson Road Development Area, the Transport Department (TD) adopted a tendering approach in selecting the operator.[12] It was originally expected that the buses would commence service in 2023 to tie in with the completion and occupation of Mount Anderson, but it was not until late August 2024 that it was announced that the bidding was awarded to KMB.[13] On the eve of the release of tender results, eric278, a famous rogue bus fan, published false information on Facebook under the name of his page "681BusTerminal", falsely claiming that he had quoted from a Legislative Council Member, Chan Han-pan, that four routes in the Site would be granted to Citybus, and Chan once claimed that he would report the case to the police for action.[14][15]
| Plans related to new franchised bus routes at Anderson Road Quarry Development Area | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Route | Suggested routing | District Council(s) involved | Estimated launch date | Eventual launch date | Operator | Finalised route number | Finalised amendments | |
| Route 1 | Running circular to/from Anderson Road Quarry Site and Diamond Hill Integreated Development Area, via On Hei Street, On Yu Path, On Kin Road, On Sau Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Lung Cheung Road, providing whole-day service | Sai Kung Kwun Tong Wong Tai Sin |
2023 | 30 March 2025 | KMB | 19 | Omit On Hei Street at the initial stage | |
| Route 2 | To/from Anderson Road Quarry Site and Sham Shui Po (Yen Chow Street), via On Hei Street, Po Lam Road, Hiu Kwong Street, Chun Wah Road, Prince Edward Road East, Argyle Street, Sham Mong Road and Hai Tan Street, providing whole-day service | Sai Kung Kwun Tong Wong Tai Sin Kowloon City Yau Tsim Mong Sham Shui Po |
2023 | 18 August 2025 | KMB | 13 | Only one trip each from Anderson and Sham Shui Po during both AM and PM peak hours on Mondays to Fridays at the initial stage | |
| Route 3 | To/from Anderson Road Quarry Site and Kowloon Station, via On Hei Street, Po Lam Road, Tseung Kwan O Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Kai Tak Tunnel, East Kowloon Corridor, Chatham Road South and Canton Road, providing 4 trips during Monday to Friday mornings to Kowloon Station and 4 during Monday to Friday evenings to Anderson | Sai Kung Kwun Tong Kowloon City Yau Tsim Mong |
2023 | 18 August 2025 | KMB | 213E | Only one trip for each direction and omit On Hei Street at the initial stage | |
| Route 4 | To/from Anderson Road Quarry Site and Central (Rumsey Street), via On Hei Street, On Yu Path, On Kin Road, On Sau Road, Po Lam Road, Tseung Kwan O Road, Eastern Harbour Crossing, North Point, Causeway Bay and Wan Chai, providing 4 trips during Monday to Friday mornings to Central and 4 during Monday to Friday evenings to Anderson | Sai Kung Kwun Tong Eastern Wan Chai Central and Western |
2023 | 31 March 2025 | KMB | 600 | Omitting On Hei Street at the initial stage | |
In addition, the Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Toll Plaza Bus-Bus Interchange (BBI) has been commissioned. The project also includes four pedestrian linkages between the BBI and the MTR Kwun Tong Station from the development area to facilitate the residents of the development area and the neighbouring Sau Mau Ping to use bus services passing through Tseung Kwan O Tunnel.
Bus and minibus termini within the area[]
| Bus and minibus termini within Anderson | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop name | District/road | Nature | Remarks | |
| Anderson Bus Terminus | Beside the northern intersection of On Yu Road and On Hei Street | Public transport interchange | ||
| On Tat Bus Terminus | Off On Tat Shopping Centre South Wing at On Tat Estate | Open-air bus terminus | ||
| On Tat Estate Minibus Terminus | On Chui Street outside Chi Tat House On Tat Estate | Green minibus terminus | ||
| On Tai Bus Terminus | On Sau Road off On Tai Shopping Centre | Open-air bus terminus | ||
| On Tai (South) (Hang Tai House) | On Yan Street opposite to Hang Tai House On Tai Estate | Roadside bus terminus cum en-route bus stop | ||
| On Tai (West) (Wo Tai House) | On Yan Street opposite to Wo Tai House On Tai Estate | Roadside bus terminus cum en-route bus stop | ||
| On Tai (North) (Chi Tai House) | On Yan Street opposite to Tak Tai House On Tai Estate | En-route bus stop | ||
| On Tai Estate Minibus Terminus | On Yan Street outside Hang Tai House On Tai Estate | Green minibus terminus | ||
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
- ↑ Route A26 no longer served Anderson from 18 December 2023 onwards and its service there was replaced by the new route A28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Initially terminated at On Tat Estate and relocated there after intake of On Tai Estate
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Initially terminated at On Tat and was only relocated there after the intake of On Tai Estate.
Related articles[]
Tai Sheung Tok, Anderson Road Development Area, Development at Anderson Road, Anderson Road Quarry Development Area, Anderson Road Quarry Site and Development at Anderson Road Quarry Site
References[]
- ↑ Refer to the promotional display on EDS of Routes 19 and 600 - "拓展東九龍 服務安達臣" (Expanding East Kowloon and serving Anderson).
- ↑ G. N. 1857: Street Naming, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 18, Issue 13, 28 March 2014.
- ↑ Lands Department, "Street Naming - Kowloon", 18 February 2014.
- ↑ 安達臣道公共房屋發展計劃公共運輸服務的建議安排" (Proposed Arrangements for the Provision of Public Transport Services for the Development of Public Housing at Anderson Road), Kwun Tong District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 08/2015, January 2015.
- ↑ Transport International Holdings Limited 2015 Annual Report
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 運輸處信件：九巴投得安達臣區的路線詳情及新線開辦日期#1 (Transport Department's Letter: Route Details and Opening Date of New Route for Anderson area awarded to KMB #1), published to hkitalk.net, 16 January 2016.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of CTB Route No. A26 (Yau Tong Public Transport Interchange –Airport (Ground Transportation Centre))" [Traffic Advice], 22 January 2018.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Launches Cityflyer Route A26" [News Release], 23 January 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 G. N. 4834: Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374D)--Packages of Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in Kowloon and New Territories, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 19, Issue 27, 3 July 2015.
- ↑ 安達臣巴士服務計劃詳情#61 (Details of bus services at Anderson #61), hkitalk.net
- ↑ "安達臣石礦場發展房屋", news.gov.hk, 14 November 2008.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2022-2023年度西貢區巴士路線計劃" (2022-2023 Bus Route Planning Programme in Sai Kung District), February 2022.
- ↑ "開辦往來安達臣道石礦場用地至鑽石山、深水埗、九龍站及中環的巴士服務" (Introduction of bus services between Anderson Road Quarry Site and Diamond Hill, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon Station and Central), Fax document of the Transport Department HKSARG, 27 August 2024.
- ↑ "安達臣道巴士線花落誰家快揭盅 陳恒鑌被「放風」批予城巴將報警" (Impending tender results for Anderson Road bus routes: Chan Han-pan "forced to release" results, threatened to report to police), HK01, 24 August 2024.
- ↑ "安達臣道巴士線歸城巴？網引權威消息放風 陳恒鑌：冒充將報警" (Anderson Road new routes to be operated by Citybus? Online "authoritative" information leaking results, Chan Han-pan to report to police for action), Sing Tao Daily, 24 August 2024.
External links[]
- Official website of Development at Anderson Road
- Official website of Anderson Road Quarry Site
- Planning Study on Future Land Use of the Anderson Road Quarry Site - Feasibility Study: Executive Summary, Planning Department, February 2014
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