Castle Peak Road (Tsuen Wan)

Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan
The intersection between Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan and Tai Chung Road
Chinese Name	青山公路 – 荃灣段
Road Structure Information
1st linking point	Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung near footbridge of Tai Wo Hau Station
2nd linking point	Greenview Terrace, Yau Kom Tau
Driving Direction	Two-way east-westbound
En-route area(s)/district(s)	Tsuen Wan District (Town Centre to Yau Kom Tau)
Main Connecting Road(s)	Tuen Mun Road, Cheung Pei Shan Road Texaco Road, Tai Ho Road, etc.
Commencement Date	1910s
Usage Information
KMB Stop Pole Serial Code	CA07
PLB Terminus (i)	Tsuen Wan (Citistore)
Major Bus Routes	Bus routes to/from Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung

Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan (青山公路 – 荃灣段) is one of the sections of Castle Peak Road, which starts from Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung near Tai Wo Hau Station footbridge in the east, and extends to Greenview Terrace at Yau Kom Tau in the west, intersecting with Ting Kau section; the section between Lai Chi Road and Hoi Hing Road roundabout and between Po Fung Road and Ting Kau section are one-way eastbound, while the remaining sections are two-way.

The section between Tuen Mun Road and Cheung Pei Shan Road, i.e. the section near Tsuen King Circuit Flyover bus stop, forms part of Route 9.

When KMB assigns numbers to all bus stops, the prefixes of the stops along Castle Peak Road are CA07.

History

Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan is one of the sections of Castle Peak Road, which was already the backbone of Tsuen Wan when it was opened to traffic, and Nan Fung Textiles, which played a part in Hong Kong's industrial development, had set up a yarn factory along the route. In 1982, the MTR Tsuen Wan Line was opened to traffic, and the Tsuen Wan MTR Station Bus Terminus, which is situated underneath the Nan Fung Centre, has become one of the busiest bus termini in the Tsuen Wan area. Before the commissioning of Tsuen Wan Road in the mid-1980s, the Tsuen Wan section was the only link between New Territories West and the urban area.

The west side of the road was a residential area, with Belvedere Garden and other housing estates standing around Tsuen Wan West. The section was affected by Belvedere Garden and was one of the few sections of the southern part of Castle Peak Road that was not widened, so the Hong Kong Government built a wider parallel road along the waterfront, named Hoi On Road. At that time, vehicles travelling westbound to Ting Kau could not go directly through Castle Peak Road and had to detour westbound via Lai Shun Road and Hoi On Road; Subsequently, the Hong Kong Government also changed the section of Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan between Lai Chi Road and Hoi Hing Road to one-way eastbound, so that westbound vehicles travelling from Chai Wan Kok to Belvedere Garden and Bayview Garden would have to make a detour via Hoi Hing Road, Hoi On Road and Lai Chi Road/Lai Shun Road before they could turn back to the section of Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan, and it is more convenient for vehicles travelling from Tsuen Wan town centre to Ting Kau and Sham Tseng to take Hoi On Road westbound.

Today, the section of Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan near Tsuen Wan Town Centre, Tsuen Wan Station and Chai Wan Kok Industrial Area is still busy with traffic, with many passengers waiting for buses at the bus stops along the road.

Bus stops

List of bus stops on Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan (from west to east)
Westbound stop name	Eastbound stop name	Location introduction	Remarks
Road ends (below Greenview Terrace)
Intersection (connects to Castle Peak Road - Ting Kau) (The section from here to Po Fung Road is restricted to one-way eastbound traffic only)
Po Fung Road (accessible to Yua Kom Tau Village)
Bayview Garden Bus Terminus exit
Bayview Garden Bus Terminus entrance, Greenview Court access
/	Bayview Garden	Outside Belvedere Garden Phase 2	Disused franchised bus stop Present-day Belvedere Garden Minibus Terminus
Lai Shun Road (accessible to Belvedere Garden Phase 3 Bus Terminus)
Belvedere Garden Phase 2 Bus Terminus access
／	Belvedere Garden Phase 3	Beside Belvedere Garden Phase 2 main entrance	Westbound stop located at Hoi On Road or Lai Chi Road
Fat Yip Lane
Belvedere Garden Phase 1 Bus Terminus access
Lai Chi Road (Forward traffic only; the section from here to the roundabout at Hoi Hing Road is restricted to eastbound traffic in one direction only)
／	Belvedere Garden Phase 1	Beside Belvedere Garden Phase 1
Hoi Hing Road (roundabout)
Chai Wan Kok Street (westbound)
Chai Wan Kok Street	／	Chai Wan Kok Street junction
On Yuk Road (to Summit Terrace)
Sha Tsui Road
Tuen Mun Road (The lower part is the section of Route 9)
Tsuen King Circuit Flyover		Between On Yuk Road and Tsuen King Circuit
Cheung Pei Shan Road (The upper part is the section of Route 9)
Tsuen King Circuit Flyover		Between On Yuk Road and Tsuen King Circuit
Tsuen King Circuit
Tai Chung Road
Wing Hong House Fuk Loi Estate	Discovery Park	Near CDW Place
Sai Lau Kok Road
Wing Lok House Fuk Loi Estate	Tsuen Wan Station	Near Wing Lok House Fuk Loi Estate and telephone exchange	Accessible to MTR Tsuen Wan Station
Kin Ming Street Tsuen Wan		Outside Kin Ming Street, near telephone exchange
Fu Wah Street Tsuen Wan	/	Outside Fu Wah Street
Tai Ho Road
Chung On Street (westbound)
Chung On Street Tsuen Wan		Off Kolour Tsuen Wan (formerly Citistore) and Silka Far East Hotel
Shing Mun Road/Kwan Mun Hau Street
Texaco Interchange/Texaco Road/Texaco Road North
／	Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station	Outside Tai Wo Hau Station	Westbound stop located at Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung
Connects to Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung

Usage situation

At present, public transport using the Tsuen Wan section mainly uses the city centre section, compared to the Tsuen Wan westbound section; the latter is affected by the historical section, and there are obviously more eastbound franchised bus routes than westbound bus routes, and because the Tsuen Wan section off Ting Kau section is very narrow and not suitable for buses to turn around, bus routes from Ting Kau section to the westbound direction would first detour via Hoi On Road and Lai Shun Road before entering the Tsuen Wan section, but minibuses would directly turn into the Tsuen Wan section from Ting Kau section; westbound buses are mainly used by routes terminating at Bayview Garden, but similar LWB Airbus Routes ("A routes") tend to go straight to the whole section of Hoi On Road. Westbound buses are mainly used by routes terminating at Bayview Garden, and most of the bus routes heading towards Ting Kau run directly along Hoi On Road in its entirety. However, the similar LWB Route A38 and various minibus routes purposely pass through the westbound section of Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan between Lai Chi Road and Lai Shun Road, which is more convenient for residents of different phases of Belvedere Garden.

Gallery

The intersection between Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan and Tai Chung Road

Near Chung On Street

Kin Ming Street Tsuen Wan en-route stop

Tsuen Wan Station en-route stop

Tsuen King Circuit Flyover en-route stop

A section near Nan Fung Centre (March 2016)

A section near Tsuen Kam Centre (March 2016)

A section near Lai Chi Road (July 2017)

A section near Belvedere Garden (July 2017)

A section near the exit of Bayview Garden with no buses running west of this point (July 2017)

A section near the exit of Bayview Garden with no buses running west of this point (July 2017)

A section near Po Fung Terrace (July 2017)

A section near Po Fung Terrace, with only one-way eastbound traffic west of this point (July 2017)

A section near Castle Peak Road - Ting Kau with only one-way eastbound traffic east of this point (July 2017)

The section west of Castle Peak Road - Ting Kau is the end of the road, accessible to Greenview Terrace only. The left side was the Greenview Terrace stop (July 2017)

A section near Greenview Terrace (April 2018)

A section near Kwan Mun Hau Street/Shing Mun Road (April 2018)

A section near Kwan Mun Hau Street/Shing Mun Road (April 2018)

The only section of Castle Peak Road belonging to strategic routes

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