The Central Pier 5 (中環5號碼頭, Citybus Location Code CEF) bus terminus is located opposite Central Pier No.5 on Man Kwong Street, Central, Central and Western District, Hong Kong Island. It is an open-air roadside bus terminus, belonging to the group of bus termini collectively known as "Central Piers". Dynamic Bus Stop Lists will show that the name of this stop is "Central (Ferry Piers)".
When the Citybus Peak Explorer Stop Announcement System announces the stop, the announcement "
For Star Ferry, please alight at this stop." ( 前往天星碼頭，請於此站下車。) will be played right after.
Eastbound Man Kwong Street branches from Pier 4 to the left and branches into two lanes leading to Piers 4 to 6. The left lane is close to the entrance and exit of the pier, while franchised buses use the right lane and the main road of Man Kwong Street to head to their next stop.
This terminus is in the same area as Central (Star Ferry) Terminus and belongs to the Central Piers, but the No Smoking Area of the Central Piers does not include this stop, and the no-smoking areas on both sides are not connected. This kind of no-smoking zoning method is unique.
Introduction and History[]
After the completion of the first phase of the Central Reclamation Project, an intermediate bus stop was set up at a section of Man Kwong Street opposite Central Pier 5, which was opened on 19 June 2002, Citybus Route 37B and NWFB Route M722 were the first to stop here[1]. From 21 June, in order to alleviate the overcrowding at Central Ferry Piers Bus Terminus, Citybus Routes 11, 12, and 511 were made to terminate at this bus stop, while NWFB Route 2 was made to stop here as an intermediate stop on eastbound journeys[2]. From 28 July onwards, NWFB Routes 4, 25, and 94 will stop here in both directions on their way to and from Central Piers[3].
Incorporation with the Star Ferry routes to Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom moving to CentalPiers 7 and 8, from 12 November 2006, departures of NWFB Route 15 after 10am will terminate here.
On 18 October 2009, the NWFB Rickshaw Sightseeing Bus entered service, Citybus and New World First Bus have reorganized the pits of some routes at the Central Ferry Piers to accommodate. Among them, routes 11 and 12 have which have been using Pier 5 terminus for more than seven years, have both moved back to Central Ferry Piers Terminus. New World First Bus Route 25 has moved from Central Pier terminus to this stop. At the same time, Route 15C was also changed to set up an alighting stop at this stop; for this reason, the original Citybus staff canteen was also changed to the New World First Bus canteen. During the 2023 Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger, it would be transferred back to Citybus.
In order to cooperate with the Central-Wan Chai Bypass and the Eastern District Corridor Link Road project, the boarding and alighting station of Route 15C will be moved to Central Pier 8 starting from 21 September 2010, but the stop name would remain unchanged.[4][5]
This station is also the starting point of the Taiping Qingjiao Special Route 104R.
NWFB installed a Passenger Information System at this stop in February 2020, using a small TV outside the Terminus Supervisor's Office to provide passengers with access to the "Central Pier" bus terminus group departure times, but currently only the times of Routes 2, 4, 15, 25, 722 and 780 are displayed.
Stop Name[]
This station was once named this stop "Central Pier 5, Man Kwong Street" (中環五號碼頭，民光街) with a street name and Chinese numerals to represent the pier number; this stop is not actually located on the main road of Man Kwong Street, Citybus later converted the Chinese numerals in the Chinese names into Arabic numerals and deleted the street names.
KMB put the 978 series of routes into service at this stop, with the Chinese name, which included the Chinese character for 5, being "Central Ferry Pier No.5" (中環五號碼頭). NWFB named this stop "Pier No.5" (5號碼頭) until February 2004 when it was changed to its current name, which is the same as the current name that KMB uses for this stop.
Route Information[]
Please note that the stop may be temporarily or permanently altered at any time due to other factors (e.g. road works).
| List of Franchised Bus Routes terminating at Central (Pier No.5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| Citybus | 15 | Central (Pier 5) | The Peak | Service daily after Morning Peak Hours ● |
| Citybus | 25 | Braemar Hill (Circular) |
Central (Pier 5) [Remark 2] | Service daily ● |
| List of Franchised Bus Routes observing "Central Ferry Pier No.5" stop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| Citybus | 2 | Central (Macau Ferry) | Sai Wan Ho (Grand Promenade) | Service daily, via King's Road ● |
| Citybus | 4 | Wong Chuk Hang | Central (Exchange Square) | Service holidays whole-day ● |
| Citybus | 4X | Wah Fu (South) | Central (Exchange Square) (Circular) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays daytime ● |
| Citybus | 12 | Central Pier 3 | Robinson Road／Park Road (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
| Citybus | 25 | Central (Pier 3) [Remark 3] | Braemar Hill (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
| Template:CHT 373 doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:CHT 673 doesn't exist! | ||||
| Citybus | 722 | Central (Pier 3) (Circular) |
Yiu Tung Estate | Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours ● |
| Citybus | 722 | Yiu Tung Estate | Central (Exchange Square) (One-way) |
Service during Monday to Friday AM peak hours, Saturday AM peak hours and PM daytime non-peak hours ● |
| Citybus | 722 | Yiu Tung Estate | Central Ferry Piers (Circular) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays after Morning Peak Hours, holidays whole-day ● |
| Citybus | 780 | Chai Wan (East) | Central Ferry Piers | Service daily, Alighting Only ● |
| Citybus | 780P | Hing Wah Estate | Central Ferry Piers (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours, Alighting Only ● |
| Citybus | 962A | Tuen Mun (Yuet Wu Villa) | Admiralty (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours ● |
| KMB | 978 | Fanling (Wah Ming) | Exhibition Centre Station | Outbound daily ● |
| KMB | 978A | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Exhibition Centre Station | Outbound Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours ● |
| KMB | 978B | Chi Fuk Circuit Fanling | Exhibition Centre Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours ● |
Former Routes[]
The terminus of the following routes is based on the day of relocation. Please browse the relevant route entries for the current terminus.
| List of Bus Routes once terminating at Central (Pier No.5) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Destination at that time | Terminus changed to | Date no longer using this terminus |
| Citybus | 11 | Jardine Hill↺ | Central Ferry Piers | 18 October 2009 |
| Citybus | 12 | Robinson Road↺ | Central Ferry Piers | 18 October 2009 |
| NWFB | 15X | The Peak | Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) | 8 February 2016 |
| NWFB | 25 | Braemar Hill↺ | Central Pier 3 () | 11 September 2022 |
| Citybus | 511 | Tai Hang Drive↺[Remark 4] | Central Ferry Piers | 29 September 2015 |
| NWFB | X15R | →The Peak | Route cancelled | 13 January 2020 |
Terminus Layout[]
| Terminus Layout (From the leftmost side of the entrance, arranged from North to South) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |||
| No. | Width | Route | Stop Pole No. |
| 1 | Triple | Public Boarding and Alighting Zone | |
| 2 | Triple | 15 | 1195B |
| 2, 12, 25, 722 | 1195A | ||
| 3 | On the side of Man Kwong Street | 4, 4X, 25 (Alighting Stop) | 1195A |
| 373, 673, 978, 978A, 978B | MA11-E-1300-0 | ||
| 962A Towards Central Ferry Piers, Alighting Only: 780, 780P |
1195C[Remark 5] | ||
The Taiping Qingjiao Special Route 104R starts from this Stop Pole No. 1. In addition, every morning after the Buddha’s birthday, designated buses on Routes N8X, N90, N182, N368 and N619 will stop at Stop Pole No. 2 of this stop after the Cheung Chau Tai Ping Qing Jiao "Bun Scrambling" event.
Related Incidents[]
- 28 October 2013: At about 7am, a MAN NL262 (1527/HT8514) on Route 511 heading towards Tai Hang Path crashed into the stop when it was attempting to enter the bus stop. On top of the hood, the left roof of the bus crashed through a large hole; a girl was hit in the head and feet by debris, but the bus captain was unaware. The girl rode the bus to Central Des Voeux Road Central near Alexander Building. After that, she could not resist the severe pain and cried to her mother and notified the bus captain to call the police and send her to the hospital.
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
- ↑ Citybus Code CEF is shared by this terminus and Central (Star Ferry) Bus Terminus
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Departures to Braemar Hill start at Central (Pier 3) .
- ↑ Daily departures at 23:15 and 23:30 will terminate at "Clementi Secondary School" stop on Fortress Hill Road and will not continue to Central.
- ↑ The route was changed to one-way service at that time.
- ↑ This station was once numbered "CW0202" by Citybus, and was later changed to "0194". It was then merged into the number "1195" during NWS Transport Services Acquisition of Citybus, resulting in the current number "1194" being vacant.
Related articles[]
- Central Ferry Piers
- Central Pier 3
- Central (Star Ferry) Terminus
- Central (Star Ferry) (Franchised Buses)
References[]
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Opening of lay-by on Man Kwong Street outside Ferry Pier No. 5" [Traffic Advice].
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Re-routeing of bus routes 2, 11, 12 and 511" [Traffic Notice].
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Re-routeing of bus routes 4, 25 and 94" [Traffic Notice].
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "中區臨時運輸安排" [Traffic Notice], 21 September 2020.
- ↑ 新巴3A及15C搬站消息：，hkitalk.net
- ↑ "城巴「穿頭」傷人", Apple Daily, 29 November 2013.
External links[]
- Citybus website: Photo of the bus stop 1195 (Note: The site view may not be updated)
- Citybus website: Photo of the bus stop 1194 (Note: The site view may not be updated) (deprecated)
- KMB website: Photo of the bus stop (No. MA11-E-1300-0)(Note: stop view may not be updated)
- Website of the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office of the Department of Health:Designated No Smoking Area - Central Ferry Piers Public Transport Interchange
| Adjacent bus stops (Man Kwong Street Eastbound) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous Stop: Central Pier 3 |
Central Pier 5 | Next stop: Central (Star Ferry) | ||
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