Citybus Route 50

A Special Service Arrangement is now in effect on this route until further notice.

Due to the modification works of the bus terminus, during the period from 25 March 2024 to the completion of the works, Route 50 to Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) will be changed to terminate at Hing Kwai Street "Wo Tin Estate" stop as the last stop, and will not return to Ching Tin Estate. ^[1]

Special Service Arrangements may vary according to actual road conditions.
please remove this template when service is restored to normal or officially cancelled.

Route 50 observes Mei Foo

Route Info

Terminus

Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station) ●

via

Siu Hong, Hung Kiu, Mei Foo, Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei

Distance

to Tsim Sha Tsui: 38.4km
to Tuen Mun: 38.0km

Travelling time

80mins

Commencement date

2022/7/18

Operation Info

Current operator

Citybus

Current depot

Tuen Mun Depot (N)

Main Vehicle

6460-6490, 6491-6499, 6700-6701, 6498-6499, 6700-6701, 8547-8567

Fare Info

Full fare

$17.0

Number of Fare Sections

to Kowloon Station: 1
to Tuen Mun: 3

Service Hours

Service date(s)

Mondays to Fridays (except Public Holidays)

Origin service time

06:00 - 17:00

Terminus service time

12:00 - 00:00

Headway

30mins

The New Territories Bus Route 50 is operated by Citybus. It runs between Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) and Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station), serving Siu Hong, Hung Kiu, Mei Foo, Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui and passing through Tuen Mun Road, Tsuen Wan Road and West Kowloon Corridor.

The "Tuen Mun Line" Route 50 is currently the sole daily route connecting Tuen Mun Area 54 and Urban Kowloon.

History[]

Commencement Background[]

To facilitate the future population growth in Area 54 of Tuen Mun, the Transport Department proposed in the 2019-2020 Bus Route Planning Programme to commence 6 new bus routes terminating in the area, with one of them running one-way towards Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station), taking Siu Hong, Hung Kiu, Tuen Mun Road, Tsuen Wan Road and West Kowloon Corridor towards Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui, providing service only during Monday to Friday AM peak hours.

The Transport Department announced on 3 August 2021 that the operating rights for all 6 new Tuen Mun Area 54 bus routes were won by Citybus,^[2] with this route being numbered 50. TD revised the proposal before the commencement to introduce return trip services during PM peak hours.^[3]

Route change history[]

18 July 2022: Route 50 commenced service.^[4]^[5]
26 September 2022: Round trip headways were enhanced to 4 each direction, with departure times from Ching Tin at 07:15, 07:35, 07:55 and 08:25, and from Kowloon Station at 18:00, 18:20, 18:40 and 19:10.^[6]^[7]
21 November 2022: Free interchange concesions with Routes E21B and E21D were introduced.^[8]
5 November 2023: Services on this route were enhanced in the following ways: ^[9]^[10]
- Extended service hours from Monday to Friday and added services on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays:
  - The service time of departures from Tuen Mun is from 06:00 to 10:45 from Monday to Friday, and the service time of the departures from Tuen Mun on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays is from 07:00 to 14:00;
  - The service time of departures from Kowloon Station from Monday to Friday is from 16:00 to 23:15, and the service time of departures from Kowloon Station on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays is from 14:00 to 00:00;
- A new interchange concession with Route 795X was introduced.
28 July 2024: ^[11]^[12]
- Buses to Kowloon Station called additionally at "Mei Foo" on Cheung Sha Wan Road, with a new section fare starting from this stop;
- The round-trip service hours have been extended, with the daily service hours from Tuen Mun being 06:00 to 17:00, and that from Kowloon Station being 12:00 to 00:00.

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 7/2024, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin)
Service Hours	Headway (min)
Mondays to Fridays
06:00 - 07:00	30
07:00 - 07:40	20
07:40 - 09:45	25
09:45 - 15:45	30
15:45 - 17:00	25
Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays
06:00 - 09:00	30
09:00 - 13:00	20
13:00 - 17:00	30

From Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station)
Service Hours	Headway (min)
Mondays to Fridays
12:00 - 18:00	30
18:00 - 19:00	20
19:00 - 00:00	30
Saturdays, Sundays, and Public Holidays
12:00 - 16:00	30
16:00 - 00:00	20

This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding Stop	Fare
Full Fare	$17.0
Section fares (to Kowloon Station)
Mei Foo
From Metropark Hotel Mongkok	$6.1
Section fares (to Tuen Mun)
Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange	$10.0
From San Hui Market	$5.2
From Ching Tin Estate	$4.6

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", Alipay, QuickPass, BoC Pay "RideCode", WeChat Pay HK or WeChat "Ride Code", Visa, Mastercard and UnionPay cards with inductive payment capabilities, as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay and Huawei Pay mobile payment platforms for fare payment. Passengers using the above payment method can only enjoy the interchange concessions with other Citybus solely-operated routes or the Citybus departures of the jointly-operated routes, and cannot enjoy the "Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme" nor the "Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities".

Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]

Passengers using the same Octopus card to interchange to the designated route after this route within a specific time, or transfer from the designated route to this route can enjoy an interchange concession. The details are as follows: (Half discount for children and senior citizens.) Template:Citybus Route 50 Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions

Shenzhen Bay Port Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]

Template:Citybus Route B3 Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions

Tuen Mun Road BBI Concessions[]

Template:Tuen Mun Road BBI Concessions

Bus deployments[]

This route is served by four double-decker buses; as the tender specifies that this route must be served by buses having emission standards of of Euro VI or above with dual wheelchair spaces, except in unforeseen circumstances or in the event of a bus shortage, it must be served by Enviro500 MMC 12m (8547-8567), its 12.8m version (6460-6499, 6700-6701) capable of carrying two wheelchair-bound passengers at the same time.

Routing[]

To Kowloon Station[]

To Kowloon Station: The distance of this route is approx. 38.4km, and the journey time is approximately 80mins. (The average speed is 28.8km/h.)

Via: Yan Po Road (westbound), Hing Kwai Street (northbound), roundabout, Hing Kwai Street (southbound), Yan Po Road (eastbound), Tsz Tin Road, Tsing Lun Road, Lam Tei Interchange, Tuen Mun Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Kwai Chung Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, West Kowloon Corridor, Prince Edward Road West, Lai Chi Kok Road, Nathan Road, Salisbury Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road, Austin Road West, Nga Cheung Road, roundabout, Nga Cheung Road and Station Perimeter Road

Citybus Route 50 (Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) → Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station))
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Tuen Mun (Ching Tin)		Ching Tin Estate
2	Tuen Mun (Wo Tin)	Hing Kwai Street	Wo Tin Estate
3	Tuen Mun (Ching Tin)	Yan Po Road	NOVO LAND	near Tong Hang Road
4	Tuen Mun (Siu Hong)	Yan Po Road	Tsz Tin Tsuen
5		Tsing Lun Road	Yan Tin Estate	near Tsz Tin Tsuen
6		Lam Tei Interchange	Ng Lau Road
7	Tuen Mun (Fu Tei)	Lam Tei Interchange	Fu Tei
8	Tuen Mun (San Hui)	Tuen Mun Road	Hung Kiu
9	Siu Lam		Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange	Interchange stop for Tuen Mun Road Bus Routes
Tuen Mun Road; Tsuen Wan Road
10	Kwai Chung (Container Terminals)	Kwai Chung Road	Kwai Chung Interchange
Lai Chi Kok Bridge, West Kowloon Corridor
11	Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo)	Cheung Sha Wan Road	Mei Foo	Section fare begins here
West Kowloon Corridor
12	Mong Kok	Lai Chi Kok Road	Metropark Hotel Mongkok	Section Fare begins here near Arran Street
13	Mong Kok	Nathan Road	Argyle Centre
14	Yau Ma Tei		Sino Centre	near Soy Street
15	Yau Ma Tei		Wing Sing Lane
16	Jordan		Nathan Hotel	near Saigon Street
17	Tsim Sha Tsui		Prudential Centre	near Tak Shing Street
18			Kimberley Road
19			Middle Road	near Chungking Mansions
20		Kowloon Park Drive	Kowloon Park Drive
21		Canton Road	China Hong Kong City
22	Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area	Austin Road West	Austin Road West
23	Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area		Kowloon Station

To Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin)[]

To Tuen Mun: The distance of this route is approx. 38.0km, and the journey time is approximately 80mins. (The average speed is 28.5km/h.)

Via: Station Perimeter Road, Nga Cheung Road, Austin Road West, Canton Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Salisbury Road, Nathan Road, Argyle Street, Cherry Street, West Kowloon Corridor West, West Kowloon Corridor, Lai Chi Kok Road, Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Tuen Mun Road, Lam Tei Interchange, Tsing Lun Road, Tsz Tin Road, Yan Po Road (westbound), Yan Po Road Public Transport Interchange, Yan Po Road (westbound), Hing Kwai Street (northbound), Roundabout, Hing Kwai Street (southbound) and Yan Po Road (eastbound)

Citybus Route 50 (Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station) → Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin))
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area		Kowloon Station
2	Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area	Nga Cheung Road	Nga Cheung Road
3	Tsim Sha Tsui	Canton Road	Austin Road	near Xiqu Centre
4		Kowloon Park Drive	China Hong Kong City
5		Kowloon Park Drive	Peking Road	near Hong Kong Cultural Centre
6		Nathan Road	Kowloon Hotel	near Middle Road
7			Kowloon Mosque
8			Park Lane
9	Jordan		Austin Road
10	Yau Ma Tei		Kowloon Central Post Office
11	Yau Ma Tei		Pitt Street
12	Mong Kok		Changsha Street
13			Grand Plaza	near Langham Place, Nelson Street
14		Argyle Street	Mong Kok Market
15	Tai Kok Tsui	Cherry Street	Ming Kei College	near Olympian City 3
West Kowloon Corridor
16	Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo)	Lai Chi Kok Road	Mei Foo
17	Kwai Chung (Container Terminals)	Kwai Chung Road	Kwai Chung Interchange
Tsuen Wan Road; Tuen Mun Road
18	Tai Lam		Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange	Section Fare begins here Interchange stop for Tuen Mun Road Bus Routes
19	Tuen Mun (San Hui)	Tuen Mun Road	San Hui Market	Section Fare begins here
20	Tuen Mun (San Hui)	Tuen Mun Road	Hung Kiu
21	Tuen Mun (Fu Tei)	Lam Tei Interchange	Fu Tei
22	Tuen Mun (Siu Hong)	Lam Tei Interchange	Ng Lau Road
23	Tuen Mun (Siu Hong)	Tsing Lun Road	Yan Tin Estate	near SIu Hong Court, Tsz Tin Tsuen
24	Tuen Mun (Ching Tin)		Ching Tin Estate	Section Fare begins here
25	Tuen Mun (Ching Tin)	Yan Po Road	NOVO LAND	near Tong Hang Road Westbound stop
26	Tuen Mun (Wo Tin)	Hing Kwai Street	Wo Tin Estate
27	Tuen Mun (Ching Tin)	Yan Po Road	NOVO LAND	near Tong Hang Road Eastbound stop
28	Tuen Mun (Ching Tin)		Ching Tin Estate

Ridership[]

According to documents from the District Council, the ridership of this route is as follows:

2022: The AM occupancy rate is 10%.^[13]

Gallery[]

Remarks[]

References[]

↑ Citybus Limited, "Temporary Bus Stop Relocation at Ching Tin Estate" [Passenger Notice], 19 March 2024.
↑ 開辦往返屯門（第54區）及各區的巴士服務 (Commencement of bus services between Tuen Mun (Area 54) and various districts), Tuen Mun District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 59 of 2021, 3 August 2021.
↑ 屯門第54區的公共運輸服務安排 (Public Transport Service Arrangements for Tuen Mun Area 54), Tuen Mun District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 6 of 2022, June 2022.
↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Launched the Tuen Mun Bus Network Offering a New Choice to Customers" [Media Information], 13 July 2022.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of CTB Route No. 50 (Tuen Mun (Yan Po Road) – Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station))" [Traffic Advice], 14 July 2022.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of CTB Route Nos. 50, 55 and 56" [Traffic Advice], 21 September 2022.
↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Introduces 50% Discounts on Tuen Mun North Routes Strengthening Services and Launching Cross-harbour Route 950" [News Release], 21 September 2022.
↑ Citybus Limited, "Route 50 New Free Bus-Bus Interchange Concession For Mei Foo, Sham Shui Po, Ho Man Tin" [Passenger Notice], 11 November 2022.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Enhancement of CTB Route Nos. 50, 56, 56A and 950" [Traffic Advice], 25 October 2023.
↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Strengthens Tuen Mun North Bus Services" [Press Release], 26 October 2023.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of CTB Route Nos. 50, 56, 56A, N50 and B3A" [Traffic Advice], 19 July 2024.
↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Enhances Shenzhen Bay Port Service" [Press Release], 19 July 2024.
↑ The Tuen Mun District Council Secretariat, 屯門區議會 2022-2023年交通及運輸委員會第七次會議記錄（第48點） (Tuen Mun District Council 2022-2023 Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the Seventh Meeting (Point 48)), Jan 2023.

External links[]

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[1] Citybus Limited, "Temporary Bus Stop Relocation at Ching Tin Estate" [Passenger Notice], 19 March 2024.

[2] 開辦往返屯門（第54區）及各區的巴士服務 (Commencement of bus services between Tuen Mun (Area 54) and various districts), Tuen Mun District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 59 of 2021, 3 August 2021.

[3] 屯門第54區的公共運輸服務安排 (Public Transport Service Arrangements for Tuen Mun Area 54), Tuen Mun District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 6 of 2022, June 2022.

[4] Citybus Limited, "Citybus Launched the Tuen Mun Bus Network Offering a New Choice to Customers" [Media Information], 13 July 2022.

[5] Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of CTB Route No. 50 (Tuen Mun (Yan Po Road) – Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station))" [Traffic Advice], 14 July 2022.

[6] Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of CTB Route Nos. 50, 55 and 56" [Traffic Advice], 21 September 2022.

[7] Citybus Limited, "Citybus Introduces 50% Discounts on Tuen Mun North Routes Strengthening Services and Launching Cross-harbour Route 950" [News Release], 21 September 2022.

[8] Citybus Limited, "Route 50 New Free Bus-Bus Interchange Concession For Mei Foo, Sham Shui Po, Ho Man Tin" [Passenger Notice], 11 November 2022.

[9] Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Enhancement of CTB Route Nos. 50, 56, 56A and 950" [Traffic Advice], 25 October 2023.

[10] Citybus Limited, "Citybus Strengthens Tuen Mun North Bus Services" [Press Release], 26 October 2023.

[11] Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of CTB Route Nos. 50, 56, 56A, N50 and B3A" [Traffic Advice], 19 July 2024.

[12] Citybus Limited, "Citybus Enhances Shenzhen Bay Port Service" [Press Release], 19 July 2024.

[13] The Tuen Mun District Council Secretariat, 屯門區議會 2022-2023年交通及運輸委員會第七次會議記錄（第48點） (Tuen Mun District Council 2022-2023 Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the Seventh Meeting (Point 48)), Jan 2023.

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