The Kowloon Urban Bus Route 702A is operated by Citybus. It runs one-way from Hoi Ying Estate to Pak Tin Estate, via MTR Nam Cheong Station, Sham Shui Po and Shek Kip Mei Estate, which is a special service to Route 702.
History[]
- 3 January 2006: Route 702A entered service, which departed at 07:10 on Monday to Friday school days from Aquamarine to Pak Tin Estate via Nam Cheong Station, Castle Peak Road and Nam Cheong Street.[1]
- 4 September 2006: New afternoon after-school service was introduced, departing at 15:40 from Pak Tin Estate to Hoi Lai Estate via Nam Cheong Street, Un Chau Street and Yen Chow Street.[2]
- 18 June 2007: Afternoon services to Hoi Lai Estate were added to 2 trips (15:40, 16:00).[3]
- 17 September 2007: The 16:00 departure from Hoi Lai Estate was changed to depart at 16:10.
- 20 October 2008: Morning service to Pak Tin was added to 2 trips (07:10, 07:20).[4]
- Although the Transport Department had repeatedly discussed with New World First Bus (NWFB) about increasing the number of trips during the morning school hours, the other side refused on the ground of resource constraints, which led to a letter from the Traffic and Housing Committee of the Sham Shui Po District Council to the Transport and Housing Bureau on 7 August 2008, and a letter from the Administration in reply to the Committee on 5 September, NWFB even implemented the extra trips immediately afterwards.[5]
- 29 September 2012: Rerouted via Sham Mong Road, Tonkin Street West, Lin Cheung Road, Yen Chow Street West and Sham Mong Road (westbound) after departing from Aquamarine with the permanent closure of Nam Cheong Station Bus Terminus. The en-route stop originally located inside Nam Cheong Station Public Transport Interchange was relocated to Sham Mong Road outside MTR Nam Cheong Station.[6]
- 22 September 2015: Pak Tin Bus Terminus was permanently closed due to the reconstruction works at Pak Tin Estate and the following arrangements were implemented:[7][8]
- Thee terminus was relocated to the temporary terminus at "Block 9, Pak Tin Estate" stop;
- The afternoon trips to Hoi Lai Estate was rerouted via westbound Pak Wan Street, Wai Chi Street, Wai Lun Street before returning to the original routing at westbound Nam Cheong Street. The stops at "Chak Tin House Pak Tin Estate", "Wan Tin House Pak Tin Estate" and "Wong Tai Shan Memorial College" were cancelled and new stops were added at "Lai Tin House Pak Tin Estate" and "Mei Ying House Shek Kip Mei Estate".
- 15 December 2017: "Next Bus" Arrival Time Inquiry Service was introduced on this route.[9]
- 22 June 2020: Afternoon services were changed to depart from Hoi Ying Estate, which ran through Lai Ying Street, Hing Wah Street West, roundabout, Hing Wah Street West, Sham Shing Road before returning to the original route at Sham Mong Road:[10][11]
- New stops were added at "NWFB West Kowloon Depot" and "Aquamarine" on Hing Wah Street West as well as "Banyan Garden";
- All departure times were advanced by 10 minutes due to the extension of journey, with the new departure times being 07:00 and 07:10.
- 27 July 2020: The afternoon after-school return service was cancelled and replaced by new route 702B. However, due to the school holidays, the last service date of the return service was 10 July 2020.[12][13]
- 23 January 2022: Pak Tin terminus was relocated to Pak Tin (Pak Wan Street) Public Transport Interchange.[14][15]
- 1 July 2023: Changed to be operated by Citybus following the Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger.
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 7/2020, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
| From Hoi Ying Estate |
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| Monday to Friday school days |
| 07:00, 07:10 |
| No service on Saturdays, Sundays, Public Holidays and school holidays |
- This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Journey/boarding stop | Fares |
|---|---|
| Full fare | $5.0 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Bus deployments[]
This route is served by a total of 2 double-decker buses, mainly being Enviro500/MMC 11.3m (4020-4039, 41000-41019/4040-4091), its 12m version (5518-5582/5583-5599, 5601-5851, 515XX) and Volvo B9TL 11.3/12m (45XX, 420XX/5200-5224).
Routing[]
The, and the journey time is approximately 43mins.
Via: Lai Ying Street, Hing Wah Street West, roundabout, Hing Wah Street West, Sham Shing Road, Sham Mong Road, Tonkin Street West, Lin Cheung Road, Yen Chow Street West, Sham Mong Road, Tonkin Street West, Tonkin Street, Castle Peak Road, Tai Po Road, Kweilin Street, Pak Tin Street, Woh Chai Street, Nam Cheong Street and Pak Wan Street
| Citybus Route 702A (Hoi Ying Estate → Pak Tin Estate) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
| 1 | Sham Shui Po West | Lai Ying Street | Hoi Ying Estate | |
| 2 | Hing Wah Street West | Citybus West Kowloon Garage | ||
| 3 | Aquamarine | |||
| 4 | Sham Shing Road | Banyan Garden | ||
| 5 | Sham Mong Road | Aquamarine | ||
| 6 | Hoi Tak Court | Near Fat Tseung Street West, West Kowloon Law Courts Building | ||
| Lin Cheung Road | ||||
| 7 | Sham Shui Po West | Sham Mong Road | Nam Cheong Station  |
Near Fu Cheong Estate |
| 8 | Cheung Sha Wan | Tonkin Street | Lai Kok Estate | Near Cheung Sha Wan Estate |
| 9 | Cheung Sha Wan Station |
Near Un Chau Estate | ||
| 10 | Sham Shui Po | Castle Peak Road | Tonkin Street | Near Apollo Shopping Centre |
| 11 | Kiu Kiang Street | |||
| 12 | Shek Kip Mei | Woh Chai Street | Mei Sang House Shek Kip Mei Estate | |
| 13 | Nam Cheong Street | Mei Shing House Shek Kip Mei Estate | ||
| 14 | Shui Tin House Pak Tin Estate | |||
| 15 | Pak Wan Street | Pak Tin (North) | ||
| 16 | Hong Tin House Pak Tin Estate | |||
| 17 | Pak Tin Estate | |||
Ridership[]
According to Bus Route Planning Programmes and District Council documents, the ridership of this route is as follows:
- 2019: The occupancy rate during the peakiest hour was 87%.
- 2020: The first bus had a patronage of 70-80%, while the last bus had a patronage of about 50-60%. District Councillors complained that the buses were often fully loaded by the time they reached Fu Cheong Estate; however, the representative of NWFB considered that the patronage figures reflected that the buses were still able to carry passengers at Fu Cheong Estate, but agreed that the patronage of the two trips was not evenly distributed, and that they would try to adjust the frequency of the trips.[16]
Gallery[]
Route 702A once terminated at Pak Tin Estate
Route 702A passes through Nam Cheong Street near Golden Computer Arcade
A Route 702A bus was parking at On Tin House Pak Tin Estate
Route 702A passes through Shek Kip Mei Shopping Centre
A bus on Route 702A PM service was passing through Shek Kip Mei Shopping Centre
Remarks[]
Related articles[]
- Citybus Route 702
- Citybus Route 702B
- Citybus Route 702S
References[]
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Operates Special Morning Departure 702A to Pak Tin and Relocates the Bus Terminus of Routes 914 and 971 to Hoi Lai Estate" [News Release], 30 December 2005.
- ↑ 巴士新聞 2006年9月 (Bus News September 2006), BUStop.
- ↑ 新巴 702A 試驗下午加班 (更正) (Trial service enhancement of NWFB Route 702A (corrected)), hkitalk.net
- ↑ 新巴路線 702A 早上往白田之班次增加至兩班 (AM service to Pak Tin of NWFB Route 702A enhanced to 2 trips), hkitalk.net
- ↑ "要求增加702A班次及改善新填海區學童早上上學問題" (Demand to enhance trips on Route 702A and improve problems on children travelling to school during morning hours), List of follow-up actions arising from previous papers on transport matters of the Panel on Transport and Housing of the Sham Shui Po District Council.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Public Transport Arrangement for Permanent Closure of Nam Cheong Station Public Transport Interchange" [Traffic Advice], 20 September 2012.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Closure of Pak Tin Public Transport Terminus" [Traffic Advice], 16 September 2015.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Routes 104, 702A Relocation of Pak Tin Bus Terminus" [Passenger Notice], 16 September 2015.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB and Citybus Extend “Next Bus” Arrival Service to 74 Routes" [News Release], 15 December 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Alteration of Routeing of Air-Conditioned Kowloon Urban Route No. 702A Hoi Ying Estate - Pak Tin" [Traffic Advice], 15 June 2020.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Route 702A Morning Trips Extend to Hoi Ying Estate" [News Release], 18 June 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Termination of Air-Conditioned Kowloon Urban Route No. 702A Pak Tin to Hoi Lai Estate (Afternoon Service)" [Traffic Advice], 21 July 2020.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Launches Route 702B and Replaces Route 702A Afternoon Service" [News Release], 21 July 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Public Transport Arrangement at Pak Tin (Pak Wan Street) Public Transport Interchange" [Traffic Advice], 19 January 2022.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Routes 702A, 702B Addition of Bus Stop at Pak Tin Estate New Terminus" [Passenger Notice], 19 January 2022.
- ↑ Sham Shui Po District Office District Council Secretariat, "第6屆深水埗區議會規劃發展及交通事務委員會 第5次會議記錄" (Minutes of the 5th meeting of Planning and Transport Affairs Committee of the 6th Sham Shui Po District Council), points 17 and 22), December 2020.
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