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Citybus Route 78C

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The New Territories Bus Route 78C is one of the "Fanling Queen's Hill Express" routes operated by Citybus. It runs between Queen's Hill Fanling and Kai Tak, observing Heung Yuen Wai Highway, Tolo Highway and Tate's Cairn Tunnel after Ma Mei Ha to and from Kwun Tong Town Centre, Kwun Tong Business Area and Kowloon Bay Business Area, which is a special service to Route 78X.

History[]

Commencing background[]

The Citybus Route 78X provides a bus service connecting Queen's Hill and Ma Mei Ha with East Kowloon. However, as the route runs through Wai Yip Street in the urban area and its stops are far away from Kwun Tong Town Centre, where the flow of people is relatively high, it was convenient for passengers commuting to and from work in the business areas of East Kowloon during the peak hours on weekdays, but its patronage is not good during off-peak hours and on holidays due to the problem of demand. District Councillor Robert Law Ting-tak (羅庭德) requested that Route 78X be diverted to Kwun Tong Road, but the Transport Department (TD) cited "heavy traffic on Kwun Tong Road" as the reason for its reservation, and only took note of the demand of Queen's Hill residents travelling to Kwun Tong town centre on holidays. On the other hand, Citybus responded positively to Dr Law's suggestion and criticised the inadequacies of the tender route planning, hoping that Route 78X could be re-routed so that after leaving Tate's Cairn Tunnel, it would first pass through Kai Tak and then go to Kowloon Bay and Kwun Tong Town Centre, so as to increase the carrying capacity and improve the service level, and also pointing out that KMB's Route 277A, which also connects Sha Tau Kok Road and East Kowloon, could also pass through Kwun Tong Road and extend its service hours.

In the 2023-2024 Bus Route Planning Programme announced by the Transport Department the following year, Route 78X was proposed to have its headways adjusted on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays and were diverted via a section of Kwun Tong Road in Kwun Tong Town Centre instead of Kwun Tong Ferry Pier, and the proposal was implemented, with the route numbering changed to "78C", and was expected to come into service in the third quarter of 2023.

Route change history[]

  • 19 August 2023: Route 78C commenced service, making it the first new regular route to be commenced after the Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger.
  • 25 February 2024: Kai Tak terminus was relocated from Concorde Road to the newly opened Kai Tak Public Transport Interchange: [1][2]
    • New stops at "Tak Long Estate Carpark" on Shing Kai Road and "East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters" on Concorde Road were added for Kai Tak direction;
    • A new stop was added at "East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters" on Concorde Road for Fanling direction;
    • Both directions omitted the original roadside bus terminus located on Concorde Road.
  • 26 January 2025: A new stop was added at "One Queen's Hill" on Lung Ma Road for Queen's Hill direction.[3][4]
  • 24 November 2025:[5][6]
    • Enhanced to daily service with the departure times from Queen's Hill and Kai Tak being 09:10-16:30 and 12:00-21:00 respectively on Mondays to Fridays, and the service hours on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays remain unchanged;
    • A new stop was added at "Millennium City" on Kwun Tong Road for Kai Tak direction; Fanling-bound journeys were rerouted via Hoi Yuen Road and Wai Yip Street towards Kwun Tong Bypass with an additional stop opposite to Pacific Centre on Hoi Yuen Road, and the original stops at "Yung Fung Shee Memorial Centre" and "Laguna Park" on Wai Fat Road were cancelled.

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 11/2025, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Queen's Hill Fanling
Hrs Mins
Mondays to Fridays
09 10, 45
10 15, 50
11 20
12 00, 45
13 - 16 30
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
05 40
06 35
07 - 19 30
From Kai Tak
Hrs Mins
Mondays to Fridays
12 00, 45
13 30
14 15
15 00, 45
16 30
17 15, 35, 55
18 - 19 15, 45
20 15
21 00
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
11 - 20 20
This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding stop Fare
Full Fare $19.6
Section fares (to Kai Tak)
Tate's Cairn Tunnel Toll Plaza $9.2
From Cha Kwo Ling Road Substation $5.5
Section fares (to Fanling)
Tate's Cairn Tunnel Toll Plaza $13.7
From Chun Yiu $6.1
From Hung Leng $4.8
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".

Octopus 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 78X Interchange Concession Scheme

Tate's Cairn Tunnel Interchange Concession Scheme[]

Template:Citybus Tate's Cairn Tunnel Interchange Concessions

Bus deployments[]

This route is operated by 3 buses. As the tender stipulates that Euro 6 or above buses with double wheelchair spaces must be used on this route, 12-metre Volvo B8L buses (Priority F/N 8824-8828, Second priority F/N 8813-8823, 8829) with additional wheelchair parking spaces, which can carry two wheelchair passengers at the same time, must be used except in the event of an emergency or bus shortages, supplemented by Enviro500 MMC 12m (8547-8557) double-decker buses, also with double wheelchair parking spaces.

Routing[]

To Kai Tak[]

To Kai Tak: The distance of this route is approx. 43.8km, and the journey time is approximately 89mins. (The average speed is 29.5km/h.)

Via: Lung Ma Road (eastbound), Roundabout, Lung Ma Road (westbound), Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha, Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Heung Yuen Wai Highway, Fanling Highway, Tolo Highway, Tate's Cairn Highway, Tate's Cairn Tunnel, Kwun Tong Bypass, Wai Fat Road, Cha Kwo Ling Road, Lei Yue Mun Road, Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong Road underpass, Kwun Tong Road, Lai Yip Street, Hoi Bun Road, Wang Chiu Road, Sheung Yuet Road, Wang Kwong Road, Kai Shun Road, Kai Shing Street, Shing Kai Road and Concorde Road

Citybus Route 78C (Queen's Hill Fanling → Kai Tak)
No. Area Road Bus stop name Remarks
1 Fanling (Queen's Hill) Queen's Hill Estate
2 Lung Ma Road Shan Lai Court
3 Lung Yeuk Tau Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau San Wai Barracks
4 Kwan Tei
5 Lau Shui Heung
6 Hung Leng Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha Ko Po
7 Hung Leng
8 Ma Mei Ha Ma Mei Ha
9 Sha Tau Kok Tai Tong Wu
10 Chun Yiu
Heung Yuen Wai Highway; Route9 Fanling Highway, Tolo Highway; Route2 Tate's Cairn Highway
11 Sha Tin (Siu Lek Yuen) Tate's Cairn Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange Section fare begins here
Near The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Route2 Tate's Cairn Tunnel, Kwun Tong Bypass
12 Kwun Tong Business Area Cha Kwo Ling Road Cha Kwo Ling Road Substation Section fare begins here
Near Shing Yip Street
Route7 Kwun Tong Road Underpass
13 Kwun Tong Business Area Kwun Tong Road Tsun Yip Lane MTR logo Near Kwun Tong Town Centre, apm
14 Millennium City MTR logo
15 Hoi Bun Road Lai Yip Street
16 Kwun Tong Promenade
17 Kowloon Bay Business Area Wang Chiu Road MegaBox Near Zero Carbon Building
18 Sheung Yuet Road Enterprise Square Near Zero Carbon Building
19 Wang Kwong Road Kowloon Bay Fire Station
20 Kai Tak North Shing Kai Road Tak Long Estate Carpark
21 Tak Long Estate
22 Muk Hung Street
23 Concorde Road East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters
24 Kai Tak - Airside MTR logo Passengers may alight here and proceed to Kai Tak Sports Park

To Queen's Hill Fanling[]

To Queen's Hill: The distance of this route is approx. 44.1km, and the journey time is approximately 86mins. (The average speed is 30.8km/h.)

Via: Concorde Road, Shing Kai Road, L3 road, Wang Chiu Road, Sheung Yuet Road, Sheung Yee Road, Wang Chiu Road, Hoi Bun Road, Shun Yip Street, Wai Yip Street, Lai Yip Street, Kwun Tong Road, Kwun Tong Road underpass, Kwun Tong Road, Lei Yue Mun Road, Wai Fat Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Tate's Cairn Tunnel, Tate's Cairn Highway, Tolo Highway, Fanling Highway, Heung Yuen Wai Highway, Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Lung Ma Road, Queen's Hill Public Transport Terminus, Lung Ma Road (eastbound), Roundabout and Lung Ma Road (westbound)

Citybus Route 78C (Kai Tak → Queen's Hill Fanling)
No. Area Road Bus stop name Remarks
1 Kai Tak North Kai Tak - Airside
2 Concorde Road Inland Revenue Centre
3 East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters
4 Kowloon Bay Wang Chiu Road Block 8 Richland Gardens
5 Kai Yip Estate
6 Kowloon Bay Sports Ground
7 Kowloon Bay Business Area Lam Wah Street
8 Sheung Yee Road MegaBox
9 Kwun Tong Business Area Wai Yip Street Shun Yip Street
10 Lai Yip Street
11 Kwun Tong Town Centre Kwun Tong Road Ngau Tau Kok Station MTR logo
12 Kwun Tong Town Centre MTR logo Near apm
Route7 Kwun Tong Road Underpass
13 Kwun Tong Business Area Hoi Yuen Road Hoi Yuen Road
Route2 Kwun Tong Bypass, Tate's Cairn Tunnel
14 Sha Tin (Siu Lek Yuen) Tate's Cairn Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange Section fare begins here
Near The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong
Route2 Tate's Cairn Highway; Route9 Tolo Highway, Fanling Highway; Heung Yuen Wai Highway
15 Sha Tau Kok Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha Chun Yiu Section Fare begins
16 Tai Tong Wu
17 Ma Mei Ha Ma Mei Ha
18 Hung Leng Hung Leng Section Fare begins
19 Ko Po
20 Lung Yeuk Tau Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau Lau Shui Heung
21 Kwan Tei
22 San Wai Barracks
23 Fanling (Queen's Hill) Lung Ma Road One Queens Hill
24 Queen's Hill Estate
25 Lung Ma Road Shan Lai Court
26 Queen's Hill Estate

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Remarks[]

Related articles[]

References[]

  1. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "[https://www.td.gov.hk/en/traffic_notices/index_id_74580.html Public Transport Arrangements for the Opening of Kai Tak Public Transport Interchange]" [Traffic Advice], 20 February 2024.
  2. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Commencement of Kai Tak PTI & Routeing / Bus Stop Alterations of Route 78C, 78X and A25" [Passenger Notice], 20 February 2024.
  3. ↑ Citybus Limited, "78C 78X 79 79X Introduction of One Queens Hill Stop" [Passenger Notice], 22 January 2025.
  4. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Commissioning of New Bus Stop at Lung Ma Road Outside One Queen's Hill" [Traffic Advice], 23 January 2025.
  5. ↑ Citybus Limited, "78C Introduce Weekday Services & Re-route via Hoi Yuen Road for Fanling Bound 78X Only Operates Kai Tak Bound on Weekdays’ Morning Peak" [Passenger Notice], 13 November 2025.
  6. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of CTB Route No. 78X (Queen’s Hill – Kai Tak Public Transport Interchange), Route No. 78C (Queen’s Hill – Kai Tak Public Transport Interchange), Route No. 679 (Queen’s Hill – Hong Kong Station) and Route No. 979 (Queen’s Hill – Hong Kong Station)" [Traffic Advice], 14 November 2025.

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