Citybus Route 793

A bus on Route 793 (5828) was passing through Prince Edward Road East
Route information
Terminus	Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate ↔ So Uk ●
via	LOHAS Park, Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, Tiu Keng Leng, Kowloon Bay Business Area, San Po Kong, Kowloon City, Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po
Distance	To So Uk: 26.2km To Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate: 26.6km
Travelling time	To So Uk: 89mins To Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate: 90mins
Commencement date	21 August 2022
Operational information
Current operator	Citybus
Former operator	NWFB (Commencement until June 2023)
Current depot	Tseung Kwan O Depot, West Kowloon Depot
Main Vehicle	5200-5224/520XX, B8L_12_N, 5518-5582/51155-51208, 5583-5599, 5601-5851, 6100-6209
Fare information
Full fare	$12.8
No. of section fare(s)	To So Uk: 2 Two-way section fares: 1 To Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate:4 Two-way section fares: 2
Service hours
Origin service time	05:30 - 23:30
Destination service time	06:15 - 00:15
Headway	15mins

The New Territories Bus Route 793 is operated by Citybus. It runs between Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate and So Uk, via LOHAS Park, Pak Shing Kok, Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, Tiu Keng Leng, taking Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Kwun Tong Bypass to/from Kowloon Bay Business Area, San Po Kong (Prince Edward Road East), Kowloon City, Argyle Street, Mong Kok and Sham Shui Po.

Route 793 runs through all 5 districts in Kowloon , which is titled as "Kowloon East West Line" (九龍東西線).

History

Route reorganisation dividing into two services

In the 2022-2023 Bus Route Planning Programme, the Transport Department (TD) claimed that the then yet to be introduced NWFB Route 795X overlapped with some sections of Routes 796C and 796E, and therefore proposed to enhance the service of Route 795X by providing a whole-day express service to and from Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and the business areas in Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, and Cheung Sha Wan, and that Routes 796C and 796E would be merged into a new Route 793 to provide a whole-day service connecting Tseung Kwan O South and Kowloon Bay Business Area, with the same fare of $11.7 as that of Route 796E. The new bus route would have a two-way section fare from So Uk to Oscar By The Sea, so that passengers of the original section of Route 796C could still travel at the same fare.

Route 793 filled the gap of the lack of a whole-day bus route between LOHAS Park and Mong Kok, which is popular among members of the district. However, the new route overlapped the section between Tseung Kwan O and Kowloon Bay with routes 797, as well as GMB routes 110 and 110A, and some members queried that the supply of the relevant section of the route exceeded the demand. Some local organisations even criticised the rationalisation plan for slowing down the journey between Tseung Kwan O and Sham Shui Po, reducing operational efficiency by charging two-way section fares, and failing to co-ordinate with KMB's proposed new route 298C, which was proposed at the same time, and called on NWFB to suspend the plan for the time being. However, NWFB still insisted on implementing the reorganisation.

• 21 August 2022: Routes 796C and 796E were merged to form a new Route 793, which is the last new whole-day route to be introduced before the merger of NWFB and Citybus franchised bus networks.

Repurposing the old route and upgrading to Trunk Route

In 2024, Citybus said it would continue to consolidate its routes, including merging short-haul routes into long-haul routes, actively promoting section fares, and focusing its resources on enhancing its "Trunk Routes" services. Route 793, which swallowed up Route 797M, was among one of them and titled "Kowloon East-West Line".

Routes 793 and 797M shared overlapping sections, with the latter consistently experiencing low passenger volumes. The bus operator undertook integration measures, even restoring improved service along the original 797M route segments. Following Citybus's assumption of operations in early 2023, the two routes were merged as planned, resulting in the introduction of two-way section fares along this route, increased frequency of services via Pak Shing Kok Road to replace Route 797M. This route operates at a significantly higher frequency than the discontinued 797M service, with eastbound journeys within Tseung Kwan O offer section fares lower than the full fare charged by the 797M and covering Tiu Keng Leng, which was abandoned by Route 797M in 2010. In 2025, to coincide with the imminent completion of the Traditional Chinese Medicine facilities at Pak Shing Kok, this route operated via Pak Shing Kok Road throughout the day and the route within the industrial estate after departing from the terminus was additionally revised to penetrate several internal streets, matching the coverage of Route 796X and Route 797M before rerouting in 2010.

• 1 July 2023: Changed to be operated by Citybus following the Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger.
• 25 September 2023: A new stop was added at "Choi Hung Estate" on Prince Edward Road East for Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate direction, and at the same time, with the following service adjustments also made at the same time in conjunction with the cancellation of Route 797M:
  • Departures from Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate at 09:00 - 16:00 every Mondays to Saturdays and from So Uk at 08:00 - 15:00 every Mondays to Saturdays were detoured via Fire and Ambulance Services Academy;
  • A new $5.8 two-way section fare from Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate to Kin Ming Estate was introduced.
• 18 December 2023: The first bus time from So Uk was advanced from 06:15 to 06:00 every Mondays to Saturdays.
• 13 January 2025: The first bus time from So Uk was advanced from 06:00 to 05:40 every Mondays to Fridays.
• 2025: In conjunction with the The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong and the Government Chinese Medicines Testing Institute commencing operations by the end of the year:
  • 24 November:
    • All trips on both directions detoured via Pak Shing Kok Road;
    • So Uk bound journeys were rerouted via Chun Choi Street, Chun Ying Street, Chun Kwong Street, Chun Cheong Street and Chun Yat Street after Chun Wang Street to return to the original routing at Wan Po Road with new stops added at "Chun Choi Street", "Chun Ying Street" and "Advanced Manufacturing Centre", while the original stop at "Chun Cheong Street" was cancelled.
  • 9 December: Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate bound journeys additionally called at the stop outside The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong on Pak Shing Kok Road, while So Uk bound journeys additionally called at the stop opposite to The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong on Pak Shing Kok Road.

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 Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate Service hours Headways (mins) Mondays to Saturdays 05:30 - 18:30 15 18:30 - 23:30 20 Sundays and Public Holidays 05:30 - 17:30 15 17:30 - 23:30 20

From So Uk Service hours Headways (mins) Mondays to Fridays 05:40 - 07:00 20 07:00 - 21:15 15 21:15 - 00:15 20 Saturdays 06:00 - 07:00 20 07:00 - 21:15 15 21:15 - 00:15 20 Sundays and Public Holidays 06:15 - 20:15 15 20:15 - 00:15 20

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

Fares

Fare chart (to So Uk Estate)
Boarding stop \ Alighting stop	Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate or after	Oscar By The Sea or after	Richland Gardens or after
Kin Ming Estate or before	$6.3 ＊
So Uk or before	$12.8	$10.7	$6.3

Fare chart (to Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate)
Boarding stop \ Alighting stop	So Uk Estate or after	Prince Edward Station or after	Regal Oriental Hotel or after	Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange	Tiu Keng Leng Station or after
Sheung Yuet Road or before	$6.3 ＊
Pung Loi Road or before	$10.7 ＊	$10.7	$10.3	$8.5	$4.7
Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate or before	$12.8

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". * Two-way section fare - Passengers are required to pay by Octopus card or mobile e-payment platforms, and to confirm once with the same card or same account when getting on and off the bus. If other means of payment is used or the card is not reconfirmed on alighing, the fare from the boarding stop to the final destination will be charged.

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 793 Interchange Concession Scheme

Tseung Kwan O Tunnel BBI Interchange Concession Scheme

Template:Tseung Kwan O Tunnel BBI Interchange Concession Scheme

Bus Deployments

This route is operated by 15 buses, with Volvo B9TL 12m (5200-5224), B8L_12_N and Enviro500/MMC 12m (5518-5582/5583-5599, 5601-5851, 515XX), Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (6100-6209) being the main vehicles.

Operations

In view of the remote location of the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate bus terminus and the inconvenient traffic conditions, most of the bus captains are arranged to pick up passengers from the Tiu Keng Leng Station for duty or meal breaks in their running orders. Bus captains who drive the last Tseung Kwan O-bound bus of this route before going off duty or having lunch still have to drive the buses of the urban-bound trips after arriving at Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, and carry passengers along the way until they arrive at Tiu Keng Leng Station before another bus captain takes over the driving duties. Therefore, some of the So Uk bound trips may need to stop at Tiu Keng Leng Station for the bus driver to hand over the passengers, during which the passengers can stay on the bus.

Routing

To So Uk

The distance of this route is approx. 26.2km, and the journey time is approximately 89mins. (The average speed is 17.7km/h.)

Via: Chun Wang Street, Chun Choi Street, Chun Ying Street, Chun Kwong Street, Chun Yat Street, Wan Po Road, Pak Shing Kok Road, roundabout, Pak Shing Kok Road, Wan Po Road, Pung Loi Avenue, Pung Loi Road, Wan Po Road, Po Yap Road, Chi Shin Street, Tong Chun Street, Tseung Kwan O Station Public Transport Interchange, Tong Tak Street, Tong Yin Street, Tong Ming Street, Po Shun Road, Chui Ling Road, King Ling Road, Tiu Keng Leng Station Public Transport Interchange, King Ling Road, Choi Ming Street, roundabout, Choi Ming Street, King Ling Road, Po Shun Road, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Tseung Kwan O Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Wang Chiu Road, Kai Cheung Road, Wai Yip Street, Kwun Tong Road, Prince Edward Road East, Prince Edward Road West, Ma Tau Chung Road, Argyle Street, Nathan Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Tonkin Street, Po On Road and Cheung Fat Street

Citybus Route 793 (Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate → So Uk)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Tseung Kwan O (Tai Chik Sha)		Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate
2		Chun Wang Street	Chun Wang Street
3		Chun Choi Street	Chun Choi Street
4		Chun Ying Street	Chun Ying Street
5		Chun Kwong Street	Advanced Manufacturing Centre
6	Tseung Kwan O (Siu Chik Sha)	Wan Po Road	Le Prestige LOHAS Park
7			The Capitol LOHAS Park
8	Tseung Kwan O (Pak Shing Kok)	Pak Shing Kok Road	Fire and Ambulance Services Academy
9			The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong
10		Wan Po Road	Shaw Studios
11		Pung Loi Road	Oscar By The Sea	Section fare begins here
12	Tseung Kwan O Town Centre	Chi Shin Street	Yee Ming Estate
13			Evangel College
14		Tong Chun Street	The Wings II
15			Tseung Kwan O Station
16		Tong Yin Street	Tseung Kwan O Catholic Primary School
17	Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng)		Tiu Keng Leng Station	Short stops may be made for bus captain changes
18		Choi Ming Street	Choi Kwai House Choi Ming Court
19		King Ling Road	Kin Ming Estate	Two-way section fare ends here
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel
20	Lam Tin		Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange	Interchange stop for Tseung Kwan O Tunnel routes
Tseung Kwan O Road; Kwun Tong Bypass
21	Kowloon Bay Business Area	Wang Chiu Road	MegaBox	Near Zero Carbon Building
22			Lam Wah Street
Wai Yip Street Flyover; Kwun Tong Road
23	Kowloon Bay	Prince Edward Road East	Richland Gardens	Section fare begins here
24	San Po Kong		Rhythm Garden
25			The Latitude (Prince Edward Road East)	Near Mikiki, AIRSIDE, Trade and Industry Tower
26	Kowloon City	Prince Edward Road West	Regal Oriental Hotel	Passengers may alight here and proceed to Kai Tak Sports Park
27	Ma Tau Wai	Argyle Street	Argyle Street Playground (Argyle Street)
28			Kowloon City Police Station	Near Hong Kong Eye Hospital, Kowloon City Law Courts Building
29	Ho Man Tin		The Astrid	Near Kowloon Hospital Rehabilitation Building
30			Kowloon Hospital Main Building and West Wing
31			Yee On Court
32			Peace Avenue
33	Mong Kok		Tung Choi Street	Near Sincere Podium, SKYPARK
34		Nathan Road	Bute Street	Near Pioneer Centre
35			Prince Edward Station
36	Sham Shui Po	Cheung Sha Wan Road	Maple Street
37			Pei Ho Street	Near Golden Computer Centre, Golden Computer Arcade
38			Yee Ching Court	Near Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices
39	Cheung Sha Wan	Tonkin Street	Cheung Sha Wan Station	Section fare begins here near Un Chau Estate
40	So Uk	Po On Road	Po Hei Court
41		Cheung Fat Street	Begonia House So Uk Estate
42			So Uk Estate

To Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate

The distance of this route is approx. 26.6km, and the journey time is approximately 90mins. (The average speed is 17.7km/h.)

Via: Kwong Lee Road, Cheung Fat Street, Po On Road, Hing Wah Street, Castle Peak Road, Tai Po Road, Poplar Street, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Nathan Road, Mong Kok Road, Sai Yee Street, Argyle Street, flyover, rince Edward Road West, Prince Edward Road East, Kwun Tong Road, Wai Yip Street, flyover, Kai Cheung Road, Wang Chiu Road, Sheung Yuet Road, Sheung Yee Road, Wang Chiu Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Tseung Kwan O Road, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road, Po Shun Road, Chui Ling Road, King Ling Road, Tiu Keng Leng Station Public Transport Interchange, King Ling Road, Tong Ming Street, Tong Chun Street, Chi Shin Street, Po Yap Road, Wan Po Road, Pak Shing Kok Road, roundabout, Pak Shing Kok Road and Chun Yat Street

Citybus Route 793 (So Uk → Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	So Uk		So Uk Estate
2		Po On Road	Begonia House So Uk Estate
3	Cheung Sha Wan	Castle Peak Road	Cheung Fat Street
4			Wing Lung Street
5	Sham Shui Po		Tonkin Street	Near Apollo Shopping Centre
6			Camp Street
7			Precious Blood Hospital
8		Tai Po Road	Shek Kip Mei Street
9			Sai Yeung Choi Lane
10	Mong Kok	Nathan Road	Prince Edward Station	Section fare begins here
11			Allied Plaza	Near Nullah Road
12		Mong Kok Road	Fa Yuen Street Market	Near Mong Kok Road
13	Ho Man Tin	Argyle Street	Kadoorie Avenue
14			CLP Pulse
15	Ma Tau Wai		Kowloon Hospital Main Building and West Wing
16			Hospital Authority Building	Near Kowloon Hospital Rehabilitation Building
17			Hong Kong Eye Hospital	Near Kowloon City Law Courts Building
18			Evangel Hospital
Kowloon City flyover
19	Kowloon City	Prince Edward Road East	Regal Oriental Hotel	Section fare begins here
20	San Po Kong		The Latitude (Prince Edward Road East)	Near Mikiki, AIRSIDE, Trade and Industry Tower
21			King Tai Street
22	Choi Hung		Choi Hung Estate
23			Ping Shek Estate
Kwun Tong Road; Wai Yip Street Flyover
24	Kowloon Bay Business Area	Wang Chiu Road	Lam Wah Street
25		Sheung Yuet Road	Sheung Yuet Road	Two-way section fare ends here near MegaBox
Kwun Tong Bypass; Tseung Kwan O Road
26	Sau Mau Ping		Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange	Section fare begins here Interchange stop for Tseung Kwan O Tunnel routes
Tseung Kwan O Tunnel
27	Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng)		Tiu Keng Leng Station	Section fare begins here
28		King Ling Road	Kin Ming Estate
29	Tseung Kwan O (Sheung Tak)	Tong Ming Street	Tong Ming Court
30			TKO Spot	Near Sheung Tak
31	Tseung Kwan O Town Centre	Tong Chun Street	Buddhist Chi Lin Primary School	Near Beverly Garden, The Grandiose
32			Bauhinia Garden	Near The Wings II
33		Chi Shin Street	Evangel College	Near Yung Ming Court
34	Tseung Kwan O (Pak Shing Kok)	Wan Po Road	Pung Loi Road	Two-way section fare ends here near Oscar By The Sea
35		Pak Shing Kok Road	The Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong
36			Fire and Ambulance Services Academy
37		Wan Po Road	Shaw Studios
38	Tseung Kwan O South (Siu Chik Sha)		The Beaumont	Near Le Prestige LOHAS Park
39			MEGA Plus Data Centre	Near The Capitol LOHAS Park
40	Tseung Kwan O South (Tai Chik Sha)	Chun Yat Street	Data Technology Hub	Near Tai Chik Sha Fire Station
41			Advanced Manufacturing Centre
42			Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate

Ridership

Compared with its predecessor, Route 796C, Route 793 further detours via the Kowloon Bay Business Area in Kowloon, and NWFB claimed to have recorded a significant increase in patronage. However, according to the 2023-2024 Bus Route Planning Programme, the peak hour occupancy rate of this route is 68%, which is lower than the 76% of the route before the cancellation of Route 796C.

Gallery

A bus on Route 793 has just arrived at Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate

Route 793 observes Prince Edward Road East

Route 793 observes Prince Edward Road East

More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:

Citybus Route 793 (Edit)

Remarks

Related articles

Ex-NWFB routes Citybus Route 795 Citybus Route 795P Citybus Route 795X NWFB Route 796C (Cancelled) NWFB Route 796E (Cancelled) Citybus Route 796X Citybus Route 797 Citybus Route N796

Other KMB Route 98S KMB Route 296C KMB Route 296P KMB Route 298C KMB Route 298X TVB Employees' Service Route N628 New Territories GMB Route 110 (Cancelled) New Territories GMB Route 110A (Cancelled) PLB Mong Kok - MegaBox Route

References

External links

• Citybus Official Route Information: 793 (to So Uk)
• Citybus Official Route Information: 793 (to Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate)
• Timetable approved by Transport Department