The Hong Kong Island Urban Bus Route 8P is operated by Citybus. It runs between Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) and Exhibition Centre Station, via Chai Wan (Yue Wan Estate), Island Eastern Corridor and Causeway Bay (Hennessy Road).
Different from the majority of other routes ending with P, Route 8P provides whole-day service. Coincidentally, the KMB route having the same route number also provides whole-day service as well.
History[]
- 1 September 1998: Route 8P was introduced to operate between Siu Sai Wan and Wan Chai Ferry Pier, replacing part of Route 80 which was cancelled on the end of CMB's franchise, and at that time providing service only during weekday peak hours.
- 19 October 1998: Upgraded to daily whole day two-way and full air-conditioned service. [3]
- 18 May 1999: Octopus payment was accepted. [4]
- 30 January 2000: Rerouted via new section of Chai Wan Road outside Chai Wan (East) Bus Terminus for Siu Sai Wan direction, omitting Wing Tai Road, Ka Yip Street and Sheung On Street. [5]
- 26 August 2000: NWFB introduced interchange concessions between Routes 38 and 42 and Routes 2A, 2X, 8 and 8P, which was the first set of Octopus Interchange concessions by the company. [6]
- 22 July 2001: Siu Sai Wan terminus was relocated to Island Resort. [7]
- 20 August 2001: The original plan was to reroute via Fu Yee Road instead of Fullview Garden when heading towards Wan Chai Ferry Pier during morning peak hours on weekdays for a trial period of three months [8]. The plan was once withdrawn by the bus company [9] and was eventually changed to a permanent measure.
- 17 May 2015: Wan Chai terminus was relocated to Wan Chai North Temporary Public Transport Interchange to tie in with the opening of Wan Chai Ferry Pier Bus Terminus as the construction site of Exhibition Station (later renamed Exhibition Centre Station) of the MTR Sha Tin to Central Link, and both directions were rerouted via Convention Avenue and Hung Hing Road; starting from the same date, some of the trips departing from Siu Sai Wan in the afternoon peak period from Mondays to Saturdays were changed to terminate at Causeway Bay (Hysan Place). [10]
- A new stops was added at "Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre" on Fleming Road for Wan Chai North direction; whereas a new stop at "Wan Chai Ferry Pier" at Convention Avenue for Siu Sai Wan direction.
- 1 June 2016: To tie in with the extension of Citybus Franchise I, Octopus interchange concessions with Citybus Routes 5B, 72, 72A, 96 and 592 were introduced. [11]
- 25 June 2018: "Next Bus "Real-time arrival time enquiry service was added. [12]
- 8 October 2019: The time slot rerouting via Siu Sai Wan Road "Fullview Garden" stop for Wan Chai North direction was advanced to start at 08:15 onwards. [13][14]
- 14 May 2022: Terminus was relocated from Wan Chai North to the new Exhibition Centre Station Public Transport Interchange: [15][16][17]
- The "Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre" stop at Fleming Road for Wan Chai direction was cancelled, whereas the "Wan Chai Ferry Pier" stop at Convention Avenue for Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) was cancelled.
- 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 9/2022, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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Special trips[]
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Detailed Timetable |
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Citybus Route 8P/Detailed Timetable |
- This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
Journey/Boarding Stop | Fares |
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Full Fare | $8.1 |
Section fare (to Exhibition Centre Station) | |
From Wing Hing Street | $5.5 |
Section fare (to Siu Sai Wan) | |
Hing Fat Street | $6.0 |
From Chong Gene Hang College | $4.8 |
Fare Remarks |
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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 8P Interchange Concession Scheme
Bus Deployments[]
This route operates with 18 double-decker buses in the morning, increasing to 19 buses in the afternoon; the main buses used are Volvo B9TL 12m (5200-5224), Volvo B8L 12m (5230-5236, 521XX) and Enviro500/MMC 12m (5518-5582/5583-5599, 5601-5851, 515XX), Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (6100-6209), with some trips changed to use Enviro400 Euro V 10.4m (38XX, 315XX) and Enviro500/MMC 11.3m (40XX, 410XX).
Bus Deployment Evolution History[]
Bus Deployment Evolution History of Citybus Route 8P |
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This route used to be regularly served by Neoplan Centroliner 12 metres (60XX). Since the establishment of the Franchised Bus Low Emission Zone by the Government in December 2015, the model has been phased out in September 2015 as its emission standards failed to meet the statutory requirements. The MAN A95 ND323F 12.8m demonstrator bus (6090/TZ9333), introduced by NWFB in 2015, made its maiden trip on this route in the evening of 6 April 2016, while the 2016-registered Enviro500 MMC 12.8-metre (6100/UM722) also made its maiden trip on this route. |
Routing[]
To Exhibition Centre Station[]
To Exhibition Centre Station: The distance of this route is approx. 13.9km, and the journey time is approximately 51mins. (The average speed is 16.4km/h.)
Routing | Roads observed |
① Regular |
Siu Sai Wan Road, Siu Sai Wan Bus Terminus, Siu Sai Wan Road, Chai Wan Road, roundabout, Island Eastern Corridor, branch road, Hing Fat Street, Wing Hing Street, King's Road, Causeway Road, Irving Street, Pennington Street, Yee Wo Street, Hennessy Road and Fleming Road# |
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②* Shortworking trips to Causeway Bay |
……, Pennington Street, Yee Wo Street and Hennessy Road |
③# Monday to Saturday AM omit Fullview Garden |
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Routing remarks | |
# May be rerouted via Expo Drive East (northbound) , u-turn and Expo Drive East (southbound) according to traffic conditions. |
Citybus Route 8P (Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) → Exhibition Centre Station) | ||||
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No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
1 | Siu Sai Wan | Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) | ||
2 # | Siu Sai Wan | Siu Sai Wan Road | Fullview Garden | Not applicable to departures using Routing ③ |
3 | Siu Sai Wan | Siu Sai Wan Estate | ||
4 | Siu Sai Wan Road | Hiu Tsui Street | ||
5 | Chai Wan | Chai Wan Road | Fu Shing Court | |
6 | Lok Hin Terrace | |||
7 | Wan Tsui Shopping Centre | |||
8 | Island Eastern Corridor | Chong Gene Hang College | ||
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9 | Tin Hau | Wing Hing Street | Wing Hing Street | Section fare begins here |
10 | Causeway Bay | Causeway Road | Hong Kong Central Library | near Victoria Park |
11 | Causeway Bay | Hennessy Road | Hysan Place |
near Sogo Department Store Special departures using Routing ② terminate here |
12 | Wan Chai | Hennessy Road | CNT Tower | |
13 | Hennessy Road Government Primary School | |||
14 | Wan Chai North | Exhibition Centre Station |
near Wan Chai Ferry Pier |
To Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort)[]
To Siu Sai Wan: The distance of this route is approx. 13.2km, and the journey time is approximately 51mins. (The average speed is 15.5km/h.)
Via: Hung Hing Road, Fleming Road, Hennessy Road, Yee Wo Street, Causeway Road, Hing Fat Street, branch road, Island Eastern Corridor, Chai Wan Road and Siu Sai Wan Road
Citybus Route 8P (Exhibition Centre Station → Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort)) | ||||
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No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
1 | Wan Chai North | Exhibition Centre Station |
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2 | Wan Chai | Hennessy Road | Stewart Road | near Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building |
3 | Tonnochy Road | near CNT Tower | ||
4 | Causeway Bay | Sogo Department Store |
Special departures begin here | |
5 | Causeway Road | Victoria Park | near Hong Kong Central Library | |
6 | Tin Hau | Hing Fat Street | Hing Fat Street |
Section fare begins here |
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7 | Chai Wan | Island Eastern Corridor | Chong Gene Hang College | Section fare begins here near Chai Wan Park |
8 | Chai Wan Road | Walton Estate | ||
9 | Yue Wan Estate | |||
10 | Sheung On Street | |||
11 | Siu Sai Wan | Siu Sai Wan Road | Harmony Garden | near Siu Sai Wan Estate |
12 | Fu Yee Road | |||
13 | Fullview Garden | |||
14 | Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) |
Related Incidents[]
Fire Accidents[]
- 21 March 2004: At about 7:00 a.m., a Neoplan Centroliner (60XX) heading for Wan Chai Ferry Pier suddenly emitted smoke from the rear of the bus when it was approaching the Island Eastern Corridor near North Point Ferry Pier. The bus captain put out the fire by using the on-board fire extinguisher, and there were no injuries. [18]
- 16 November 2009: A Neoplan Centroliner (6023/JX1171) caught fire whilst travelling on this route, and was later recovered in August 2010.
- 9 August 2018: At around 11:00am, a Wan Chai North-bound Dennis Trident (1214/KN4525) was approaching the bus stop at Wan Tsui Market on Chai Wan Road when smoke suddenly appeared from the rear of the vehicle and caught fire. Passengers on board were evacuated to a safe location and the bus driver used the on-board fire extinguisher to extinguish the fire. The bus driver also tried to extinguish the fire with the fire extinguisher on board. The fire was extinguished by the fire service on arrival and no one was injured. [19][20]
Traffic Accidents[]
- 6 January 2014: At around 9:00 am, a Volvo Super Olympian (5039/JE4186) bound for Siu Sai Wan stopped at Hennessy Road when a fire engine suddenly arrived at the neighbouring lane, the captain braked and dodged, an elderly woman who was about to get off the vehicle lost her balance and crashed into the door of the vehicle, sustaining injuries to her face and back, and was sent to hospital for treatment. [21]
- 1 July 2014: At around 5:00pm, during the 1 July march, a Siu Sai Wan-bound Dennis Trident (1094/HY2653) had its body accidentally scratched the bodywork of the vehicle with an iron horse at Yee Wo Street by a young man, and the Police later arrested him for suspected criminal damage. [22]
- 16 May 2015: At around 9:00 pm, a Wan Chai Ferry Pier-bound Volvo Super Olympian was travelling along the Island Eastern Corridor when it reached the area opposite to the Shau Kei Wan Wholesale Fish Market, the right-hand middle wheel suddenly had a tyre blowout and the tyre flew off, rolled to the centre of the right-hand lane, and then rolled to the roadside kerb. The bus came to a stop opposite to Perfect Mount Garden and no one was injured. [23]
Passenger incidents[]
- 12 February 2017: In order to tie in with the Standard Chartered Marathon, this route did not go through the Island Eastern Corridor that morning, but instead went through Shau Kei Wan Road and King's Road. At around 8:00am, a woman boarded a Wan Chai North bound Enviro500 MMC and suddenly squatted down at the front of the lower deck to defecate, but the driver, who was concentrating on driving at the time, failed to stop her in time. The woman got off the bus at Shau Kei Wan Road after the incident and the passengers inside the bus told the bus driver that there was no need to arrange passengers to take another bus. The bus driver then continued the journey and informed NWFB to arrange for the bus to return to the depot to clean up the mess. [24]
Others[]
- 14 February 2017: the Development, Planning and Transport Committee of Wan Chai District Council discussed the pick-up/drop-off of this route at the Sogo Department Store bus stop [25][26]. NWFB issued a notice to bus captains on 15 February instructing that pick-up and drop-off must be at the bus stop area [27]. On 19 February, traffic police officers cited bus captains who failed to pick up and drop off passengers at the right stops, which made many captains angry, and thus they planned to work according to the rules [28][29]. The author, Wan Chai District Councillor Yolanda Ng Yuen-ting, became the target of public criticism, with many netizens leaving critical comments on her social networking sites. [30][31]
Criminal vandalism[]
- 11 September 2018: A passenger boarded a bus outside Hysan Place in Causeway Bay for Wan Chai North and noticed that a sewing needle of about 4 cm in length was inserted into the edge of the opposite seat cushion, and notified the bus driver to report to the Police when the bus arrived at Wan Chai North. [32]
Gallery[]

Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- Citybus Route 8
- CMB Route 80 (Cancelled)
- Citybus Route 788
- Citybus Route 789
- Citybus Route N8
- Citybus Route N8P
- NWFB Route X8
References[]
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴網上巴士路線及車費表" (NWFB Online Bus Route and Fare Charts) [News Release], 22 September 1998.
- ↑ HKSARG, "中巴專營巴士服務移交過渡安排" (Handover and Interim Arrangements for CMB Franchised Bus Services) [Press Release], 27 August 1998.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線8P全日服務" (NWFB Route 8P Upgrades to Whole-day Service) [News Release], 17 October 1998.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線63增設空調服務" (NWFB Route 63 Introduces Air-Conditioned Service) [News Release], 18 May 1999.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴共九條柴灣路線改道" (9 NWFB Routes in Chai Wan to be rerouted) [News Release], 29 January 2000.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Causeway Bay BBI scheme in operation on Saturday" [News Bulletin], 23 August 2000.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴多條路線港島東區終點站搬至藍灣半島" (Several NWFB Routes to relocate Eastern District terminus to Island Resort) [News Release], 19 July 2001.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線8P改道 早上班次繞經富怡道" (NWFB Route 8P Diversion via Fu Yee Road During Morning Hours) [News Release], 18 August 2001.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線8P早上班次暫行回小西灣道" (NWFB Route 8P Temporary Resumption of Routing via Siu Sai Wan Road) [News Release], 20 August 2001.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "Relocation of Wan Chai Ferry Pier Bus Terminus and Diversion of NWFB and Citybus Routes" [News Release], 15 May 2015.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "Citybus Offers Additional Fare Concessions “Next Bus” Arrival Time Enquiry Service Trial begins on 8 routes" [News Release], 20 May 2016.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Extends “Next Bus” Arrival Service to More Routes" [News Release], 25 June 2018.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of NWFB Route No. 8P Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) – Wan Chai North Temporary PTI CTB Route No. 788 Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) – Central (Macau Ferry) CTB Route No. 789 Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) – Admiralty (Rodney Street" [Traffic Advice], 30 September 2019.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Route 8P Service Change" [Passenger Notice], 30 September 2019.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "[https://www.td.gov.hk/en/traffic_notices/index_id_66119.html Opening of new public transport interchange in Wan Chai (Exhibition Centre Station Public Transport Interchange)]" [Traffic Advice], 4 May 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Bus Re-routing and Bus Stop Arrangements in Wan Chai North in relation to the relocation of Wan Chai North Temporary Public Transport Interchange" [Traffic Advice], 4 May 2022.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "Introduction of NWFB Route 1M and Cessation of Route 301 Bus Terminus of Multiple Routes Relocates to Exhibition Centre Station PTI]" [News Release], 6 May 2022.
- ↑ "巴士過熱起火" (A bus caught fire after excessive temperatures), Apple Daily, 22 March 2004.
- ↑ "新巴柴灣自焚 乘客自行疏散" (NWFB bus caught fire in Chai Wan, passengers evacuated on their own), Apple Daily Breaking News, 9 August 2018
- ↑ 新巴柴灣自焚 車尾噴火 (NWFB bus caught fire in Chai Wan, fire emitted from rear end), Oriental Daily News, 9 Aug 2018.
- ↑ "新巴急煞 女乘客撼爆玻璃" (NWFB bus abruptly braked: female passenger slammed onto window glass), Apple Daily, 7 January 2014.
- ↑ "青年不慎毀巴士被捕" (Teenage man arrested for accidentally damaging a bus), Apple Daily, 2 July 2014.
- ↑ "新巴爆胎飛脫 鐵騎士避劫" (NWFB bus suffered tire blowout and tire flown off: motorcyclist escaped disaster), Oriental Daily News, 18 May 2015.
- ↑ 〈"婦搭新巴公然大解" (Woman defecated on a NWFB bus), Apple Daily, 15 February 2017.
- ↑ "書面問題:關注怡和街1-15號至軒尼詩道529-555號巴士/小巴站分佈及路面擠塞情況" (Written question: Concern about the distribution of bus/minibus stops from 1-15 Yee Wo Street to 529-555 Hennessy Road and the congestion on the roads), Wan Chai District Council Development, Planning and Transport Committee Paper No. 10/2017.
- ↑ "銅鑼灣崇光百貨公司外8P巴士站受的士阻礙問題" (Problem of taxi obstruction at Route 8P bus stop outside Sogo Department Store in Causeway Bay), Wan Chai District Council Development, Planning and Transport Committee Paper No. 7/2017.
- ↑ "為何建制派議員和政府堅持不解決崇光的士違法問題?(上)" (Why pro-establishment councillors and government insisted on not resolving illegal taxi parking at Sogo Department Store?), inmedia, 17 February 2017.
- ↑ 8P巴士車長按章工作 (Route 8P worked according to rules), YouTube
- ↑ 【返工返學注意】九巴工會發起「對正站頭」上落客 抗議被抄牌, HK01, 19 Feb 2017.
- ↑ Post of "Yolanda NG伍婉婷" Facebook page, 18 February 2017.
- ↑ Post of "Yolanda NG伍婉婷" Facebook page, 19 February 2017.
- ↑ 「刺客」新巴8P犯案 縫紉針水平插座椅邊緣 ("Puncher" made offence on NWFB Rt. 8P bus: sawing needle punched horizontally on the edge of the seat), Oriental Daily News, 12 Sep 2018.
External Links[]
- Citybus Official Route Information: 8P (to Exhibition Centre Station)
- Citybus Official Route Information: 8P (to Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort))
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