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Citybus Route 9

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The Hong Kong Island Urban Bus Route 9 is operated by Citybus. It runs between Shau Kei Wan and Shek O, via Tai Tam Road, Shek O Road and Cape D'Aguillar, and is the only public transport serving Shek O Road together with PLB Shau Kei Wan - Shek O Route.

To highlight the function of this route connecting with MTR Shau Kei Wan Station, the electronic destination sign of Shau Kei Wan direction displays the MTR logo at the same time.

History[]

Bus service to and from Shek O started to serve the public as early as in the 1920s. At that time, the The Hongkong Hotel Bus operated an un-numbered Hong Kong Hotel and Big Wave Bay Route, which was regarded as a hotel-only service and only operated a few times a day, and it was not included as one of the franchised routes in the district.

CMB Era[]

  • 16 April 1951: The China Motor Bus (CMB) operated Route 9 between Shau Kei Wan and Shek O. There were four daily departures from Shau Kei Wan at 07:30, 08:30, 13:00 and 18:00, and from Shek O at 08:00, 09:00, 13:30 and 18:30, with a fare of $0.7 per trip. [1]
  • 21 April 1951: Headways were enhanced from noon on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays during the swimming season, with the last bus of both directions extended by one hour. [2]
  • August 1951: In view of the large number of swimmers at Shek O, CMB instructed the route to start as soon as it was full and extended the last bus until the swimmers had entirely left and need not follow the scheduled timetable. [3]
  • 1 October 1951: The first bus time from Shau Kei Wan and Shek O were brought forward by one hour. [4]
  • 18 May 1953: CMB introduced half-fare concession for school children on rural routes, applicable to all areas not covered by the Student Monthly Pass, [5][6] but not applicable on holidays. [7]
  • 10 December 1953: The timetable was revised to include mainly one hourly departure daily. [8]
  • 29 September 1958: Due to the restoration of Nam On Street and Aldrich Street, the route was changed to terminate near tram terminus at Kam Wah Street, and the inbound and outbound termini were rerouted via Shau Kei Wan Main Street East. [9]
  • September 1961: The last buses from Shau Kei Wan and Shek O were delayed for 3 hours to 22:00 and 22:30 respectively.
  • 16 August 1970: Special departure between North Point and Shek O was introduced on every public holiday, departing from 07:25 - 08:29 at North Point and 19:30 - 22:30 at Shek O, with a fare of $1.0.[10]. The cancellation date of this special departure is unknown.
  • 1975: A special trip was introduced to operate between Shek O and Big Wave Bay, with three trips on Mondays to Saturdays and one trip every 30 to 60 minutes on holidays.
  • 24 August 1982: Shau Kei Wan terminus was relocated from the roadside stop on Nam On Lane to the newly built lay-by-shaped bus terminus in the new reclamation area.
  • 9 June 1996: Air-conditioned bus service was introduced.
  • 1997: In conjunction with the Shek O Road Improvement Project, the return journey was detoured via a section of Cape D'Aguilar Road near Tai Fung Au.
    • Rehabilitation works at Shek O Quarry commenced in January 1994. The section of Shek O Road near the quarry had to be re-aligned to straighten the road and shorten the journey by 600 metres, while the original sharp bend at Tai Fung Au was designated as part of Cape D'Aguilar Road and a roundabout was set up at the end of the road. The project was completed in 1997 [11], and to meet the needs of the residents of Hok Tsui and Nga Choi Hang villages, a detour via the section of the old Shek O Road which had already been designated as Hok Tsui Road was maintained for the round trips; some holiday trips were not diverted to Cape D'Aguillar Road if the terminus at Shek O was full.

NWFB era[]

  • 1 September 1998: Changed to be operated by New World First Bus (NWFB) following the End of CMB Franchised Bus Service.
  • 24 January 2000: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service with full usage of Dennis Trident 10.3m (33XX) air-conditioned buses. [12]
  • After January 2000: Rarely reverted from full air-conditioned to mixed service with two air-conditioned buses and two non-air-conditioned buses deployed in rotation, the latter by Leyland Victory II.
    • This was NWFB's response to Shek O residents' dissatisfaction with the high fares of air-conditioned buses ($6.2 at that time, $2 higher than that of non-air-conditioned buses) after the route was upgraded to a fully air-conditioned service.
  • 20 March 2000: The first bus time from Shek O was advanced to 06:00. [13]
  • End-August 2000: NWFB's last non-air-conditioned bus suitable for this route, the Leyland Victory II, was fully retired and officially replaced by a full air-conditioned service.
  • 4 December 2000: Departures at 20:00 and 20:20 from Mondays to Saturdays to Shek O were detoured via Big Wave Bay. [14]
  • 14 May 2001: Departures at 21:20, 22:00, 23:00 and 23:30 from Mondays to Saturdays to Shek O were detoured via Big Wave Bay. [15]
  • 23 December 2001: Interchange concession with Route 682 was introduced. [16]
  • 19 January 2003: Departures at 12:00, 12:54, 13:48 and 14:42 on Sundays and Public Holidays to Shek O were detoured via Big Wave Bay. [17]
  • 24 March 2003: Departures at 12:00, 12:54, 13:48 and 14:42 from Mondays to Saturdays departing to Shek O were detoured via Big Wave Bay. [18]
  • 29 July 2005: Departures from Shau Kei Wan at 00:00 on Mondays to Saturdays was detoured via Big Wave Bay. [19]
  • 16 July 2006: The cash two-way section fare from Shek O to Big Wave Bay was changed to Octopus payment in order to enjoy the concession, and a new Octopus two-way section fare from Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus to Sai Wan Water Treatment Works at $5.8 was introduced.[20]
  • 1 July 2013: To tie in with NWFB's franchise extension, a new two-way section fare to Shan Tsui Court was introduced for Shek O direction; Octopus interchange concessions with Routes 2X and 720A were also introduced. [21]
  • 3 November 2013: Departures at 18:37 and 20:05 on Sundays and Public Holidays to Shek O were detoured via Big Wave Bay. [22]
  • 16 August 2015: Departures from Tai Long Wan to Shau Kei Wan via Shek O were introduced between 14:00 - 18:00 on Sundays and public holidays during the swimming season at 30-minute intervals. [23][24]
  • 31 August 2018: "Next Bus "Real-time arrival time enquiry service was added. [25]

Citybus era[]

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.

From Shau Kei Wan
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
06:00 - 06:50 25
06:50 - 08:30 20
08:30 - 09:00 15
09:00 - 18:00 18
18:00 - 23:00 20
23:00 - 00:00 30
The following departures are only provided on Fridays and the day before public holidays
00:30、01:00
Saturdays
06:00 - 06:50 25
06:50 - 07:30 20
07:30 - 09:00 15
09:00 - 18:00 18
18:00 - 19:40 20
19:40 - 23:00 25
23:00 - 01:00 30
Sundays and Public Holidays
06:00 - 08:00 20
08:00 - 08:36 9
08:36 - 09:52 8/9
09:52 - 13:00 8/7
13:00 - 14:52 7
14:52 - 15:00 8
15:00 - 16:52 7
16:52 - 17:00 8
17:00 - 18:00 9/8
18:00 - 19:30 9
19:30 - 19:50 10
19:50 - 20:20 15
20:20 - 00:00 20
The following departures are only provided on the day before public holidays
00:30, 01:00
Departures from Shau Kei Wan detouring via Cape D'Aguillar to Shek O
as scheduled in the timetable above
Hrs Mins
Mondays to Saturdays
All regular trips
Sundays and Public Holidays
06 - 07 00, 20, 40
08 00、27
09 01, 18, 35, 52
10 - 12 07, 22, 37, 52
13 07, 35
14 10, 38
15 07, 35
16 03, 31
17 00, 26, 51
18 18, 45
19 12, 40
20 05, 20, 40
21 - 23 00, 20, 40
00 00
The following departures are only provided on the day before public holidays
00:30, 01:00
Departures from Shau Kei Wan detouring via Big Wave Bay to Shek O
as scheduled in the timetable above
Service Hours
Mondays to Fridays
07:10, 08:10, 12:00, 12:54, 13:48, 14:42, 16:30, 18:40, 19:20, 19:40, 20:00, 20:20, 21:20, 22:00, 23:00, 23:30, 00:00
Saturdays
07:10, 08:00, 12:00, 12:54, 13:48, 14:42, 16:30, 18:40, 19:20, 19:40, 20:05, 20:30, 21:20, 22:10, 23:00, 23:30, 00:00
Sundays and Public Holidays
12:07, 13:00, 14:03, 15:00, 16:31, 18:36, 20:05
From Shek O
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
06:00 - 14:40 20
14:40 - 14:59 19
14:59 - 17:41 18
17:41 - 18:00 19
18:00 - 22:40 20
22:40 - 23:30 25
23:30 - 00:30 30
The following departures are only provided on Fridays and the day before public holidays
01:00, 01:30
Saturdays
06:00 - 14:00 20
14:00 - 20:00 18
20:00 - 21:00 20
21:00 - 23:30 25
23:30 - 01:30 30
Sundays and Public Holidays
06:00 - 08:40 20
08:40 - 10:00 10
10:00 - 10:18 9
10:18 - 12:00 8/9
12:00 - 17:15 7/8
17:15 - 20:10 7
20:10 - 20:50 10
20:50 - 21:20 15
21:20 - 00:00 20
00:30
The following departures are only provided on the day before public holidays
01:00, 01:30
Departures from Shek O detouring via Cape D'Aguillar to Shau Kei Wan
as scheduled in the timetable above
Hrs Mins
Mondays to Saturdays
All regular trips
Sundays and Public Holidays
06 - 08 00, 20, 40
09 00, 30
10 00, 26
11 00, 26, 51
12 15, 37
13 - 16 00, 15, 30, 45
17 00, 15, 36, 57
18 04, 11, 18, 25, 32, 39, 46, 53
19 00, 07, 35
20 03, 30, 50
21 05, 20, 40
22 - 23 00, 20, 40
00 00, 30
The following departures are only provided on the day before public holidays
01:30, 01:30
Departures from Shek O detouring via Big Wave Bay to Shau Kei Wan
as scheduled in the timetable above
Service Hours
Mondays to Fridays
15:53
Saturdays
15:48
No service on Sundays and Public Holidays

Special trips[]

Big Wave Bay → Shau Kei Wan ● (via Shek O)
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Sundays and Public Holidays during swimming seasons [26]
14:00 - 18:00 30
  • Depending on weather conditions and passenger demand, additional trips may be operated to meet demand.
  • Citybus may operate additional trips from Shau Kei Wan to Cape D'Aguilar and from Big Wave Bay to Shau Kei Wan without serving Shek O in order to ease the passenger flow.
This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.

Fares[]

Fare chart (to Shek O)
Alighting stop
Shan Tsui Court or before Sai Wan Water Treatment Works or before Shek O or before
Boarding stop Shau Kei Wan or after $5.5 ^ $7.6 ^ $8.7
Cape Collinson or after $4.9
Big Wave Bay/Big Wave Bay Road or after $4.5
Fare chart (to Shau Kei Wan)
Alighting stop
21 Shek O Road or before Shau Kei Wan or before
Boarding stop Shek O or after $4.5 ^ $8.7
Shan Tsui Court or after $4.9
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 9 Interchange Concession Scheme

Bus Deployments[]

The main type of buses used on this route is Enviro400/Euro V (70XX, 310XX/38XX, 315XX) double-decker buses; after severe weather of after being hit by severe tropicl cyclones, Enviro200 MMC 10.7m (2501-2505) single-decker buses will be used according to road conditions.

Due to the narrow roads on Tai Tam Road, Shek O Road and Big Wave Bay Road, this route is served only by the above models.

Bus Deployment Evolution History[]

Bus Deployment Evolution History of Citybus Route 9
  • 26 June 1970: Bus deployment changed from single-deckers to double-deckers, using Guy Arab V.
  • 1988-89: Gradually changed to use Leyland Victory II (LV).
  • 9 June 1996: Dennis Dart (DC) single-decker air-conditioned buses were introduced during holidays.
  • 21 January 2000: The extra short-bodied and low-height Dennis Trident 10.3-metre (3301-3360) buses were deployed, with the same 10.6-metre (16XX) buses occasionally deployed on high-traffic days; about half of the trips on this route were still operated by these buses before the Victory IIs were fully retired.
  • Late-August 2000: Entirely served by Dennis Tridents following the retirement of Leyland Victory IIs.
  • 2016: Due to the advancing age of the short-bodied and low-height version Dennis Trident (3301-3360), NWFB ordered 60 Enviro400 Euro Vs (3800-3859), which were 10.4 metres long and only 4.17 metres high, to replace the former. The vehicle was placed on this route from 24 April 2017 after completion of the test run.
  • Between mid-April and July 2019: In response to the Peak Tram development programme and to ensure that there are sufficient short-bodied low-height double-decker buses to meet the demand for travelling to and from the Peak, NWFB has leased some of its Enviro400s from Citybus to serve this route and Route 14. [27][28]
  • 2021: In view of the shortage of NWFB's short buses due to the huge holiday patronage, NWFB needs to borrow some of its Enviro400s from Citybus to serve this route.
    • 2 April (Easter and Ching Ming holidays). [29]
    • 1 May (labour Holiday).
    • 22 July: During summer holidays. [30]
    • 19 December: Free Ride Day.
  • 2023: Due to the massive passenger demans causing a shortage of NWFB's short-length buses, NWFB had to borrow Enviro400s from Citybus to operate on this route. [31] Following the Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger, in addition to that Enviro400 Euro V low-height buses are prioritised on serving The Peak routes with height restrictions imposed, making that type of bus become major model on this route.

Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 11.7km, and the journey time is approximately 30mins. (The average speed is 23.4km/h.)

To Shek O[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Regular 		Unnamed road, Nam On Lane, Shau Kei Wan Road, Chai Wan Road, Tai Tam Road, Shek O Road, Cape D'Aguilar Road and Shek O Road
② *
Daily specified departures
detouring via Big Wave Bay 		..., Shek O Road, Big Wave Bay Road and Shek O Road
③ #
Holiday specific departures
omitting Cape D'Aguillar 		..., Chai Wan Road, Tai Tam Road and Shek O Road
④ %
Additional departuresto Cape D'Aguillar only 		..., Tai Tam Road, Shek O Road and Cape D'Aguillar Road
Citybus Route 9 (Shau Kei Wan → Shek O)
No. Area Road Bus Stop Name Remarks
1 Shau Kei Wan Shau Kei Wan MTR logo
2 Chai Wan Road Ming Wah Dai Ha
3 A Kung Ngam Road
4 Lei Yue Mun Park
5 Chai Wan Tai Tam Road Shan Tsui Court Two-way section fare ends here
6 Girl Guides Cecilla Mar Venture House
7 New Bridge
8 Sai Wan Water Treatment Works Two-way section fare ends here
9 Shek O Road Cape Collinson Section fare begins here
10 Shek O Lin Hok Sin Koon
11 Lan Nai Wan
12 To Tei Wan near Dragon's Back
13 Quarry
14 ％ Cape D'Aguillar Cape D'Aguillar Road Cape D'Aguillar Not applicable to holiday departures using Routing ③
Holiday shortworking departures using Routing ④ terminates here
15 Shek O Shek O Road 4 Shek O Road
16 1 Shek O Road
* Big Wave Bay Big Wave Bay Road Big Wave Bay Section fare begins here
Applicable to departures using Routing ②
17 Shek O Shek O Road Big Wave Bay Road Section fare begins here for departures using Routings ①③
18 Shek O Police Station
19 Shek O Terminus changed to Shek O Beach Public Car Park on Saturday afternoons and specified times on holidays during swimming seasons

To Shau Kei Wan[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Regular 		Shek O Road, Cape D'Aguilar Road, Shek O Road, Tai Tam Road, Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan Road, Aldrich Street and Nam On Street
② *
Monday to Saturday specified departures
detouring via Big Wave Bay 		Shek O Road, Big Wave Bay Road, Shek O Road, Cape D'Aguillar Road, ...
③ #
Holiday specified departures
omitting Cape D'Aguillar 		Shek O Road, Tai Tam Road, Chai Wan Road, ...
④ % Big Wave Bay special departures on
swimming season holidays
(via Shek O Bus Terminus, omit Cape D'Aguillar) 		Big Wave Bay Road, Shek O Road, Shek O Bus Terminus, Shek O Road, Tai Tam Road, ...
⑤ & Big Wave Bay special departures on
swimming season holidays
(omit Shek O Bus Terminus, via Cape D'Aguillar) 		Big Wave Bay Road, Shek O Road, Cape D'Aguillar Road, ...
Citybus Route 9 (Shek O/Big Wave Bay → Shau Kei Wan)
No. Area Road Bus Stop Name Remarks
%＆ Big Wave Bay Big Wave Bay Road Big Wave Bay Applicable to departures using Routings ④⑤
1 Shek O Shek O Terminus changed to Shek O Beach Public Car Park on Saturday afternoons and specified times on holidays during swimming seasons, departures using Routing ④ will also be diverted to the car park
2 Shek O Road Shek O Police Station
* Big Wave Bay Big Wave Bay Road Big Wave Bay Applicable to departures using Routing ②
3 Shek O Shek O Road 21 Shek O Road Two-way section fare ends here
4 1 Shek O Road
5 4 Shek O Road
6 Cape D'Aguillar Cape D'Aguillar Road Cape D'Aguillar Not applicable to holiday departures using Routings ③④
7 Shek O Shek O Road Quarry
8 To Tei Wan near Dragon's Back
9 Lan Nai Wan
10 Lin Hok Sin Koon
11 Chai Wan Cape Collinson
12 Tai Tam Road
13 Tai Tam Road Girl Guides Cecilla Mar Venture House
14 Shan Tsui Court Section fare begins here
15 Shau Kei Wan Chai Wan Road Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School
16 A Kung Ngam Road Compulsory stop
17 Shau Kei Wan MTR logo

Ridership[]

Route 9 serves Shek O residents travelling to and from the urban area, as well as people travelling to and from Shek O for picnics and swimming. Although the route is subject to competition from public light buses, a large number of passengers take this route during weekends and holidays, and the queuing situation is frequent.

Even though the vehicle-wave strategy has been employed during holidays, a large number of passengers are still queuing up at the Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus, with the queue even occupying the neighbouring bus lay-bys. Therefore, during Sundays and public holidays, NWFB opened the reserve pit to the south of the station for parking of NWFB's vehicles, while the original lay-by was designated as a waiting area for passengers, and higher capacity vehicles are deployed to operate on this route in order to ease the passenger flow. However, this measure has further reduced the already congested parking space at the terminus, and other routes have to move their stops to accommodate this, which was slightly inconvenient.

In view of the overloading of the original stop, starting from the summer of 2017, the station at the Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus of this route has been temporarily relocated from the double lay-bys in the south, which have been in use for many years, to a lay-by on the west side of the road, near the entrance of Nam On Street (the original stop locations of Routes 19P and 85A), so as to make use of the space of the nearby sitting-out area of Nam On Street to accommodate a large number of passengers waiting for the buses during the summer holiday period. The adjustment was originally scheduled to end after the swimming season, but due to the favourable results, it has been retained as a permanent measure since then.

As a result of the temporary suspension of the Peak Tram, during weekends and holidays, Enviro400 Euro V low-body buses were given priority on the height-restricted Peak routes, and the normal height of Citybus' Enviro400 10.5 metres (7000-7059) was used as support. As many buses were deployed to The Peak routes, the fleet size of this route was unable to cope with the passenger demand brought about by the May Day Golden Week, and more than 600 people were stranded at the Shek O Bus Terminus.

Based on the Bus Route Planning Programmes and other information, the ridership of this route are as follows:

  • 1993 (CMB): The monthly passenger load was 98,173. [32]
  • 2006: On average, about 45 and 40 passenger trips were made at Cape D'Aguilar and Tai Long Wan respectively after the morning peak hour.

Related Incidents[]

Traffic Accidents[]

  • 30 August 1970: At 1:30 p.m., a Shek O-bound Guy Arab V (M1/AH4074) was approaching Shek O Road near Chai Wan Road when a private car attempted to cut across the rear of the bus, but there was another private car in front of the bus, causing the driver to swerve and collide with the bus immediately; the bus driver then swerved but drove onto the roadside and the hillside, injuring the 78 passengers on board. [33][34]
  • 2 April 1981: At 12:20 p.m., a Shau Kei Wan-bound Guy Arab V double-decker bus (M43/AH4136) lost control and crashed into a large tree on Shek O Road near the golf course, injuring 28 people. [35]
  • 12 October 1983: At about 3:00 p.m., a Shek O-bound Guy Arab V short-bodied double-deck bus (LS19/AH4014) came to a bend on Shek O Road near the approach to Catchwater No. 54 of Lan Nai Wan Tsuen, the driver swerved to the left to avoid an oncoming dumper truck to reach a rocky cliff, but lost control of the vehicle because of the narrow and slippery road surface, with the left front wheel first crashing into and over a rocky cliff, and then to the left. The driver and 18 passengers were injured. [36][37]
  • 27 February 1985: At around 9:00 p.m., a Shek O-bound CMB Guy Arab V (LX317/CR1032) collided head-on with a private car near Shan Tsui Court on Tai Tam Road, injuring two people in the private car. [38]
  • 29 August 1988: At 7:30 a.m., a CMB Guy Arab V (LX313/CP3961), which was on its way to Shau Kei Wan to pick up passengers, suspected to have lost control of its vehicle as it entered Nam On Street from Nam On Lane, crossed over the lane and crashed into a taxi, and then crashed into pedestrians who were crossing the road, and finally plowed into the left-hand curb, resulting in one death and three injuries to the pedestrians. [39]
  • 17 July 1993: At 11:50 a.m., a Shau Kei Wan bound Leyland Victory II (LV124/CP4423) came to a bend off at 7 Shek O Road and collided head-on with a runaway private car which had overstepped the lane, resulting in injuries to the five persons in the private car, one passenger in the bus and the driver. [40]
  • 31 March 1996: At about 10:00 a.m., a Shek O-bound CMB Leyland Victory II (LV84/CM2206) and a Route 14 Guy Arab V (LX345/DC3424) heading towards Stanley Fort collided with an out-of-control dump truck, a private car and a taxi on Tai Tam Road, resulting in injuries to three people [41][42]. The latter was subsequently retired early due to its advanced age (licensed in 1966 and refurbished with a new chassis and reregistered in 1984).
  • 14 April 1998: At 10:45 a.m., a Shau Kei Wan-bound CMB Leyland Victory II (LV5/CF5482) collided with a bus of the same model (LV100/CM7448) on the opposite side of the road (Route 14, Stanley Fort-bound) when it came to a bend on Tai Tam Road near Hing Man Estate, during which the bus driver of the same route twisted the steering wheel sharply and swung into a kerb before coming to a stop. The bus driver of this route was also suspected to be involved in the collision. The bus driver of Route 14 was also suspected to have left his right foot off the brake pedal in a moment of panic, causing the bus to skid back and hit a trailing construction vehicle, resulting in a three-vehicle collision. The bus driver of Route 14 and two female passengers on the Route 9 bus were injured. [43]
  • 18 June 1999: At 8:50 a.m., a Shau Kei Wan bound Leyland Victory II (LV165/CU4517) was hit by the boom of a nearby dredger on Shek O Road near Lan Nai Wan, hitting the windscreen of the upper left front end of the vehicle, and bending the iron handrail, and injuring the three passengers with glass shards. [44]
  • 19 September 2006: At about 11:00 pm, a Shek O bound Dennis Trident (3340/JL3691) collided with an out-of-control motorcycle crossing the line at Shek O Road near Lan Nai Wan, injuring the motorcyclist. [45]
  • 6 September 2011: At around 11:00pm, a Shek O-bound Dennis Trident (3332/JK2733) collided with an out-of-control hopper lorry carrying bread at Tai Tam Road, injuring nine people. [46]
  • 1 October 2017: 26 people were injured when a Shek O-bound Dennis Trident (3311/JJ5560) collided head-on with a Toyota Coaster green minibus on Route 16X on the opposite lane, which had just crashed into the same bus on Route 14 (3316/JJ8254) near Shan Tsui Court on Tai Tam Road, at around 3:00pm [47]. The minibus involved in the collision was later decommissioned.
  • 2 September 2018: one person was killed and one injured when a Shek O-bound Enviro400 Euro V (3828/UT2022) collided head-on with a private car crossing the lane near 1 Shek O Road at about 1:00pm. [48]
  • 25 January 2020 (Lunar New Year's Day): At around 9:00am, a Shau Kei Wan-bound Enviro400 Euro V (3843/UW9618) collided head-on with two private cars opposite 110 Shek O Road, resulting in front-end damages to all three vehicles and injuries to four people. [49]

Bus enthusiast incidents[]

  • 31 August 2000: NWFB held a farewell joyride of its Victory II and arranged LV30 to run this route between Shau Kei Wan and Shek O. However a week before the event was held, a landslide occured at Shek O Road near No.18 and a traffic management measure was in force, and the event was eventually truncated to Cape D'Aguillar [50][51] and returned to Shau Kei Wan from there. This special joyride attracted many citizens purchasing tickets for it and many bus enthusiasts also witnessed the moment at Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus.

Passenger Incidents[]

  • 29 March 2014: At around 8:00 am, three Mainland tree-scalpers took a Shau Kei Wan-bound Dennis Trident at Cape D'Aguillar, and police arrested the three in Shau Kei Wan. [52]
  • 21 October 2015: At around 10:00 am, a hiking group of more than 30 people was driven to Shek O after a NWFB staff member mistakenly instructed them to take a bus that did not pass through Cape D'Aguillar, but the bus driver drove the bus away without allowing the group leader to do a headcount, resulting in the disappearance of one hiking group member, who was eventually recovered in Shau Kei Wan. [53]

Road flooding[]

  • 8 October 2021: The compartment of an Enviro400 Euro V was flooded while driving on Shek O Road. [54]

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  1. ↑ "筲箕灣～石澳巴士載客明日開始" (Shau Kei Wan - Shek O bus route to begin service tomorrow), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 15 April 1951.
  2. ↑ "今明兩日筲箕灣石澳巴士增次" (Shau Kei Wan - Shek O bus route to enhance headways today and tomorrow), The Hong Kong Kung Sheung Daily News, 21 April 1951.
  3. ↑ "石澳游泳者眾 巴士公司增車行走" (Increasing swimmers at Shek O: Bus company to deploy more buses), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 13 August 1951.
  4. ↑ "石澳巴士提早一小時開車" (Shek O bus route to advance first bus by an hour), The Hong Kong Kung Sheung Daily News, 29 September 1951.
  5. ↑ "本港郊外線巴士 學生乘車半價" (Half-fares for students on rural bus routes on HK Island), The Hong Kong Kung Sheung Daily News, 9 May 1953,
  6. ↑ "港區郊外學生 巴士半價證開始發出" (Half-fare concession pass began to be distributed to all rural HKI students), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 18 May 1953.
  7. ↑ "郊外學生車證 假期不適用" (Rural student fare concession pass not applicable to holidays), Wah Kiu yat Po, 18 July 1953.
  8. ↑ "香港各線巴士 新訂行車時間" (All bus routes on HK Island to amend timetables), Ta Kung Pao, 11 December 1953.
  9. ↑ "筲箕灣 巴士總站 移金華街" (Shau Kei Wan bus terminus to be relocated near Kam Wah Street), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 30 September 1958.
  10. ↑ "北角石澳線巴士逢假日行走" (North Point - Shek O bus service to operate every holidays), Ta Kung Pao, 15 August 1970.
  11. ↑ "Quarries in Hong Kong", Civil Engineering and Development Department Reference Note No. 01/2011.
  12. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線9提升為全空調兼採用超短特矮雙層空調巴士"  (NWFB Route 9 Upgrades to Full Air-conditioned Service and Adopts Ultra-short and Low Height Double-Decker Air-conditioned Buses) [News Release], 21 January 2000.
  13. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線9提早首班車"  (NWFB Route 9 advances first departure hours) [News Release], 17 March 2000.
  14. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線9繞經大浪灣特別巴士服務"  (NWFB Route 9 Special Services via Big Wave Bay) [News Release], 30 November 2000.
  15. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "新巴路線9提升服務 加強繞經大浪灣班次" [News Release], 11 May 2001.
  16. ↑ Processing of Applications for Bus Fare Concessions, Transport Department, 30 November 2004
  17. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040819044644/http://www.info.gov.hk/td/eng/notice/specialtravel/bussou22.htm ntroduction of Special Departures of NWFB Route 9 (Shau Kei Wan – Shek O) to Big Wave Bay]" [Traffic Advice].
  18. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20040909143951/http://www.info.gov.hk/td/eng/notice/specialtravel/bussou32.htm Introduction of Special Departures of New World First Bus Route 9 (Shau Kei Wan – Shek O) to Big Wave Bay]" [Traffic Advice].
  19. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Additional Departure on Route 9 Run via Big Wave Bay" [News Release], 29 July 2005.
  20. ↑ 巴士新聞 2006年7月 (Bus News July 2006), bustop.info.
  21. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Offers New Fare Concessions" [News Release], 21 June 2013.
  22. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Route 9 Enhancement of Trips via Big Wave Bay and Adoption of Wingter Timetable" [Passenger Notice], 17 October 2013.
  23. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Bus Route Planning Programme 2015 - 2016 of Southern District Service Adjustments of NWFB Route 9, CTB Route 37B, CTB Route 76, CTB Route 99 / 99X" [Traffic Advice], 12 August 2015.
  24. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Route 9 and 15B New Service Arrangements " [News Release], 14 August 2015.
  25. ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Provides “Next Bus” Arrival Service on 11 More Routes" [News Release], 31 August 2018.
  26. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Routes 9, X9 Special Service Arrangements" [Passenger Notice], 26 April 2023.
  27. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Routes 9, 14 Service Arrangements" [Passenger Notice], 16 April 2019.
  28. ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "山頂纜車維修期間 新巴租用城巴行駛9及14號線"  (NWFB Leases Citybus vehicles on Routes 9 and 14 during Peak Tram Renovation) [News Release], 23 April 2019.
  29. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Routes 9, 14 Service Arrangements" [Passenger Notice], 1 April 2021.
  30. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Routes 9, 14 Service Arrangements" [Passenger Notice], 22 July 2021.
  31. ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Routes 9, 14 Service Arrangements" [Passenger Notice], 18 May 2023.
  32. ↑ (1990s) 中巴1993年5月- 廣告收費表及客量數據 ((1990s) CMB May 1993 - Advertised Fare Tables and Patronage Figures)), hkitalk.net.
  33. ↑ "石澳道上雙層巴士載客約八十人 險翻下山脚" (Double-decker bus with 80 passengers almost ran down the hill at Shek O Road), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 31 August 1970.
  34. ↑ "繼在九龍廿九人受傷後石澳總昨又幾乎出事 雙層巴士險翻坡 乘客們面對陡坡時無不驚叫執番條命" (After a bus accident in Kowloon injuring 29, another one happened in Shek O: Double-decker bus almost ran down the hill, passengers not screaming while facing steep slopes saved lives), Ta Kung Pao, 31 August 1970.
  35. ↑ "石澳筲箕灣九號線 雙層巴士撞大樹 廿八人浴血車廂 三留醫者中兩人危殆" (Double-decker Route 9 bus between Shau Kei Wan slammed onto a tree, 28 injured and 2 critical among 3 hospitalised passengers), Ta Kung Pao, 3 April 1981.
  36. ↑ "石澳道巴士墮山坡 全車十九人傷 巴士經爛泥灣撞路邊石壆墮山 司機報稱因閃避車輛失去控制" (Bus fell down slope at Shek O Road: Bus crashed on roadside kerb at Lan Nai Wan, driver claimed losing control due to evading vehicles), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 13 October 1983.
  37. ↑ "據説閃避泥頭車越壆衝下 石澳雙層巴士墮坑 司機及18乘客浴血" (Claimed running down slope after evading dump truck and crashing onto kerb: Bus ran down slope in Shek O, driver and 18 passengers injured), Sing Tao Daily, 13 October 1983.
  38. ↑ "途經大潭道 私家車撞巴士 兩名男女輕傷" (Private car collided with a bus at Tai Tam Road, 2 injured), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 28 February 1985.
  39. ↑ "途人穿鐵欄橫過馬路 四名男女遭巴士撞倒" (4 people crashed down by bys while crossing road through railings), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 30 August 1988.
  40. ↑ "石澳道房車撼巴士七人傷" (Luxury car slammed a bus at Shek O Road injuring 7), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 18 July 1993.
  41. ↑ "大潭道泥頭車意外 (31/3/1996)" (Tai Tam Road dump truck accident (31/3/1996)), YouTube
  42. ↑ "泥頭車失控壓的士撞巴士" (Dump truck lost control and crashed on taxi and bus), Oriental Daily News, 1 April 1996.
  43. ↑ "昨晨港九兩宗巴士意外" (2 bus accidents occured in HK Island and Kowloon), Wen Wei Po, 15 April 1998.
  44. ↑ "柴灣道大巴撼小巴人浴血 挖泥車吊臂橫掃雙層巴傷三乘客" (Large bus slammed a minibus at Chai Wan Road: arm of mud truck slammed double-decker bus injuring 3 passengers), Hong Kong Commercial Daily, 19 June 1999.
  45. ↑ "車隊深夜疑非法比賽 鐵騎狂飆鏟入巴士底" (Suspected illegal late-night motorcycling race: motorcyclist slammed into bottom of bus), Apple Daily, 21 September 2006.
  46. ↑ "柴灣「麪包車」撞巴士九傷" (Hopper lorry collided with bus in Chai Wan injuring 9), Apple Daily, 7 September 2011.
  47. ↑ "綠Van連撼兩新巴 人疊人 26男女浴血" (Green minibus slammed two NWFB buses: passenger piled up, 26 injured), Oriental Daily News, 2 October 2017.
  48. ↑ "Civic石澳道越線猛撞新巴 司機重傷不治" (Civic private car crossed lane and slammed on a NWFB bus at Shek O Road, driver succumbed to injuries), Apple Daily, 2 September 2018.
  49. ↑ 石澳道私家車掟彎跣胎迎頭撼巴士 釀4傷送院 (Private car slammed head-on with a bus after losing control while turning, 4 injured and hospitalised), Oriental Daily News, 25 Jan 2020.
  50. ↑ Hong Kong Buses Yearbook 2001.
  51. ↑ "尋找退役巴 - 最後勝利: LV30" (Finding retired buses - The final Victory: LV30), China Motor Bus Memorial Page.
  52. ↑ "斬樹黨搭巴士落網" (Tree scalpers hopped on a bus and later arrested), Apple Daily, 30 March 2014.
  53. ↑ "職員老點 司機逐客 腦退化漢遭遺留新巴" (Staff mistaken, driver asking passengers off: Alzheimer's old man left behind on NWFB bus)《東方日報》，2015年10月23日。
  54. ↑ 黑雨襲港大混亂！樂活道冧棚架一女工死！網民轟天文台遲警告害死女工｜多區水浸返工返學勁狼狽｜嘮動新聞｜Channel C HK (Mass chaos while Black Rainstorm in effect! Scaffoldings collapsed at Broadwood Road killed one female worker! Netizens slammed HKO for late warning that caused her death | Flooding at multiple areas caused inconvenience to citizens), YouTube

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