- Daily from Sham Wan: 05:30, 06:30, 07:30
- Daily from Airport: 21:30, 22:30, 23:30Special Service Arrangements may vary according to actual road conditions.
please remove this template when service is restored to normal or officially cancelled.
The Airbus Route A17 is one of the "Cityflyer" routes operated by Citybus. It runs between Sham Wan and Airport, via Ocean Park, Shouson Hill (Nam Fung Road), Wong Nai Chung Gap, Happy Valley, Wan Chai (Queen's Road East), Admiralty, Central (→) and HZMB Hong Kong Port, taking the Western Harbour Crossing, Stonecutters Bridge and Lantau Link.
History[]
Over the years, Route A10 had been the only route to and from the Airport in the Southern District, but it failed to cover Wong Chuk Hang, Ocean Park, Shouson Hill, and so on. On the other hand, Wong Nai Chung Gap, Happy Valley and Queen's Road East in Wan Chai are not served by direct bus services to the Airport, and routes A11 and A12 do not stop at Admiralty for Airport direction.
Coinciding with the opening of Ocean Park's first hotel, the Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel, on 19 February 2019[2], the demand for transport to and from the Airport was expected to rise. In view of this, the Transport Department (TD) and Citybus have proposed to introduce this route to cover the above area in the 2018-2019 Bus Route Planning Programme. [3]
Route Change History[]
- 6 January 2020: Route A17 commenced service. [4][5]
- 17 February 2020: Due to the novel coronavirus pneumonia, the service time of the route was temporarily and substantially reduced, the last bus time from Sham Wan was advanced to 12:30; the first bus time from the Airport was delayed to 16:30.[6][7]
- 1 April 2020: Service was suspended until 12 November 2023 due to the novel coronavirus pneumonia. [8]
- 13 November 2023:[9][1]
- Limited service was resumed, with the daily service time of departures from Sham Wan being 05:30, 06:30 and 07:30, whereas that from Airport being 21:30, 22:30 and 23:30;
- Rerouted via Chek Lap Kok Road, Tung Wing Road and Airport Road to return to Cheong Hong Road and original routing after arriving at Shun Wui Road according to the original routing for Airport direction.
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 1/2020, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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- This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding Stop | Fares |
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| Full Fare | $47.1 |
| Section fares (to Airport) | |
| From Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple | $41.9 |
| Western Harbour Crossing Bus-Bus Interchange | $34.6 |
| Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | $17.8 |
| AsiaWorld-Expo (Only on specified days) | $4.2 |
| Section fares (to Sham Wan) | |
| Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | $35.6 |
| Western Harbour Crossing Bus-Bus Interchange | $19.9 |
| From Admiralty Station | $10.5 |
| From Tai Hang Road | $7.3 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Pre-paid Return Tickets[]
Pre-paid Return Tickets are priced at $70.0 and are valid for three months from the date of purchase. They are valid for any journey on this route, A10, A11, A12, A26, A28 or A29 to the city and to the Airport.
Passengers can purchase pre-paid tickets at Citybus Customer Service Centres, Citybus eShop shopping platform or designated travel agents.[10]
Same-day Return Discount[]
Passengers using an Octopus card or e-payment device to travel on Cityflyer to and from the Airport/HZMB Hong Kong Port/Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange and the urban area on the same day can enjoy half-fare concession on the return trip. To be eligible for the half-fare return trip, passengers must pay both the onward and return fares with the same Octopus card or the same e-payment device within the same service day (i.e. between the first and last bus service hours). The return journey discount is applicable to any Cityflyer daytime route.[11]
Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]
Passengers using the same Octopus card or account of the same electronic payment instrument 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 A17 Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions
Western Harbour Crossing BBI Interchange Concessions[]
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Lantau Link BBI Bus Interchange Concessions[]
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Airport Staff Concessionary Travel Scheme
Eligible Airport and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities (HKBCF) staff holding a Personalised Octopus or Personalised Octopus for Airport Staff recorded and approved by Citybus can travel on this route at a concessionary fare of $28.2 ($17.7 for Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange to Airport/HZMB Hong Kong Port). Passengers are required to present the front of their registered "Authorised Employee Status" Octopus Card to the bus captain upon boarding, and pay the fare with the card upon confirmation by the bus captain without having to wait for the Octopus fare adjustment.[12]
Bus Deployments[]
Due to the narrow road surface of Deep Water Bay Road, this route can only be served by the coach version of Cityflyer fleet, Enviro500 MMC 12m (8000-8065). Moreover, due to the road surface restriction at the roundabout of Stubbs Road, buses turning into Wong Nai Chung Gap Road from Tai Hang Road in the direction of Sham Wan need to make a detour around the roundabout of Stubbs Road to enter the road smoothly[Note 2], unlike Route 41A and Route 63, which were once prohibited to serve this route. However, the 12.8-metre 6844 once served this route ignoring the restriction.
As the only depot of Citybus Franchise (II), Siu Ho Wan Depot (T), is far away from the Southern District, in case of fleet shortage (e.g. bus breakdown), buses without luggage racks have to be dispatched from the S or the E of Franchise (III) in order to maintain the headways.
Routing[]
To Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)[]
To Airport: The distance of this route is approx. 48.2km, and the journey time is approximately 86mins. (The average speed is 33.6km/h.)
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
Shum Wan Road, Nam Long Shan Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Ocean Park Road, Ocean Park Road Bus Terminus, Ocean Park Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Nam Fung Road, Deep Water Bay Road, Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, Tai Hang Road, Blue Pool Road, Sing Woo Road, King Kwong Street, Shan Kwong Road, Wong Nai Chung Road, Queen's Road East, Queensway, Des Voeux Road Central, Ice House Street, Connaught Road Central, Rumsey Street Flyover, Connaught Road West Flyover, Western Harbour Crossing, West Kowloon Highway, Tsing Sha Highway, Stonecutters Bridge, Nam Wan Tunnel, Cheung Tsing Highway, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway, Shun Long Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, (Tung Wing Road $), Airport Road, Cheong Hong Road, Airport Road, Airport South Interchange and Cheong Lin Road |
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| ② * Holiday omit Ice House Street |
..., Queen's Road East, Queensway, Queen's Road East, Pedder Street, Connaught Road Central, Rumsey Street Flyover, ... |
| Routing remarks | |
| $ Bus captains may divert via East Coast Road, Scenic Road, East Coast Road and Airport Road in lieu of Tung Wing Road. | |
| Cityflyer Route A17 (Sham Wan → Airport) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Wong Chuk Hang (Sham Wan) | Sham Wan | ||
| 2 | Wong Chuk Hang | Nam Long Shan Road | Nam Long Shan Road Cooked Food Market  |
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| 3 | Wong Chuk Hang Industrial Area | Wong Chuk Hang Road | Yip Hing Street | near L'hotel Island South |
| 4 | Wong Chuk Hang | Ocean Park |
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| 5 | Nam Fung Road | Wong Chuk Hang Complex for the Elderly | near Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital | |
| 6 | Shouson Hill | Deep Water Bay Road | ||
| 7 | Wong Nai Chung Gap | Wong Nai Chung Gap Road | Tai Tam Reservoir Road | near Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park |
| 8 | Woodland Heights | near Hong Kong Adventist Hospital | ||
| 9 | Happy Valley | Blue Pool Road | Green Lane Court | |
| 10 | Envoy Garden | Compulsory stop | ||
| 11 | Green Lane | |||
| 12 | Sing Woo Road | Kwai Fong Street | ||
| 13 | Village Road | |||
| 14 | King Kwong Street | King Kwong Street | ||
| 15 | Wong Nai Chung Road | Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital | ||
| 16 | Wan Chai | Queen's Road East | Khalsa Diwan Sikh Temple | Section fare begins here near Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Tang Shiu Kin Hospital, Dorsett Wanchai, COSMO hotel, The Emperor Hotel |
| 17 | Wah Yan College Hong Kong | near Rutonjee Hospital | ||
| 18 | Wu Chung House | near Hopewell Centre | ||
| 19 | Lun Fat Street | |||
| 20 | Three Pacific Place | |||
| 21 | Admiralty | Queensway | Pacific Place |
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| 22 | Central | Connaught Road Central | Pottinger Street |
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 Rumsey Street Flyover;  Western Harbour Crossing
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| 23 | Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area | Western Harbour Crossing Bus-Bus Interchange |
Section fare begins here near Elements For M+ , Hong Kong Palace Museum and West Kowloon Cultural District, please alight at this stop | |
West Kowloon Highway;  Tsing Sha Highway to Lantau Link
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| 24 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | Section Fare begins | |
| North Lantau Highway; Shun Long Road
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| 25 | HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island | Shun Fai Road | HZMB Passenger Clearance Building | Alighting Only For Hong Kong Port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, please alight at this stop |
| 26 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Cheong Hong Road | Airport (Terminal One) |
Alighting Only |
| 27 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) |
 Interchange to E Routes to AsiaWorld-Expo
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To Sham Wan[]
To Sham Wan: The distance of this route is approx. 48.3km, and the journey time is approximately 86mins. (The average speed is 33.7km/h.)
Via: Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Long Road, North Lantau Highway, Lantau Link, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Cheung Tsing Highway, Nam Wan Tunnel, Stonecutters Bridge, Tsing Sha Highway, West Kowloon Highway, Western Harbour Crossing, Connaught Road West Flyover, Rumsey Street Flyover, Man Po Street, Yiu Sing Street, Lung Wo Road, Edinburgh Place, Harcourt Road, slip road of Cotton Tree Drive, Queensway, Queen's Road East, Morrison Hill Road, Sports Road, Wong Nai Chung Road, Sing Woo Road, Blue Pool Road, Tai Hang Road, Wong Nai Chung Gap Road, Deep Water Bay Road, Nam Fung Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Ocean Park Road, Ocean Park Road Bus Terminus, Ocean Park Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Nam Long Shan Road, Wong Chuk Hang Temporary Bus Terminus, Nam Long Shan Road and Shum Wan Road
| Cityflyer Route A17 (Airport → Sham Wan) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) |
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| 2 | HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island | Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port | ||
| North Lantau Highway
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| 3 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | Section fare begins here | |
| Lantau Link to Tsing Sha Highway; West Kowloon Highway
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| 4 | Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area | Western Harbour Crossing Bus-Bus Interchange |
Section fare begins here near W Hotels Hong Kong, The Ritz-Carlton, Elements for M+, Hong Kong Palace Museum and West Kowloon Cultural District, please alight at this stop | |
| Western Harbour Crossing; Rumsey Street Flyover; Lung Wo Road
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| 5 | Admiralty | Queensway | Admiralty Station |
Section fare begins here near Pacific Place |
| 6 | Wan Chai | Queen's Road East | Three Pacific Place | |
| 7 | Lun Fat Street | |||
| 8 | Amoy Street | near Hopewell Centre | ||
| 9 | The Zenith | |||
| 10 | St. Joseph's Primary School | near Tang Shiu Kin Hospital | ||
| 11 | Queen Elizabeth Stadium | near Dorsett Wanchai, COSMO hotel, The Emperor Hotel | ||
| 12 | Happy Valley | Wong Nai Chung Road | Broadwood Road | |
| 13 | Amigo Mansion | |||
| 14 | Happy Valley (Lower) | |||
| 15 | Sing Woo Road | Yik Yam Street | ||
| 16 | Shing Ping Mansion | |||
| 17 | Blue Pool Road | Green Lane | ||
| 18 | Villa Dorada | |||
| 19 | Billion Terrace | |||
| 20 | Wong Nai Chung Gap | Wong Nai Chung Gap Road | Tai Hang Road | Section fare begins here near Hong Kong Adventist Hospital |
| 21 | Wong Nai Chung Reservoir Park | |||
| 22 | Shouson Hill | Nam Fung Road | Deep Water Bay Road | |
| 23 | Wong Chuk Hang | Wong Chuk Hang Complex for the Elderly | near Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital | |
| 24 | Wong Chuk Hang Road | Wong Chuk Hang Sports Centre |
near Aberdeen Sports Ground | |
| 25 | Ocean Park |
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| 26 | Wong Chuk Hang Road | Wong Chuk Hang Recreation Ground | near Aberdeen Sports Ground | |
| 27 | Wong Chuk Hang Industrial Area | Yip Hing Street | near L'hotel Island South | |
| 28 | Wong Chuk Hang | Nam Long Shan Road | Nam Long Shan Road Cooked Food Market |
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| 29 | Chan Pak Sha School | |||
| 30 | Wong Chuk Hang (Sham Wan) | Sham Wan | ||
| Note: The bus stop "South Island School" between "Deep Water Bay Road" and "Wong Chuk Hang Complex for the Elderly" on Nam Fung Road is not an intermediate stop of this route; however, it is a compulsory stop and buses are required to stop when they reach the stop before continuing the journey. | ||||
Gallery[]
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Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- Citybus Route A10
- Citybus Route A11
- Citybus Route A11R
- Citybus Route A11T (Cancelled)
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Citybus Limited, "Route A17 Service Arrangements" [Passenger Notice], 9 November 2023.
- ↑ HKSARG, "Speech by CE at Grand Opening of Hong Kong Ocean Park Marriott Hotel (with photos/video)" [News Bulletin], 19 February 2019.
- ↑ "城巴服務改善建議 – 增設第A17號線往來黃竹坑、海洋公園、跑馬地及皇后大道東與機場" (Citybus Service Improvement Proposal - Provision of Route No. A17 between Wong Chuk Hang, Ocean Park, Happy Valley and Queen's Road East and Airport), Traffic and Transport Committee of the Southern District Council.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of Citybus Airport Route A17" [Traffic Advice], 24 December 2019.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Launches Cityflyer Route A17" [News Release], 30 December 2019.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Route A17 Temporary Headway Adjustment" [Passenger Notice], 14 February 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "特別交通消息" (Updated 13:32:54 16 February 2020)
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Cityflyer Temporary Service Suspension and Adjustments" [News Release], 28 March 2020.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Route A11, A17, A21, A22, A23, A29, NA11, NA20, NA21, NA29 Alteration of Routeing at Chek Lap Kok Road" [Passenger Notice], 14 December 2020.
- ↑ Citybus Limited,"Cityflyer Pre-paid Return Tickets".
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited,"Cityflyer Same Day Return Discount".
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Designated Staff Fare Concessions Scheme".
External Links[]
- Citybus Official Route Information: (to Airport (via HZMB Hong Kong Port))
- Citybus Official Route Information: (to Sham Wan)
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