The Airbus Route A25 is one of the "Cityflyer" routes operated by Citybus. It runs between Kai Tak and Airport, via To Kwa Wan (Lower To Kwa Wan Road), Hung Hom, Tsim Sha Tsui and HZMB Hong Kong Port, and connects between Airport and the urban via West Kowloon Highway, Stonecutters Bridge, Nam Wan Tunnel and Lantau Link.
History[]
Introducing Background[]
The Citybus Route A23 between Tsz Wan Shan and the airport has to take a detour through Kai Tak, To Kwa Wan, Hung Hom and Jordan. Residents of Tsz Wan Shan were dissatisfied with the circuitous routing, criticising the route as taking about 100 minutes to reach the airport, which was a "Airport Bus Fare but E Route services".[1] Subsequently, due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia (later called COVID-19 pandemic), the A23 service was suspended after less than three months of operation.
In February 2021, it was proposed in the annual Bus Route Development Programme (BRDP) that Route A23 should be diverted via Kowloon Tong and Sham Shui Po, while the existing section between Kai Tak and Hung Hom would be replaced by the new whole-day Route A25 between Kai Tak (Muk Yuen Street) and Airport. The new route will be diverted via Tsim Sha Tsui after observing Hung Hom and will then enter Austin Road West and Lin Cheung Road to return to West Kowloon Highway, providing faster bus services to and from the airport and the HZMB Hong Kong Port. The District Councils along the route were generally supportive of the rationalisation plan, but were concerned about the service level of the route and also had more comments on the routing details, including that the airport-bound direction should also be bypassed via Hung Hom Station, the inconvenient location of the Avenue of Stars midway stop, and the provision of an intermediate stop near the XRL Station for both round trips, etc.[2][3]
In early 2023, tourism in Hong Kong gradually returned to normal. Citybus launched this route as part of the Government's publicity campaign. In response to local views, this route was proposed to observe in both directions via the Austin Station area without entering the Lin Cheung Road underpass to facilitate access to the airport by residential residents such as Grand Austin, but other proposals were not adopted. In addition, the Kai Tak (Muk Yuen Street) terminus is not yet operational and the Kowloon terminus has been relocated to Concorde Road. However, this route is only available on Saturdays and holidays and no service is provided on weekdays. As the Route A23 is still out of service, this route can replace it to provide services to and from Lantau Island in Kowloon City during the relevant periods.
Route Change History[]
- 1 April 2023: Route A25 commenced service.[4][5]
- 18 December 2023: Monday to Friday services were introduced, and service hours on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays were extended:[6]
- Service hours from Kai Tak were between 05:10 and 07:10 from Mondays to Fridays, and between 05:10 and 20:10 from Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays;
- Service hours from the Airport were between 17:30 and 00:30 on Mondays to Fridays, and between 10:00 and 00:30 on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.
- 25 February 2024: Kai Tak terminus was relocated from Concorde Road to the newly opened Kai Tak Public Transport Interchange:[7][8]
- A new stop at "East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters" on Concorde Road westbound was added for Kai Tak direction, omitting "Trade and Industry Tower" and "East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters" stops on Concorde Road eastbound;
- A new stop was added at "Inland Revenue Centre" on Concorde Road for Airport direction was added.
- 25 March 2024: The last bus time on Mondays to Fridays was delayed to 21:40 from Kai Tak, and that to 10:00 from Airport. [9]
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 3/2024, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding Stop | Fare |
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| Full Fare | $40.8 |
| Section Fare (to Airport) | |
| Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | $17.8 |
| Asiaworld-Expo (use only on specified dates) | $4.2 |
| Section Fare (to Kai Tak) | |
| Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | $27.3 |
| from Wui Cheung Road | $7.3 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Pre-paid Return Tickets[]
Pre-paid Return Tickets are priced at $60.0 and are valid for three months from the date of purchase. They are valid for any journey on this route, A20, A21, A22 or A23 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 A25 Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions
Lantau Link BBI Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]
Template:CTB Lantau Link BBI Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions
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[]
This route is served by five double-decker buses in the morning and seven double-decker buses in the afternoon; the main vehicle is Enviro500 MMC 12m luxury version (80XX) belonging to the Cityflyer fleet.
Routing[]
To Airport[]
Via: Concorde Road, Shing Kai Road, Muk Hung Street, Muk Chui Street, Shing Kai Road, To Kwa Wan Road, Ma Tau Wai Road, Bailey Street, Hung Hom Road, Tai Wan Road East, Laguna Verde Public Transport Interchange, Laguna Verde Road, Tai Wan Road East, Hung Hom Road, Hung Hom Bypass, Salisbury Road, Kowloon Park Drive, (Canton Road, Jordan Road) ＃, Lin Cheung Road * , West Kowloon Highway, Tsing Sha Highway, Cheung Tsing Highway, Northwest Tsing Yi Interchange, Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway, Shun Long Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road , Tung Wing Road, Airport Road, Cheong Hang Road, Airport Road, Airport South Interchange and Cheong Lin Road
# May be diverted via Wui Cheung Road and Wui Man Road to Jordan Road according to traffic conditions.
* May be diverted via Hoi Po Road according to traffic conditions..
| Cityflyer Route A25 (Kai Tak → Airport) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Kai Tak North | Kai Tak | ||
| 2 | Concorde Road | Inland Revenue Centre | ||
| 3 | East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters | |||
| 4 | Muk Hung Street | Kai Tak (Kai Ching Estate) | ||
| 5 | Shing Kai Road | Tak Long Estate | near Richland Gardens | |
| 6 | Tak Long Estate Carpark | |||
| 7 | Kai Tak Grid Neighbourhood | EMSD Headquarters | ||
| 8 | To Kwa Wan | To Kwa Wan Road | Grand Waterfront | |
| 9 | Lok Shan Road | |||
| 10 | Kai Ming Street | |||
| 11 | Hung Hom | Bailey Street | Wan On Street | |
| 12 | Laguna Verde | |||
| 13 | Hung Hom Road | Hung Hom Estate | ||
| Hung Hom Bypass | ||||
| 14 | Tsim Sha Tsui East | Salisbury Road | Avenue of Stars  |
near Wing On Plaza |
| 15 | Tsim Sha Tsui | Kowloon Park Drive | Kowloon Park Drive |
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| 16 | Canton Road | China Hong Kong City | ||
| 17 | Jordan | Austin Road  |
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| 18 | Kowloon Station Commercial and Residential Area | Jordan Road | Austin Station |
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Lin Cheung Road;  West Kowloon Highway;  Tsing Sha Highway to Lantau Link
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| 19 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | Section Fare begins | |
| North Lantau Highway; Shun Long Road
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| 20 | HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island | Shun Fai Road | HZMB Passenger Clearance Building | Alighting only For HZMB Hong Kong Port, please alight at this stop. |
| 21 | International Airport (Terminal Area) | Cheong Hong Road | Airport (Terminal One) |
Alighting only |
| 22 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) |
 Interchange to E Routes to Asiaworld-Expo
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To Kai Tak[]
Via: Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Space City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Long Road, North Lantau Highway, Lantau Link, Northwest Tsing Yi Interchange, Cheung Tsing Highway, Tsing Sha Highway, West Kowloon Highway, Wui Cheung Road, Jordan Road, Wui Man Road, Wui Cheung Road, Canton Road, Salisbury Road, Hung Hom Bypass, Metropolis Drive, Cheong Wan Road, On Wan Road, Cheong Wan Road, Hung Hom South Road, Hung Hom Road, Bailey Street, Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan Road, Shing Kai Road, Concorde Road, roundabout and Concorde Road
| Cityflyer Route A25 (Airport → Kai Tak) | ||||
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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 | ||
| Shun Long Road; 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 | Jordan | Canton Road | Wui Cheung Road |
Section Fare begins |
| 5 | Tsim Sha Tsui | Austin Road | ||
| 6 | Silvercord | |||
| 7 | Peking Road | near Harbour City, 1881, Star Ferry | ||
| 8 | Salisbury Road | East Tsim Sha Tsui Station |
near Victoria Dockside, InterContinental Hong Kong | |
| 9 | Tsim Sha Tsui East | Wing On Plaza |
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| Hung Hom Bypass | ||||
| 10 | Hung Hom | Cheong Wan Road | Hung Hom Station |
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| 11 | Hung Hom South Road | Hung Hom South Road | ||
| 12 | Hung Hom Road | Man Tai Street |
near Whampoa Garden | |
| 13 | Hung Hom Estate | |||
| 14 | Bailey Street | Sung Kit Street | near Kowloon City Government Offices | |
| 15 | To Kwa Wan | Ma Tau Wai Road | Shek Tong Street |
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| 16 | To Kwa Wan Road | Chi Kiang Street | ||
| 17 | Sheung Heung Road | |||
| 18 | Merit Industrial Building | near Grand Waterfront | ||
| 19 | Kai Tak Grid Neighbourhood | Shing Kai Road | Muk Tai Street | |
| 20 | EMSD Headquarters | |||
| 21 | Kai Tak North | Tak Long Estate Carpark | ||
| 22 | Tak Long Estate | |||
| 23 | Muk Hung Street | |||
| 24 | Concorde Road | East Kowloon Regional Police Headquarters | ||
| 25 | Kai Tak |
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| Nearby hotels are listed according to the stop reporter. | ||||
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- Citybus Route A21
- Citybus Route A23
- Citybus Route E23
- Citybus Route E23A
- Citybus Route N21
- Citybus Route N21A
- Citybus Route N23
- Citybus Route NA20
References[]
- ↑ 黃大仙區議會不滿 機場巴A23「A車收費，E車服務」 (Wong Tai Sin District Council dissatisfied with Airport Bus Route A23 for "Airport Bus Fare but E Route services"), inmedia, 4 Mar 2020.
- ↑ Kowloon City District Council Secretariat, 九龍城區議會轄下 交通及運輸委員會 第七及第八次合併會議記錄（第81點） (Minutes of the 7th and 8th combined meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Kowloon City District Council (point 81)), Jun 2021.
- ↑ Yau Tsim Mong District Council Secretariat, Minutes of the seventh meeting of the Yau Tsim Mong District Council Panel on Transport and Traffic for 2020-2023 (Points 43, 49, 58), Mar 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of CTB Route No. A25 Kai Tak to Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)" [Traffic Advice], 29 March 2023.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Launches Cityflyer Route A25 and Strengthens Cityflyer Services" [News Release], 29 March 2023.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Enhances Cityflyer Bus Services in Tseung Kwan O, Kwun Tong and Kai Tak" [News Release], 13 December 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Public Transport Arrangements for the Opening of Kai Tak Public Transport Interchange" [Traffic Advice], 20 February 2024.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Commencement of Kai Tak PTI & Routeing / Bus Stop Alterations of Route 78C, 78X and A25" [Passenger Notice], 20 February 2024.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Route A25 Service Enhancement" [Passenger Notice], 19 March 2024.
- ↑ 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 Kai Tak (via Tsim Sha Tsui))
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| Lok Ma Chau Control Point (connecting to Huanggang Port) | <Cross-boundary Shuttle Buses> Huang Bus <Cross-boundary Coaches> Kam Sheung Road All China Express • China-Hong Kong Express (Tsuen Wan) • Yau Tsim 24-hour Cross-border Express • Mong Kok All China Express • Kwun Tong 24-hour Cross-border Express • Wan Chai All China Express • Wonderland Express • Huanggang Cross-boundary Bus Tung Chung Citygate Route <Late-night GMB> 44B • 79S • 616S |
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| Man Kam To Control Point (connects to Shenzhen Wenjindu Port of Entry) | <Cross-boundary Coaches> Man Kam To Express |
| Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Control Point (connects to HZMB Macau Frontier Post and Zhuhai Port) | <Local Services> Franchised Buses:A10 • A11 • A12 • A17 • A21 • A22 • A23 • A25 • A26 • A28 • A29 • A30 • A31 • A32 • A33X • A34 • A35 • A36 • A37 • A38 • A41 • A41P • A42 • A43 • A46 • A47X • B4 • B5 • B6 • N35 • NA11 • NA12 • NA20 • NA21 • NA29 • NA31 • NA32 • NA33 • NA36 • NA37 • NA40 • NA41 • NA43 • NA47 Green Minibuses: 901 <Cross-boundary shuttle buses/coaches> Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus <Cross-border Coaches> One Bus • Hong Kong - Macao Express • Kwun Tong (apm)-Macau Route • EEBus HZMB-Macau Route |
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