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Citybus Route B5

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Reminder: NOT to be confused with Citybus Route 5B.

The North Lantau External Bus Route B5 is operated by Citybus. It runs between Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port[Remark 1] and Sunny Bay Station via Shun Long Road, North Lantau Highway and Penny's Bay Highway, with some trips additionally observing Disneyland.

This is the first and only North Lantau External Bus Route with its service area entirely within Lantau Island, which was commenced to tie in with the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB).

Commencement Background[]

In 2016, the Transport Department (TD) published the Local Public Transport Arrangements at the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, proposing to provide an additional green minibus route to and from Tung Chung Station and two franchised bus routes to connect with the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities on the opening day of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, one to and from the Airport and AsiaWorld-Expo and the other to and from Sunny Bay Station.[1]

Due to the delay in the construction of the Shun Long Road (Southern Link of Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link) and taking into account the views of the local community, the TD revised the routing between HZMB Hong Kong Port and Sunny Bay Station in May 2017 to run via Disneyland during the morning admission peak hours and the period after the fireworks display[Remark 2] in the evening. As Shun Long Road is not expected to open in time for the commissioning of the Bridge, the Sunny Bay route will have to be rdiverted via roads within the Airport island to and from the Port, which was expected to increase the journey time significantly and reduce its attractiveness. Full-day service will only be provided upon the commissioning of the road.[2]

Following an open tendering process, the TD announced on 29 November 2017 that the franchise for the route between the HZMB Hong Kong Port and Sunny Bay Station was awarded to Citybus[3] with the route number "B5".

Route Change History[]

  • 24 October 2018: Route B5 commenced service between the HZMB Hong Kong Port and Sunny Bay Station from 8:45am.[4][5]
    • As the main viaduct and the eastern slip road of Shun Long Road were open to traffic at the same time as the HZMB, the original special temporary diversion measures had not been implemented and this route was be provided with full day service as scheduled.
  • 29 April: All morning departures from Sunny Bay Station and evening departures from Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port no longer observed Disneyland.[6][7]

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 1/2023, see here for the referenced link

from Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Daily
05:40、06:55
08:07 ＊
09:07 - 11:07 30 ＊
11:37 - 17:07 30
17:07 - 19:07 60
20:07 - 22:07 60
23:07、00:20
Remarks

＊：② All departures during these periods observe "Disneyland" Bus Terminus.

from Sunny Bay Station
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Daily
06:30 - 07:30 60
08:30 - 11:00 30
11:30 - 17:30 30
17:30 - 19:30 60
20:30 - 22:30 60 ＊
23:45、01:15
附註

＊：② All departures during these periods observe "Disneyland" Bus Terminus.

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

Fare[]

Journey/ Boarding Stop Fare
Full Fare $5.8
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".
  • Passengers can also pay their fares by using Pre-paid Tickets instead of cash in the coin box. Tickets are available at the Citybus Ticketing Counter and temporary ticket counters at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port Public Transport Interchange.
  • This route has no section fares.

3-day Return Journey Pass[]

"3-day Return Journey Pass" sells at $10.4 each (equivalent to 10% discount of the total fare for both journeys) and is applicable for one return trip on this route within 72 hours. The ticket is sold as a virtual ticket on the Octopus card and there is no physical ticket.

Passengers can purchase a "3-Day Round Trip Ticket" by pressing the button at the top right corner of the Octopus fare processor and then tapping the card, and a fare of $10.4 will be deducted from the card immediately.

Octopus Interchange Discount[]

Passengers using the same Octopus card to transfer to and from designated routes within a specified time period may enjoy interchange discounts as follows: (50% discount rates for children and senior citizens) Template:Citybus Route B5 Interchange Scheme

MTR Interchange Discount[]

Passengers using the Octopus card can enjoy fare discounts when interchanging between this route and MTR, details are as follows:

First leg Second leg Saved amount Designated Interchange Station Remark
MTR B5 $1.0 (Adult) Sunny Bay Station／Disneyland Resort Station Transfer time limit is 90 minutes.
Not applicable to Adult Octopus Cards registered as persons with disabilities and 3-day Return Journey Pass users.
B5線 MTR

Bus Deployments[]

This route's operations belongs to Siu Ho Wan Depot (T) with at least 5 double-deck buses deployed from Monday to Friday and at least 1 additional double-deck bus on Saturday, Sunday and public holidays; mainly using Enviro500 MMC Facelift 12.8m buses with dual wheelchair spaces and luggage rack s (designated vehicle no. 6576- 6583[8]) double-decker buses.

In addition, the Citybus Airport Express version of the Enviro500 MMC Coach Version buses (including 12m buses 8000-8065; and 12.8m buses 6800-6871) will be available every morning to support this route's demands.

Routing[]

Citybus Information: The journey time is approximately 32mins.

to Sunny Bay Station[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Ordinary 		Official information: The distance of this route is approx. 14.8km, and the journey time is approximately 21mins. (The average speed is 42.3km/h.)
Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Long Road, North Lantau Highway, Penny's Bay Highway and Sunny Bay Road
②*
via Disneyland 		Official information: The distance of this route is approx. 17.6km, and the journey time is approximately 25mins. (The average speed is 42.2km/h.)
..., North Lantau Highway, Penny's Bay Road, Magic Road, Fantasy Road, Disneyland Public Transport Interchange, Fantasy Road, Magic Road and Sunny Bay Road
Route Map
  • Blue lines: Departures via Disneyland
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Citybus Route B5 (Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port → Sunny Bay Station）
No. Area Road Bus Stop Name Remarks
1 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao-Bridge Hong Kong Port Artificial Island Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port
Shun Long Road; Route8 North Lantau Highway; Penny's Bay Highway
* Penny's Bay Disneyland MTR logo Applicable to trips using Routing ② between morning admission hours and evenings
2 Yam O Wan Sunny Bay Station MTR logo

to Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Ordinary 		Official information: The distance of this route is approx. 15.7km, and the journey time is approximately 21mins. (The average speed is 44.9km/h.)
Sunny Bay Road, Roundabout, Sunny Bay Road, Penny's Bay Highway, North Lantau Highway, Shun Long Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road and Shun Wui Road
②*
via Disneyland 		Official Information: The distance of this route is approx. 18.5km, and the journey time is approximately 25mins. (The average speed is 44.4km/h.)
Sunny Bay Road, Roundabout, Sunny Bay Road, Magic Road, Fantasy Road, Disneyland Public Transport Interchange, Fantasy Road, Magic Road, Penny's Bay Road, North Lantau Highway, ...
Route Map
  • Blue line: Departures via Disneyland
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Citybus Route B5 (Sunny Bay Station → HZMB Hong Kong Port)
No. Area Road Bus Stop Name Remarks
1 Yam O Wan Sunny Bay Station MTR logo
* Penny's Bay Disneyland MTR logo Applicable to trips using Routing ② between morning admission hours and evenings
Penny's Bay Highway; Route8 North Lantau Highway; Shun Long Road
2 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao-Bridge 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
3 Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port

Ridership[]

Following the opening of the HZMB, the capacity of the NLB Route B6 was exceeded and the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Mr Frank Chan, suggested that passengers should take this route to Sunny Bay Station to connect to the MTR. Many tour groups have responded to the Government's appeal, enabling this route to divert the heavy passenger flow of Route B6.[9][10][11] Coupled with the $1 Octopus interchange discount for connecting to B5 by MTR, this is considered a more economical way to travel to and from the HZMB Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities, and has brought many passengers to Route B5.

Since the second half of 2019, the number of visitors to Hong Kong has decreased due to social movements and the opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge for some time, the number of visitors has dropped from its peak. The outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic (later called as COVID-19 pandemic) in 2020 has led to a significant drop in demand to and from Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macau, resulting in poor ridership.

According to the BRDP and other information, the ridership of this route is as follows.

  • 2018: In the first ridership survey conducted on 11 November, the occupancy rate between 9am and 10am towards the HZMB Hong Kong Port was 88%; and between 1pm and 2pm towards Sunny Bay Station was 89%. In the first patronage survey conducted on 4 December, the utilisation rate for the HZMB Hong Kong Port between 9am and 10am was 66%, while the utilisation rate for the Sunny Bay Station between 10am and 11am was 67%.[12] In addition, in the following March, the Islands District Council also documented that the daily ridership of this route in November was about 5,000 to 10,000, and that an additional 12% frequency was added.[13]

Related Incidents[]

  • 5 December 2019: At around 11am, an Enviro 500 MMC (6581/VR7479) heading towards Sunny Bay Station crashed into the rear of a heavy goods vehicle in front of it on Sunny Bay Road, causing serious damage to the front end and injuring four people.[14]

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Remarks[]

  1. ↑ Shown as "HZMB Hong Kong Port" (「大橋香港口岸」) on the Motion Bus Stop Display Panel and "HZMB HK Port" (「大橋香港口岸」) on Electronic Display Sign, as well as "Hong Kong Port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (「港珠澳大橋香港口岸」) on stop reporters
  2. ↑ Disney in the Stars, Disneyland's fireworks display, was suspended for approximately two years after its performance on the evening of 1 January 2018.

Related Articles[]

Notes and References[]

  1. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Local Public Transport Arrangements at the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (First-round suggestion)", March 2016.
  2. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Local Public Transport Arrangements at the Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge", May 2017.
  3. ↑ 〈港珠澳橋接駁巴專營權揭盅 城巴嶼巴包辦〉, on.cc, 29 November 2017.
  4. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Cityflyer Connects with Hong Kong Port of the HZMB" [News Release], 19 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of NLB Route No. B4 (Hong Kong Port (HKP) of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) – Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA)) CTB Route No. B5 (HKP of HZMB – Sunny Bay Public Transport Interchange) NLB Route No. B6 (HKP of HZMB – Tung Chung Mun Tung Estate)" [Traffic Advice], 23 October 2018.
  6. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of CTB Route No. B5" [Traffic Advice], 25 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Route B5 Service Arrangement" [Passenger Notice], 25 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Citybus Limited, Fleet Information (April 2019) [Staff Notice], 29 March 2019.
  9. ↑ HKSARG, "Transcript of remarks by STH and SCED on relevant issues of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge" [Press Release], 9 November 2018.
  10. ↑ 〈【港珠澳大橋】港導遊自行佩帶證件識別 「無證」遇記者即收起旗〉, HK01, 18 November 2018.
  11. ↑ 〈欣澳現旅巴陣道路阻塞 乘客逼走上馬路登車〉, on.cc, 17 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "Replies of the Controlling Officer of the Finance Committee in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 (Session 9 of the Secretary for Transport and Housing)," Legislative Council, p. 466.
  13. ↑ "Questions on the traffic situation after the commissioning of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (written reply from the Transport Department)", Islands District Council Paper No. IDC 127/2018.
  14. ↑ "欣澳道巴士撞貨車 4乘客浴血受傷," on.cc, 5 December 2019.

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