The North Lantau External Bus Route E21D is operated by Citybus. It runs between SKYCITY and Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview), via Airport Logistics Area, Tung Chung North, Tsing Yi (Tsing Yi Road West), Mei Foo, Cheung Sha Wan, Sham Shui Po and Mong Kok. It takes the North Lantau Highway and Lantau Link in between Tung Chung and Urban Kowloon and belongs to a special departure of Route E21.
Route E21D now provides daily service to Kowloon from morning to noon and to Tung Chung from afternoon to evening, while the rest of the day is served by Routes E21 and E21A.
History[]
Commencing background[]
With the continuous development of Tung Chung West and Tung Chung North and the increasing population, the existing Route E21A serving between Yat Tung Estate in Tung Chung West and Oi Man has to pass through Tung Chung Town Centre and Tung Chung North before entering North Lantau Highway, which is quite time-consuming for the residents of Tung Chung West. In view of this, Citybus proposed in the 2021-2022 Bus Route Planning Programme that one special morning departure of Route E21A from Mun Tung Estate be operated from Mondays to Fridays, and that after Shun Tung Road (westbound), the route would be diverted to Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road (eastbound), Yu Tung Road, and then return to its original routing on the North Lantau Highway, no longer detouring via Tung Chung North, in order to provide residents of Tung Chung West with a special express service to the urban areas of Kowloon. At the same time, one trip of Route E21 between Mondays and Fridays to the urban area would be diverted to Tung Chung North instead of Tung Chung Town Centre, and both changes were implemented from 23 August 2021.[1][2] As this mode of operation would reduce the travelling time from Tung Chung West to the urban area, the Islands District Councillor (Yat Tung Estate North Constituency), Mr. Fong Lung-fei (方龍飛), has repeatedly discussed with Citybus and the Transport Department (TD) to expand the time slots of this mode of operation.
As a result of the efforts of Tung Chung residents, Citybus and the Transport Department proposed in the 2022-2023 Bus Route Planning Programme of the following year to extend the morning special departure of Route E21A to all urban-bound trips from morning to noon, and to change the afternoon to last Tung Chung-bound trips of Route E21A to Tung Chung Town Centre after the North Lantau Highway, and then to Mun Tung Estate and Yat Tung Estate, both of which would be separately numbered as E21B. To tie in with the change, the routing of the morning special departure of Route E21 would also been extended to cover all urban-bound trips from the morning to midday, and the afternoon to last Airport-bound trips of Route E21 would been diverted to run via Tung Chung North instead of Tung Chung Town Centre, both of which are separately numbered as E21D.
Route change history[]
- 29 August 2022: Route E21D entered service.[3][4]
- 30 July 2023: Detoured via Yu Nga Court in both directions and new stops were added at "Yu Nga Court" and "Yu Nga Shopping Centre" on Yi Tung Road. [5][6]
- 26 November 2023: The Airport terminus was relocated from AsiaWorld-Expo to the newly completed SKYCITY Transport Terminal. [7][8]
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 11/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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Citybus Route E21D/Detailed timetable |
Outside service hours of this route, passengers may use the following routes between Lantau and Sham Shui Po/Mong Kok:
- Route E21 via Airport and Tsing Yi;
- Route E21A via Tung Chung North (interchange to Route E21 to Tai Kok Tsui at Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange);
- Passengers may also use Route N21 or N21A during overnight hours.
- This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stop | Fares |
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| Full fare | $14.5 |
| Section fares (to Tai Kok Tsui) | |
| Yu Nga Shopping Centre or before | $4.2 * |
| From Ching Wah Court | $6.2 |
| From Mei Foo | $5.0 |
| From Mong Kok Police Station | $3.7 |
| Section fares (to SKYCITY) | |
| Bute Street or before | $3.7 * |
| From Hang Chui House Cheung Hang Estate | $8.3 |
| From Yu Nga Court | $4.2 |
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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 E21D Interchange Concession Scheme
Lantau Link BBI Interchange Concession Scheme[]
Template:Citybus Lantau Link BBI Interchange Concessions
NLB Tung Chung Town Centre Interchange Concessions[]
| Details of NLB Tung Chung Town Centre Interchange Concessions | ||||||||||
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| Description | 37 | 37A | 37H | 37M | 37P | N37 | 38 | 38X | N38 | 39M |
| Interchanging from Citybus routes heading to Airport/SKYCITY E11/E11A/E11B/E21/E21D/E22/E22A/E23/E23A (Concession is only applicable to passengers who pay $14 or above for the first journey) |
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| Interchanging from LWB routes heading to Airport/SKYCITY E32/E33/E33P/E36/E36P/E36S/E37/E41/E42 (Concession is only applicable to passengers who board before Lantau Link BBI or Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI) |
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| The time limit for the above interchange is 150 minutes (counting from the time of tapping on the first journey) | ||||||||||
| Interchanging to Citybus routes from Airport/SKYCITY E11/E11A/E11B/E21/E21D/E22/E22A/E23/E23A |
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| Interchanging to LWB routes from Airport/SKYCITY E32/E33/E33P/E36/E36P/E36S/E37/E41/E42 |
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| The time limit for the above interchange is 90 minutes (counting from the time of tapping on the first journey) | ||||||||||
| Interchanging from MTR Tung Chung Line after exiting the gate at Tung Chung Station | ||||||||||
| Interchanging from NLB Routes to MTR Tung Chung Line after tapping card on the former | ||||||||||
| The time limit for the above interchange is 90 minutes | ||||||||||
| Interchanging to Routes B6/B6S to HZMB Hong Kong Port | Reduce $2.2 | Reduce $2.2 | Reduce $2.2 | Reduce$3.6 | Reduce$2.2 | |||||
| Interchanging from Route B6 from HZMB Hong Kong Port | Reduce $2.2 | Reduce $2.2 | Reduce $2.2 | Reduce $3.6 | ||||||
| The time limit for the above interchange is 60 minutes | ||||||||||
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Points to note:
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Bus deployments[]
This route and Route E21 are served by a total of 13 double-decker buses, mainly using Enviro500 MMC 12m normal version (8507-8524) and 12.8m (6501-6588) equipped with luggage racks, and Enviro500 MMC 12m luxury version (80XX) and 12.8m (68XX, 638XX) belonging to the Cityflyer fleet may be used for some of the trips.
Routing[]
To Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview)[]
To Tai Kok Tsui: The distance of this route is approx. 47.8km, and the journey time is approximately 100mins. (The average speed is 28.7km/h.)
Via: Third Sky Street, Sky City Road East, Sky City Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Ground Transportation Centre Bus Terminus, Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Airport Road, East Coast Road, Scenic Road, Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road, Chun Ming Road, Scenic Road, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Catering Road West, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Chun Wan Road, Chun Ping Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Tung Chung Pier Bus Terminus, Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Wai Tung Road, Man Tung Road, Ying Tung Road, Ying Hei Road, Yi Tung Road (northbound), roundabout, Yi Tung Road (southbound), Tung Chung Eastern Interchange, North Lantau Highway, Lantau Link, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Cheung Tsing Highway, Tsing Yi Road West, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tam Kon Shan Interchange, Tsing Tsuen Road, Tsuen Tsing Interchange, Tsuen Wan Road, Kwai Chung Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Nathan Road, Mong Kok Road, Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Argyle Street, Cherry Street, Sham Mong Road, Hoi Fai Road and Hoi Fan Road
| Citybus Route E21D (SKYCITY → Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
| 1 | Airport (SkyCity) | SKYCITY | ||
| 2 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) |
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| 3 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road | Cathay Pacific City | |
| 4 | Airport (Catering Area) | Catering Road West | Airport Police Station | |
| 5 | Airport (Cargo Area) | Chun Wan Road | Chun Wan Road South | Near HACTL, Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal |
| 6 | Airport Freight Forwarding Centre | |||
| 7 | Chun Ping Road | Asia Airfreight Terminal | ||
| 8 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Chek Lap Kok South Road | Chek Lap Kok South Road | |
| 9 | Tung Chung North | Tung Chung Development Ferry Pier | ||
| 10 | Wai Tung Road | Seaview Crescent | Near Novotel Citygate Hong Kong | |
| 11 | Man Tung Road | Coastal Skyline | Near Tung Chung Municipal Services Building | |
| 12 | Caribbean Coast Phase 2 | Near Tung Chung North Park | ||
| 13 | Caribbean Coast Phase 1 | |||
| 14 | Ying Tung Road | The Visionary | Near Century Link | |
| 15 | Ying Tung Estate | |||
| 16 | Ying Hei Road | Ying Hei Road | Near The Visionary | |
| 17 | Yi Tung Road | Yu Nga Court | ||
| 18 | Yu Nga Shopping Centre | Two-way section fare ends here | ||
| 19 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | Section fare begins here | |
| 20 | Tsing Yi South | Tsing Yi Road West | Ching Wah Court | Section fare begins here Near Cheung Hong Estate |
| 21 | Tsing Yi (Liu To Hill) | Cheung Hang Estate | ||
| Tsing Tsuen Road; | ||||
| 22 | Kwai Chung (Container Terminals) | Kwai Chung Road | Kwai Chung Interchange | |
| 23 | Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo) | Cheung Sha Wan Road | Mei Foo |
Section fare begins here |
| 24 | Cheung Sha Wan | Lai Chi Kok Station |
Near Cheung Sha Wan Plaza | |
| 25 | Cheung Wah Street | |||
| 26 | Cheung Sha Wan Station |
Near Un Chau Estate | ||
| 27 | Sham Shui Po | Yee Kok Court | ||
| 28 | Yen Chow Street |
Near Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices | ||
| 29 | Sham Shui Po Station |
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| 30 | Wong Chuk Street | |||
| 31 | Mong Kok | Nathan Road | Mong Kok Police Station |
Section fare begins here |
| 32 | Sai Yeung Choi Street South | Sai Yeung Choi Street South |
Near Argyle Centre | |
| 33 | Argyle Street | Mong Kok Market | ||
| 34 | Tai Kok Tsui | Cherry Street | Ming Kei College | Near Olympian City 3 |
| 35 | Central Park |
Near Olympian City 2 | ||
| 36 | Sham Mong Road | Olympic Station |
Near HSBC Centre | |
| 37 | Harbour Green | Near Cosmopolitan Estates | ||
| 38 | Tai Kok Tsui West | Island Harbourview |
Near Olympian City 1 | |
To SKYCITY[]
To SKYCITY: The distance of this route is approx. 47.2km, and the journey time is approximately 101mins. (The average speed is 28km/h.)
Via: Hoi Fan Road, slip road, Lin Cheung Road, Hoi Fai Road, Sham Mong Road, Cherry Street, Tai Kok Tsui Road, Cherry Street, Argyle Street, Reclamation Street, Mong Kok Road, Nathan Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Tsuen Tsing Interchange, Tsing Tsuen Road, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tsing Yi Road West, Cheung Tsing Highway, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway, Tung Chung Eastern Interchange, Yi Tung Road (northbound), roundabout, Yi Tung Road (southbound), Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Wai Tung Road, Man Tung Road, Ying Tung Road, Ying Hei Road, Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Chun Wan Road, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Catering Road West, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Scenic Road, East Coast Road, Airport Road, Cheong Lin Road, Cheong Tat Road, Airport North Interchange, Sky City Road and Second Sky Street
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| 1 | Tai Kok Tsui West | Island Harbourview |
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| 2 | Tai Kok Tsui | Sham Mong Road | Chung Wui Street | Near Harbour Green, Cosmopolitan Estates |
| 3 | Olympic Station |
Near HSBC Centre | ||
| 4 | Tai Kok Tsui Road | Foo Kwai Street | ||
| 5 | Cherry Street | Ming Kei College | Near Olympian City 3 | |
| 6 | Mong Kok | Reclamation Street | Fife Street | Near Langham Place |
| 7 | Nathan Road | Bute Street | Octopus two-way section fare ends here Near Pioneer Centre | |
| 8 | Prince Edward Station |
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| 9 | Sham Shui Po | Cheung Sha Wan Road | Maple Street | |
| 10 | Wong Chuk Street | |||
| 11 | Pei Ho Street |
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| 12 | Yen Chow Street |
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| 13 | Yee Kok Court | |||
| 14 | Cheung Sha Wan | Cheung Sha Wan Playground |
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| 15 | Hing Wah Street | |||
| 16 | Cheung Sha Wan Plaza |
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| 17 | Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo) | Lai Chi Kok Road | Mei Foo |
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| 18 | Kwai Chung (Container Terminals) | Kwai Chung Road | Kwai Chung Interchange | |
| 19 | Tsing Yi (Liu To Hill) | Tsing Yi Road West | Hang Chui House Cheung Hang Estate | Section fare begins here |
| 20 | Tsing Yi South | Ching Wah Court | Near Cheung Hong Estate | |
| 21 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | Section fare begins here | |
| 22 | Tung Chung North | Yi Tung Road | Yu Nga Court | |
| 23 | Yu Nga Shopping Centre | |||
| 24 | Wai Tung Road | Seaview Crescent | Near Novotel Citygate Hong Kong | |
| 25 | Man Tung Road | Coastal Skyline | Near Tung Chung Municipal Services Building | |
| 26 | Caribbean Coast Phase 2 | Near Tung Chung North Park | ||
| 27 | Caribbean Coast Phase 1 | |||
| 28 | Ying Tung Road | The Visionary | Near Century Link | |
| 29 | Ying Tung Estate | |||
| 30 | Ying Hei Road | Ying Hei Road | Near The Visionary | |
| 31 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Chek Lap Kok South Road | Chek Lap Kok South Road | |
| 32 | Airport (Cargo Area) | Chun Wan Road | Airport Freight Forwarding Centre | |
| 33 | HACTL | Near SuperTerminal One, Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal | ||
| 34 | Airport (Catering Area) | Catering Road West | Air Mail Centre | |
| 35 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Scenic Road | Cathay Pacific City | |
| 36 | East Coast Road | Cathay Pacific City (East) | Near Airport Golden Trumpet Trail | |
| 37 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Cheong Lin Road | Gate House No.2 | |
| 38 | Cheong Tat Road | Car Park One |
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| 39 | Terminal 1 (North) |
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| 40 | Regal Airport Hotel | |||
| 41 | Airport (SkyCity) | SKYCITY | ||
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Remarks[]
Related articles[]
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References[]
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments for Citybus Route No. E21 (AsiaWorld-Expo - Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview)) Citybus Route E21A (Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate Public Transport Terminus) - Ho Man Tin (Oi Man Estate))" [Traffic Advice], 17 August 2021.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Route E21 and E21A Service Adjustment" [News Release], 17 August 2021.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Launches Route E21B and E21D Route E21 and E21A Service Adjusted" [News Release], 25 August 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments for North Lantau External Route Nos. E21 (AsiaWorld-Expo – Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview)) E21A (Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate) – Ho Man Tin (Oi Man Estate)) E21B (Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate) – Ho Man Tin (Oi Man Estate)) E21D (AsiaWorld-Expo – Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview))" [Traffic Advice], 26 August 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of LWB Route Nos. E32A, E36A and CTB Route Nos. E21A, E21D, E21X and S52A" [Traffic Advice], 26 July 2023.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Routes E21A, E21D, E21X and S52A Serve Yu Nga Court, Tung Chung" [News Release], 26 July 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Commencement of Operation of SKYCITY Transport Terminal, Sky City Road East, Chek Lap Kok" [Traffic Advice], 23 November 2023.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Multiple Routes Extend to Cover SKYCITY" [News Release], 23 November 2023.
External links[]
- Citybus Official Route Information: E21D (to Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview))
- Citybus Official Route Information: E21D (to SKYCITY)
- Timetable approved by Transport Department
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