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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[]

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.

From SKYCITY
Service hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
05:30 - 06:00 30
06:00 - 07:05 20/25
07:05 - 08:50 15
08:50 - 13:50 20
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
05:30 - 06:30 30
06:30 - 13:50 20
From Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview)
Service hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
16:10 - 19:50 20
19:50 - 20:08 18
20:08 - 22:48 20
22:48 - 23:10 22
23:10 - 00:00 25
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
16:10 - 23:30 20
23:30 - 00:00 30
Detailed timetable

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
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
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 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
Corresponding to (: Concession applies to)
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)
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)
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
Interchanging to LWB routes from Airport/SKYCITY
E32/E33/E33P/E36/E36P/E36S/E37/E41/E42
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 

Points to note:

  • Passengers using the same Octopus card to interchange between designated public transport modes after travelling on a designated NLB routes (in the same direction as the journey to Tung Chung Station) or from a designated public transport mode to a designated Lantau bus route (in the same direction as the journey from Tung Chung Station) within a specified period of time can enjoy a $1.0 discount on the second trip (concession amount discounted by 50% for senior citizens aged 65 or above, or children aged below 12).
  • For passengers who benefit from the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities, the second journey fare is the lower of the above second journey concessionary fare (50% discount for elderly aged 65 or above or eligible persons with disabilities aged below 12) and $2.0, therefore, there may be some combinations of interchanges without interchange concessions.
  • Connections to MTR are only applicable to passengers using Adult Octopus (on all above Lantau routes) or Personalised Octopus with "Persons with Disabilities Status" (except NLB routes 39M and N37) to travel on MTR fare-charging journeys.
  • The "HZMB Hong Kong Port Employee Travel Scheme" of NLB cannot be used in conjunction with this interchange concession.

Official website:

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 (SKYCITYTai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview))
No. Area Road Bus stop name Remarks
1 Airport (SkyCity) SKYCITY
2 Airport (Terminal Area) Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)
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
North Lantau Highway
19 Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange Section fare begins here
Lantau Link
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; Tsuen Wan 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
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

Citybus Route E21D (Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview)SKYCITY)
No. Area Road Bus stop name Remarks
1 Tai Kok Tsui West Island Harbourview
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
9 Sham Shui Po Cheung Sha Wan Road Maple Street
10 Wong Chuk Street
11 Pei Ho Street
12 Yen Chow Street
13 Yee Kok Court
14 Cheung Sha Wan Cheung Sha Wan Playground
15 Hing Wah Street
16 Cheung Sha Wan Plaza
17 Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo) Lai Chi Kok Road Mei Foo
18 Kwai Chung (Container Terminals) Kwai Chung Road Kwai Chung Interchange
Tsuen Wan Road; Tsing Tsuen Road
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
Lantau Link
21 Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange Section fare begins here
North Lantau Highway
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
39 Terminal 1 (North)
40 Regal Airport Hotel
41 Airport (SkyCity) SKYCITY

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Remarks[]

Related articles[]

  • Citybus Route E21X
  • Citybus Route N21
  • Citybus Route N21A
  • Citybus Route NA20
  • Citybus Route NA21
  • Citybus Route X21 (1st generation) (Cancelled)

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