The Overnight North Lantau External Bus Route N11 is operated by Citybus. It runs between Central (Macau Ferry) and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) [Remark 1] via Admiralty, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, Jordan, the Cross Harbour Tunnel, West Kowloon Highway, Lantau Link, Tung Chung Town Centre and the Airport Logistics Area. It is one of only three whole-night external overnight routes in northern Lantau Island.[Remark 2]
History[]
- The main article of this section is Transport Study for the New Airport.
On 22 October 1996, Citybus won the franchise for one of the bus routes in North Lantau and the new airport at Chek Lap Kok, covering a number of bus routes to and from the airport, North Lantau, Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, as well as four bus routes to and from the airport and the East Coast. The bus routes in Tung Chung New Town include an overnight route numbered E110 between Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace) and the Airport (Ground Transport Centre).[1]
- 22 June 1998: Route N11 started in conjunction with the opening Hong Kong International Airport, running between Causeway Bay (Moreton Terrace) and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) via the Western Harbor Crossing, the same as Route E11 at that time.[2]
- 11 July 1998: After leaving the Airport, the route was diverted to go directly to the Airport Logistics Area without going via Cheong Tat Road.[3]
- 27 June 1999: To simplify the routing towards Airport Logistics Area: [4]
- Towards Airport: Upon arrival at Chek Lap Kok South Road, buses would continue along Chek Lap Kok South Road straight to Chun Ping Road, and would not return to Chun Ping Road via Scenic Road, Chun Yue Road, Chun Wan Road South and Chun Wan Road;
- Towards Causeway Bay: Upon reaching Chun Ping Road, buses were diverted via Chek Lap Kok South Road direct to Tung Chung, not returning to Chun Wan Road via Chun Wan Road South, Chun Yue Road and Scenic Road to Chek Lap Kok South Road; and at the same time, in view of the commissioning of the Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road, buses were detoured via the loop and a new stop was set up there, in order to replace the intermediate stop "Cathay City" at Scenic Road southbound.
- 3 October 1999: A two-way section fare from Airport to Tung Chung was introduced. [5]
- 20 December 1999: The frequency was reduced to 30-minute intervals and the full fare was reduced. [6]
- 24 September 2004: Due to the permanent closure of the southern end of Cheong Tat Road, the bus stop "Car Park 2" on Cheong Tat Road was cancelled when heading towards Chek Lap Kok Ferry Pier, and was replaced by the stop at Car Park 1 on the temporary road to the east of Cheong Tat Road.
- 22 August 2006: Rerouted via Cross-Harbour Tunnel at Hung Hom to save tunnel toll expenditure: [7][8]
- Detoured to and from West Kowloon Highway via Gascoigne Road, Jordan Road and Lin Cheung Road;
- The Hong Kong Island terminus was relocated to Macau Ferry and modification of the routing within Hong Kong Island, since then the routing and intermediate stop locations at Des Voeux Road Central, Queensway and Hennessy Road were largely different from those of Route E11;
- A new Octopus interchange concession with Route 5B was introduced, which was the first set of bus-bus interchange concession between overnight routes and daytime routes in Hong Kong.
- 25 August 2008: The "Chun Ping Road" and "Airport Freight Forwarding Centre" stops originally located at Chun Wan Road eastbound towards AsiaWorld-Expo were cancelled permanently and replaced by a new "Airport Freight Forwarding Centre" stop between the two original stops.[9]
- 2 January 2011: Due to the closure of southbound lane of Lin Cheung Road near the West Kowloon Terminus site under the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link Project, buses towards Central were rerouted via D1A(N) road and return to original routing at Jordan Road.
- 23 April 2016: A new bus stop was added at "Cannon Street" on Gloucester Road.
- 30 March 2017: Starting from 2:30pm, buses towards AsiaWorld-Expo were diverted via Cheong Hong Road underneath the bridge section of Cheong Tat Road to "Regal Airport Hotel" bus stop for Tung Chung Station direction, and the "Car Park 4" bus stop was cancelled to tie in with the closure of the section of Cheong Tat Road outside the Government Lounge Carpark for the Airport Passenger Terminal Building extension.[10][11]
- 15 April 2017: The southbound lane of Lin Cheung Road north of Jordan Road was reopened and DA1 (N) road was permanently closed. Buses towards Central resumed passing through the section of Lin Cheung Road. [12]
- 15 December 2017: "Next Bus" Arrival Time Inquiry Service was introduced on this route.[13]
- 28 October 2021: Due to the construction of the Central Kowloon Route, vehicles heading for Lin Cheung Road from West Kowloon Highway cannot turn left to Jordan Road, thus this route was diverted via Nga Cheung Road for Central direction. [14]
- 26 September 2022: The frequency was reduced to four round rips each way, departing from Macau Ferry at 01:20, 02:20, 03:20 and 04:20, and from the Airport at 01:50, 02:50, 03:50 and 04:50. [15]
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 9/2022, see here for the referenced link
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- This route provides "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Boarding Stop | Fare |
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| Full Fare | $32.1 |
| Section fares (to Airport) | |
| Cross-Harbour Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange | $23.8 |
| Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | $13.5 |
| From Tung Chung Fire Station | $5.3 |
| Section fares (to Central) | |
| Yu Tung Court or before | $5.3 * |
| Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | $28.0 |
| From Austin Road | $13.3 |
| From Patterson Street | $7.2 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Octopus 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 N11 Bus-Bus Interchange Concession Scheme
Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange Concession Scheme[]
Template:Citybus Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange Concession Scheme
Bus deployments[]
This route operates with 3 double-decker air-conditioned with the main vehicle being the Enviro500 MMC 12m normal version (8507-8524) and 12.8m (6501-6588) equipped with luggage racks. Some departures are operated by Enviro500 MMC 12m luxury version (80XX) and 12.8m (68XX, 638XX) from Cityflyer.
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 49.8km, and the journey time is approximately 75mins. (The average speed is 39.8km/h.)
To Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)[]
Via: Macau Ferry access, Connaught Road Central, Rumsey Street, Des Voeux Road Central, Queensway, Hennessy Road, Yee Wo Street, Causeway Road, Tung Lo Wan Road, Tai Hang Road Flyover, Gloucester Road#, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Hong Chong Road, Chatham Road South, Gascoigne Road, Jordan Road, * (Lin Cheung Road), West Kowloon Highway, Tsing Kwai Highway, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, Cheung Tsing Highway, Northwest Tsing Yi Interchange, Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway, Tung Chung East Interchange, Yu Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Chun Ping 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, Airport Road, Airport South Interchange and Cheong Lin Road
#: May be rerouted via Tonnochy Road Flyover, Tonnochy Road, Hung Hing Road and Gloucester Road to enter Cross-Harbour Tunnel;
*: May be rerouted via Hoi Po Road depending on traffic conditions.
| Citybus Route N11 (Central (Macau Ferry) → Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Sheung Wan | Central (Macau Ferry)  |
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| 2 | Connaught Road Central | Macau Ferry |
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| 3 | Des Voeux Road Central | Rumsey Street |
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| 4 | Central | Central Market | ||
| 5 | Douglas Street |
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| 6 | Statue Square |
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| 7 | Admiralty | Queensway | Admiralty Station |
Near Pacific Place |
| 8 | Wan Chai | Hennessy Road | Luard Road | Near Southorn Playground |
| 9 | Fleming Road |
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| 10 | Stewart Road | Near Lockhart Road Municipal Services Building | ||
| 11 | Tonnochy Road | Near CNT Tower | ||
| 12 | Causeway Bay | Wan Chai Fire Station |
Near Times Square | |
| 13 | Yee Wo Street | Patterson Street |
Near Sogo Department Store | |
| 14 | Tung Lo Wan Road | St. Paul's Hospital | ||
| 15 | Gloucester Road | Cannon Street | ||
 Cross-Harbour Tunnel
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| 16 | Tsim Sha Tsui East | Cross-Harbour Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange |
Section fare begins here Near Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
| 17 | Jordan | Jordan Road | Kowloon Union Church |
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| 18 | Woosung Street |
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| 19 | Battery Street | |||
| 20 | Austin Road  |
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 West Kowloon Highway, Tsing Kwai Highway； Lantau Link
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| 21 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | Section fare begins here | |
| North Lantau Highway
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| 22 | Tung Chung Town Centre | Shun Tung Road | Tung Chung Fire Station | Section fare begins here Near Yu Tung Court, Fu Tung Estate For Citygate and Tung Chung Station , please alight at this stop
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| 23 | Tung Chung Crescent | near Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal | ||
| 24 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Chek Lap Kok South Road | Chek Lap Kok South Road | |
| 25 | Airport (Cargo Area) | Chun Ping Road | Asia Airfreight Terminal | |
| 26 | Chun Wan Road | Airport Freight Forwarding Centre | ||
| 27 | HACTL | Near SuperTerminal One, Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal | ||
| 28 | Airport (Catering Area) | Catering Road West | Air Mail Centre | |
| 29 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Scenic Road | Cathay Pacific City | |
| 30 | East Coast Road | Cathay Pacific City (East) | Near Airport Golden Trumpet Trail | |
| 31 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Cheong Lin Road | Gate House No.2 | |
| 32 | Cheong Tat Road | Car Park One |
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| 33 | Terminal 1 (North) |
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| 34 | Regal Airport Hotel | |||
| 35 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) |
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| Trips to Airport may be rerouted via Tonnochy Road Flyover, Hung Hing Road and Gloucester Road | ||||
To Central (Macau Ferry)[]
Via: 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, Shun Tung Road, Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Yu Tung Road, Tung Chung Eastern Interchange, North Lantau Highway, Lantau Link, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Cheung Tsing Highway, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, Tsing Kwai Highway, West Kowloon Highway, Nga Cheung Road, Jordan Road, Gascoigne Road Flyover, Gascoigne Road, Chatham Road South, Hong Chong Road, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road, Inner Gloucester Road, Fenwick Street, Hennessy Road, Queensway, Des Voeux Road Central, Wing Wo Street, Connaught Road Central and Macau Ferry Access Road
| Citybus Route N11 (Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) → Central (Macau Ferry)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) |
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| 2 | Cheong Tat Road | Terminal 1 (North) |
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| 3 | Regal Airport Hotel | |||
| 4 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road | Cathay Pacific City | |
| 5 | Airport (Catering Area) | Catering Road West | Airport Police Station | |
| 6 | Airport (Cargo Area) | Chun Wan Road | Chun Wan Road South | near HACTL, Cathay Pacific Cargo Terminal |
| 7 | Airport Freight Forwarding Centre | |||
| 8 | Chun Ping Road | Asia Airfreight Terminal | ||
| 9 | Airport (Logistics Area) | Chek Lap Kok South Road | Chek Lap Kok South Road | |
| 10 | Tung Chung Town Centre | Tat Tung Road | Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal | |
| 11 | Fu Tung Plaza |
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| 12 | Shun Tung Road | Yu Tung Court | Two-way section fare ends here | |
| North Lantau Highway
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| 13 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link Bus-Bus Interchange | Section fare begins here | |
| Lantau Link; Cheung Tsing Tunnel to West Kowloon Highway
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| 14 | Jordan | Jordan Road | Austin Station |
Section fare begins here |
| 15 | Shanghai Street | near Temple Street | ||
| 16 | Chi Wo Street |
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| 17 | Tsim Sha Tsui East | Cross-Harbour Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange |
Near Hong Kong Polytechnic University | |
| Cross-Harbour Tunnel
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| 18 | Causeway Bay | Gloucester Road | Paterson Street | Section fare begins here Near World Trade Centre |
| 19 | Cannon Street | |||
| 20 | Inner Gloucester Road | Elizabeth House | ||
| 21 | Wan Chai | Stewart Road | ||
| 22 | O'Brien Road | Near Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | ||
| 23 | Fenwick Street | Near The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts | ||
| 24 | Hennessy Road | Methodist House | ||
| 25 | Admiralty | Queensway | Pacific Place |
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| 26 | Central | Bank of China Tower | ||
| 27 | Des Voeux Road Central | HSBC Main Building |
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| 28 | Li Yuen Street East |
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| 29 | Central Market | |||
| 30 | Sheung Wan | Connaught Road Central | Rumsey Street |
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| 31 | Central (Macau Ferry) |
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Ridership[]
According to Bus Route Planning Programmes and other information, the passenger capacity of this route is as follows:
- 2006: The occupancy rate was 10-20%[16], with about 10 passengers boarding and alighting at the Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza every night.
- 2018: About 720 people rode this route each night.[17]
Related incidents[]
- 23 December 2015: At approximately 3 am, a Enviro500 MMC (8527/TJ5561) heading towards Airport was preparing to stop at "Woosung Street" stop on Jordan Road when it crashed into a crane truck that was cleaning the exterior wall of a building on the roadside and smashed three windows. A male passenger was injured.[18]
- 16 May 2019: At approximately 4 am, the Cross-Harbour Tunnel implemented a single-tunnel two-way traffic system. A private car with a Guangdong-Hong Kong Licence Plate heading towards Hong Kong Island crossed the lane in the tunnel and collided head-on with an Enviro500 MMC (6565/UR3708) heading towards the airport. The bus lost control again and crashed into a private car following a taxi, causing serious damage to the fronts of the three vehicles. In the accident, a total of 11 people, including three vehicle drivers, a male taxi passenger, and seven bus passengers, were injured and sent to the hospital, whereas the driver of a private car was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving.[19]
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
Related articles[]
- Citybus Route A11
- Citybus Route E11
- Citybus Route E11A
- Citybus Route E11S (1st generation) (Cancelled)
- Citybus Route NA11
- Citybus Route NA12
References[]
- ↑ "Legislative Council Reference Summary: Public Bus Services Ordinance (Chapter 230): Grant of Public Bus Service Franchise for North Lantau and New Airport", 22 October 1996.
- ↑ The opening of the Tung Chung Line of the Airport Express and the opening of the new airport at Chek Lap Kok, Bus Route Changes (Traditional Chinese Only), BUStop, June 1998.
- ↑ Bus News July 1998 (Traditional Chinese Only), BUStop.
- ↑ 北大嶼山對外／通宵路線簡化赤立角島行車路線 , BUStop.
- ↑ 城巴北大嶼山通宵路線增設機場至東涌分段收費 (Introduction of Airport to Tung Chung section fares for Citybus North Lantau Overnight Routes), BUStop, October 1999.
- ↑ 機場通宵路線重組 (Reorganisation of Airport Overnight Routes), BUSTop, December 1999.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "城巴N11號線改經紅磡海底隧道 總站遷往中環(港澳碼頭)" (Citybus Route N11 Reroutes via Cross-Harbour Tunnel Terminus relocated to Central (Macau Ferry)) [News Release], 14 August 2006.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "城巴路線第N11號由行經西區海底隧道改道行經紅磡海底隧道" (Rerouting of Citybus Route N11 from Western Harbour Crossing to Cross-Harbour Tunnel) [Traffic Advice].
- ↑ 機場後勤區 - 車站重組消息 (Airport Logistics Area - Bus Stop Reorganisation), hkitalk.net
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes E11, E11A, E21, E22, E22A, E22P, E22X, E23, N11, N21, N21A, N23, N26, N29, S1, S56 Cancellation of Car Park 4 Bus Stop and Diversion" [Passenger Notice], 24 March 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Diversion of Bus Routes and Cancellation of Bus Stop on Cheong Tat Road near Car Park 4" [Traffic Advice], 28 March 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS IN YAU MA TEI" [Traffic Advice], 12 April 2017.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB and Citybus Extend “Next Bus” Arrival Service to 74 Routes" [News Release], 15 December 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Temporary Traffic and Transport Arrangements in Yau Ma Tei" [Announcement], 31 October 2021.
- ↑ Citybus Limited, "Route N11 Service Arrangements" [Passenger Notice], 20 September 2022.
- ↑ Government of Hong Kong, "立法會十一題：通宵過海隧道巴士路線" [News Report], 8 March 2006.
- ↑ "有關加強東涌北通宵巴士服務的提問(文件T&TC61/2018號) - 城巴有限公司的書面回覆", Islands District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Discussion Paper.
- ↑ "機場巴撼吊臂 爆窗傷乘客", Oriental Daily News , 24 December 2015.
- ↑ "紅隧越線撞巴士11人傷 中港牌賓利司機醉駕被捕" (Traditional Chinese Only), Apple Daily, 16 May 2019.
External links[]
- Citybus Official Route Information: (to Airport (Ground Transportation Centre))
- Citybus Official Route Information: (to Central (Macau Ferry))
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