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Cross-Harbour Bus Route 171

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Reminder: NOT to be confused with Cross-Harbour Bus Route 117.

The Cross-Harbour Bus Route 171 is jointly operated by KMB and Citybus. It runs between South Horizons and Lai Chi Kok, via Lei Tung, Wong Chuk Hang Industrial Area and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, as well as Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po, and Cheung Sha Wan in Kowloon.

Route 171 is the first cross-harbour bus route on Ap Lei Chau. It goes directly to Kowloon via the Aberdeen Tunnel and Cross Harbour Tunnel. Among all the cross-harbour routes in the Southern District, it is the only route towards Hong Kong Island that does not have a stop on the north shore of Hong Kong Island.

History[]

In 1993, China Motor Bus (CMB) proposed to introduce Route 172 between Ap Lei Chau and Mong Kok KCR Station, via Lei Tung Estate, with a mix of air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned buses.

On the other hand, Citybus and Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) proposed to introduce an air-conditioned cross-harbour bus service, which was eventually accepted by the authorities. Subsequently, CMB put forward another proposal to operate between Ap Lei Chau and Sham Shui Po Barracks (now Sham Shui Po (Yen Chow Street)), also with route number 171, which was still rejected by the authorities.

  • 6 June 1994: Route 171 commenced service, jointly operated by KMB and Citybus between South Horizons (terminus at South Horizons Road near Mei Hong Court) and Cheung Sha Wan, with service only on Mondays to Saturdays from 06:45 to 22:15 at that time.
  • 28 August 1994: Holiday service was added, with service time being 09:00-19:20 and some trips detour via Ocean Park Road Bus Terminus.
  • 8 January 1995: After going up the Canal Road Flyover in the direction of South Horizons, the route directly followed Wong Nai Chung Gap Flyover to enter Aberdeen Tunnel, and no longer stopped at the en-route stop near Hong Kong Jockey Club at Morrison Hill Road under the bridge.
  • 17 February 1995: South Horizons terminus was relocated to the indoor public transport interchange bus terminus at Parc Oasis.
  • 20 May 1996: No longer stopped at Gloucester Road at Causeway Bay for South Horizons bound and instead going directly to Canal Road Flyover after leaving the Cross-Harbour Tunnel to shorten the journey time.
  • 1 December 1996: Departures after 23:00 every night omitted South Horizons Road to avoid noise nuisance to the residents of South Horizons.
  • 1 April 1997: Service hours were extended to tie in with the commissioning of overnight route N171 to provide 24-hour daily bus service connecting Southern District and Kowloon.
  • 11 October 1998: Temporarily diverted via Lai Chi Kok Road and Wong Chuk Street for 19 months for Cheung Sha Wan bound due to the stormwater drainage replacement works at Nathan Road. [1]
  • May 2001: In response to the reorganisation of stops on Cheung Sha Wan Road: [2]
    • 20th: No longer stopped at "Nam Cheong Street" stop when heading to Cheung Sha Wan;
    • 27th: No longer stopped at "Sham Shui Po Station" and "Wong Chuk Street" stops for South Horizons direction and changed to stop at "Pei Ho Street" stop.
  • From 14 July to 27 October 2001: Departures every Saturday afternoon were detoured via Ocean Park.
  • July 2002: In response to the reorganisation of bus stops along Nathan Road:
    • 14th: No longer stopped at "Bute Street" and "Prince Edward MTR Station" stops for Cheung Sha Wan direction and changed to stop at Arran Street". [3]
    • 28th: No longer stopped at "Public Square Street" bus stop for South Horizons direction and changed to stop at "Man Ming Lane" and "South Kowloon Magistracy" stops. [4]
  • 1 July 2006: A 10% same day return discount and interchange concessions with other CHT routes for Hong Kong Island bound were introduced, with the former effective for three years only. [5][6][7]
  • 30 December 2007: Extended from Cheung Sha Wan to Lai Chi Kok. [8]
  • 21 December 2009: First bus time was advanced early to 06:05 on weekdays.
  • 5 June 2011: On Sundays and public holidays, the time slot for the Lai Chi Kok bound departures detouring via Ocean Park Hong Kong was extended by half an hour to 20:00 to cope with the additional demand generated by the extended opening hours of the Park earlier in the year. [9]
  • 19 September 2011: Lai Chi Kok bound service was split during Monday to Saturday morning peak hours (06:58-08:29): [10]
    • Existing Route 171P continued to provide express service omitting Lei Tung Estate;
    • A new route 171A was dedicated to serve Lei Tung Estate;
    • Service on Route 171 was not provided during the relevant period.
  • 8 November 2011: The bus stop originally located outside South Horizons on South Horizon Drive when heading towards South Horizons was relocated to outside Yee Wan Court to tie in with the traffic measures of the MTR South Island Line (East) project. [11]
  • 9 January 2012: All trips to Lai Chi Kok were diverted to via South Horizon Drive throughout the day to tie in with the new phase of traffic measures for the MTR South Island Line (East) project. [12]
  • 10 December 2012: Time period for no services to Lai Chi Kok during morning peak hours from Mondays to Fridays was postponed to end at 08:36 to tie in with the extended service hours of Route 171A. [13]
  • 2 February 2013: Starting from 3:00 pm, after reaching South Horizons Road when heading towards South Horizons, the route was diverted via Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, Lee Nam Road and Yee Nam Road (northbound) instead of Yee Nam Road southbound to tie in with the traffic measures of the new phase of the MTR South Island Line (East) project. [14]
  • 25 February 2013: In view of the SIL works, some trips to Southern District from 06:05 am to about 08:00 am on Mondays to Fridays were also split into the following routes: [15]
    • Red Route: Terminated at Tung Hing House, Lei Tung Estate and would not go to South Horizons;
    • Yellow Route: Direct to South Horizons without stopping at Lei Tung Estate.
  • 17 May 2015: Changed to detour via Ocean Park only on Sundays and public holidays 09:00-11:30 (South Horizons bound) and 16:00-18:30 (Lai Chi Kok bound). [16][17][18]
  • 23 May 2016: Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry System was introduced on KMB departures.[19]
  • 5 August 2016: Starting from 3:00 pm, the service resumed observing South Horizon Drive southbound to the terminus for South Horizons direction; and the arrangement of omitting South Horizon Drive for both directions was resumed from the same day onwards near midnight. [20][21]
  • 25 March 2017: A new section fare from Trade Square to Lai Chi Kok was added, while the section fare from Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza to South Horizons was reduced. [22][23]
  • 28 May 2018: "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service was introduced on NWFB trips.[24]
  • 27 January 2020: The Ocean Park was closed in response to the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, and detours through Ocean Park were suspended on Sundays and public holidays until 12 June of the same year. [25][26][27][28]

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 3/2023, see here for the referenced link

From South Horizons
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
06:05 - 06:35 15
06:35 - 06:55 20
Service provided as Routes 171A and 171P between 06:55 - 08:45
08:45 - 09:29 22
09:29 - 09:49 20
10:07 - 11:13 22
11:34 - 12:37 21
12:55 - 14:01 22
14:22 - 15:25 21
15:41 - 16:49 17
17:03 - 17:47 14/15
17:47 - 18:13 13
18:29 - 19:37 17
19:55 - 20:55 20
21:17 - 22:01 22
22:20 - 23:00 20
23:20 - 23:40 20
The following departures omit South Horizon Drive
00:00
Saturdays
06:05 - 06:41 18
06:41 - 07:00 19
Service provided as Routes 171A and 171P between 07:00 - 08:40
08:40 - 08:59 19
08:59 - 09:49 25
10:06 - 10:59 18/17
10:59 - 11:13 14
11:27 - 12:37 14
12:51 - 14:01 14
14:15 - 15:25 14
15:39 - 16:49 14
17:05 - 18:13 17
18:28 - 19:37 23
19:55 - 20:13 18
20:13 - 20:53 20
21:10 - 22:01 17
22:20 - 23:00 20
23:20 - 23:40 20
The following departures omit South Horizon Drive
00:00
Sundays and Public Holidays
06:05 - 06:50 22/23
07:05 - 07:53 24
08:11 - 09:05 18
09:22 - 10:15 18/17
10:35 - 11:35 20
11:50 - 12:50 15
13:04 - 14:00 14
14:00 - 14:15 15
14:30 - 14:59 15/14
14:59 - 15:35 18
15:51
The following departures observe Ocean Park
16:07 - 16:55 16
17:11 - 18:15 16
18:29
18:43 - 19:25 14
19:40 - 20:40 20
21:00 - 22:00 20
22:00 - 22:25 25
22:45 - 23:10 25
The following departures omit South Horizon Drive
23:35 - 00:00 25
Remarks
  • During weekday AM peak hours, passengers may use Routes 171A or 171P; during overnight hours, passengers may use Route N171.
From Lai Chi Kok
Service Hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
06:05 - 06:15 10
06:15 - 07:15 12
07:30 - 08:10 20
08:10 - 08:25 15
08:40 - 08:55 15
08:55 - 09:49 18
10:10 - 11:13 21
11:34 - 12:37 21
12:58 - 14:01 21
14:22 - 15:25 21
15:46 - 16:49 21
17:04 - 17:19 15
17:19 - 18:13 18
18:29 - 19:37 17
19:52 - 20:55 21
21:10 - 21:26 16
21:26 - 22:00 17
22:20 - 22:40 20
The following departures omit South Horizon Drive
23:00
23:20 - 00:00 20
Saturdays
06:05 - 06:21 16
06:21 - 07:15 18
07:32 - 08:25 18/17
08:43 - 09:49 22
10:10 - 11:13 21
11:34 - 12:37 21
12:53 - 14:01 17
14:15 - 15:25 14
15:37 - 16:49 12
17:04 - 17:19 15
17:19 - 18:13 18
18:29 - 19:37 17
19:55 - 20:55 20
21:07 - 21:33 13
21:33 - 22:01 14
22:15 - 22:45 15
The following departures omit South Horizon Drive
23:00
23:20 - 00:00 20
Sundays and Public Holidays
06:05 - 06:49 22
07:07 - 07:54 24／23
08:18 - 08:41 24/23
The following departures observe Ocean Park
09:05
09:30 - 09:55 25
09:55 - 10:15 20
10:35 - 11:15 17
11:35
11:55 - 12:55 20
13:10 - 13:55 15
13:55 - 14:15 20
14:31 - 15:35 16
15:51 - 16:55 16
17:08 - 17:47 13
17:47 - 17:59 12
17:59 - 18:15 16
18:35 - 19:35 20
19:47 - 20:00 13
20:00 - 20:30 14
20:30 - 20:42 12
20:42 - 20:55 13
21:15 - 21:55 20
21:55 - 22:20 25
22:45
The following departures omit South Horizon Drive
23:10 - 00:00 25
Remark
  • During overnight hours, passengers may use Route N171.
This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival System Enquiry Service/ "Next Bus" Arrival Time Enquiry Service, among which the red underlined trips in the above table are dispatched by KMB where passengers are able to use KMB Monthly Pass and KMB Tourist Day Pass; the rest of the trips are dispatched by Citybus where passengers are able to use "Citybus +" sightseeing tickets.

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding Stop Fares
Full Fare $13.8
Section fares (to Lai Chi Kok)往荔枝角方向之分段收費
From Canal Road West $11.5
From Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI $8.2
From Trade Square $6.8
Section fares (to South Horizons)
From Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza $6.1
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" and UnionPay "QuickPass", BoC Pay "Ride Code" and WeChat Pay HK or WeChat "Ride Code", JCB Card, MasterCard, UnionPay, American Express, Discover Card, Diners Club International Credit Card, UnionPay Credit Card with inductive payment capabilities, as well as Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay mobile payment platforms for fare payment (JCB cards, American Express cards and Diners Club International cards only apply to KMB departures). Passengers using the above payment methods can only enjoy interchange concessions with other other routes/combined routes of the same company operating that particular departure, and they cannot enjoy the "Public Transport Fare Subsidy" nor the "Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities".

Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]

Template:CHT Interchange Concession Scheme

Bus Deployments[]

At present, KMB deploys seven Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU) double-decked buses as scheduled buses of this route, with some of them deployed to Routes 171A and 171P.

As for Citybus, three double-decker buses were deployed during the morning peak hours and six double-decked buses were deployed in the afternoon for this route, mainly using Enviro500/MMC 12m (8128-8202, 8235-8319/8320-8360, 8391-8399, 8402-8483, 8490, 8537-8546), while some trips were changed to use Enviro500 MMC 11.3m (9108-9150, 41020-41060) and Volvo B9TL 11.3m (95XX, 420XX).

As this route passes through the Low Emission Zone for Franchised Buses, vehicles on this route must meet Euro V emission standards or above unless under special vehicle dispatchment changes.

List of KMB buses on Route 171
Fleet No. Plate No. Depot
ATENU772 TT8017 Lai Chi Kok Depot (L)
ATENU1278 VC8633
ATENU1436 VL7538
ATENU1444 VM469
ATENU1456 VM4179
ATENU1490 VN1932
ATENU1492 VN2495

The above list of scheduled buses are as of August 2023, forwarded from hk2007.buscess website (Chinese only). The above buses might not be listed according to running orders.
The related content is for reference only and will be updated according to fleet changes (check update list). To check scheduled bus changes, refer to detailed information on hk2007.buscess website.2823

Bus Deployment Evolution History[]

Bus Deployment Evolution History of Cross-Harbour Bus Route 171

This route was fully air-conditioned at the time of its inception. KMB operated Leyland Olympian 11m (AL) and laterVolvo Olympian 11m (AV) joined in 1997; whereas Citybus operated Leyland/Volvo Olympian 12m (3XX-6XX) and later Dennis Dragon 12m (8XX) joined in 1997.

KMB added Dennis Trident 12m (ATR) to provide low-floor service on this route in 2000, and later Enviro500 12m (ATE, ATEU, withdrawn) since 2008. The same bus model of Citybus fleet (81XX-83XX) also joined in 2010.

Starting from December 2014, KMB replaced Dennis Trident (ATR) and Enviro500 (ATEU) with the high-capacity Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU). The same bus model of Citybus fleet (83XX-84XX) joined service at an earlier time.

In July 2020, 12.8-metre buses were approved for KMB trips. In the same month, some of the buses on this route were replaced by Enviro500 MMC (ATENU) with "Heartbeat of The City" livery originally from Routes 118 and 948, replacing the original scheduled buses.

Routing[]

To Lai Chi Kok[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Regular 		The distance of this route is approx. 19.9km, and the journey time is approximately 68mins. (The average speed is 17.6km/h.)
Yi Nam Road, South Horizon Drive, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, Ap Lei Chau Drive, Lei Tung Estate Road, Lei Tung Estate access, Lei Tung Estate Road, Ap Lei Chau Drive, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen Tunnel, Wong Nai Chung Road, Morrison Hill Road, Leighton Road, Canal Road West, Canal Road Flyover, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Hong Chong Road, Chatham Road South, Gascoigne Road, Nathan Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, Mei Lai Road, Lai Wan Road and King Lai Path
②*
Weekdays via Ocean Park 		..., Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Ocean Park Road, Ocean Park Road Bus Terminus, Ocean Park Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen Tunnel, ...
③#
Daily midnight omit South Horizon Drive 		Yi Nam Road, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, Ap Lei Chau Drive, Lei Tung Estate Road, ...
Routing remarks
Individual bus captains may enter Chatham Road South and drive onto Gascoigne Road Flyover without going through the at-grade section, and then return to the original routing.
Cross-Harbour Bus Route 171 (South Horizons → Lai Chi Kok)
No. Area Road Bus stop name (KMB) Bus stop name (Citybus) Remarks
1 Ap Lei Chau (South Horizons) South Horizons Bus Terminus South Horizons MTR logo
2 # Ap Lei Chau (South Horizons) South Horizon Drive Mei Fai Court Mei Fai Court South Horizons MTR logo Not applicable to midnight departures using Routing ③
3 # Hoi Wan Court Hoi Wan Court South Horizons
4 Ap Lei Chau West Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road Lei Chak House Lei Chak House Ap Lei Chau Estate
5 Ap Lei Chau Main Street Lee Chi Road lee Chi Road MTR logo
6 Ap Lei Chau Drive Ap Lei Chau Drive
7 Ap Lei Chau
(Lei Tung)		 Lei Tung Estate access Tung Hing House Lei Tung Estate Tung Hing House Lei Tung Estate MTR logo Near Aplichau Kaifong Primary School
8 Lei Tung Market Lei Tung Market
9 Lei Tung Estate Road Yue On Court Yue On Court
Ap Lei Chau Bridge
10 Wong Chuk Hang Wong Chuk Hang Road Aberdeen Technical School Aberdeen Technical School
11 Yip Hing Street Wong Chuk Hang Yip Hing Street Near Wong Chuk Hang Business Area, L'hotel Island South
＊ Wong Chuk Hang Ocean Park Ocean Park MTR logo Applicable to weekend specified departures using Routing ②
12 Wong Chuk Hang Wong Chuk Hang Road Aberdeen Tunnel Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza MTR logo Near Grantham Hospital, Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital
For Ocean Park, pleae alight at this stop
Route1 Aberdeen Tunnel, Wong Nai Chung Gap Flyover
13 Wan Chai
(Bowrington)		 Canal Road West Canal Road West Canal Road West Section fare begins here
Near Times Square
Route1 Canal Road Flyover, Cross-Harbour Tunnel
14 Tsim Sha Tsui East Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI (C1) Cross-Harbour Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange MTR logo Section fare begins here
Near The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
15 Jordan Gascoigne Road Diocesan Girls' School Diocesan Girls' School
16 Yau Ma Tei Nathan Road Public Square Street Yau Ma Tei (N39) Public Square Street
17 Dundas Street Mong Kok (N50) Dundas Street MTR logo Near Chow Tai Fook Commercial Centre, Sino Centre
18 Mong Kok Shantung Street Mong Kok (N58) Shantung Street MTR logo Near Grand Plaza, Langham Place
19 Arran Street Mong Kok (N74) Arran Street MTR logo
20 Sham Shui Po Cheung Sha Wan Road Maple Street Sham Shui Po Maple Street
21 Pei Ho Street Sham Shui Po Pei Ho Street MTR logo Near Golden Computer Centre, Golden Computer Arcade
22 Yee Kok Court Yee Kok Court
23 Cheung Sha Wan Trade Square Trade Square MTR logo Section fare begins here
near Un Chau Estate
24 Cheung Sha Wan Path Cheung Sha Wan Path
25 Cheung Lai Street Cheung Sha Wan Cheung Lai Street MTR logo
26 Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo) Lai Chi Kok Road Mei Foo BBI (B4) Mei Foo MTR logo
27 Mei Lai Road Nassau Street Nassau Street
28 Lai Wan Road Lai Wan Road
29 Lai Chi Kok Lai Chi Kok Bus Terminus Lai Chi Kok

To South Horizons[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Regular 		The distance of this route is approx. 20.0km, and the journey time is approximately 68mins. (The average speed is 17.6km/h.)
King Lai Path, Lai Wan Road, Mei Lai Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Nathan Road, Gascoigne Road, Chatham Road South, flyover, Hong Chong Road, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Canal Road Flyover, Aberdeen Tunnel, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, Ap Lei Chau Drive, Lei Tung Estate Road, Lei Tung Estate access, Lei Tung Estate Road, Ap Lei Chau Drive, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, Yi Nam Road, South Horizon Drive, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road and Yi Nam Road
②*
Weekend via Ocean Park 		..., Aberdeen Tunnel, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Ocean Park Road, Ocean Park Road Bus Terminus, Ocean Park Road, Wong Chuk Hang Road, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road, ...
③#
Daily midnight omit South Horizon Drive 		..., Lei Tung Estate Road, Ap Lei Chau Drive, Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road and Yi Nam Road
Routing remarks
Individual bus captains may take Gascoigne Road flyover directly from the Labour Tribunal bus stop without going through the at-grade section, and then return to the original routing.
Cross-Harbour Bus Route 171 (Lai Chi Kok → South Horizons)
No. Area Road Bus stop name (KMB) Bus stop name (Citybus) Remarks
1 Lai Chi Kok Lai Chi Kok Bus Terminus Lai Chi Kok
2 Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo) Mei Lai Road Lai Wan Road Lai Wan Road
3 Nassau Street Nassau Street
4 Cheung Sha Wan Cheung Sha Wan Road Lai Chi Kok Station Lai Chi Kok Station MTR logo Near Cheung Sha Wan Plaza
5 Cheung Wah Street Cheung Wah Street
6 Cheung Sha Wan Station Cheung Sha Wan Station MTR logo
7 Tonkin Street Cheung Sha Wan Tonkin Street MTR logo
8 Sham Shui Po Yen Chow Street Sham Shui Po Yen Chow Street Near Cheung Sha Wan Government Offices
9 Pei Ho Street Sham Shui Po Pei Ho Street MTR logo
10 Maple Street Sham Shui Po Maple Street
11 Mong Kok Nathan Road Prince Edward Station (S2) Prince Edward Station MTR logo
12 Nullah Road Mong Kok (S7) Allied Plaza MTR logo
13 Nelson Street Mong Kok (S17) Bank Centre MTR logo Special departures start here
14 Yau Ma Tei Dundas Street Mong Kok (S25) Dundas Street
15 Man Ming Lane Yau Ma Tei (S32) Man Ming Lane MTR logo
16 Gascoigne Road Labour Tribunal Labour Tribunal
17 Tsim Sha Tsui East Chatham Road South Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phase 8 Hong Kong Polytechnic University Phase 8
18 Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI (B1) Cross-Harbour Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange MTR logo Special departures begin here
BBI Logo GreenYellow Interchange stop for CHT routes
near The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Route1 Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Canal Road Flyover, Wong Nai Chung Gap Flyover, Aberdeen Tunnel
19 Wong Chuk Hang Aberdeen Tunnel Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza MTR logo Section fare begins here
near Grantham Hospital, Gleneagles Hong Kong Hospital
For Ocean Park, pleae alight at this stop
* Wong Chuk Hang Ocean Park Ocean Park MTR logo Applicable to weekend specified departures using Routing ②
20 Wong Chuk Hang Wong Chuk Hang Road Wong Chuk Hang Recreation Ground Wong Chuk Hang Recreation Ground
21 Yip Hing Street Wong Chuk Hang Yip Hing Street Near Wong Chuk Hang Business Area, L'hotel Island South
22 Victory Factory Building Victory Factory Building
Ap Lei Chau Bridge
23 Ap Lei Chau
(Lei Tung)		 Lei Tung Estate Road True Light College Hong Kong True Light College Hong Kong Near Yue On Court
24 Lei Tung Estate access Tung Hing House Tung Hing House Lei Tung Estate MTR logo Near Aplichau Kaifong Primary School
25 Lei Tung Market Lei Tung Market
26 Ap Lei Chau Main Street Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road Ap Lei Chau Drive Ap Lei Chau Drive
27 Lee Chi Road Lee Chi Road MTR logo Near Ap Lei Chau Main Street
28 Ap Lei Chau (South Horizons) Parc Oasis Parc Oasis Near Ap Lei Chau Estate
29 # Ap Lei Chau (South Horizons) South Horizon Drive Yee Wan Court Yee Wan Court South Horizons Not applicable to midnight departures using Routing ③
30 # Hoi Wan Court Hoi Wan Court South Horizons
31 Ap Lei Chau (South Horizons) South Horizons Bus Terminus South Horizons MTR logo

Ridership[]

Route 171 connects Ap Lei Chau and Mong Kok, the heart of Kowloon, and its southbound route does not need to stop at Causeway Bay like other Southern District cross-harbour routes. In the past, it was very popular among the Southern District residents, and it was even split into two routes, 171P and 171A, which serve Ap Lei Chau and Lei Tung Estates in the morning peak hours. However, after the commissioning of the MTR South Island Line, there is a significant overlap between Route 171 and the railway, resulting in a significant drop in patronage [29][30][31]. After the extension of the East Rail Line to Admiralty Station, the frequency of this route has dropped by 36%. [32]

According to the District Council paper, the ridership of this route is as follows:

  • 2014: The patronage rate was 93% during peak hours. [33]
  • 2017: The average patronage rate at the highest loading point during the busiest half-hour of the peak period was 97.7% before the opening of the MTR South Island Line and 73.5% after its opening , and together with Routes 171A and 171P the total patronage dropped by 35.3% compared with the pre-opening period. [34]

Related Incidents[]

Fire Accidents[]

  • 25 December 1997: At about 9:00 p.m., a fire broke out in the Aberdeen Tunnel on a Citybus Volvo Olympian (450/GL9583) heading towards South Horizons, destroying the left air-conditioner and injuring two people. [35][36]
    • he tunnel was closed for both directions for about an hour after the incident.

Traffic Accidents[]

  • 8 September 2002: At around 10:00am, a Citybus Volvo Olympian (327/HV7618) heading towards South Horizons was hit at the rear by buses of Routes 59X and 68X when it stopped for lights at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Tonkin Street, injuring nine people. [37]
  • 24 March 2006: A KMB Dennis Trident ATR347/KW746) heading towards South Horizons was loading and unloading passengers at the Aberdeen Tunnel Toll Plaza bus stop when a school bus crashed into the rear of a Citybus Volvo Olympian (613/HR3194), and then the rear of the KMB bus, resulting in 27 injuries. [38][39][40]
  • 6 December 2007: At around 7:00 a.m., a South Horizons-bound Citybus Volvo Olympian (457/GL7298) hit an 11-year-old primary school student crossing the road at the junction of Nathan Road and Waterloo Road, and the girl was sent to hospital with serious injuries. [41]
  • 3 September 2011: At around 6:00 am, a Lai Chi Kok-bound Citybus Volvo Olympian (434/GM8303) lost control and crashed into the crash barrier of the Ap Lei Chau Bridge when turning right from Ap Lei Chau Drive, suspected to be slippery due to rainy weather, and the front end of the bus was seriously damaged; as a result of the incident, Ap Lei Chau Bridge was closed in the direction of Aberdeen, and residents had to cross the bridge on foot in the rain, and the bus was retired from service. [42]
  • 1 August 2014: At around 4:00pm, a South Horizons-bound Citybus Enviro500 (8177/PL9540) collided with a private car on Hong Chong Road, no one was injured in the incident. [43]
  • 7 April 2015: At around 11:00 pm, a Lai Chi Kok-bound KMB Enviro500 MMC (ATENU393/TC9572) hit a girl crossing the road at King Lai Path, Cheung Sha Wan due to a failure of retracting the brake and sent her to the hospital with bruises on her arms and legs. [44]
  • 24 July 2015: At around 5:00pm, a KMB Enviro500 MMC (ATENU529/TK7298) bound for South Horizons hit and ran over a 4.5 year old South Asian boy who was walking out of the road at Cheung Sha Wan Road near Yen Chow Street and the injured was sent to hospital for treatment. [45]
  • 3 June 2016: At around 10:00 a.m., a Lai Chi Kok-bound KMB Enviro500 MMC (ATENU1010/UC2535, the day of the incident was only the first day of the vehicle's first day as a scheduled bus of this route, three weeks after it was registered) was travelling on Cheung Sha Wan Road when it ran into a traffic jam between the KMB in front of it (an Enviro500 MMC ATENU744/TS3302 running on Route 905) stopped at the stop and the following KMB slowed down (Route 66X, Volvo B9TL AVBWU262/RJ5099), the rear-most KMB failed to retract its brakes (Route 59X, Volvo B9TL AVBWU333/SW8471), and crashed into the preceding vehicle, resulting in the head-on collision of the four vehicles. One bus driver and three passengers were injured and were taken to hospital for treatment. [46][47]
  • 19 March 2018: At around 7:00 a.m., a KMB Enviro500 MMC (ATENU885/TW9623), which was about to operate this route, was deadheading from Lai Chi Kok Depot to Lai Chi Kok. When it reached a section of Lai Po Road off Hoi Lai Estate, the bus suddenly crashed into an organ-type crash barrier in the middle of the road, damaging the front end of the bus, and the driver was sent to hospital with injuries to his neck and hand. [48]

Other Incidents[]

  • 29 September 2014: During the "Umbrella Revolution", a Lai Chi Kok-bound KMB Volvo B9TL (AVBE10/MP7638) was besieged by protesters on Nathan Road, during which the body of the bus was affixed with a number of slogans by the protesters to express their demands, and the bus eventually drove away in the afternoon of 3 October to take advantage of the chaos. [49]
    • As a result of the Occupy movement, a number of major trunk roads in Hong Kong and Kowloon were blocked, affecting the journey time, frequency and routes of a number of bus routes. The bus companies indicated in October that the journey time of the cross-harbour bus route from South Horizons to Lai Chi Kok during the morning peak period was as long as three hours. [50]
  • 12 May 2016: At 12:30pm, after an Enviro500 MMC (8341/SF677) had dropped off passengers at the South Horizons bus terminus, a man suddenly rushed onto the vehicle, demanded to retrieve the wallet left behind and assaulted the bus driver, and was arrested by police officers at the scene. [51]
  • 6 August 2016: A KMB Enviro500 MMC (ATENU557/TL5374) illegally parked at the "Impounding Zone" opposite Marina Square West Centre at South Horizons Road was locked up by South Horizons Management Company staff with a giant iron lock on the left front wheel. [52]

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  1. ↑ 彌敦道進行渠務工程封閉十九個月，巴士路線改道安排 (Bus route diversion arrangements due to 19-month closure of Nathan Road for drainage works), BUStop.
  2. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "Cheung Sha Wan Road Bus Stop Re-organization Scheme" [News Release].
  3. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Bus stop rationalization on Nathan Road northbound, Mong Kok" [Traffic Advice].
  4. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, " New Bus Stop Arrangement on Nathan Road in Yau Ma Tei" [News Release].
  5. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "九巴提供聯營過海路線「即日」回程車費折扣及推出三組八達通過海路線轉乘計劃"  (KMB provides same-day return trip discount for jointly-operated cross-harbour routes and introduces 3 sets of Octopus cross-harbour interchange concession schemes) [News Release].
  6. ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "城巴新巴聯營過海路線七月一日起推出全新八達通「即日回程車資折扣」"  (Citybus and NWFB introduces Octopus "Same-day Return Trip Concession" for Jointly-operated Cross-Harbour Routes from 1 July) [News Release], 27 June 2006.
  7. ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "城巴新巴過海路線(往港島方向) 七月一日起增設全新八達通巴士轉乘優惠"  (Citybus and NWFB introduces new Octopus Interchange Concessions for cross-harbour routes (Hong Kong Island bound) starting from 1 July) [News Release], 27 June 2006.
  8. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "Route 171 and 171P Extends to Lai Chi Kok Bus Terminus" [News Release], 28 December 2007.
  9. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "Time periods via Ocean Park of CHT Route 171 during holidays" [News Release], 1 June 2011.
  10. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Citybus Introduces Morning Special Route 171A and Strengthens Morning Express Route 171P" [News Release], 16 September 2011.
  11. ↑ MTR Corporation Limited, "Temporary Traffic Management Measures for South Horizons (November 2011)".
  12. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes 99,171 Whole-day Detour via South Horizons" [Passenger Notice], 4 January 2012.
  13. ↑ 171/A 10/12起調整班次 (Routes 171/A to adjust headways from 10/12 onwards), hkitalk.net。
  14. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Temporary Traffic and Transport Arrangements in Ap Lei Chau" [Traffic Advice], 30 January 2013.
  15. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "171 New Morning Arrangements for Southern District direction" [Passenger Notice], 21 February 2013.
  16. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "巴士路線繞經海洋公園新服務安排詳情"  (Details of New Service Arrangements for Bus Routes via Ocean Park) [Traffic Advice], 6 May 2015.
  17. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes 41A, 107, 170, 171, 973 Adjusting Serving Ocean Park Arrangement" [Passenger Notice], 7 May 2015.
  18. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "107. 170. 171 Change of Time Periods during Holidays serving Ocean Park" [Passenger Notice], May 2015.
  19. ↑ 聯營路線終於有抵站時間預報功能 (ETA available finally for jointly-operated routes), hkitalk.net
  20. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "171. 671 South Island Line Works - Diversion" [Passenger Notice], 1 August 2016.
  21. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes 90B, 99, 171, 592 Routeing Reinstatement for South Horizons Bus Terminus" [Passenger Notice], 1 August 2016.
  22. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "KMB launches trial scheme for new section fares on 30 cross-harbour routes after crossing the harbour" [News Release], 15 September 2017.
  23. ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB and Citybus launch the 2nd phase trial scheme to offer new section fares for 31 Cross Harbour Routes after crossing the harbour" [News Release], 15 September 2017.
  24. ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB and Citybus Extend “Next Bus” Arrival Service Further Now Covering All Citybus Franchised Routes" [News Release], 28 May 2018.
  25. ↑ Citybus Limited, "Routes 107, 170, 171, 973 Temprary Suspension of Detours via Ocean Park" [Passenger Notice], 26 January 2020.
  26. ↑ Citybus Limited, " Citybus Route 629 Service Resumed　Route 107, 170, 171 and 973 Resume Detouring Via Ocean Park on Holidays" [News Release], 9 June 2020.
  27. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "KMB Routes 107, 170 and 171 Resume Observing Ocean Park" [News Release], 10 June 2020.
  28. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Resumption of Bus Services in Ocean Park" [Traffic Advice], 11 June 2020.
  29. ↑ "【南港島綫】區議員：隧道擠塞稍減 75號巴士客量大跌" ([South Island Line] District Councillors: Tunnel congestion mildly alleviated; patronage of Route 75 bus fell drastically), Apple Daily, 3 January 2017.
  30. ↑ "專線巴士小巴客量暴跌" (Patronage of buses and minibuses went down drastically), Ta Kung Pao, 29 December 2016.
  31. ↑ "南港島線通車前後南區巴士服務營運情況" (Operation of bus services in Southern District before and after the commissioning of the South Island Line (SIL)), July 2017.
  32. ↑ "東鐵駁港島一年 九巴過海客日減3萬人次" (1 year after East Rail Line connects with HK Island: Patronage of KMB cross-harbour routes dropped by 30 thousand per day), Ming Pao, 15 May 2023.
  33. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "配合南港島線(東段)通車的公共交通服務之修訂重組計劃" (Amended Public Transport Re-organisation Plan to tie in with the Commissioning of the South Island Line (East)), March 2014.
  34. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "南港島線通車後的變化及公共交通服務重組計劃的最新安排" (Changes upon the commissioning of the South Island Line and the latest arrangements of the Public Transport Re-organisation Plan), Supplementary Information, March 2017
  35. ↑ 城巴171香港仔隧道火警 (25/12/1997) (Citybus Route 171 bus caught fire in Aberdeen Tunnel (25/12/1997)), YouTube。
  36. ↑ 城巴450著火! (CTB 450 caught fire!)
  37. ↑ "三巴「串燒」一車長被夾" (Three-bus collision: one bus driver stuck in between buses), Sing Tao Daily, 8 September 2002.
  38. ↑ 香港仔校巴與巴士相撞 (School bus and bus collided in Aberdeen), ATV News
  39. ↑ "校巴撼巴士24小學生傷" (School bus hit a bus, 24 injured), Apple Daily, 25 March 2006.
  40. ↑ 香港仔校巴與巴士相撞 (School bus and bus crashed in Aberdeen), TVB News
  41. ↑ "11歲女生衝燈尾遭城巴撞傷頭部" (Head of a 11-year-old girl struck by Citybus when rushing red lights), Apple Daily, 7 December 2007.
  42. ↑ "[新聞](2011-09-03)一架城巴鴨利洲橋失事交通受影響" (News (2011-09-03) A Citybus crashed on Ap Lei Chau Bridge affecting traffic)
  43. ↑ "吳鎮宇平治與城巴相撞" (Benz crashed with Citybus), Oriental Daily News, 2 August 2014.
  44. ↑ "巴士撞四歲女 僅手腳擦傷" (Bus hit a 4-year-old woman, sustaining only hand and foot injuries), Sun Post, 9 April 2015.
  45. ↑ "避手推車走出馬路　4歲童遭巴士輾斷手" (4-year-old girl went out on road for evading trolley and ran over by a bus), Oriental Daily News, 24 July 2015.
  46. ↑ "長沙灣4巴士串燒釀4傷" (4 bus collision in Cheung Sha Wan leaving 4 injured), Oriental Daily News, 3 June 2016.
  47. ↑ "長沙灣4九巴串燒 車長一度被困" (4 KMB buses collided in Cheung Sha Wan, bus captain stuck), Apple Daily, 3 June 2016.
  48. ↑ "北大嶼 城巴失控掃欄 10人浴血 長沙灣 防撞欄捱撞 九巴車長傷" (Citybus lost control and swept through railings at North Lantau, injuring 10; KMB bus crashed on crash barrier in Cheung Sha Wan, driver injured), Oriental Daily News, 20 March 2018
  49. ↑ "【佔領旺角】反佔中襲集會者 司機趁機駛走巴士" ([Occupy Mong Kok] Anti-occupy persons attack occupy protesters, bus captain drove away a bus while in chaos), Apple Daily, 3 October 2014.
  50. ↑ LCQ10: Temporary traffic arrangements in response to road blockages, 28 October 2014.
  51. ↑ "落車後發現漏銀包 躁乘客折返連毆3車長" (Angry man found wallet lost on bus, returned and assaulted 3 bus captains), Apple Daily Breaking News, 12 May 2016
  52. ↑ "【巴士照鎖】九巴違泊照鎖 網民激讚海怡鎖車隊" ([Bus locked up] KMB bus still get locked for illegal parking, netizens praised South Horizons management's impounding team), Apple Daily Breaking News, 6 August 2016
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