The Cross-Harbour Bus Route 694S is operated solely by Citybus. It runs between Tiu Keng Leng Station and Siu Sai Wan Estate; after observing Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, Pak Shing Kok and LOHAS Park, it takes Tseung Lam Highway and Eastern Harbour Crossing (EHC) to and from Quarry Bay, Sai Wan Ho, Shau Kei Wan and Chai Wan in Eastern District. This route, together with Route 690S, are the only two EHC routes that omit Eastern Harbour Crossing Bus-Bus Interchange.
Route 694S belongs to the special departure of Route 694, and is available during the morning and afternoon peak hours from Monday to Friday for both the outbound and return journeys respectively, and the electric destination sign towards Tiu Keng Leng alternately display the destinations as "Tiu Keng Leng 
" and "LOHAS Park".
History[]
The Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel (TKO-Lam Tin Tunnel) was opened to traffic on 11 December 2022, with a direct access to the Eastern Harbour Crossing from the westbound tube, making it more convenient for Tseung Kwan O vehicles to cross the harbour to Hong Kong Island. However, one month before the opening of the Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel, the Transport Department considered that the ridership of the two cross-harbour bus routes 690 and 694 in Tseung Kwan O was not high and it was believed that the majority of people who crossed the harbour by public transport would choose the MTR, so no additional route to Hong Kong Island was not planned at that time. However the TD will consider whether to provide additional routes when the TKO-Lam Tin Tunnel is open to traffic and passengers have stabilised their travelling habits.[1]
The opening of the TKO-Lam Tin Tunnel has successfully diverted traffic from the Tseung Kwan O Tunnel. Sai Kung District Council members requested the introduction of bus routes to the Eastern District of Hong Kong Island (North Point, Taikoo Shing and Shau Kei Wan) in view of the advantages of the new route in providing direct access to the Eastern Harbour Crossing.[2] Citybus and NWFB has indicated that routes connecting LOHAS Park and Hong Kong Island have been proposed since the end of 2022.[3] However, the Transport Department cited the ridership data of routes 690, 690P and 694 to confirm that passengers in Tseung Kwan O still preferred the more convenient and lower-fare MTR trains to cross the harbour.[4] The district organisation criticised that the existing routes did not directly serve LOHAS Park and it was absurd for TD to link its ridership data to the demand for cross-harbour buses there.[5]
In view of the residents' suggestion, the Transport and Logistics Bureau and the Transport Department mentioned in the paper to be submitted to the Legislative Council in February 2023 that they would study with the bus companies to try out a special service to run through the TKO-Lam Tin Tunnel and finalise the service details in general, with a view to trying out the service in March.[6] The Transport Department also submitted a preliminary proposal to the District Council, revealing that route 694S from Tiu King Ling Station to Siu Sai Wan Estate via LOHAS Park and TaiKoo Place would be operated, with two trips from Monday to Friday at 8:00am and 8:15am tentatively.[7] After collecting views from the local community, Transport Department will issue a formal planning document with revised route departure time and additional return service.[8]
In March 2023, Sai Kung District Councillors received the results of the trial run, which showed that the journey time of the route towards Hong Kong Island would be about 71 minutes, with the last stop of the Tseung Kwan O at Wings At Sea LOHAS Park to the first stop on Hong Kong Island at Healthy Village taking about 15 minutes.[9]
Route Change History[]
- 20 March 2023: Route 694S commenced service.[10] This is the last NWFB route to be launched before it merges into Citybus.[11]
- 1 July 2023: Changed to be operated by Citybus following the Citybus and NWFB Franchised Bus Network Merger.
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, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
| from Tiu Keng Leng Station | from Siu Sai Wan Estate |
|---|---|
| Mondays to Fridays | |
| 07:50、08:10 | 17:45、18:05 |
| No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays | |
- This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding Stop | Fares |
|---|---|
| Full Fare | $17.8 |
| Section Fares (to Siu Sai Wan) | |
| from Healthy Village | $7.7 |
| from Tai On House | $6.1 |
| Section Fares (to Tiu Keng Leng) | |
| from Wings At Sea LOHAS Park | $7.7 |
| Fare Remarks |
|---|
|
Routing[]
to Siu Sai Wan Estate[]
The distance of this route is approx. 23.0km, and the journey time is approximately 80mins. (The average speed is 17.3km/h.)
via: King Ling Road, Tong Ming Street, Tong Chun Street, Chi Shin Street, Po Yap Road, Wan Po Road, Lohas Park Road, LOHAS Park Public Transport Interchange, Lohas Park Road, Wan Po Road, Wan O Road, Tseung Lam Highway, Eastern Harbour Crossing, Island Eastern Corridor, Man Hong Street, King's Road, Shau Kei Wan Road, Chai Wan Road and Siu Sai Wan Road
| Cross-Harbour Bus Route 694S (Tiu Keng Leng Station → Siu Sai Wan Estate) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
| 1 | Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng) | Tiu Keng Leng Station  |
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| 2 | King Ling Road | Kin Ming Estate | ||
| 3 | Tseung Kwan O (Sheung Tak) | Tong Ming Street | TKO Spot | near Sheung Tak |
| 4 | Tseung Kwan O Town Centre | Tong Chun Street | Chi Lin Buddhist Primary School |
near Beverly Garden, The Grandiose |
| 5 | Bauhinia Garden | near The Wings II | ||
| 6 | Chi Shin Street | Evangel College | near Yung Ming Court | |
| 7 | Tseung Kwan O South (Pak Shing Kok) | Wan Po Road | Pung Loi Road | near Oscar By The Sea |
| 8 | Pak Shing Kok | |||
| 9 | Tseung Kwan O South (Siu Chik Sha) | LOHAS Park |
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| 10 | Wan Po Road | The Beaumont | near The Capitol LOHAS Park | |
| 11 | MEGA Plus Data Centre | near Le Prestige LOHAS Park | ||
| 12 | Wan O Road | Wings At Sea LOHAS Park | ||
Tseung Kwan O Cross-Bay Link;  Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel;  Eastern Harbour Crossing;  Island Eastern Corridor
| ||||
| 13 | North Point | King's Road | Healthy Village | Section Fare begins |
| 14 | Model Housing Estate |
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| 15 | Quarry Bay | North Point Government Primary School |
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| 16 | Sunway Gardens | near Taikoo Place | ||
| 17 | Shipyard Lane |
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| 18 | Kornhill | Cityplaza |
near Kornhill Garden | |
| 19 | Sai Wan Ho | Shau Kei Wan Road | Tai On House |
Section Fare begins |
| 20 | Hoi An Street | |||
| 21 | Aldrich Bay Road | |||
| 22 | Shau Kei Wan | Nam On Lane | ||
| 23 | Shau Kei Wan (Chai Wan Hilly) | Chai Wan Road | A Kung Ngam Road | |
| 24 | Lei Yue Mun Park | |||
| 25 | Tai Tam Road | |||
| 26 | Chai Wan Hilly | Eastern Hospital | ||
| 27 | Koway Court | |||
| 28 | Hong Man Street | |||
| 29 | Chai Wan | Yee Tai Street | ||
| 30 | Yue Wan Estate | |||
| 31 | Sheung On Street | |||
| 32 | Siu Sai Wan | Siu Sai Wan Road | Harmony Garden | near Siu Sai Wan Estate |
| 33 | Siu Sai Wan Estate | |||
to Tiu Keng Leng Station[]
The distance of this route is approx. 24.5km, and the journey time is approximately 80mins. (The average speed is 18.4km/h.)
Via: Siu Sai Wan Road, Chai Wan Road, Wan Tsui Road, Chai Wan Road, Shau Kei Wan Road, King's Road, Kornhill Road, King's Road, Healthy Street West, Tsat Tsz Mui Road, Tin Chiu Street, Tin Chiu Street, Java Road, Man Hong Street, Island Eastern Corridor, Eastern Harbour Crossing, Lam Tin Interchange, Tseung Lam Highway, Wan O Road, Wan Po Road, Lohas Park Road, LOHAS Park Station Public Transport Interchange, Lohas Park Road, Wan Po Road, Po Yap Road, Chi Sin Street, Tong Chun Street, Tong Ming Street, Po Shun Road, Tsui Ling Road and King Ling Road
| Cross-Harbour Bus Route 694S (Siu Sai Wan Estate → Tiu Keng Leng Station) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
| 1 | Siu Sai Wan | Siu Sai Wan Estate | ||
| 2 | Chai Wan | Chai Wan Road | Fu Shing Court | |
| 3 | Lok Hin Terrace | |||
| 4 | Wan Tsui Shopping Centre | |||
| 5 | Wan Tsui Road | Chak Tsui House Wan Tsui Estate |
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| 6 | Cheuk Wah House Hing Wah Estate | |||
| 7 | Fung Hing House Hing Wah Estate | |||
| 8 | Chai Wan Hilly | Chai Wan Road | Star of Sea Catholic Church | |
| 9 | Hing Man Estate | |||
| 10 | Shan Tsui Court | near Eastern Hospital | ||
| 11 | Shau Kei Wan (Chai Wan Hilly) | Shau Kei Wan East Government Secondary School | ||
| 12 | A Kung Ngam Road | Compulsory Stop | ||
| 13 | Shau Kei Wan | Shau Kei Wan Road | Nam On Lane | |
| 14 | Sun Sing Street | |||
| 15 | Sai Wan Ho | Hoi An Street | ||
| 16 | Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre |
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| 17 | Tai Foo Street | |||
| 18 | Kornhill | Kornhill Road | Kornhill Plaza |
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| 19 | Quarry Bay | King's Road | Bo Fung Gardens |
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| 20 | Taikoo Place | |||
| 21 | Mansion Street | |||
| 22 | North Point | Healthy Village | ||
| 23 | Tin Chiu Street | Tin Chiu Street | ||
| Island Eastern Corridor; Eastern Harbour Crossing; Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel; Tseung Kwan O Cross Bay Link
| ||||
| 24 | Tseung Kwan O South (Siu Chik Sha) | Wan O Road | Wings At Sea LOHAS Park | Section Fare begins |
| 25 | Wan Po Road | Le Prestige LOHAS Park | ||
| 26 | The Capitol LOHAS Park | |||
| 27 | LOHAS Park |
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| 28 | Tseung Kwan O South (Pak Shing Kok) | Wan Po Road | Pak Shing Kok | |
| 29 | Oscar By The Sea | |||
| 30 | Tseung Kwan O Town Centre | Chi Shin Street | Yee Ming Estate | |
| 31 | Evangel College | |||
| 32 | Tong Chun Street | The Wings II | ||
| 33 | Tseung Kwan O (Sheung Tak) | Tong Ming Street | Tong Ming Street Park | near Sheung Tak |
| 34 | Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng) | Tiu Keng Leng Station |
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References[]
- ↑ 將藍隧道及將軍澳跨灣大橋12.11通車 加設5巴士線暫不考慮過海線 (TKO-Lam Tin Tunnel to commence on 11 December; 5 new bus routes to be added but not considering cross-harbour routes), HK01, 15 Nov 2022.
- ↑ 促請運輸署及巴士公司加強將藍隧道的巴士及小巴服務，開設過海巴士往港島東（北角、太古城、筲箕灣）、中西區的巴士或小巴線，提升現有路線96、298X、290E、790、795至全日服務 (Urging the Transport Department and the bus companies to enhance the bus and minibus services of the TKO-Lam Tin Tunnel by introducing cross-harbour bus or minibus routes to Hong Kong Island East (North Point, Taikoo Shing, Shau Kei Wan), Central and Western District and upgrading the existing routes 96, 298X, 290E, 790, 795 to full-day services)Sai Kung District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 4/23, 4 January 2023.
- ↑ 城巴新巴稱已建議運輸署將兩條新康城快線升為全日服務 (Citybus and NWFB say they have proposed to the Transport Department to upgrade the two new LOHAS Express routes to full day services), RTHK, 26 January 2023.
- ↑ 運輸署就 SKDC(TTC)文件第4/23號 「促請運輸署及巴士公司加強將藍隧道的巴士服務 （如開設過海巴士往港島東（北角、太古城、筲箕灣）和中西區的巴士或小巴線、提升現有路線 96、298X、290E、790、795 至全日服務），並優化轉車安排（例如：在藍田交匯處合適位置增設往將軍澳的轉乘站）」的書面回應 (Transport Department's written response to SKDC(TTC) Paper No. 4/23 "Urging the Transport Department and bus companies to enhance bus services at the Tseung Kwan O-Lam Tin Tunnel (e.g. introducing cross-harbour bus or minibus routes to Hong Kong Island East (North Point, Taikoo Shing, Shau Kei Wan) and Central and Western districts, upgrading existing routes 96, 298X, 290E, 790, 795 to full-day services) and improving interchange arrangements (e.g. providing additional interchanges to Tseung Kwan O at suitable locations at Lam Tin Interchange)), Sai Kung District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 24/23, January 2023.
- ↑ 將軍澳交通 Transport in TKO, 原來康城過海綫關寶林事嘅咩? (Are LOHAS Park cross-harbour routes really linked to Po Lam?) [Facebook post], 30 Jan 2023.
- ↑ Traffic Diversion arising from the Commissioning of Tseung Kwan O – Lam Tin Tunnel, Legislative Council Paper No. CB(4)100/2023(03), February 2023.
- ↑ 兩條經將藍隧道過海巴士線下月試辦 暫設平日早上兩班車 (2 TKO-Lam Tin Tunnel Cross-harbour routes to be commenced on trial basis next month; 2 weekday AM departures to be set up tentatively), Ming Pao, 21 Feb 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, 建議增設過海隧巴第690及694號線繁忙時段特別班次 (Proposed special trips of cross-harbour bus routes 690 and 694 during peak hours), Feb 2023.
- ↑ 方國珊 Christine Fong Kwok Shan, 建議增設過海路線第 690S 及694S 號線試車的行車時間 (Trial Run time for proposed new Cross-harbur Routes 690S and 694S) [Facebook post], 6 March 2023.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, " Citybus and NWFB Launch LOHAS Express Routes 690S and 694S Providing Service between LOHAS Park and Hong Kong Island via TKO-LTT" [News Release], 13 March 2023.
- ↑ Citybus Limited & New World First Bus Services Limited, 新巴最後新路線694S啟航 復刻版車身回味廿五載歲月 [News Release], 13 Mar 2023. (Chinese only)
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