The Cross-Harbour Bus Route 905P is jointly operated by Citybus and Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) and is a special departure of Route 905. It runs one-way from Lai Chi Kok to Wan Chai (Harbour Road) only on Monday to Friday morning peak hours. After passing through Sham Shui Po West, Tai Kok Tsui and Mong Kok West, it takes the Western Harbour Crossing to Shek Tong Tsui, Sai Ying Pun, Sheung Wan and Central on Hong Kong Island.
At the beginning, New World First Bus (NWFB) displayed "Wan Chai (HKCEC)" on the electronic destination sign of its fleet. In fact, the destination was opposite the Wan Chai Training Pool on Harbour Road, which has a distance away from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Later, it was changed to display separately in 2 pages showing "Wan Chai" and "Harbour Road" alternately.
History[]
Commencement background[]
In view of the decline in the passenger volume of Route 905 after the opening of the West Island Line, the authorities proposed to allocate resources from this route in the 2016-2017 Bus Route Planning Programme to commence a new morning auxiliary route to expand its scope of services, and respond to the demands of residents in the Tai Kok Tsui area for direct bus services to the Central and Western District. The proposed Route 905P would start from Lai Chi Kok and then take Sham Shing Road, Sham Mong Road, Tai Kok Tsui Road and Hoi Wang Road to Western Harbour Crossing. It would not pass through Cheung Sha Wan Road, Nathan Road, Sai Yeung Choi Street South and Argyle Street unlike the main route. After crossing the harbour buses would follow Route 905 to Wan Chai, ending at Harbour Road near Wan Chai Training Pool.
In the first round of suggestions, the route would pass through Hoi Wang Road and the eastern section Hoi Ting Road in Mong Kok West. After consulting the district council and local people, it was changed to observe Hoi Wang Road near Hoi Fu Court, bypassing the Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus, and then U-turn back to Cherry Street.
Route Change History[]
- 3 October 2016: Route 905P commenced service.[1][2]
- 4 March 2022: Affected by the fifth wave of COVID-19, KMB departures on this route was suspended,[3] and all services were suspended from 14 March[4] until 21 April when service of KMB departures were resumed;[5] all services were resumed on 19 May.[6]
- 1 July 2023: Changed to be operated jointly by Citybus and KMB 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 10/2016, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
| from Lai Chi Kok |
|---|
| Mondays to Fridays |
| 07:50, 08:06 |
| No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays |
- 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 | Fare |
|---|---|
| Full Fare | $13.8 |
| Section Fare | |
| from Hoi Fu Court | $12.2 |
| from Kwan Yick Building Phase 2 | $8.2 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Bus-Bus Interchange Concession Schemes[]
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Bus Deployments[]
Each one bus from KMB and Citybus are deployed on this route.
For Citybus, the buses deployed are mostly Enviro500/ MMC 12m (5500-5582/5583-5599, 5601-5851) and Volvo B9TL 12m (5200-5224).
As for KMB, the buses deployed are mostly Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU) buses from main route 905.
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 16.6km, and the journey time is approximately 85mins. (The average speed is 11.7km/h.)
Via: King Lai Path, Lai Wan Road, Mei Lai Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Butterfly Valley Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, Tung Chau Street, Hing Wah Street West, Sham Shing Road, Sham Mong Road, Chui Yu Road, Tung Chau Street, Tai Kok Tsui Road, Cherry Street, Hoi Wang Road, Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus, Hoi Wang Road, Cherry Street, Lin Cheung Road, Western Harbour Crossing, Connaught Road West, Ka On Street, Des Voeux Road West, Connaught Road West, Connaught Road Central, Man Kat Street, Pier Road, Man Kat Street, Connaught Road Central, Harcourt Road, Tim Mei Avenue, Lung Wui Road, Fenwick Pier Street and Harbour Road
| Cross-Harbour Bus Route 905P (Lai Chi Kok → Wan Chai (Harbour Road)) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
 Lai Chi Kok Road
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| 4 | Sham Shui Po West | Sham Shing Road | Banyan Garden | Banyan Garden | |
| 5 | Sham Mong Road | Aquamarine | Aquamarine | ||
| 6 | Fat Tseung Street West | Fat Tseung Street West | near Hoi Tak Court, West Kowloon Law Courts Building | ||
| 7 | Fu Cheong Estate | Fu Cheong Estate  |
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| 8 | Tai Kok Tsui | Tai Kok Tsui Road | Larch Street Sitting-Out Area | Larch Street Sitting-out Area | |
| 9 | New Kowloon Plaza | New Kowloon Plaza | |||
| 10 | Mong Kok West | Hoi Wang Road | Hoi Fu Court | Hoi Fu Court | Section fare begins here |
| 11 | Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus | Park Avenue | |||
| 12 | Tai Kok Tsui | Cherry Street | Central Park | Central Park |
near Olympian City 2 |
| Lin Cheung Road | |||||
| 13 | Kowloon Station Commercial and Residential Area | Western Harbour Tunnel BBI (A4) | Western Harbour Crossing Bus-Bus Interchange |
 Designated Interchange Stop for WHC Routesnear Elements For M+ , Hong Kong Palace Museum and West Kowloon Cultural District, please alight at this stop | |
 Western Harbour Crossing
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| 14 | Shek Tong Tsui | Des Voeux Road West | Kwan Yick Building Phase 2 | Kwan Yick Building Phase 2 | Section Fare begins here |
| 15 | Sai Ying Pun | Western Police Station | Western Police Station | near Bohemian House | |
| 16 | Centre Street | Centre Street |
near Artisan House | ||
| 17 | Eastern Street | Eastern Street |
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| 18 | Sheung Wan | Sutherland Street | Sutherland Street | ||
| 19 | Connaught Road Central | Macau Ferry | Macau Ferry |
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| 20 | Central | Pier Road | Harbour Building | Harbour Building | |
| 21 | Connaught Road Central | Jardine House | Jardine House |
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| 22 | Admiralty (Tamar) | Harcourt Road | Central Government Offices | Central Government Offices |
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| 23 | Lung Wui Road | Citic Tower | Citic Tower | ||
| 24 | Wan Chai North | Harbour Road | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre | |
| 25 | Wan Chai Training Pool | Wan Chai Training Pool |
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Gallery[]
Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route 905
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route 905A
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route 914
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route 914P
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route 914X
References[]
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "KMB Introduces New Morning Route 905P" [News Release], 30 September 2016.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "NWFB Introduces Route 905P" [News Release], 30 September 2016.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "Routes 102P, 905A, 905P Service Suspension" [Passenger Notice], March 2022.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Route 905P Service Suspension" [Passenger Notice], 9 March 2022.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Route 905A, 905P Resumption of Service" [Passenger Notice], 20 April 2022.
- ↑ New World First Bus Services Limited, "Route 905A, 905P Resumption of Normal Services" [Passenger Notice], 18 May 2022.
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