The Cross-Harbour Special Bus Route (Overnight Service) N368 is operated solely by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Yuen Long (West) and Central (Macau Ferry), via Yuen Long Town, Au Tau, Kam Tin (Ko Po Tsuen), Mei Foo, Causeway Bay, Wan Chai (Hennessy Road) and Admiralty, and connects between Yuen Long and Hong Kong Island via Tai Lam Tunnel, Tsuen Wan Road, West Kowloon Corridor and Cross-Harbour Tunnel.
Route N968 which connected both sides of the Victoria Harbour via Western Harbour Crossing was commenced on April 2002 to replace the overnight service of Route 968, and was rerouted via Cross-Harbour Tunnel and renumbered as Route N368 out of the continuously low ridership and to save tunnel fees. It is currently the longest-serving overnight bus route in terms of service hours in Hong Kong, and is also the only regular solely-operated overnight cross-harbour bus routes together with Route N373.
History[]
For details of the development of the predecessor of this route, Cross-Harbour Bus Route N968, please refer to the article Cross-Harbour Bus Route N968.
- 13 September 2008: Route N368 was introduced to replace Route N968, with a switch to the Cross-Harbour Tunnel to save operating costs, and significant changes to the routing within Kowloon and Hong Kong Island:[1][2]
- The Hong Kong Island terminus was relocated to Central (Macau Ferry), adopting the opposite direction of the old route. As for Yuen Long, the route remained unchanged, and instead of travelling via Ting Kau Bridge, Cheung Tsing Tunnel and West Kowloon Highway, the route was changed to travel via Tuen Mun Road, Tsuen Wan Road, West Kowloon Corridor and Gascoigne Road Flyover, in order to avoid passing through Jordan.
- The change was effective from 23:45 on the night of 13 September from Yuen Long (West), and from 00:50 on 14 September from Central (Macau Ferry).
- 21 March 2015: Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) Enquiry System was introduced on this route. [3]
- 8 January 2017: Detoured via YOHO Mall Transport Interchange which was opened on the same day and no longer stopping at "YOHO Mall I" stop for Causeway Bay direction. [4][5][6]
- 24 December 2017: An additional stop was made at Mei Foo for both directions: [7][8]
- Rerouted via Cheung Sha Wan Road after Kwai Chung Road for Central (Macau Ferry) direction, with a new bus stop added at "Mei Foo Station", and thereafter return to the original routing at Lai Chi Kok Road;
- A new bus stop at "Mei Foo Station" on Lai Chi Kok Road was added for Yuen Long (West) direction;
- A new section fare at the above two stops for both directions were added;
- New Octopus interchange concessions with Routes N237, N241 and N260 to New Territories for Yuen Long (West) direction were added.
- 26 August 2018: To tie in with the commissioning of Route N373, new Octopus Interchange concessions with this route were added to facilitate passengers travelling between Causeway Bay and North District. [9]
- 12 November 2018: Detoured via Au Tau and Ko Po Tsuen for both directions. [10]
- 2 October 2022: The last bus times from Yuen Long (West) and Central (Macau Ferry) were postponed to 05:05 and 06:10 respectively.[11]
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 10/2022, see here for the referenced link
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- This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Journey/boarding stop | Air-conditioned fare |
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| Full fare | $37.4 |
| Section fares (to Central) | |
| Mei Foo BBI | $17.4 |
| Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI | $15.4 |
| From Victoria Park Road | $8.5 |
| Section fares (to Yuen Long) | |
| Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI | $26.4 |
| Mei Foo BBI | $18.5 |
| From Tai Lam Tunnel BBI | $13.7 |
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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.)
Tai Lam Tunnel BBI Interchange Concessions (daytime routes)[]
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Tai Lam Tunnel Overnight Route Interchange Concessions[]
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Mei Foo BBI Interchange Concessions[]
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Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI Interchange Concessions[]
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LWB Airbus Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme[]
| LWB Airport Routes ("A Routes") and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme | |||||
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| 1st leg | Direction | 2nd leg | Direction | Discount for 2nd leg | Time limit |
| A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X | to Urban | KMB Solely-operated Routes | Any | $6.0 or Actual Fare of KMB leg (Ones with lower fare comes first) |
120mins |
| KMB Solely-operated routes | Any | A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X | to Airport | ||
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Note:
＊: For interchanging from KMB Route B1 (Tin Tsz direction) to LWB Route A43P ( Airport direction), the actual fare paid for the first journey will be refunded for the next journey, except that the interchange concession cannot be enjoyed for the first journey of Route B1, otherwise, only the normal (i.e. maximum $6.0) interchange concession will be offered; for interchange from LWB Route A43P (Luen Wo Hui direction) to KMB Route B1 (Lok Ma Chau direction), passengers will be offered a free interchange concession for the second journey, but no interchange discount will be offered for the first journey of route A43P and no other interchange concession will be offered for route B1 thereafter. This special offer is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). | |||||
Bus deployments[]
This route uses 6 busees and is operated by Tuen Mun Depot (Yuen Long Sub-depot) (U), the main vehicles are Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU) double-decker buses, with Volvo B8L 12m (V6B) double-decker buses or Enviro200 10.4m Double-door version (AAU) single-decker buses occasionally running on the route.
As this route passes through the Low Emission Zone for Franchised Buses, vehicles must meet Euro V emission standards or above.
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 38.9km, and the journey time is approximately 65mins. (The average speed is 35.9km/h.)
To Central (Macau Ferry)[]
Via: Kik Yeung Road, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long, Long Yat Road, YOHO Mall Public Transport Interchange, Long Yat Road, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long, Kam Tin Road (Eastbound), roundabout, Kam Tin Road (Westbound), Tsing Long Highway, Tuen Mun Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Kwai Chung Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, West Kowloon Corridor, Ferry Street, Gascoigne Road Flyover, Gascoigne Road, Chatham Road South, flyover, Hong Chong Road, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Gloucester Road, Victoria Park Road, Wing Hing Street, King's Road, Causeway Road, Irving Street, Pennington Street, Yee Wo Street, Hennessy Road, Queensway, Des Voeux Road Central, Wing Wo Street, Connaught Road Central, Connaught Road West (westbound), Chung King Road, Chung Kong Road, Western Fire Services Street and Connaught Road West (eastbound) [12]
| Cross-Harbour Bus Route N368 (Yuen Long (West) → Central (Macau Ferry)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Yuen Long Town | Yuen Long (West) Bus Terminus | ||
| 2 | Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long | Tung Lok Street Yuen Long (N9)  |
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| 3 | Kuk Ting Street Yuen Long (N15) |
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| 4 | Long Yat Road | YOHO Mall II  |
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| 5 | YOHO Mall I |
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| 6 | Au Tau | Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long | Tung Shing Lei | |
| 7 | Kam Tin | Kam Tin Road | Au Tau | |
| 8 | Ha Ko Po Tsuen | |||
| 9 | Ko Po Tsuen | |||
 Tsing Long Highway
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| 10 | Pat Heung | Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (A5) (Alighting Stop) |  Interchange from Route N269
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| Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (A3) | ||||
Tsing Long Highway;  Tuen Mun Road;  Tsuen Wan Road, Kwai Chung Road
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| 11 | Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo) | Cheung Sha Wan Road | Mei Foo BBI (D2) |
Section fare begins here Interchange from Route N241
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West Kowloon Corridor, Ferry Street, Gascoigne Road Flyover;  Hong Chong Road
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| 12 | Tsim Sha Tsui East | Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI (A3) |
Section fare begins here Interchange from Route N373
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| Cross-Harbour Tunnel
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| 13 | Causeway Bay | Victoria Park Road | Victoria Park Road | Section fare begins here |
| 14 | Causeway Bay East | Wing Hing Street | Wing Hing Street | |
| 15 | Causeway Bay | Causeway Road | Hong Kong Central Library | |
| 16 | Yee Wo Street | Yee Wo Street |
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| 17 | Wan Chai | Hennessy Road | Tin Lok Lane | |
| 18 | Kwong Sang Hong Building | |||
| 19 | Fleming Road |
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| 20 | Luard Road | |||
| 21 | Admiralty | Queensway | Pacific Place (A1) |
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| 22 | Central | Des Voeux Road Central | HSBC Building |
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| 23 | Sheung Wan | Wing Kut Street |
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| 24 | Connaught Road West | Macau Ferry |
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To Yuen Long (West)[]
Via: Connaught Road West, Connaught Road Central, Rumsey Street, Des Voeux Road Central, Queensway, Hennessy Road, Yee Wo Street, Causeway Road, Hing Fat Street, Victoria Park Road, Gloucester Road, flyover, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Hong Chong Road, Chatham Road South, Gascoigne Road Flyover, Ferry Street, West Kowloon Corridor, Lai Chi Kok Road, Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Tuen Mun Road, Tsing Long Highway, Kam Tin Road, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long and Kik Yeung Road
| Cross-Harbour Bus Route N368 (Central (Macau Ferry) → Yuen Long (West)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Sheung Wan | Connaught Road West | Macau Ferry |
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| 2 | Connaught Road Central | Macau Ferry |
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| 3 | Des Voeux Road Central | Wing Wo Street |
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| 4 | Central | Hang Seng Bank Head Office | ||
| 5 | Douglas Street |
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| 6 | Statue Square |
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| 7 | Admiralty | Queensway | Admiralty Station (B1) |
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| 8 | Wan Chai | Hennessy Road | Arsenal Street | Interchange with Routes 960 and 961
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| 9 | Fleming Road |
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| 10 | Stewart Road | |||
| 11 | Causeway Bay | Wan Chai Fire Station |
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| 12 | Yee Wo Street | Paterson Street |
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| 13 | Causeway Road | Victoria Park | ||
| 14 | Causeway Bay East | Hing Fat Street | Hing Fat Street |
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| 15 | Causeway Bay | Gloucester Road | Cannon Street | |
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| 16 | Tsim Sha Tsui East | Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI (C3) |
Section fare begins here Interchange to Route N373
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| Hong Chong Road; Chatham Road South, Gascoigne Road Flyover, Ferry Street, West Kowloon Corridor
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| 17 | Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo) | Lai Chi Kok Road | Mei Foo BBI (A4) |
Section fare begins here Interchange to Routes N237, N252、N260 Interchange with Route N241 |
| Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road; Tuen Mun Road; Tsing Long Highway
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| 18 | Pat Heung | Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (B5) (Alighting Stop) | Section fare begins here Interchange to Route N269
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| Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (B2) | ||||
| Tsing Long Highway
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| 19 | Kam Tin | Kam Tin Road | Ko Po Tsuen | |
| 20 | Ha Ko Po Tsuen | |||
| 21 | Au Tau | |||
| 22 | Au Tau | Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long | Tung Shing Lei | |
| 23 | Yeung Uk Tsuen | |||
| 24 | Yuen Long Town | YOHO Mall I |
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| 25 | Yau San Street Yuen Long (S5) |
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| 26 | Tai Tong Road Yuen Long (S8) |
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| 27 | Yuen Long (West) Bus Terminus | |||
Ridership[]
According to the Bus Route Planning Programme, the ridership of this route is as follows:
- 2018: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 18%. [13]
- 2021: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 19%. [14]
Related incicents[]
- 20 August 2017: At around 1:00 a.m., two private cars were involved in a minor collision off Tsuen Wan Road near City Point. At around 2:00 a.m., an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU142/SH6730) travelling in the direction of Yuen Long (West) failed to brake in time when it arrived at the scene of the incident and crashed into a police car in front of it, which was handling the traffic accident, and then crashed into one of the private cars and a tow truck which was about to tow away the private car. The 22-year-old private car driver, who could not avoid being hit by the police car, fell into the construction site under the bridge, hitting the rear of a private car in the site, and then rebounded and fell to the ground, sustaining serious injuries and losing consciousness. The KMB bus continued to run forward for several dozen metres and came to a halt on the expressway, with its left front end dented and damaged. The driver of the tow truck, the bus driver and the two passengers on board the bus were also injured, and the driver of the private car was eventually paralysed in the lower part of his body and incapacitated for work. [15][16]
- The 45-year-old female driver surnamed Lam involved was subsequently charged with dangerous driving causing grievous bodily harm and was sentenced on 27 March 2019 to 15 months' imprisonment and three years' driving licence suspension, with completion of a driving improvement course. [17][18]
- For details, see Four-vehicle collision accident on Tsuen Wan Road in 2017.
- 28 June 2019: A Central (Macau Ferry)-bound Enviro500 MMC (ATENU121/SG6095) lost control and ran off the road during a U-turn at Western Fire Services Street, and ran straight into the next level of pavement and came to a halt after hitting a planter. The front end of the bus was severely damaged and it took some time for the KMB engineers to be able to tow the bus back to the road surface after the incident. [19]
- 21 July 2023: An Enviro500 MMC (ATENU1525/VP9189) bound for Central (Macau Ferry) crashed into the ceiling of the Yoho Hub podium on Long Wo Road due to entering the wrong lane during the diversion period, but no one was injured. [20]
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
Related articles[]
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route 168R
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route 968
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route N968 (Predecessor of this route, cancelled)
- Cross-Harbour Bus Route R968
References[]
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "九巴N968線更改路程及路線編碼" (Routeing Change and Renumbering of KMB Route N968) [News Release], 11 September 2008.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "九巴N968號線路線改道(元朗(西) – 銅鑼灣(天后)(通宵服務)) 服務調整" (Service Adjustments and Re-routeing of KMB Route N968 (Yuen Long (West) - Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) (Overnight Service))) [Traffic Advice], 24 July 2008.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "“Estimated Time of Arrival” Provided to a Further 100 KMB and LWB Routes" [News Release], 19 March 2015.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Relocation of Bus Stops of YOHO Mall I on Long Yat Road and Castle Peak Road-Yuen Long, Yuen Long" [Traffic Advice], 6 January 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Relocation of Bus Stops of YOHO Mall I on Long Yat Road and Castle Peak Road-Yuen Long, Yuen Long" [Traffic Advice], 6 January 2017.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "N269.N368 Bus Stop Permanent Relocation" [Passenger Notice], January 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of KMB Route No. N368" [Traffic Advice], 13 December 2017.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "N368 Additional stops at Mei Foo Station (both bounds) New section fares and Octopus bus-bus interchange" [Passenger Notice], December 2017.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "KMB Introduces New Overnight Route N373 between North District and Central" [News Release], 22 August 2018.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "N368 Permanent Route Diversion and Bus Stops Addition" [Passenger Notice], November 2018.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "N368 Headway adjustment" [Passenger Notice], September 2022.
- ↑ KMB's web and app maps show the route turning off at the junction of Chung King Road directly to the terminus.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2018-2019年度元朗區巴士路線計劃" (2018-2019 Yuen Long District Bus Route Planning Programme), Annex 9, December 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2021-2022年度元朗區巴士路線計劃" (2021-2022 Yuen Long District Bus Route Planning Programme), Annex 15, February 2021.
- ↑ "【恐怖車禍】九巴衝入車禍現場釀5傷 1司機拋橋底重創命危" ([Horrible crash] KMB bus slammed into crash scene leaving 5 injured, 1 driver hit to the bottom of bridge in critical condition), Apple Daily Breaking News, 20 August 2017.
- ↑ "九巴衝車禍現場 私家車司機撞飛墮橋 釀1危4傷 巴士女車長被捕" (KMB bus slammed into crash scene causing 1 in critical condition and 4 injured, female bus captain arrested), Ming Pao, 21 August 2017.
- ↑ "衝入交通意外現場致私家車司機墮橋 九巴女車長被控" (KMB female bus captain slamming into accident scene causing private car driver to fall beneath the bridge charged), Apple Daily Breaking News, 15 February 2018
- ↑ "撞飛男子墮橋半癱 九巴女車長危駕罪成判囚15個月停牌3年" (Slamming man to below the bridge causing half-paralysis: KMB female captain guilty of dangerous driving and jailed for 15 months), Apple Daily Breaking News, 27 March 2019
- ↑ ATENU121 SG6095 @ N368 西消防街彎位失控剷上行人路 (ATENU121 SG6095 @ N368 slammed onto pavement at Western Fire Services Street while turning), hkitalk.net
- ↑ 九巴元朗撞天花上層車頭嚴重損毀 目擊者：好彩無人咋 (KMB bus hit ceiling at Yuen Long causing severe damages to upper deck front-end; witnesses: luckily no one was inside), HK01, 21 Jul 2023.
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