Cross-Harbour Bus Route N368

A bus on Route N368 was passing through Mei Foo
Route information
Terminus	Yuen Long (West) ↔ Central (Macau Ferry) ●
via	Yuen Long Town, Au Tau, Tai Lam Tunnel, Mei Foo, Cross-Harbour Tunnel, Causeway Bay, Wan Chai
Distance	38.9km
Travelling time	65mins
Commencement date	13 September 2008
Operational information
Current operator	KMB
Current depot	Tuen Mun Depot (Yuen Long Sub-depot) (U)
Main Vehicle	ATENU
Fare information
Full fare	$39.0
No. of section fare(s)	3
Service hours
Origin service time	23:45 - 05:05
Destination service time	00:50 - 06:10
Headway	20-30mins

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:
  • 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.
• 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.
• 24 December 2017: An additional stop was made at Mei Foo for both directions:
  • 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.
• 12 November 2018: Detoured via Au Tau and Ko Po Tsuen for both directions.
• 2 October 2022: The last bus times from Yuen Long (West) and Central (Macau Ferry) were postponed to 05:05 and 06:10 respectively.

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

Departure times from Yuen Long (West) Hrs Mins Daily 23 45 00 - 04 10, 40 05 05

Departure times from Central (Macau Ferry) Hrs Mins Daily 00 50 01 10, 30, 50 02 - 05 10, 40 06 10

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival enquiry Service.

Fares

Journey/boarding stop	Air-conditioned fare
Full fare	$39.0
Section fares (to Central)
Mei Foo BBI	$18.1
Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI	$16.1
From Victoria Park Road	$8.9
Section fares (to Yuen Long)
Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI	$27.5
Mei Foo BBI	$19.3
From Tai Lam Tunnel BBI	$14.3

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 can also pay their fares through a variety of electronic payment tools (e-payment system), including using contactless VISA, JCB Card, MasterCard, UnionPay, American Express, Discover Card, Diners Club International Credit Card, UnionPay Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, AlipayHK "EasyGo" and UnionPay "QuickPass", BoC Pay "Ride Code" and WeChat Pay HK or WeChat "Ride Code". Passengers using this payment method are not eligible for the interchange concessions with non-KMB/LWB routes, nor are they eligible for the "Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme" and "Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities".

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, AsiaWorld-Expo Special Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme
1st leg	Direction	2nd leg	Direction	Discount for 2nd leg	Time limit
X33, X36, X40, X43, X47	To Urban	KMB solely-operated routes	Unlimited	Positive difference between the fare payable for the 2nd leg minus the fare paid for the 1st leg Free if the difference is in negative number	150mins
A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X					120mins
KMB Solely-operated routes	Any	A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X	to Airport
Note: Passengers are required to use the same Octopus card/credit card or the same mobile payment tool account (KMB/LWB "e-payment system") to enjoy the interchange discount. Passengers can enjoy the above interchange discount at any bus stop where they can connect to a second route. KMB journeys are not applicable to tourist routes (i.e. R-tail routes), unconventional special routes, racecourse routes and MTR Feeder Bus routes. Passengers heading towards the urban area will not be able to enjoy the "Inter-route Interchange Discount" on the KMB route immediately after interchange after enjoying this interchange discount. Airport-bound passengers who enjoy the "KMB Inter-route Transfer Concession" between the first and second journeys may still enjoy the interchange discount on the third immediately following the LWB route A at $6.0 or the second KMB route minus the concession fare, whichever is lower; if the second KMB route is a free interchange (including free journeys with KMB Monthly Pass) or the first two journeys are both If the second KMB route is a free interchange (including free journeys with KMB Monthly Pass) or the first two journeys are both KMB routes with interchange concessions, the interchange concession will not be offered. Routes R8, S64 series, Long Win Bus Lantau Link BBI, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel bus routes and all interchange schemes with other companies cannot be used consecutively with this interchange concession. 50% discount for children under 12 years old; for passengers benefiting from the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities when interchanging from LWB A Routes to KMB, the KMB one-way fare is the lower of the discounted concessionary fare (or 50% discount in the case of elderly or eligible persons with disabilities under 12 years old) and $2.0, therefore some interchange combinations may not be available. When interchanging from KMB to LWB A Routes, passengers may get back the actual fare paid for the first journey (i.e. the lower of the original fare (50% discount for elderly or eligible persons with disabilities under 12 years old) and $2.0). ＊: 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 concession is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). Edit

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 on this route must meet Euro V emission standards or above unless under special vehicle dispatchment changes.

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)

Cross-Harbour Bus Route N368 (Yuen Long (West) → Central (Macau Ferry))
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)
3			Kuk Ting Street Yuen Long (N15)
4		Long Yat Road	YOHO Mall II
5			YOHO Mall I
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
10	Pat Heung		Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (A5) (Alighting Stop)	Interchange from Route N269
			Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (A3)
Tsing Long Highway; Tuen Mun Road; Tsuen Wan Road, Kwai Chung Road
11	Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo)	Cheung Sha Wan Road	Mei Foo BBI (D2)	Section fare begins here Interchange from Route N241
West Kowloon Corridor, Ferry Street, Gascoigne Road Flyover; Hong Chong Road
12	Tsim Sha Tsui East		Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI (A3)	Section fare begins here Interchange from Route N373
Cross-Harbour Tunnel
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
17	Wan Chai	Hennessy Road	Tin Lok Lane
18			Kwong Sang Hong Building
19			Fleming Road
20			Luard Road
21	Admiralty	Queensway	Pacific Place (A1)
22	Central	Des Voeux Road Central	HSBC Building
23	Sheung Wan		Wing Kut Street
24		Connaught Road West	Macau Ferry

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))
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Sheung Wan	Connaught Road West	Macau Ferry
2		Connaught Road Central	Macau Ferry
3		Des Voeux Road Central	Wing Wo Street
4	Central		Hang Seng Bank Head Office
5			Douglas Street
6			Statue Square
7	Admiralty	Queensway	Admiralty Station (B1)
8	Wan Chai	Hennessy Road	Arsenal Street	Interchange with Routes 960 and 961
9			Fleming Road
10			Stewart Road
11	Causeway Bay		Wan Chai Fire Station
12		Yee Wo Street	Paterson Street
13		Causeway Road	Victoria Park
14	Causeway Bay East	Hing Fat Street	Hing Fat Street
15	Causeway Bay	Gloucester Road	Cannon Street
Cross-Harbour Tunnel
16	Tsim Sha Tsui East		Cross-Harbour Tunnel BBI (C3)	Section fare begins here Interchange to Route N373
Hong Chong Road; Chatham Road South, Gascoigne Road Flyover, Ferry Street, West Kowloon Corridor
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
18	Pat Heung		Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (B5) (Alighting Stop)	Section fare begins here Interchange to Route N269
			Tai Lam Tunnel BBI (B2)
Tsing Long Highway
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
25			Yau San Street Yuen Long (S5)
26			Tai Tong Road Yuen Long (S8)
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%.
• 2021: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 19%.

Related incidents

• 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.
  • 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.
  • For details, see 2017 four-vehicle collision accident on Tsuen Wan Road.
• 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.
• 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.

Gallery

Due to low ridership, Route N368 is often served by Enviro200 10.4m Double-door version (AAU) buses

Buses on the first 3 trips of Route N368 are mainly served by Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU) orders from Route 968

A bus on Route N368 (AVBWU337) was entering Queensway

More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:

Cross-Harbour Bus Route N368 (Edit)

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

External links

• KMB Official Route Information: N368 (Timetable approved by Transport Department)

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