The "Mong Kok Cross-boundary Express" running between Mong Kok and Huanggang Port
Cross-boundary coach, also known as "cross-boundary bus", refers to non-franchised coach and bus routes travelling to and from the urban areas of Hong Kong and the various border control points in Shenzhen, the Shenzhen Municipal District, as well as other cities in the Guangdong Province and Macau, and is classified as "International Passenger Service (Cross Boundary Service)" (國際乘客服務（過境服務）) approved for operation under the Passenger Service Licence issued by the Transport Department, with an endorsement item of "A05".
Cross-boundary buses play a different role from local public transport in the provision of cross-boundary transport services, with the latter providing feeder services for cross-boundary travellers to cross the boundary via the East Rail Line and the Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point, or take the Lok Ma Chau - Huanggang Shuttle Buses to the Mainland, while cross-boundary buses provide a point-to-point cross-boundary through service and are therefore also known as "Through Buses" (直通巴士).
Of these, the short-haul cross-boundary through-buses between urban Hong Kong and the Shenzhen border control points are commonly known as "Greyhound" (跑狗) [Remark 1]. Unlike the cross-boundary shuttle buses which only provide services between the control points, although almost the entire journey of these "Greyhound" routes is within Hong Kong, as they are through-buses, the buses concerned are required to carry Guangdong-Hong Kong license plates, and they are required to enter Shenzhen on each of their journeys, rather than turning back to Hong Kong at the control points directly. Drivers of these buses often take advantage of the situation to refuel in Shenzhen, where fuel prices are lower, in order to reduce operating costs.
Overview[]
As a member of the non-franchised bus fleet, cross-boundary coaches are classified into two service categories, namely "short-haul cross-boundary coaches" and "long-haul cross-boundary coaches"[1]. Short-haul services only carry passengers to and from the various boundary control points in Shenzhen, while long-haul cross-boundary services go deeper into the city of Shenzhen, and can even reach other cities within and outside Guangdong Province.
Irrespective of whether they are short-haul or long-haul services, cross-boundary coaches are subject to the relevant terms and conditions of the Non-franchised Buses (International Passenger Services) in Hong Kong. As at end-August 2022, there were 1,339 non-franchised public buses[2] with endorsement for international passenger services. For cross-boundary services provided by private light buses with no more than 19 seats, operators are not required to obtain Passenger Service Licences and endorsements; such light buses are usually owned by golf clubs in Mainland China and are for the exclusive use of members of the clubs.
Cross-boundary shuttle buses[]
Apart from the above "short-haul cross-boundary buses" and "long-haul cross-boundary buses", there are also two sets of cross-boundary shuttle bus routes between Hong Kong and the Mainland of China, which only operate between the immigration control points and the nearby public transport interchanges: the Huang Buses which shuttle between the Lok Ma Chau Control Point and the Huanggang Port in Shenzhen, and the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Buses which shuttle between ports of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge. These buses are also non-franchised buses. Unlike through buses, these buses are not required to enter the Mainland or Macau to make U-turns (except for the daytime service of the Huang Buses), do not necessarily need to have licence plates of both places, and are not subject to the cross-boundary quota limits set out below.
Cross-boundary quotas[]
To regulate and control cross-boundary traffic, the governments of Hong Kong and Guangdong have implemented and jointly administered a quota system for cross-boundary vehicles since 1982. With the exception of Hong Kong cross-boundary goods vehicles and Huang Buses, all cross-boundary vehicles are subject to the quota system [3]. The governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong have an established system for issuing quotas to eligible persons in an open and fair manner. Cross-boundary vehicles issued with quotas are only allowed to use the designated entry/exit points so that the cross-boundary traffic flow is commensurate with the handling capacity of the control points, thereby ensuring smooth cross-boundary traffic flow.
The through bus service also operates under a quota system jointly administered by the governments of Hong Kong and Guangdong, which is jointly approved and issued to eligible cross-boundary bus operators by the governments of the two places. According to the Mainland's "Administrative Provisions on Foreign Investment in Road Transportation Industry", Guangdong/Hong Kong cross-boundary coach operators must be joint venture companies between Hong Kong and the Mainland, and each quota can only be used by the relevant operator to provide one departure and one arrival service per day for picking up passengers from designated locations via designated cross-boundary control points, so as to ensure smooth traffic and safe operation at the cross-boundary control points.
At present, there are two types of quotas, namely regular quotas and ad hoc quotas. The issue of ad hoc quotas is mainly to supplement the regular quotas to meet the irregular demand during weekends and long holidays (e.g. Lunar New Year), and the number of quotas is jointly agreed between the HKSAR Government and the relevant Mainland authorities. In addition to the quotas, cross-boundary vehicles must meet the vehicle and driver licensing requirements of Guangdong and Hong Kong, and obtain the Closed Road Permits issued by the Transport Department of Hong Kong and the Notification of Approval for Motor Vehicles Travelling between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau and for Motor Vehicle Drivers issued by the Guangdong Public Security Bureau.
The governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong issued 300 cross-boundary coach quotas for operators to provide cross-boundary coach services between Hong Kong and the Mainland via the Shenzhen Bay Port upon the commissioning of the Port in 2007, and subsequently issued an additional 100 Shenzhen Bay Port cross-boundary coach quotas in the first quarter of 2008.
Route headways[]
Cross-boundary coach services are operated as non-franchised buses within Hong Kong, which are governed by the terms and conditions of the Passenger Service Licence (PSL) and shall be operated in accordance with the "Conditions of Operation for Cross-boundary Coach Services". The pick-up/drop-off points and routes of these routes in Hong Kong are determined by the operators themselves having regard to commercial considerations and passenger demand, and are the responsibility of the Transport Department (TD). These buses are not allowed to pick up single passengers when providing cross-boundary services, nor are they allowed to allow passengers to board and alight on the same journey within Hong Kong, except for passengers alighting at Customs and Excise Department and Boundary Control Points for immigration clearance.
As mentioned in the preceding paragraph, cross-boundary buses are subject to a quota system under which the frequency of service is linked to the number of quotas. For each cross-boundary bus quota held by a cross-boundary bus operator, one round trip, i.e. one departure from and one entry into Hong Kong, may be provided each day. If a cross-boundary bus is found to be operating in excess of its quota, the TD will issue a warning letter to the non-compliant operator. Depending on its record of non-compliance, the TD may reduce its quota or not process its application in future quota allocations. For individual serious and repeated offenders, the TD will conduct inquiries in accordance with the Road Traffic Ordinance. Based on the inquiries' reports, the Commissioner will cancel, vary or suspend the passenger service licences concerned and cancel the cross-boundary coach quotas. TD will also work with the Police to instigate prosecutions against non-compliant cross-boundary coaches to achieve a deterrent effect.[4]
A cross-boundary bus operator who wishes to cease to operate an international passenger service is required to notify the Commissioner for Transport in writing at least one month in advance of the cessation of service.
Cross-boundary Coach Termini[]
The provision of pick-up/drop-off points for cross-boundary coaches within Hong Kong is proposed by the operators having regard to passenger demand and submitted to the TD for approval. In vetting applications from operators, the TD will take into account factors such as the convenience of the location to passengers, ancillary facilities, road safety and traffic conditions, and seek the views of relevant departments for consultation with the local community, with a view to striking a balance as far as practicable between the demand for cross-boundary coach services and the aspirations of the local community.
Overall speaking, the Government's policy in planning for the provision of the cross-boundary coach termini is to annex off-street cross-boundary coach termini as part of public transport interchanges at suitable locations to facilitate access and interchange with other public transport modes[5]. A management office cum ticketing office, passenger waiting area and toilets are normally provided inside the terminus. There are also facilities to provide passengers with information displays on bus service schedules, fare schedules and routes for easy reference.
Off-street bus termini are also be provided at suitable locations as far as practicable to provide safer cross-boundary bus services and better passenger facilities, and to minimise the impact of bus operation on the neighbourhood and residents.
The current major cross-boundary bus termini are as follows:
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Fares[]
At present, the vast majority of cross-boundary bus services from the Mainland to Hong Kong, such as China-Hong Kong Express, Eternal East Bus (EEB) and Trans-Island Limousine Service, calculate their fares in Renminbi (RMB, unit in yuan), and charge the same fare as that of departing Hong Kong trips, but due to the difference in exchange rates, the arriving trips are in effect more expensive than the departing trips.
EEB said that it used to accept Hong Kong dollar or Renminbi fares, but due to the fact that some passengers would choose to pay in currencies with lower exchange rates, as well as rising operating costs and inflation, since mid-2012, except for cross-boundary express routes, which are not under the management of EEB, the ticketing offices in the Mainland only accept Renminbi fares from passengers.
China-Hong Kong Express said that the measures are mainly to simplify operation and reduce administrative costs arising from exchange rate conversion. For example, if a passenger buys a two-way ticket for a cross-boundary bus in Hong Kong, the return journey is applicable from the Mainland to Hong Kong, and there is no question of the return journey being more expensive.
According to the Trans-Island Limousine Service ChinaLink, the legal tender of the Mainland is Renminbi. In order to facilitate negotiation with the Mainland partner companies and implement the relevant measures, the Mainland-Hong Kong fares of some routes have been adjusted, e.g. Hong Kong to Guangzhou adult fare starts from RMB 100 yuan, while Guangzhou to Hong Kong adult fare starts from RMB 90 yuan.
According to the TD, cross-boundary coach service is a non-franchised bus service. The TD mainly regulates the details of its operation within the territory, such as routes and pick-up/set-down points, etc. The fares are determined by the operators in the light of the market and operating conditions. The Department has requested the operators to post notices at the ticketing offices to inform them of the fare arrangements.
Short-haul Cross-boundary Buses/Coaches[]
Huanggang Port[]
The implementation of 24-hour daily passenger clearance at Huanggang Port since 27 January 2003 has brought about a major breakthrough in the exchange of travel between China and Hong Kong, and at the same time triggered the emergence of scheduled short-haul cross-boundary bus routes to Huanggang Port via the Lok Ma Chau Control Point. These routes run almost entirely within Hong Kong's territory, with frequent frequency and direct access to the urban areas, which is more convenient and efficient than the Huang Buses that only run between the control point and San Tin, and also more flexible than other through-bus services, and is very popular among travellers; thus, attracting nearly one hundred through-bus companies to fight to join in the battle[6], and even breaking out into a fare reduction war, with the fare for travelling from Huanggang to Wan Chai being as low as only $25 [7], and that for travelling to Mong Kok being as low as $20 [8] and the round trip fare is only $30.[9]
Due to legal constraints, it was difficult for non-franchised bus companies without a franchise to operate feeder routes between the urban areas and land boundary crossings. At that time, the cross-boundary coach companies took advantage of the grey areas in the law and used their own cross-boundary service quotas to operate cross-boundary coach services between the urban areas of Hong Kong and the Huanggang Port, with the buses returning to Hong Kong after arriving at the Huanggang Port. With this mode of operation, the journey time is much shorter than that of long-haul cross-boundary buses, so that the buses can make more journeys. Given the low cost and high profit margins and the lack of regulation, overruns on the Huanggang routes have become increasingly serious, seriously affecting the operation and order of the boundary control points at the two sides of the boundary. These unauthorised cross-boundary buses also cause traffic congestion and environmental problems by picking up and setting down passengers at will on the streets of Hong Kong.
The buses on China-Hong Kong Express are painted with the fixed livery
In view of this, the Transport Department (TD) decided in early 2004 to rationalise the cross-boundary bus services via the Lok Ma Chau Control Point and Huanggang Port. The Hong Kong and Guangdong Provincial Governments issued new quotas to invite applications from existing cross-boundary bus operators for the operation of five groups of six short-haul cross-boundary routes running between different districts of Hong Kong and Huanggang [10]. The six new cross-boundary "greyhound" routes were tendered and commenced service at 12:00 noon on 16 August[11][12], providing "fixed point, fixed schedule and fixed route" services.
The operators have packaged the routes as "All China Express" or "Cross-boundary Express". Except for the Kam Sheung Road All China Express, which does not provide services late at night to tie in with the service hours of the KCR West Rail, the other five routes provide 24-hour service, with fares ranging from $20 to about $50. 6 routes have designated pick-up/drop-off bays at Lok Ma Chau Control Point and Huanggang Port of Entry, where passengers are required to purchase their tickets at the designated ticketing counters prior to boarding the vehicles and are not allowed to pay the fares on board. Payment of fares on board is not allowed[13]. Unlike existing cross-boundary coaches, buses operating on these routes are required to display special markings, clear destination signs and specified colours, and do not follow the original livery of the vehicle's parent company.[14][15][16]
| List of cross-boundary bus routes connecting to Huanggang Port | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bus route | Destination | Service mode |
| Huang Bus | Lok Ma Chau | Daily 24-hour service |
| Kwun Tong 24-Hour Cross-Border Express | Lam Tin (via Diamond Hill Station, Kowloon Bay Station and Kwun Tong Town Centre) | |
| Yau Tsim 24-Hour Cross-Border Express | Jordan(via Yau Ma Tei Station and Jordan Station) | |
| China-Hong Kong Express | Discovery Park (return trip via Tsuen Wan Station) | |
| Mong Kok All China Express | Mong Kok (Arran Street) | |
| Wan Chai All China Express | Wan Chai North (via Wan Chai Station) | |
| Kam Sheung Road All China Express | Kam Sheung Road Station | Daily service between 06:30-20:00 |
| Wonderland Express | Disneyland | Morning outbound and evening inbound services only |
| Huanggang Cross-boundary Bus Tung Chung Citygate Route | Citygate Outlets | Service daily daytime to nighttime |
Wenjindu and Shatoujiao Ports[]
The limited handling capacity of the Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok Control Points, coupled with their remoteness, means that the number of cross-boundary vehicles and passengers travelling through these two control points is much smaller than that of Lok Ma Chau. In view of the satisfactory results in regulating the use of cross-boundary coach services at Lok Ma Chau and Huanggang Control Points, the Government has agreed with the Mainland authorities to implement similar measures for cross-boundary coaches travelling through Man Kam To and Sha Tau Kok Control Points.
Owing to environmental constraints, it is not possible for the Government to set up public transport interchanges in the vicinity of the Man Kam To or Sha Tau Kok Control Points. At present, apart from a small number of cross-boundary bus services (e.g. Man Kam To Express and Sha Tau Kok Bus Express), there are no other public transport services crossing the boundary via these two control points.
Wenjindu Port[]
| List of cross-boundary bus routes connecting to Wenjindu Port | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bus route | Destination | Service mode |
| Man Kam To Express | Urban service: China Hong Kong City, Prince Edward (Playing Field Road), Tsuen Wan (Tak Hoi Street), Sha Tin Central Sheung Shui service: Landmark North |
Daily service, jointly operated by GDHK and Wah Tung China - Hong Kong Express |
Shatoujiao Port[]
| List of cross-boundary bus routes connecting to Shatoujiao Port | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bus route | Destination | Service mode |
| Sha Tau Kok Express | Kowloon Tong (Suffolk Road), Landmark North, Regentville, Fanling, Fanling Swimming Pool | Daily service, with two branch services |
| Sha Tau Kok Bus Express | Kowloon Tong (Suffolk Road), Fanling Centre | Daily service |
Shenzhen Bay Port[]
| List of cross-boundary bus routes connecting to Shenzhen Bay Port | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Bus route | Destination | Service mode |
| Trans-Island Limousine | Kowloon Route | Prince Edward, Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui | Purchase tickets in advance before boundary crossing |
| Trans-Island Limousine | Hong Kong Island Route | Sheung Wan, Central, Wan Chai, Causeway Bay | Purchase tickets in advance before boundary crossing |
| Eternal East Bus | Ocean Park Route | Ocean Park | Purchase tickets in advance before boundary crossing |
| Eternal East Bus | Shenzhen Bay Cross-Border Express | Yau Ma Tei (Pitt Street), Diamond Hill, Kwun Tong | Purchase tickets in advance before boundary crossing |
| China Link | East Kowloon Express | Yau Tong, Ngau Tau Kok, Kwun Tong, Kin Ming Estate | Daily service |
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Hong Kong Port[]
- The main article of this section is Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge#Cross-boundary Coach.
| List of cross-boundary bus routes connecting to HZMB Hong Kong Port | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus route | Pick up/drop off points in Hong Kong | Pick up/drop off points in Macau/Zhuhai | Fare | |
| Zhuhai Port | ||||
| Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus Hong Kong - Zhuhai Route | HZMB Hong Kong Port | HZMB Zhuhai Port | ||
| HZMB Route - Hong Kong Island Route | Causeway Bay (Times Square), Wan Chai (Stewart Road), Sheung Wan (Shun Tak Centre) | HZMB Zhuhai Port | One-way: $130 Two-way: $230 | |
| HZMB Route - East Kowloon Route | Tseung Kwan O (Park Central, East Point City), Kwun Tong (Yue Man Centre), Wong Tai Sin (Temple Mall) | HZMB Zhuhai Port | One-way: $120 Two-way: $220 | |
| HZMB Route - West Kowloon Route | Tsim Sha Tsui (Harbour City), Kowloon Station (Elements), Prince Edward (Portland Street), Mong Kok (MOKO), Prince Edward (Shanghai Street) | HZMB Zhuhai Port | One-way: $120 Two-way: $220 | |
| HZMB Route - New Territories Route | Sha Tin (New Town Plaza, Hilton Plaza), Tai Wai Station Public Transport Interchange, Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower), Tsuen Wan (Tak Hoi Street) | HZMB Zhuhai Port | One-way: $120 Two-way: $220 | |
| HZMB Route - Special Route | Tuen Mun, Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Hong Kong International Airport, Disneyland Public Transport Interchange, Ocean Park | HZMB Zhuhai Port | One-way: $120 Two-way: $220 | |
| Macau Port | ||||
| Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus Hong Kong - Macau Route | HZMB Hong Kong Port | HZMB Macau Port | ||
| One Bus | Elements, Jordan | Sands, Londoner, Venetian | Weekday daytimes: $160 Weekday nighttimes and holidays: $180 | |
| Kwun Tong apm - Macau Route | Kwun Tong (apm) | Crowne Plaza Macau, Venetian, Parisian | Hong Kong to Macau Weekday daytimes: HKD $170 Weekday nighttimes and holidays: HKD $190 Macau to Hong Kong Weekday daytimes: MOP $180 Weekday nighttimes and holidays: MOP $200 | |
| Hong Kong - Macau Express | Mong Kok (Shanghai Street) | Macau Peninsula: StarWorld Hotel, Sands, Lisboa, MGM Cotai: Galaxy Macau, The Venetian Macao, MGM Cotai |
Weekday daytimes: $160 Weekday nighttimes and holidays: $180 | |
HKIA SkyPier Terminal[]
- The main article of this section is SkyPier Terminal.
The following routes directly go to the restricted area of the Airport without going through immigration clearance in Hong Kong. Passengers travelling from Zhuhai or Macau to the Hong Kong Airport for transit can return the Air Passenger Departure Tax ($120 by September 2023) on the spot at the SkyPier Transit Building.
| Information of cross-boundary bus routes connecting to HKIA SkyPier Terminal | ||
|---|---|---|
| Bus route | Pick up/drop off points in Macau/Zhuhai | Fare |
| Macau HK Airport Direct | HZMB Macau Port | $280 |
| Zhuhai HK Airport Direct | HZMB Zhuhai Port | RMB ¥220 |
Cross-boundary School Buses[]
"Cross-boundary students" (跨境學童) refer to students who are Hong Kong residents but reside in Shenzhen. They come to Hong Kong for schooling from their homes in Shenzhen every day, and most of them choose to attend kindergartens, primary schools and secondary schools in North District of the New Territories, while a small number of them attend schools in Tai Po, Yuen Long and Tuen Mun.
Local school buses connecting boundary control points[]
For historical reasons, some cross-boundary students choose to use Lo Wu Station Road, which is managed by the MTR Corporation Limited and adjacent to the Lo Wu Control Point, to transfer to "local school buses", such as nanny vans, to go to school. Lo Wu Station Road is only a rural road and is the only emergency vehicular access to the Lo Wu Control Point. As the number of cross-boundary students has been increasing year by year, starting from the 2008-09 school year, Lo Wu Station Road Closed Area Permits (CAPs) are only issued to kindergarten and Primary 1 to Primary 4 cross-boundary students from the North District of the New Territories.
To further relieve the congestion at Lo Wu Station Road, the Government opened the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Public Transport Interchange in April 2008 on a trial basis for nanny vans to carry cross-boundary students to school. In view of the small size of the PTI, the capacity of the Spur Line PTI to accommodate school buses is very limited. In this connection, the Education Bureau (EDB), in consultation with relevant departments and having regard to the safety of students, introduced on a trial basis from April to July 2008 the use of nanny vans to pick up cross-boundary students at the Spur Line PTI during designated school hours, subject to a cap of eight school buses/nanny vans per hour. To cater for the increasing number of cross-boundary students, the Government provided two additional waiting spaces for school buses/nanny vans to the east of the entrance to the Spur Line Interchange in July 2009, so that the number of school buses/nanny vans travelling to/from the Spur Line could be increased from eight to 12 per hour.
Point-to-point cross-boundary school buses[]
A school in Sheung Shui provides school bus services for its cross-boundary students
As the use of Closed Area Permits (CAPs) for cross-boundary students to travel to and from schools is not a viable measure in the long run, the HKSAR Government is committed to developing cross-boundary school bus services to provide them with "point-to-point" transport arrangements in a long-term and safe manner, and has since March 2008 secured co-operation from individual cross-boundary bus operators to provide cross-boundary school bus services at Man Kam To and Shenzhen Bay Control Points on a trial basis.
In view of the satisfactory results, and with the co-operation of the governments of Guangdong and Hong Kong, the HKSAR Government released 20 special quotas for the first time in late September 2008 for the provision of "cross-boundary school coach services" (跨境校巴服務) by cross-boundary coach operators to enable cross-boundary students to travel to Hong Kong by cross-boundary school coaches via Shenzhen Bay, Lok Ma Chau, Man Kam To or Sha Tau Kok Control Points to attend schools in Hong Kong, and was formally implemented in October.[17][18]
In the 2016/2017 school year, there are 25 cross-boundary school bus operators and about 220 vehicles providing cross-boundary school bus services for cross-boundary students.
Disembarkation-free customs and immigration clearance[]
To facilitate students to use cross-boundary school buses to attend schools in Hong Kong, the Government has been providing a no disembarkation clearance service for students travelling on those school buses at suitable control points. The service was first tried out at Man Kam To in the 2008/09 school year and extended to Sha Tau Kok and Lok Ma Chau (Huanggang) in the 2009/10 and 2012/13 school years respectively.
Upon arrival at the boundary control points, students are not required to get off the bus and proceed to the immigration halls for customs clearance. Instead, they need to sit comfortably on the school buses and wait for the staff of the relevant departments to board the buses for customs clearance. Participating cross-boundary school bus operators are required to register and submit the information of their students to the relevant departments in advance, and update the information regularly.
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
- ↑ Originated from a coach company operated in the USA, Canada and Mexico, running long-haul intercity, interstate or even international coaches
Related articles[]
Operator[]
- Eternal East Bus
- Trans-Island Limousine
- China Travel Service Hong Kong
- Shum Kong Wing Lee
- The Motor Transport Company of Guangdong and Hong Kong (GDHK)
- All China Express
- Citybus Cross-Border Services (Cancelled)
Hong Kong Control Points and Chinese Ports[]
- Frontier Closed Area
- Man Kam To Control Point/Wenjindu Port of Entry
- Sha Tau Kok Control Point/Shatoujiao Port of Entry
- Lok Ma Chau Control Point/Huanggang Port of Entry
- Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point/Futian Port
- Shenzhen Bay Port
- HZMB Hong Kong Port
- Local Public Transport Arrangements
- Heung Yuen Wai Control Point/Liantang Port
- Local Public Transport Arrangements
References[]
- ↑ Access to Lok Ma Chau Control Point, Transport Department website
- ↑ No. of Registered Non-franchised Public Bus, Transport Department.
- ↑ "LCQ17: Cross-boundary transport arrangements", Hong Kong Government Press Release, 28 January 2015.
- ↑ Transport and Housing Bureau, "LCQ9 : Malpractices involving cross-boundary coaches" [Press release], 28 April 2004.
- ↑ "LCQ6: More cross boundary coach termini planned", Hong Kong Government Press Release, 23 May 2001.
- ↑ 港深施撒手鐧 整頓口岸秩序 皇崗直通巴擬減剩五線 (Hong Kong and Shenzhen play an effective trump card to rectify the order of BCPs: Huanggang through bus routes proposed to be reduced to five), Sun Post, 29 March 2004.
- ↑ 管制班次有利經營 (Control of headways in favour of through bus operations), Sun Post, 29 March 2004.
- ↑ 明起整合六線 運署逼搭貴車 皇崗直巴大幅加價，太陽報，2004年8月15日
- ↑ 皇崗直通巴半價搶客 (Half fare discount for Huanggang cross-border through buses to attract passengers), Apple Daily, 6 March 2004.
- ↑ Regulation of cross-boundary coach services operating via Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang, Government Press Release, 25 May 2004.
- ↑ New Cross-boundary coach services operate smoothly, Government Press Release, 16 August 2004.
- ↑ "違規經營嚴重 運署重新整頓 皇崗直通巴歸納六線" (Serious non-compliance with the regulations, the Transport Department reorganised: Huanggang through buses to be subsumed under six routes), Apple Daily, 15 August 2004.
- ↑ Transport Department Press Release: New arrangements on cross-boundary coach services operating via Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang, 14 August 2004.
- ↑ 油尖跑狗 (Yau Tsim Greyhound), hkitalk.net
- ↑ (轉載) 離開跑狗行列 ((Repost) Retired from greyhound services), hkdiscuss.
- ↑ 跑狗出現不應出現的地點 (Greyhounds appeared on places where they shouldn't be), hkdiscuss.
- ↑ LCQ8: Cross-boundary students, 22 October 2008.
- ↑ LCQ11: Cross-boundary students, 22 June 2016.
External Links[]
- Transport Department website: Land-based cross-boundary transport
- Trans-Island Limousine website
- Eternal East Bus (EEBus) website
- China Travel Tour Transportation Services Hong Kong Limited website
- Shum Kong Wing Lee Cross Border Bus Co., Ltd. website
- The Motor Transport Company of Guangdong and Hong Kong Limited (GDHK) website (Chinese)
- ChinaLink website
- Tung Wing Tat (Group) Company Limited website (Chinese)
- GoByBus.hk: Cross-boundary coach ticketing (Chinese)
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| List of routes connecting Boundary Control Points | |
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| Lok Ma Chau Control Point (connecting to Huanggang Port) | <Cross-boundary Shuttle Buses> Huang Bus <Cross-boundary Coaches> Kam Sheung Road All China Express • China-Hong Kong Express (Tsuen Wan) • Yau Tsim 24-hour Cross-border Express • Mong Kok All China Express • Kwun Tong 24-hour Cross-border Express • Wan Chai All China Express • Wonderland Express • Huanggang Cross-boundary Bus Tung Chung Citygate Route <Late-night GMB> 44B • 79S • 616S |
| Shenzhen Bay Control Point (connects to Shenzhen Bay Port of Entry) | <Local Services> Franchised Buses: B2 • B2P • B2X • B3 • B3A • B3M • B3X Green Minibuses: 618 <Cross-boundary Coaches> Trans-Island Prince Edward-Shenzhen Bay Route • Trans-Island Tsim Sha Tsui-Shenzhen Bay Route • Shenzhen Bay Cross-border Express • East Kowloon Express • Trans-Island Sheung Wan-Shenzhen Bay Route • Trans-Island Causeway Bay-Shenzhen Bay Route • Shenzhen Bay-Ocean Park Route • Shenzhen Bay Cross-boundary Bus Shenzhen Bay Route |
| Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point (connects to Futian Port of Entry) | |
| Sha Tau Kok Control Point (connects to Shatoujiao Port of Entry) | |
| Man Kam To Control Point (connects to Shenzhen Wenjindu Port of Entry) | <Cross-boundary Coaches> Man Kam To Express |
| Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Control Point (connects to HZMB Macau Frontier Post and Zhuhai Port) | <Local Services> Franchised Buses:A10 • A11 • A12 • A17 • A21 • A22 • A23 • A25 • A26 • A28 • A29 • A30 • A31 • A32 • A33X • A34 • A35 • A36 • A37 • A38 • A41 • A41P • A42 • A43 • A46 • A47X • B4 • B5 • B6 • N35 • NA11 • NA12 • NA20 • NA21 • NA29 • NA31 • NA32 • NA33 • NA36 • NA37 • NA40 • NA41 • NA43 • NA47 Green Minibuses: 901 <Cross-boundary shuttle buses/coaches> Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus <Cross-border Coaches> One Bus • Hong Kong - Macao Express • Kwun Tong (apm)-Macau Route • EEBus HZMB-Macau Route |
| Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (connects to Shenzhen Liantang Port) | |
| HKIA SkyPier Terminal (connects to HZMB Macau Frontier Post and Zhuhai Port) | <Cross-boundary Coaches> Macau HK Airport Direct • Zhuhai HK Airport Direct (Direct access to the restricted area of the airport without immigration clearance in Hong Kong) |
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