The Discovery Bay External Resident Bus Route DB01R is operated by Discovery Bay Transit Services Limited (DBTSL) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 6185A). It runs between DB Plaza and Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus, serving DB Plaza and various housing estates within Discovery Bay via Discovery Bay Road.
This is the first external land transport service to be launched by DBTSL with the airport route DB02R which was launched on the same day, breaking the previous reliance on ferries in Discovery Bay.
History[]
- 27 May 2000: Route DB01R commenced service between Discovery Bay Pier and Tung Chung MTR Station, following the commissioning of the Discovery Bay Tunnel. There is only one midway stop at "Greenvale Village (Greenburg Court)" initially.[1]
- 1 October 2002: $3.0 ($1.5 on concessionary Octopus cards) Octopus interchange discount with Tung Chung Line was introduced until 31 March of the following year.[2]
- 1 September 2008: Detoured via Chianti Public Transport Interchange which opened on the same day on Tung Chung bound.[3]
- 20 April 2015: Tung Chung Town Centre Bus Terminus and the adjacent coach station was temporarily closed due to the acquisition of the site for the Citygate expansion project;
- Tung Chung Station Terminus was relocated to Tung Chung Temporary Bus Terminus;
- Additional midway stop was added at the loading/unloading area opposite Exit D of Tung Chung MTR Station.
- 25 February 2017: Terminus was relocated from Discovery Bay Pier to Discovery Bay Marina Drive due to the former's closure for reconstruction project:
- Bus stops "Discovery Bay Plaza" and "20 La Costa" were added for Discovery Bay Marina Drive direction, whereas bus stops "22 La Costa (opposite)" and "Discovery Bay Temporary Bus Terminus" were added for Tung Chung Station direction.
- In view of the increasing number of double-decker buses dispatched, all departures would terminate at Exit D of Tung Chung MTR Station in order to reduce the actual operational disputes and Tung Chung Temporary Bus Terminus was changed to become the Discovery Bay-bound pick-up point.
- 12 January 2020: Discovery Bay terminus was relocated back to DB Plaza, with stops "Discovery Bay Plaza" and "20 La Costa" cancelled for Discovery Bay bound and stops "22 La Costa (Opposite)" and "Discovery Bay Temporary Bus Terminus" cancelled for Tung Chung bound.
- 19 April 2020: Terminus relocated back from Tung Chung Station (Exit D) back to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus, with the bus stop at Tung Chung Tat Tung Road Bus Terminus cancelled for DB bound.
- 17 March 2021: Weekday AM departures from Tung Chung Station at 07:35 and 07:43 were diverted via DB North Plaza and Siena Avenue and split into a new route DB01P until 30 June 2021.[4]Such a service was later resumed on 30 August of the same year.[5]
- 13 February 2023: A new bus stop "No. 41, Seabird Lane" on Discovery Bay Road was added for DB direction.[6]
- 5 June 2024: Real-time arrival system was introduced on this route.
- 14 July 2024: Departures from Tung Chung Station at 08:24 and 09:25 on Mondays to Fridays, 07:27, 08:27 and 09:30 on Saturdays, and 07:25, 08:25 and 09:25 on Sundays and Public Holidays were changed to be served as Route DB01P instead.
Service Hours and Headways[]
The latest update is on 8/2021, please refer to the link below for the official route information. DBTSL Route DB01R/Detailed Departure Timetable
Remarks[]
Passengers can use Route DB02R (via Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus in the early morning hours) outside the service hours of this route.
Fares[]
Full Fare | |||
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Octopus Fare | Cash Fare | ||
Resident[7] | Visitor | ||
Each | $5.1 | Template:DB DB01R |
Fare Remarks |
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Bus Deployments[]
This route uses a total of 4 buses, mainly Volvo B9TL and MAN A95 double-decker buses as well as NL323 single-decker buses.
List of common buses on Rt. DB01R | ||
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Fleet No. | Plate No. | Model |
DBAY70 | VS6034 | MAN NL323 |
DBAY82 | VR9429 | |
DBAY97 | VS9884 | |
DBAY117 | VU4770 | |
DBAY168 | VR8043 | |
DBAY182 | VR1696 | |
DBAY183 | VR1024 | |
DBAY185 | VR1689 | |
DBAY186 | VT2743 | |
DBAY198 | VV2879 | |
DBAY199 | VR9522 | |
DBAY208 | TN7303 | Volvo B9TL |
DBAY209 | TN8184 | |
DBAY210 | TP2505 | |
DBAY211 | TN9208 | |
DBAY212 | TP1192 | |
DBAY213 | TP4903 | |
DBAY215 | UW6585 | MAN A95 |
DBAY216 | UX5874 | |
DBAY217 | UW9357 | |
DBAY218 | UX6369 |
Routing[]
to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus[]
To Tung Chung Station: The distance of this route is approx. 11.5km, and the journey time is approximately 25mins. (The average speed is 27.6km/h.)
Via: Discovery Bay Road, roundabout, Chianti Public Transport Interchange, roundabout, Discovery Bay Tunnel, Discovery Bay Tunnel Link, Cheung Tung Road, Fu Tung Street, Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road and Tat Tung Road
Discovery Bay Transit Services Route DB01R (DB Plaza → Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus) | ||||
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No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
1 | Discovery Bay | DB Plaza Bus Terminus | ||
2 | Discovery Bay Road | No. 15, Seabird Lane (opposite) | ||
3 | DB International School (opposite) | |||
4 | Greenland Court | |||
5 | Neo Horizon | |||
6 | Chianti Pubic Transport Interchange | |||
Discovery Bay Tunnel | ||||
7 | Siu Ho Wan | Discovery Bay Tunnel Link | Discovery Bay Tunnel Toll Plaza | |
Cheung Tung Road | ||||
8 | Tung Chung Town Centre | Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus |
to DB Plaza[]
To DB Plaza: The distance of this route is approx. 10.8km, and the journey time is approximately 25mins. (The average speed is 25.9km/h.)
Via: Tat Tung Road, Fu Tung Street, Cheung Tung Road, Discovery Bay Tunnel Link, Discovery Bay Tunnel, roundabout and Discovery Bay Road
Discovery Bay Transit Services Route DB01R (Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus → DB Plaza) | ||||
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No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
1 | Tung Chung Town Centre | Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus |
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Cheung Tung Road | ||||
2 | Siu Ho Wan | Discovery Bay Tunnel Link | Discovery Bay Tunnel Toll Plaza | |
Discovery Bay Tunnel | ||||
3 | Discovery Bay | Discovery Bay Road | Siena Two (Joyful Mansion) | Section Fare begins |
4 | Neo Horizon (opposite) | |||
5 | Greenland Court (opposite) | |||
6 | Parkridge Village | |||
7 | No. 41, Seabird Lane | |||
8 | No. 15, Seabird Lane | |||
9 | DB Plaza Bus Terminus |
Ridership[]
This route was once the main connection to the MTR in Discovery Bay, with high ridership and frequent bus full situations. Although it is much more direct and cheaper to use Sunny Bay Station than Tung Chung Station to connect to the urban areas after the introduction of Route DB03R, Tung Chung is the closest new town to Discovery Bay and many Discovery Bay residents choose to travel there to supplement their daily needs or transfer to the "E" routes in Tung Chung to travel to the urban areas. On 25 June 2016, DBTSL even dispatched a second-hand Volvo Olympian on its maiden voyage to meet the increasing demand for this route.
Related Incidents[]
Traffic Accidents[]
- 28 June 2004: At around 8am, a MAN NL262 (HKR115/JL6489) heading towards Discovery Bay Pier collided head-on with a dump truck which lost control and crossed over to the opposite lane due to tyre burst., injuring 24 people in total.[8][9] The bus was then written off due to severe damages.
- 13 March 2016: At around 8pm, a Discovery Bay-bound MAN NL273 (DBAY197/PA3246) collided with an out-of-control taxi when it was travelling on Cheung Tung Road near Pak Mong Village, damaging the front end of the DBTSL bus in the accident and severely damaging the taxi, resulting in serious injuries to a taxi driver, as well as minor injuries to a DBTSL bus driver and two female passengers.[10]
- 6 September 2017: at about 8am, a Discovery Bay-bound MAN A95 (DBAY217/UW9357) collided with a private car at the exit of the terminus as it was leaving Tung Chung Station (Exit D), injuring one person.[11]
- 9 August 2018: At around 11pm, a Discovery Bay-bound MAN NL273 (DBAY195/NY7716) collided with a reversing crane truck when it was approaching a construction site near Pak Mong, resulting in damage to the rear window of the bus and injuries to four passengers.[12]
Free Service Day[]
- 19 August to 20 August 2017: In response to the "Summerfest @ Discovery Bay" promotion held at Discovery Bay, all trips operated by this route, as well as Routes DB03P and DB03R between 10:00 and 20:00 on these two days were free of passenger fare.[13]
Gallery[]

Remarks[]
Related articles[]
- DBTSL Route DB01A
- DBTSL Route DB01P
- DBTSL Route DB01P (1st generation) (Cancelled)
- DBTSL Route DB01S (Cancelled)
- DBTSL Route DB02R
References[]
- ↑ TD News Release: Discovery Bay Tunnel and Tunnel Link Road to open tomorrow, 26 May 2000.
- ↑ 乘搭地鐵接駁愉景灣巴士節省更多, HKRI and MTR Corporation Limited Joint News Release, 12 Sep 2002.
- ↑ DBTSL Passenger Notice: 新設對外線巴士站及四號線巴士總站遷移 (New External Route Bus Stop and Rt. 4 Bus Stop Relocation)
- ↑ Discovery Bay Transit Services Limited, "DB01R Departures via DB North and Siena Avenue" [Passenger Notice], 12 Mar 2021.
- ↑ Discovery Bay Transit Services Limited, "DB01R Departures via DB North and Siena Avenue" [Passenger Notice], 17 Aug 2021
- ↑ Discovery Bay Transit Services Limited, "DB01R & DB03R Additional Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 10 Feb 2023.
- ↑ Resident Fares are applicable only to Discovery Bay Resident Octopus Card holders; visitor fare required for cash payment
- ↑ 巴士撼泥車24浴血 (Bus crashed with dump truck leaving 24 injured), Oriental Daily News, 29 June 2004
- ↑ 兩車共24傷 一司機命危 泥頭車撞村巴碎石飛入車廂傷人 (Two vehicles collided injuring 24 people, driver in critical condition; dump truck crashes with resident bus, crushed stones hurt bus passengers), Apple Daily, 29 June 2004
- ↑ 的士邨巴大嶼山互撼 的哥浴血昏迷 (Taxi and resident bus collided head-on on Lantau, taxi driver fainted in blood), Oriental Daily News, 13 March 2016
- ↑ 東涌港鐵站外 愉景灣巴士撼私家車釀1傷 (Discovery Bay bus crashed with private car outside Tung Chung MTR Station, injuring one), Oriental Daily News, 6 September 2017
- ↑ 吊臂車退後出地盤 愉景灣巴士捱撞傷4乘客 (Discovery Bay bus crashed by crane reversing out of the site, injuring 4), Oriental Daily News, 10 August 2018
- ↑ HKR Company Limited, "愉景灣夏日滿FUN 8月19日及20日之特別安排", August 2017.
External Links[]
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Websites[]
- Transport Department Official Route Information: DB01R and DB01RP (Effective 2022-09-25)
- Past Service Details:
- Discovery Bay website - Transportation
- Route DB01R Detailed Timetable (effective 20 April 2015)
- Information of Route DB01R (i-busnet)
- Route DB01R Tung Chung Service Extension during Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve
Past Route Information[]
Archived on EBTHK
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