Diamond Hill Station Public Transport Interchange (鑽石山站公共運輸交匯處)[1], located on the ground floor of Plaza Hollywood, No. 3 Lung Poon Street, Diamond Hill, Wong Tai Sin District, Kowloon, connected to MTR Diamond Hill Station Exit C2. It is an indoor public transport interchange with a bus terminus, a green minibus terminus and a taxi stand, with the vehicle entrances and exits located on Lung Poon Street.
KMB and Citybus once called this stop "Diamond Hill Station" (鑽石山站). In May 2019, KMB added the word "Bus Terminus" (鑽石山鐵路站總站) after the stop name. Before July 2017 and rail merger, KMB used to call it "Diamond Hill Railway Station B/T" and "Diamond Hill MTR Station B/T" respectively (鑽石山地鐵站總站). In addition, When the Citybus Stop Announcement System announces this stop, the screen displays "
Diamond Hill Station 
, Plaza Hollywood" (鑽石山站、荷里活廣場).
History[]
1st generation Diamond Hill Station Terminus[]
The Diamond Hill MTR Bus Terminus was put into service after MTR Modified Initial System commenced operation in October 1979. It was located between Po Kong Village Road and the junction of the northeast of Lung Cheung Road, which is the current location of Lung Wan House Lung Poon Court, surrounding Diamond Hill MTR Station Exit A1, which is equipped with five open-air lay-by terminus. When the MTR connection routes 3M and 91M were commenced in December of the same year, this place was immediately used as the terminus; Route 11M, which was put into service in 1983, also terminates here.
On 7 May 1991, the above-mentioned open-air terminus was closed to cooperate with the government to take back the land for the construction of the third phase of Lung Poon Court (now Lung Wan House). At that time, the terminus of KMB Route 3 was moved to Lung Poon Street roadside, and Route 3M was changed to operate circular with Lung Cheung Road roadside as the circular point, and then on 15 September, Choi Hung MTR Station was used as the connecting MTR station, and Diamond Hill was no longer served. By 1994, the terminus of Route 3 was moved to Fung Tak Road opposite Lung Poon Court. On 29 August 1997 Cross-Harbour Bus Route 671 was put into service, and the bus stop outside Lung Poon Court on Fung Tak Road was also used as the terminus, with the bus company calling it "Diamond Hill Bus Terminus" (鑽石山總站).
Existing Diamond Hill Station Terminus[]
In 1997, Plaza Hollywood, a large shopping mall under the Wharf Group, was completed and opened, and the public transport interchange located on its ground floor was also opened on 2 November in the same year [2][3]. The terminus of Route 671 and all the intermediate stops of the Tate’s Cairn Tunnel routes were moved to the public transport interchange., and this stop is the last stop of the Tate’s Cairn Tunnel route towards the New Territories in Kowloon. Buses head directly to the Tate's Cairn Tunnel along the branch road beside Tai Hom Road after leaving the terminus. At the same time, the original bus route to and from Sai Kung District with Choi Hung or Choi Hung MTR Station as the terminus, and the KMB Route 11 which originally terminated at Wong Tai Sin was also been extended to the new terminus at Diamond Hill, and KMB has also launched 286M to and from Ma On Shan Town Centre on the same day, taking this stop as the circular point. All these actions made the Public Transport Interchange of Diamond Hill MTR Station replace Choi Hung Bus Terminus and become the largest bus terminus in Wong Tai Sin District.
Every Ching Ming Festival and the first day of Chung Yeung Festival, KMB will operate a special route 3S, which circulates between Diamond Hill Cemetery, but its "Diamond Hill Station" terminus is not located at the public transport interchange but instead opposite the vehicle entrance and exit of this stop, on the west side of Lung Poon Street.
Route information[]
Franchised buses[]
Terminating routes[]
| List of Franchised Bus Routes terminating at Diamond Hill Station | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| KMB | 11 | Diamond Hill Station | Kowloon Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 91 | Clear Water Bay | Diamond Hill Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 91A | Diamond Hill Station [Remark 1] | Clear Water Bay | Outbound from AM to noon during swimming seasons on Saturdays and holidays, stops only at some stops along Clear Water Bay Road ● |
| KMB | 91M | Diamond Hill Station | Po Lam | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 91P | Diamond Hill Station [Remark 2] | H.K.U.S.T. (North) | Outbound during AM peak hours on HKUST school days ● |
| KMB | 92 | Diamond Hill Station | Sai Kung | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 96R | Wong Shek Pier | Diamond Hill Station | Service Saturdays and holidays daytime ● |
| KMB | 96R Special Trips |
Service daily ● | ||
| Template:KMB 272S doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KMB 286M doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:CHT 671 doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:CHT 671X doesn't exist! | ||||
| Note: The terminus of 3S is located at Lung Poon Street, not this stop. | ||||
Intermediate stop routes[]
| List of Franchised Bus Routes observing "Diamond Hill Station Bus Terminus" stop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| Template:KMB 74B doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KMB 74X doesn't exist! | ||||
| KMB | 75X | Kowloon City Ferry | Tai Po (Fu Shin) | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 82X | Wong Tai Sin (Circular) |
Ravana Garden | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 84M | Lok Fu | Chevalier Garden | Service daily ● |
| Template:KMB 85M doesn't exist! | ||||
Green minibuses[]
| List of Green Minibus (GMB) Routes using "Diamond Hill Station Minibus Terminus" stop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| Template:KNGMB 19 doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KNGMB 19A doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KNGMB 19M doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KNGMB 19S doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KNGMB 33A doesn't exist! | ||||
| Holy Gain Investment | 70 | Diamond Hill Station | Tai Kok Tsui (Island Harbourview) | Service daily ● |
| Holy Gain Investment | 70A | Diamond Hill Station | Olympic Station (HSBC Centre) | Service Mondays to Saturdays whole-day ● |
Lay-by allocation[]
Please note that the stop may be temporarily or permanently altered at any time due to other factors (e.g. road works).
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Bus Terminal[]
| Lay-by allocation (from the far left of the entrance) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| No. | Width | Route(s) (from front to back, use ";" for separation, use "," for the same position) | Stop pole no. |
| 1 | Access | 82X, 84M; 85M, 286M |
DI01-T-1000-0; DI01-T-0950-0 |
| 2 | Single | 96R, 272S | DI01-T-1050-0 |
| 3 | Single | 92 | DI01-T-1075-0 |
| 4 | Single | 91, 91A | DI01-T-1100-0 |
| 5 | Single | 91M, 91P | DI01-T-1150-0 |
| 6 | Single | 671, 671X (alighting stop) | DI01-T-1200-0 |
| 7 | Single | 74B, 74X, 75X | DI01-T-1250-0 |
| 8 | Double | 11 | DI01-T-1300-0 |
GMB terminus[]
| Lay-by allocation (from the far left of the entrance) | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Width | Route(s) (from front to back, use ";" for separation, use "," for the same position) |
| 1 | Double width access | Taxi stand |
| 2 | Single | Spare |
| 3 | Single | 70, 70A |
| 4 | Single | 33A |
| 5 | Double width access | 19A; 19M; 19S; 19 |
Related Events[]
Bus theft[]
- On 6 May 2010: At about 4amg, a Volvo Olympian (AV155/GY6588) which was off service was parked at this stop and was stolen by three teenagers. After driving about 500 meters, the bus lost control and crashed into a waiting taxi on the side of the road at Lung Poon Street; The three teenagers involved later fled. [4]
Bus captain incidents[]
- 5 August 2010: At about 12:00 noon, a bus captain drove a Dennis Dragon on Route 11 (S3N280／FX8032) non-air-conditioned bus suffered from heat stroke after arriving at this stop, but was sent to the hospital without serious problems. [5]
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- Plaza Hollywood
- Chi Lin Nunnery
- Diamond Hill Station (Long Poon Street) (Terminus of Route 3S)
- Diamond Hill Station (Lung Cheung Road)
- Diamond Hill Station (Tai Hom Road)
- Lung Poon Court (Old Diamond Hill MTR Station Bus Terminus)
References[]
- ↑ G.N. 7764: "Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374) - Restricted Area of Public Transport Interchange at Diamond Hill Station, Wong Tai Sin", HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 11 No. 48, 30 November 2007.
- ↑ Announcements No. 2136 and 2137, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government Gazette Vol. 01 No. 18, 31 October 1997.
- ↑ "巴士新聞 (1997年11月) (Bus News (November 1997)), bustop.info.
- ↑ "三夜青偷巴士險撞死人" (Three youth stole a bus at night almost killing a man), Oriental Daily News, 17 May 2010.
- ↑ "烈日當空 「熱狗」車長中暑 ("Hot Dog" bus driver suffers from heat stroke in the hot sun)", Oriental Daily, 6 August 2010.
External Links[]
- Citybus website: Photo of the bus stop 1526 (Note: The site view may not be updated)
- KMB website: Photo of the bus stop (No. DI01-T-1000-0)(Note: stop view may not be updated)
- Plaza Hollywood Website
- Galaxia website
- The view of the open-air terminus in the late 1980s, contained in the "China Motor Bus Memorial Page - Facebook" group
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