Fanling Highway (粉嶺公路) is part of Route 9 (formerly known as the New Territories Circular Road) and connects to San Tin Highway at San Tin Interchange in the north and Tolo Highway at Lam Kam Road Interchange in the south, with various intermediate access points connecting to the major trunk roads in the North District. It is about 11.2 kilometres in length, and is a three-lane, dual two-lane expressway with a speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour (km/h).
History[]
The predecessor of Fanling Highway can be traced back to the Tai Po Road - Tai Wo which was built in the 1910s. At that time, it was a major road connecting the North District to the urban areas and was also the only way to travel between Tai Po and the North District.
In 1980, when the Government commenced the construction of the New Territories Circular Road, the Tai Wo section north of Wai Tau Tsuen was divided into Tai Wo Service Road West and Tai Wo Service Road East connecting the villages along the road, and a three-lane highway. The section between So Kwun Po Road and Sheung Shui was separately named as the "Tai Po Road - Fanling", which was renamed as the "Fanling Highway" in 1991.
The section between Wo Hop Shek and Sheung Shui, initially named "Fanling By-pass" (粉嶺支路), was inaugurated by Sir Roger Lobo on 21 June 1985 and opened to traffic on 25 June; the section between Lam Kam Road and Wo Hop Shek was opened to traffic on 25 September of the same year together with Tolo Highway; the section between Sheung Shui and Pak Shek Au was opened to traffic on 3 April 1987; and the last section (Pak Shek Au to San Tin Interchange) was opened to traffic together with San Tin Highway (section between San Tin Interchange and Fairview Park) on 1 August 1991, which meant that the entire Fanling Highway was opened to traffic.
Fanling Highway Bus-Bus Interchange (BBI)[]
To cope with the future increase in traffic flow at theHeung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point, Heung Yuen Wai Highway, Lung Shan Tunnel and the associated connecting roads, the Highways Department has carried out widening of Fanling Highway, and at the same time, constructed a Kowloon-bound bus-bus interchange (BBI) on Fanling Highway near Ho Ka Yuen.
The works of the BBI commenced in February 2017 and opened on 23 December 2018.
List of bus and minibus routes observing Fanling Highway[]
Franchised buses[]
| List of bus routes passing through Fanling Highway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route no. | Origin | Destination | Service mode |
| The following routes pass through the whole of Fanling Highway | ||||
| KMB | 64X | Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) | Hong Kong Science Park (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, one-way southbound ● |
| KMB | 65X | Tin Yan Estate | Hong Kong Science Park (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, one-way southbound ● |
| KMB | 264R | Tin Yiu | Tai Po Market Station | Service Saturdays and holidays during daytime after morning peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Tai Po Market Station | Tin Yiu | |||
| KMB | 265S | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | EdUHK | Service Mondays to Saturdays during morning peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Tai Po Industrial Estate | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | |||
| KMB | 869 | Shatin Racecourse | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre (One-way) |
Service during dismissal at Sha Tin Racecourse, one-way northbound ● |
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Tai Tau Leng roundabout to San Tin Highway | ||||
| KMB | 261X | So Kwun Wat | Fanling (Cheung Wah) | Service daily during peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Fanling (Cheung Wah) | So Kwun Wat | |||
| Template:KMB 276A doesn't exist! | ||||
| KMB | 276C | Fanling (Cheung Wah) | Tin Shui Wai Station | Service Mondays to Fridays during peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Tin Shui Wai Station | Fanling (Cheung Wah) | |||
| KMB | 978 | Fanling (Wah Ming) | Exhibition Centre Station | Outbound service daily ● |
| Exhibition Centre Station | Fanling (Wah Ming) | Inbound service daily after morning peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | 978A | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Exhibition Centre Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Exhibition Centre Station | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | 978B | Chi Fuk Circuit Fanling | Exhibition Centre Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, one-way northbound ● |
| LWB | E43 | Fanling (Wah Ming) | Tung Chung Development Pier | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Tung Chung Development Pier | Fanling (Wah Ming) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | T270 | Fanling (Cheung Wah) | Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Fanling (Cheung Wah) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Tai Tau Leng roundabout to San Tin Interchange | ||||
| KMB | 276B | Tin Fu | Sheung Shui (Choi Yuen) | Service daily, via Lok Ma Chau, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Sheung Shui (Choi Yuen) | Tin Fu | |||
| LWB | A43P | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Outbound daily daytime, via Lok Ma Chau Huang Bus Terminus, one-way northbound ● |
| KMB | N73 | Lok Ma Chau | Shatin Central | Service daily overnight, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Shatin Central | Lok Ma Chau | |||
| LWB | NA43 | HZMB Hong Kong Port | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Outbound daily overnight, via San Tin, one-way northbound ● |
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Kai Leng Roundabout to San Tin Highway | ||||
| Citybus | 56 | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) | Sheung Shui (Tin Ping Estate) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Sheung Shui (Tin Ping Estate) | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| Citybus | 56A | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) | Queen's Hill Fanling | Service Mondays to Fridays during peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Queen's Hill Fanling | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) | |||
| KMB | 261 | Tuen Mun (Sam Shing) | Fanling (Cheung Wah) | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Fanling (Cheung Wah) | Tuen Mun (Sam Shing) | |||
| Template:KMB 261P doesn't exist! | ||||
| KMB | 261S | Tuen Mun (Po Tin Estate) | Sheung Shui (Tin Ping) (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, one-way northbound ● |
| KMB | 276 | Tin Tsz | Sheung Shui | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Sheung Shui | Tin Tsz | |||
| KMB | 276P | Tin Shui Wai Station | Sheung Shui | Service daily, via Hung Shui Kiu, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Sheung Shui | Tin Shui Wai Station | |||
| KMB | 279A | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Tsing Yi Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, via Tin Ping Estate, one-way northbound ● |
| KMB | 279B | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Kwai Hing Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, one-way northbound ● |
| KMB | 279X | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Tsing Yi Station | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Tsing Yi Station | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | |||
| LWB | A43 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | |||
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Kai Leng Roundabout to Pak Shek Au Interchange | ||||
| LWB | A43P | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Inbound daily during afternoon to nighttime, via Lok Ma Chau Huang Bus Terminus, one-way southbound ● |
| LWB | NA43 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | HZMB Hong Kong Port | Inbound daily during early morning, via San Tin, one-way southbound ● |
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Pak Wo Road/Jockey Club Road to Tolo Highway | ||||
| KMB | 270A | Sheung Shui | Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Sheung Shui | |||
| KMB | 270B | Sheung Shui | Olympic Station | Outbound service daily ● |
| Olympic Station | Sheung Shui | Inbound service daily after morning peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | 270C | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | 270P | Sheung Shui | Kowloon Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during morning peak hours, one-way southbound ● |
| KMB | 270S | Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) (One-way) |
Service daily overnight, one-way northbound ● |
| Template:KMB 274 doesn't exist! | ||||
| KMB | 277A | Sha Tau Kok | Lam Tin Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning, Saturdays and holidays during morning daytime non-peak hours and afternoon peak hours ● |
| Lam Tin Station | Sha Tau Kok | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours to nighttime, Saturdays and holidays during morning peak hours and afternoon peak hours to nighttime ● | ||
| KMB | 277P | Sheung Shui (Tin Ping) | Lam Tin Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Lam Tin Station | Sheung Shui (Tin Ping) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | 277X | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Lam Tin Station | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Lam Tin Station | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | |||
| KMB | 278A | Queen's Hill | Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) | Outbound service daily daytime ● |
| Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) | Queen's Hill | Inbound service daily ● | ||
| KMB | 278P | Sheung Shui (Tai Ping) | Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, one-way southbound ● |
| KMB | 278X | Sheung Shui | Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) | Sheung Shui | |||
| KMB | 673 | Sheung Shui | Central (Hong Kong Station) | Outbound service daily during daytime after morning peak hours, via Causeway Bay ● |
| Central (Hong Kong Station) | Sheung Shui | Inbound service daily after morning peak hours, via Causeway Bay ● | ||
| KMB | 673A | Sheung Shui | Central (Rumsey Street) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Central (Hong Kong Station) | Sheung Shui | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | 673P | Sheung Shui | Central (Rumsey Street) (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during morning peak hours, one-way southbound ● |
| KMB, Citybus | 678 | Sheung Shui | Causeway Bay (Eastern Hospital Road) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Causeway Bay (Eastern Hospital Road) | Sheung Shui | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | T277 | Sheung Shui | Lam Tin Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, via Kowloon Bay Business Area and Kwun Tong Business Area ● |
| Lam Tin Station | Sheung Shui | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours, via Kowloon Bay Business Area and Kwun Tong Business Area ● | ||
| KMB | W3 | Sheung Shui | Jordan (West Kowloon Station) | Outbound service daily daytime ● |
| Jordan (West Kowloon Station) | Sheung Shui | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during noon to nighttime, Saturdays and holidays after morning peak hours ● | ||
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Kai Leng Roundabout to Tolo Highway | ||||
| KMB | 73B | Sheung Shui (Circular) |
Chuen On Road (Nethersole Hospital) | Service daily during morning to afternoon non-peak hours, one-way southbound ● |
| KMB | 270D | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Sham Shui Po | Outbound Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| KMB | 270E | Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) (One-way) |
Service daily during nighttime, one-way northbound ● |
| KMB | 277E | Sheung Shui (Tin Ping) | Lam Tin Station | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Lam Tin Station | Sheung Shui (Tin Ping) | |||
| LWB | N42A | Tung Chung Station | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Outbound service daily overnight, via Tai Po ● |
| Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Tung Chung Station | Inbound service daily during early morning, via Tai Po ● | ||
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Jockey Club Road/Pak Wo Road to Heung Yuen Wai Highway | ||||
| KMB | 78 | Sha Tau Kok | Sheung Shui (Tai Ping) (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, one-way northbound ● |
| Citybus | B7 | Sheung Shui (Po Wan Road) | Heung Yuen Wai Port | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Heung Yuen Wai Port | Sheung Shui (Po Wan Road) | |||
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from San Tin Highway to Heung Yuen Wai Highway | ||||
| KMB | B9 | Tuen Mun Station | Heung Yuen Wai Port (Liantang) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during daytime after morning peak hours, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● |
| Heung Yuen Wai Port (Liantang) | Tuen Mun Station | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays after morning peak hours, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● | ||
| The following routes pass through only a section of Fanling Highway from Heung Yuen Wai Highway to Tolo Highway | ||||
| Citybus | 78C | Queen's Hill Fanling | Kai Tak | Outbound service Saturdays and holidays during morning to nighttime, via Kwun Tong Town Centre ● |
| Kai Tak | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Saturdays and holidays during noon to nighttime, via Kwun Tong Town Centre ● | ||
| Citybus | 78X | Queen's Hill Fanling | Kai Tak | Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, via Kwun Tong Ferry Pier, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Kai Tak | Queen's Hill Fanling | |||
| Citybus | 79P | Queen's Hill Fanling | HSR West Kowloon Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| HSR West Kowloon Station | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| Citybus | 79X | Queen's Hill Fanling | Cheung Sha Wan (Kom Tsun Street) | Outbound service daily during morning to nighttime ● |
| Cheung Sha Wan (Kom Tsun Street) | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays whole-day, Saturdays and holidays after morning peak hours ● | ||
| Citybus | 679 | Queen's Hill Fanling | Central (Hong Kong Station) | Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| Central (Hong Kong Station) | Queen's Hill Fanling | |||
| Citybus | 979 | Queen's Hill Fanling | Central (Hong Kong Station) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| North Point Ferry Pier | Queen's Hill Fanling | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| Citybus | B8 | Tai Wai Station | Heung Yuen Wai Port | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during daytime non-peak hours, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● |
| Heung Yuen Wai Port | Tai Wai Station | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon to nighttime, Saturdays and holidays whole-day ● | ||
Green minibuses (GMBs)[]
| List of GMB routes passing through Fanling Highway | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route no. | Origin | Destination | Service mode |
| Yan Hing Transportation | 25B | Kau Lung Hang | Tai Po Market (Po Heung Street) | Service daily, trips before 09:00 pass through a section southbound from Tai Wo Service Road East to Tai Po Road - Tai Wo, and passes through according to traffic conditions at other times ● |
| Express Top Industries | 44 | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier | Sheung Shui Station | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions, passes through a section from Kai Leng roundabout to San Tin Highway ● |
| Sheung Shui Station | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier | |||
| Express Top Industries | 44A | Tuen Mun Station | Sheung Shui Station | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions, passes through a section from Kai Leng roundabout to San Tin Highway ● |
| Sheung Shui Station | Tuen Mun Station | |||
| Express Top Industries | 44A1 | Po Tin | Sheung Shui Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays daytime, passes through a section from San Tin Highway to Kai Leng roundabout ● |
| Golden Way | 55K Special Trips |
Loi Tung | Sheung Shui Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during morning peak hours, passes through a section northbound from Heung Yuen Wai Highway to Kai Leng roundabout ● |
| Fully Mint | 501S | Sheung Shui (Shek Wu Hui) | Kwun Tong Station (Yue Man Square) | Service daily overnight, observes this stop in both directions, passes through a section from Pak Wo Road to Tai Po Road - Tai Wo ● |
| Kwun Tong Station (Yue Man Square) | Sheung Shui (Shek Wu Hui) | |||
| Vantage Billion Development | 505 | Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) | Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok) | Service daily, observes this stop in both directions, passes through a section from Pak Wo Road to Tolo Highway ● |
| Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok) | Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) | |||
| Honest Profit Corporation | 616S | Mong Kok (Sai Yeung Choi Street South) | Lok Ma Chau Control Point | Service daily overnight, observes this stop in both directions, passes through a section east of San Tin Interchange ● |
| Lok Ma Chau Control Point | Mong Kok (Sai Yeung Choi Street South) | |||
Exit locations[]
| Intersections of Fanling Highway (from south to north) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Exit no. | Intersection name | Connecting road(s) | Remarks |
| (Connects to | |||
| 7 | Lam Kam Road Interchange | Tai Po Road - Tai Wo Tai Wo Service Road West Lam Kam Road |
|
| Fanling Highway Interchange | Heung Yuen Wai Highway | ||
| 7A | Tai Wo Service Road East | Southbound only | |
| 7B | Wo Hop Shek Interchange | Pak Wo Road | Northbound only, can enter southbound of the highway from northbound Jockey Club Road |
| 7C | Wo Hop Shek Interchange | Jockey Club Road | Northbound only, can enter southbound of the highway from southbound Jockey Club Road |
| 8 | Kai Leng roundabout | So Kwun Po Road | Accessible to Sheung Shui and Fanling |
| 9 | Tai Tau Leng roundabout | Po Shek Wu Road Fan Kam Road |
Accessible to Sheung Shui and Pat Heung |
| 9A | Pak Shek Au Interchange | Castle Peak Road - Chau Tau Kwu Tung Road |
Southbound only |
| 10 | San Tin Interchange | San Sham Road Castle Peak Road - San Tin Kwu Tung Road |
Accessible to Lok Ma Chau Huang Bus Terminus, Lok Ma Chau Control Point and Huanggang Port of Entry |
| (Connects to | |||
Related Incidents[]
- 18 December 2019: At around 4:00 pm, an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU341/TA6723), travelling on Cross-Harbour Bus Route 978 towards Fanling (Wah Ming), lost control of its vehicle and crashed into a tree on the side of the road at Fanling Highway near Kwu Tung Tsung Pak Long, allegedly due to dodging a dumper truck that cut the line suddenly, the upper left side of the vehicle bodywork was cut off and a few passengers were thrown out of the vehicle, resulting in 6 deaths and 39 injuries. The accident resulted in six deaths and 39 injuries,[1][2] For details, see article 2019 KMB bus crash on Fanling Highway.
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- ↑ 粉嶺公路九巴疑避切線泥頭車撞樹 6死39傷 (KMB bus collided with tree suspected due to evading dump truck cutting lanes, 6 died and 39 injured), on.cc, 18 December 2019.
- ↑ 【九巴慘劇LIVE】粉嶺公路九巴撞樹 增至6死39傷 ([KMB bus tragedy LIVE] KMB bus collided with tree on Fanling Highway, now increased to 6 deaths and 39 injuries), Apple Daily, 18 December 2019.
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