Hin Keng Bus Terminus

Coordinates: 22.3628N, 114.1711E, Map:
Hin Keng Bus Terminus
Terminus view (January 2015)
Chinese name	顯徑巴士總站
Former name	Hin Tin Bus Terminus
Commencement Date	Hin Tin Terminus: 1976 Existing Terminus: 25 March, 1988
Location information
Region(s)	New Territories
District(s)	Sha Tin District
Place(s)	Tai Wai
Location	between Hin Yau House and Hin Keng Shopping Center in Hin Keng Estate
Nearby MTR station	Hin Keng Station (Exit A)
Design information
Nature	Bus Terminus
Design	open-air parallel type terminus
No. of stop(s)	franchised bus: 6
No. of route(s)	Franchised Buses (Terminating): 6 Franchised Buses (Intermediate Stops): 1 Green Minibus (Intermediate Stops): 2

The Hin Keng Bus Terminus (顯徑巴士總站) is located in the open-air area between Hin Yau House and Hin Keng Shopping Centre in Hin Keng Estate, Tai Wai, Sha Tin District, New Territories, near the end of Che Kung Temple Road and the Shatin Water Treatment Works. It is equipped with five sets of parallel. The platform parking area is only for franchised buses.

In addition, the bus terminus has a green minibus stop on Che Kung Temple Road outside the Hin Keng Stadium, which is also described in this article.

History

In the past, Hin Tin Estate was at the end of Che Kung Temple Road. As early as 1976, the Route 88 line had provided bus services in the area. The bus terminus was located outside Hin Tin Estate and was called "Hin Tin Bus Terminus".

In the early 1980s, the government built a large number of public housing in Tai Wai, and Hin Keng Estate was one of them. It was designated as a resettlement estate for residents of 26 problem public housing estates. In order to build Hin Keng Estate, the government moved the original Hin Tin Estate to the east. Route 88K which was put into service in 1982 was changed to park on-street opposite the current "Hin Tin Estate" intermediate stop.

The Hin Keng Estate was occupied in 1986, and the attached "Hin Keng Bus Terminus" was completed in 1988 25 March. Hin Keng Estate is some distance away from Tai Wai Railway Station, so many bus routes were detoured through Hin Keng Estate, and some routes used Hin Keng Estate as their terminus, including KMB Route 88K which was split from Route 88 and was renamed after the Kowloon-Canton Railway was electrified.

According to the planning of the Sha Tin to Central Link, the government would build Hin Keng Station next to Hin Tin Recreation Ground, opposite Hin Keng Bus Terminus. It has been launched in 14 January 2020 was opened with the Tuen Ma Line Phase 1.

Although the board box of Green Minibus routes shows "Hin Keng" as the terminus, the actual location of the terminus is outside Hin Tin Estate. Some of the routes pass through Hin Keng Sports Centre outside the bus terminus.

Route Information

This article only lists bus routes with Hin Keng as the terminus. For bus routes that pass through Che Kung Temple Road and Hin Keng Estate at Hin Keng Street, please refer to the relevant bus route articles.

Franchised Bus Routes

Terminating Bus Routes

List of Franchised Bus Routes terminating at Hin Keng
Operator	Route No.	Origin	Destination	Service Type
Template:KMB 46S doesn't exist!
Template:KMB 46X doesn't exist!
KMB	80P	Hin Keng	Kwun Tong Ferry (One-way)	Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours ●
Template:KMB 88K doesn't exist!
Template:KMB 286X doesn't exist!
Template:KMB 286X doesn't exist!
Template:KMB 288C doesn't exist!

Intermediate Stop

Some (or all) route(s) using this stop observe(s) here for both directions.

Passengers should pay attention to the destination(s) shown on stop sign(s), bus shelter(s) or queuing instruction(s) as well as the route plate(s) of the buses when waiting, or check the destinations of the bus(es) clearly with the bus captain(s) before boarding the bus(es) before paying the fare(s), so as to avoid inadvertently boarding the bus(es) for the trip(s) in the opposite direction.

List of Franchised Bus Routes observing "Hin Keng Bus Terminus" stop
Operator	Route No.	Origin	Destination	Service Type
Template:KMB 281M doesn't exist!

Green Minibus

List of Green Minibus (GMB) Routes observing Southbound Che Kung Temple Road Outside Hin Keng Sports Centre
Operator	Route No.	Origin	Destination	Service Type
Kwok Chung Motor Car	803K	Hin Keng	Tai Wai Station	Service daily ●
Kwok Chung Motor Car	804	Hin Keng	Kwong Yuen	Service daily ●
Minibuses stop at Hin Keng Shopping Centre in the opposite direction.

Routes previously using this stop

List of Bus Routes once terminating at Hin Keng
Operator	Route No.	Destination at that time	Terminus changed to	Date no longer using this terminus
KMB	86B	Mei Foo	Route discontinued	1 December 2012
KMB	87P 1st generation	Island Harbourview	Changed to a one-way service to Island Harbourview	24 August 1998
KMB	87P 1st generation	→Island Harbourview	Route discontinued	16 July 2001
KMB	88 1st generation	Siu Lek Yuen	Sha Tin Market	1 June 1976
KMB	88A	Sha Tin Market	Route discontinued	6 May 1982
KMB	88M	Kowloon Tong Station	Route Discontinued	24 March 2013
KMB	88P	Shatin Central	Route discontinued	16 July 2001
KMB	88S	→ Tai Wai KCR Station	Route discontinued	27 August 2005

Terminus Layoit

Please note that the stop may be temporarily or permanently altered at any time due to other factors (e.g. road works).

Lane layout (starting from the rightmost lane from the entrance)
Lane Number	Lane Widths	Route	Stop Number
1	Double Lane	46S, 46X	HI01-T-1350-0
2	Single Lane	80P	HI01-T-1100-0
3	Single Lane	88K	HI01-T-1150-0
4	Single Lane	281M (To Kowloon Tong Station), 288C	HI01-T-1200-0
5	Single Lane	286X	HI01-T-1250-0
6	Terminus Entrance	Alighting Stop、281M (To Sun Tin Wai)	HI01-T-1270-0

The intermediate stop "Hin Keng Sports Centre" of Routes 803K and 804 is located next to the Hin Keng Bus Terminus and outside the Hin Keng Sports Centre.

Related Incidents

Bus accidents

• 22 November, 2011: At nearly 11am, a Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV161/KC7800) on Route 88K which was "circling" back to the terminus was suspected that the driver used the accelerator as a foot brake and lost control. The bus then ran onto the pavement and hit a lamppost, two telephone booths and an 8m-tall tree. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Bus Captain Incidents

• 2011: A Route 88M Volvo Olympian (AV457/HT2591) was suspected of competing with the taxi. The taxi driver took advantage of the bus being below the stop to get on the bus at the stop for arguing. The bus driver then drove off, and the taxi driver was "trapped" and forced to pay the fare before getting off at the stop.

Gallery

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

Hin Keng Bus Terminus (Edit)

Stop View (December 2020)

Exit Stop view (August 2017)

Webmaster Room and staff lounge (August 2017)

Alighting Stop and Route 281M to San Tin Wai are located at the back end of the bus terminus (August 2017)

Related Articles

ERTHK Article:

Hin Keng Station

• Hin Keng (Che Kung Temple Road) Terminus
• Hin Keng (Hin Tin Village ) Terminus
• Hin Keng Shopping Centre

External Links

• KMB website: Photo of the bus stop (No. HI01-T-1100-0)(Note: stop view may not be updated)
• Website of the Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office of the Department of Health: Designated No Smoking Area - Sha Tin Hin Keng Bus Terminus

To facilitate quoting and enquiries, the following redirect page(s) will direct to this page:

Hin Tin Bus Terminus

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