KMB Route 10

AVBWS1 on Route 10 was passing through Lung Cheung Road
Route information
Terminus	Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui ●
via	Diamond Hill, Wong Tai Sin/San Po Kong, Kowloon City, Kowloon Tong, Yau Ma Tei/Mong Kok
Distance	20.3km
Travelling time	127mins
Commencement date	14 October 1974
Operational information
Current operator	KMB
Current depot	Kowloon Bay Depot (K)
Main Vehicle	ASB, ATSE
Fare information
Full fare	$5.6
Service hours
Origin service time	06:00 - 23:45
Headway	15-30mins

The Kowloon Urban Bus Route 10 is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs circular between Choi Wan and Mong Kok, which runs via Choi Hung Estate, Diamond Hill (Fung Tak Road), Lower Wong Tai Sin Estate (→) / San Po Kong (←), Tung Tau Estate, Kowloon City, Kowloon Tong, Yau Ma Tei (Waterloo Road) and Mong Kok West (Hoi Wang Road) towards Tai Kok Tsui before returning to Kowloon Tong via Mong Kok.

History

Initial commencement

• 14 October 1974: Route 10 commenced service between Tai Kok Tsui Ferry and Ping Shek to replace Route 9A which ceased service from the same day onwards.
• 18 February 1976: Rerouted via Tung Choi Street towards Argyle Street for Ping Shek bound in lieu of Nathan Road to facilitate the construction works of Mass Transit Railway Modified Initial System.
• 25 April 1978: Rerouted via Pok Man Street, Tai Kok Tsui Road, Cherry Street, Beech Street and Anchor Street for Ping Shek direction to facilitate the West Kowloon Corridor construction works.
• 27 July 1978: From 10am, Ping Shek bound journeys were rerouted via the unnamed slip road (connecting the junction between Tai Kok Tsui Road and Pok Man Street with Beech Street) and Beech Street after Tai Kok Tsui Road towards Cherry Street, to facilitate the conversion of Pok Man Street into a one-way northbound road after the opening of that new slip road.
• 4 December 1978: East Kowloon end was extended to Choi Wan following the extension of Route 9 to Ping Shek, with a major change in routing to omit Prince Edward Road East for both directions:
  • To Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Pier: Rerouted via Tai Shing Street, Tung Tau Tsuen Road, Tung Ching Road, Lok Sin Road, Carpenter Road, Kai Tak Road, Nga Tsin Wai Road, Lancashire Road and Waterloo Road;
  • To Choi Wan: Rerouted via Waterloo Road, Prince Edward Road West, La Salle Road, Nga Tsin Wai Road, Tak Ku Ling Road, Carpenter Road, Lok Sin Road and Choi Hung Road.
• 21 December 1978: Rerouted via the newly-opened New Clear Water Bay Road, Choi Wan Estate Access Road and Clear Water Bay Road back to the terminus; and also rerouted via Sai Yeung Choi Street in lieu of Tung Choi Street.
• 1 April 1982: Rerouted via Shatin Pass Road, Tung Tau Tsuen Road, Junction Road, Dumbarton Road and Grampian Road towards Nga Tsin Wai Road for Tai Kok Tsui direction, omitting Tai Shing Street and the inner streets of Kowloon City.
• 26 June 1986: With the reconstruction of Princess Margaret Road Flyover, Prince Edward Road West between Waterloo Road and Earl Street was converted to a one-way westbound road. Journeys to Choi Wan were rerouted via Waterloo Road underpass, Boundary Street and Earl Street towards Prince Edward Road West.
• 7 May 1991: Rerouted via Choi Hung Access Road and Prince Edward Road East towards Clear Water Bay Road for Choi Wan bound.
• 8 May 1995: Tai Kok Tsui terminus was relocated to Tai Kok Tsui Temporary Bus Terminus.
• 5 October 1995: Rerouted via Cherry Street Tunnel to access the Tai Kok Tsui Temporary Bus Terminus.
• 10 November 1996: Converted to circular operation with the cancellation of Route 3:
  • The route would have its circular point located at Foo Kwai Street on Tai Kok Tsui Road, omitting Tai Kok Tsui Bus Terminus;
  • Rerouted via Fung Tak Road for both directions;
  • Rerouted via Waterloo Road (Kwong Wah Hospital) and Ferry Street for Tai Kok Tsui direction;
  • Choi Wan bound journeys were rerouted via eastbound Tung Lung Road (Tung Tau Estate Bus Terminus) and Tung Tau Tsuen Road after Lok Sin Road.
• 28 June 1998: Rerouted via Yan Cheung Road and Hoi Wang Road for Tai Kok Tsui direction, omitting Ferry Street.
• 11 July 1999: Rerouted to enter Hoi Wang Road from Waterloo Road via Ngo Cheung Road in lieu of Shanghai Street, Kansu Street and Yan Cheung Road for Tai Kok Tsui direction.

After the millennium

• 25 September 2000: Octopus card payment was accepted.
• 26 May 2001: Air-conditioned bus service was introduced.
• 5 October 2002: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service.
• 30 July 2006: Choi Wan bound journeys were rerouted to access directly to Choi Hung Road from Lok Sin Road, omitting Tung Lung Road, Tung Tau Tsuen Road and Shatin Pass Road:
  • New stops were added at "Hong Tung House Tung Tau Estate", "Wong Chung Ming Secondary School" and "Kai Tak Garden", while bus stops at "Tung Tau Estate Bus Terminus", "Morse Park Open-Air Theatre", "Lung Moon House" and "Lung Wai House" were cancelled.
• 27 June 2015: Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry System was introduced to this route.
• 26 May 2018: No longer called at "Choi Wan St. Joseph's Primary School" stop for Choi Wan direction, which was replaced by "Ngau Chi Wan Market" stop on Clear Water Bay Road.
• 21 August 2019: From 10am onwards, Choi Wan bound journeys resumed calling at "Kai Tak Garden" stop and no longer called at "Tai Tung House" stop with the completion of roadworks at Choi Hung Road.
• 24 May 2020: With the closure of some parts of Ngo Cheung Road due to the Central Kowloon Route construction works, Tai Kok Tsui bound journeys were rerouted via Lai Cheung Road to access Hoi Wang Road.

Historical route information

Details of the past service hours and headways, fares and other route information of this route are set out in the "Historical route information" sub-page of this article.

Service hours and headways

The latest update is on 12/2024, see here for the referenced link

From Choi Wan
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
06:00 - 07:00	20
07:00 - 07:15	15
07:15 - 07:55	20
07:55 - 12:05	25
12:05 - 18:25	20
18:25 - 21:45	25
21:45 - 23:45	30
Saturdays
06:00 - 13:05	25
13:05 - 16:45	20
16:45 - 19:15	25
19:15 - 23:45	30
Sundays and Public Holidays
06:00 - 08:00	30
08:00 - 13:25	25
13:25 - 17:05	20
17:05 - 18:45	25
18:45 - 23:45	30

Detailed timetable
KMB Route 10/Detailed timetable

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival enquiry Service.

Fares

Journey/boarding stop	Air-conditioned fare
Full fare	$5.6

Fare Remarks

Half-fare for children aged below 12 and senior citizens aged 65 or above; the remainder of the fare after half-fare will be counted as 10 cents. Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Senior Octopus Cards or Personalised Octopus cards, Hong Kong residents aged 60 to 64 using JoyYou Card, and eligible persons with disabilities using Personalised Octopus cards with "Persons with Disabilities Status" can enjoy a flat fare of $2.0 per journey under the $2 Concessionary Fare. If the concessionary fare for eligible persons with disabilities aged below 12 and senior citizens aged 65 or above is less than $2.0 after a 50% discount from the regular fare, the beneficiary is only required to pay the original concessionary fare; if the original full fare for Hong Kong residents aged 60 to 64 or eligible persons with disabilities is already less than $2.0, the beneficiary is also only required to pay the original full fare. Passengers are required to tender exact fare by cash or by Octopus card when boarding. No exact change will be given. Passengers can also pay their fares through a variety of electronic payment tools (e-payment system), including using contactless VISA, JCB Card, MasterCard, UnionPay, American Express, Discover Card, Diners Club International Credit Card, UnionPay Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, AlipayHK "EasyGo" and UnionPay "QuickPass", BoC Pay "Ride Code" and WeChat Pay HK or WeChat "Ride Code". Passengers using this payment method are not eligible for the interchange concessions with non-KMB/LWB routes, nor are they eligible for the "Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme" and "Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities". This route has no section fares.

Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions

Passengers using the same Octopus card to interchange to the designated route after this route within a specific time, or transfer from the designated route to this route can enjoy an interchange concession. The details are as follows: (Half discount for children and senior citizens.) Template:KMB Route 10 Interchange Concession Scheme

LWB Airbus Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme

LWB Airport Routes, AsiaWorld-Expo Special Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme
1st leg	Direction	2nd leg	Direction	Discount for 2nd leg	Time limit
X33, X36, X40, X43, X47	To Urban	KMB solely-operated routes	Unlimited	Positive difference between the fare payable for the 2nd leg minus the fare paid for the 1st leg Free if the difference is in negative number	150mins
A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X					120mins
KMB Solely-operated routes	Any	A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X	to Airport
Note: Passengers are required to use the same Octopus card/credit card or the same mobile payment tool account (KMB/LWB "e-payment system") to enjoy the interchange discount. Passengers can enjoy the above interchange discount at any bus stop where they can connect to a second route. KMB journeys are not applicable to tourist routes (i.e. R-tail routes), unconventional special routes, racecourse routes and MTR Feeder Bus routes. Passengers heading towards the urban area will not be able to enjoy the "Inter-route Interchange Discount" on the KMB route immediately after interchange after enjoying this interchange discount. Airport-bound passengers who enjoy the "KMB Inter-route Transfer Concession" between the first and second journeys may still enjoy the interchange discount on the third immediately following the LWB route A at $6.0 or the second KMB route minus the concession fare, whichever is lower; if the second KMB route is a free interchange (including free journeys with KMB Monthly Pass) or the first two journeys are both If the second KMB route is a free interchange (including free journeys with KMB Monthly Pass) or the first two journeys are both KMB routes with interchange concessions, the interchange concession will not be offered. Routes R8, S64 series, Long Win Bus Lantau Link BBI, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel bus routes and all interchange schemes with other companies cannot be used consecutively with this interchange concession. 50% discount for children under 12 years old; for passengers benefiting from the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities when interchanging from LWB A Routes to KMB, the KMB one-way fare is the lower of the discounted concessionary fare (or 50% discount in the case of elderly or eligible persons with disabilities under 12 years old) and $2.0, therefore some interchange combinations may not be available. When interchanging from KMB to LWB A Routes, passengers may get back the actual fare paid for the first journey (i.e. the lower of the original fare (50% discount for elderly or eligible persons with disabilities under 12 years old) and $2.0). ＊: For interchanging from KMB Route B1 (Tin Tsz direction) to LWB Route A43P ( Airport direction), the actual fare paid for the first journey will be refunded for the next journey, except that the interchange concession cannot be enjoyed for the first journey of Route B1, otherwise, only the normal (i.e. maximum $6.0) interchange concession will be offered; for interchange from LWB Route A43P (Luen Wo Hui direction) to KMB Route B1 (Lok Ma Chau direction), passengers will be offered a free interchange concession for the second journey, but no interchange discount will be offered for the first journey of route A43P and no other interchange concession will be offered for route B1 thereafter. This special concession is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). Edit

Bus deployments

This route can only be operated by buses no longer than 10.7 metres in length due to the narrow road surface at the left turns from Earl Street onto Prince Edward Road West and from Prince Edward Road West onto La Salle Road for Choi Wan direction, as well as the left turn from Dumbarton Road onto Grampian Road for Tai Kok Tsui direction.

A total of 8 buses are assigned to this route as scheduled buses:

• 2 Scania K230UB 10.6m (ASB) single-decker buses
• 6 Enviro400 10.5m (ATSE) double-decker buses

Buses are required to order on Route 2D.

List of buses on Route 10
Fleet no.	Plate no.	Depot
ASB13	NV5551	Kowloon Bay Depot (K)
ASB20	NV8110
ATSE14	RU2731
ATSE15	RU2798
ATSE25	RU6264
ATSE28	RV1709
ATSE32	RV4139
ATSE50	RW7232

The above list of scheduled buses are as of March 2025, forwarded from hk2007.buscess website (Chinese only). The above buses might not be listed according to running orders.
The related content is for reference only and will be updated according to fleet changes (check update list). To check scheduled bus changes, refer to detailed information on hk2007.buscess website.2325

Bus deployment evolution history

Bus deployment evolution history of KMB Route 10

Route 10 primarily operated with Dennis Jubilant (N), Dennis Dominator (DM), MCW Metrobus9.7m (M) and Leyland Olympian9.6m (BL) buses from the 1980s to the 1990s. In 2001, Dennis Dragon 9.9m (ADS, now withdrawn) and Volvo Super Olympian 10.6m (ASV) air-conditioned buses were introduced. The route was briefly operated by Dennis Trident 10.6m buses in 2002 (ATS90/KD3290) and 2008 (ATS1/JH4735). By 2009, due to low passenger volumes, two Scania K230UB 10.6m buses (ASB13/NV5551 and ASB18/NV7801, the former still serving this route to this day) and one Dennis Dart (AA26/GD5192, withdrawn on 2 May 2012 following reduction on bus deployments to this route). In response to Low Emission Zone policies, one Enviro400 10.5m (ATSE35/RV5848) originally deployed on Route 84M was transferred to cover Route 27. However, this change was reversed on 25 April the following year. In 2019, the first batch of Volvo Super Olympian 10.6m buses (ASV1-49) were retired due to high age, which was replaced by a Volvo B9TL 10.6m bus (AVBWS1/PP9062, since withdrawn) originally deployed on Route 690. In October 2022, the second batch of Volvo Super Olympian 10.6m buses (ASV50-100) were retired due to age, which were replaced by Enviro400 10.5m (ATSE) buses. In March 2023, with the retirement of the route's final Volvo Super Olympian 10.6m bus (ASV100/LV8402), the route's double-deck fleet was fully converted to straight-staircase buses, becoming KMB's last route to achieve full straight-staircase conversion for its double-deckers. In May of the same year, a VDL DB300 10.5m demonstrator bus (AMC, since withdrawn) was introduced.

Routing

The distance of this route is approx. 20.3km, and the journey time is approximately 127mins. (The average speed is 9.6km/h.)

Open Route Map and Stop Layouts on OpenStreetMap:

KMB Route 10

Via: Clear Water Bay Road, Lung Cheung Road, Choi Hung Road, Hammer Hill Road, Fung Tak Road, Po Kong Village Road, Choi Hung Road, Shatin Pass Road, Tung Tau Tsuen Road, Junction Road, Dumbarton Road, Grampian Road, Nga Tsin Wai Road, Lancashire Road, Waterloo Road, Ngo Cheung Road, Lai Cheung Road, Hoi Wang Road, Cherry Street, Tai Kok Tsui Road, Cherry Street, Beech Street, Anchor Street, Ash Street, Fuk Tsun Street, Mong Kok Road, Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Argyle Street, Waterloo Road, Boundary Street, Earl Street, Prince Edward Road West, La Salle Road, Nga Tsin Wai Road, Tak Ku Ling Road, Lok Sin Road, Choi Hung Road, Po Kong Village Road, Fung Tak Road, Hammer Hill Road, Lung Cheung Road, Clear Water Bay Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Fung Shing Street and Clear Water Bay Road

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 10 (Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Ngau Chi Wan		Choi Wan Bus Terminus
2			Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Choi Hung Station
3	Choi Hung	Lung Cheung Road	Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Tan Fung House
4			Choi Hung BBI - Kam Wan House
5	Diamond Hill	Fung Tak Road	Chi Lin Nunnery
6			Lung Poon Court
7	Wong Tai Sin	Shatin Pass Road	Lung Yat House
8		Tung Tau Tsuen Road	Lung Wing House
9			Morse Park No.2
10	Tung Tau Estate		Wai Tung House
11			Ying Tung House
12	Kowloon City		Kowloon Walled City Park
13	Kowloon Tong	Grampian Road	Dumbarton Road
14		Nga Tsin Wai Road	College Road
15		Lancashire Road	Oxford Road
16		Waterloo Road	Kowloon Tong Club
17			Kowloon Hospital
18	Ho Man Tin		Man Kee Mansion
19			Ho Man Tin Street
20	Yau Ma Tei		Kwong Wah Hospital
21			Yau Ma Tei Fire Station
22			Shanghai Street
23	Tai Kok Tsui	Hoi Wang Road	Charming Garden	Circular route return point
24			Park Avenue
25		Tai Kok Tsui Road	Foo Kwai Street
26		Beech Street	Beech Street
27		Fuk Tsun Street	Fuk Tsun Street
28	Mong Kok	Argyle Street	Mong Kok Station
29	Ho Man Tin		CLP Power Argyle Street
30		Waterloo Road	St. George's Apartments
31	Kowloon Tong	Earl Street	Earl Street
32		La Salle Road	La Salle College
33			Lancashire Road
34		Nga Tsin Wai Road	College Road
35	Kowloon City		Lion Rock Road
36			Nam Kok Road
37		Tak Ku Ling Road	Tak Ku Ling Road
38	Tung Tau Estate	Lok Sin Road	Hong Tung House Tung Tau Estate
39	San Po Kong	Choi Hung Road	Wong Chung Ming Secondary School
40			Kai Tak Garden
41		Choi Hung Road	Wong Tai Sin Police Station
42	Diamond Hill	Fung Tak Road	Fung Tak Shopping Centre
43			Chi Lin Nunnery
44	Ngau Chi Wan	Lung Cheung Road	Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Ngau Chi Wan Village
45		Clear Water Bay Road	Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Ngau Chi Wan Market
46		New Clear Water Bay Road	Pak Hung House
47		Fung Shing Street	Koon Yat House
48			Choi Wan Bus Terminus

Ridership

With a meandering routing, a long journey time and passing through a number of busy road sections in Mong Kok, this route is susceptible to traffic congestion on the road, thus affecting the stability of the frequency and reducing its attractiveness.

According to Bus Route Planning Programmes and other information, the ridership of this route is as follows:

• 1993: The peak hour occupancy rate was 75% while that during non-peak hour was 20%.
• 2015: The occupancy rate during the peakiest hour was 57% while that during non-peak hours was 26%. The number of passengers boarding and alighting along La Salle Road, Nga Tsin Wai Road and Lok Sin Road daily was about 700, which accounted for 14% of the total passengers.

Gallery

Dennis Dragon (ADS) was once the main model on Route 10

Several Scania K230UB 10.6m (ASB) buses are in service on Route 10

Volvo Super Olympian 10.6m (ASV) mainly operated on Route 10 before retirement

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

KMB Route 10 (Edit)

Related articles

• KMB Route 3 (Cancelled)
• KMB Route 9A (Cancelled)

External links

• KMB Official Route Information: 10 (Timetable approved by Transport Department)