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The Kowloon Urban Bus Route 13X is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Po Tat and Tsim Sha Tsui East, observing Sau Mau Ping Estate, Hoi Lai Estate, Lok Wah Village, Kowloon Bay, taking Kai Tak Tunnel, East Kowloon Corridor directly to Hung Hom (Chatham Road North) and Jordan.
During periods when Route 224X is not in service, that is, non-peak hours from Monday to Saturday and all day on holidays, Route 13X will detour via Kai Yip Estate.
History[]
- 16 May 1988: Route 13X was put into service, running between Sai Mau Ping Central and Star Ferry Pier.
- 8 January 1990: Rerouted via the entire section of Hiu Kwong Street to Sau Mau Ping Road for Sau Mau Ping (Central) direction, omitting a section of Sau Ming Road near Sau Mau Ping South Estate and Sau Mau Path.
- 31 March 1991: Half-fare concession for children and section fares from Kai Shing Street to Sau Mau Ping Central were introduced.
- 2 November 1995: Sau Mau Ping terminus was moved from Sau Ming Road near Sau Mau Ping Estate Block 33 to Sau Mau Ping (Central) Bus Terminus of Route 1A.
- 20 April 2002: Extended from Sau Mau Ping (Central) to Po Tat. [1]
- 16 May 2002: An additional stop at "Hong Ning Road Park" on Hong Ning Road was added for both directions. [2]
- 20 July 2002: Air-conditioned buses were deployed on this route for the first time and the time of the first trip from Po Tat was changed to 05:45. [3]
- 10 September 2002: An additional stop at "Hong Kong Cultural Centre" on Salisbury Road was added for Star Ferry direction. [2]
- 10 November 2002: [4]
- Upgraded to full-day service every day, and all trips during non-peak hours on weekdays and holidays were detoured via Richland Gardens and Kai Yip Estate;
- Tsim Sha Tsui terminus was relocated to Tsim Sha Tsui East.
- 9 December 2002: An additional stop at "Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force Headquarters" on Kai Cheung Road during peak hours on weekdays for both directions. [2]
- 27 May 2005: Po Tat-bound trips via Kai Yip Estate detoured via Kai Shing Street and Kai Wah Street, with an additional stop at "Skyline Tower" on Kai Wah Street. [5]
- 9 February 2007: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service. [6]
- 2 May 2008: An additional stop at "Richland Gardens Shopping Centre" on Wang Kwong Road was added and the original "Richland Gardens Shopping Centre stop" was renamed "Kai Lai Road".[7]
- 3 November 2008: Departure from Po Tat at 07:59 on weekdays omitted "Cooke Street Hung Hom" bus stop. [8][9]
- 3 September 2009: All trips to Tsim Sha Tsui omitted "Wah Fung Court" bus stop on Hip Wo Street. [10]
- 16 December 2009: Headways during morning peak hours were enhanced and every other trips omitted "Cooke Street Hung Hom" bus stop during the period. [11]
- 10 June 2013: Most trips from Po Tat during peak hours omitted "Cooke Street Hung Hom" bus stop. [12]
- 30 December 2013: An additional one-way special trip at 07:55 from Choi Fook to Tsim Sha Tsui East via Choi Wing Road and Choi Ha Road was introduced. [13][14]
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 5/2023, see here for the referenced link
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Special Departures[]
| Choi Fook → Tsim Sha Tsui East ● (Omits both Kai Yip Estate and Cooke Street) |
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| Mondays to Fridays |
| 07:55 |
| No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays |
- This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.
Remarks[]
Route 13X omits Kai Yip Estate, Richland Gardens and Skyline Tower during peak hours. Notices are posted on the front of the bus to remind passengers
During peak hours on weekdays, buses will omit Kai Yip Estate. There will be a notice on the front of the bus saying "Omit Skyline Tower, Kai Yip/Richland Gardens"[Remark 1], where affected passengers could take Route 224X instead.
Fares[]
| Section | Air-Conditioned fares |
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| Full Fare | $8.3 |
| Section Fares to Po Tat | |
| From Kai Tak Tunnel BBI - Kai Shing Street | $6.4 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Bus-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 13X Interchange Concession Schemes
Tsim Sha Tsui Bus Interchange Discount[]
Template:Tsim Sha Tsui BBI Interchange Concession Scheme
Kai Tak Tunnel BBI[]
Template:Kai Tak Tunnel BBI Interchange Concession Scheme
Long Win Bus and Kowloon Motor Bus Interchange Discount[]
| LWB Airport Routes ("A Routes") and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme | |||||
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| 1st leg | Direction | 2nd leg | Direction | Discount for 2nd leg | Time limit |
| A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X | to Urban | KMB Solely-operated Routes | Any | $6.0 or Actual Fare of KMB leg (Ones with lower fare comes first) |
120mins |
| KMB Solely-operated routes | Any | A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X | to Airport | ||
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Note:
＊: 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 offer is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). | |||||
Bus deployments[]
Bus deployment evolution history[]
Routing[]
To Tsim Sha Tsui East[]
To Po Tat[]
| Routing | Passing Roads |
| ① Normal Routing |
Science Museum Road, Cheong Wan Road, Chatham Road South, Salisbury Road, Nathan Road, Gascoigne Road, Chatham Road South, Chatham Road North, East Kowloon Corridor, Kai Tak Tunnel, Kai Fuk Road, Kai Cheung Road, Kai Shing Street, Kai Wah Street, Wang Kwong Road, Wang Chiu Road, Kai Cheung Road, Ngau Tau Kok Road, Chun Wah Road, Hong Ning Road, Hip Wo Street, Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Ming Road, Sau Mau Ping Road, Po Lam Road and Po Tat Estate Access Road |
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| ②* Trips omitting Kai Yip Estate during Monday to Saturday Peak Hours |
......, East Kowloon Corridor, Kai Tak Tunnel, Kai Fuk Road, Kai Cheung Road, Ngau Tau Kok Road, ...... |
| Kowloon Motor Bus Route 13X (Tsim Sha Tsui East→Po Tat) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Tsim Sha Tsui East | Tsim Sha Tsui East Bus Terminus | ||
| 2 | Chatham Road South | Hong Kong Science Museum | ||
| 3 | Mody Road Tsim Sha Tsui | |||
| 4 | Tsim Sha Tsui | Salisbury Road | East Tsim Sha Tsui Station  |
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| 5 | Nathan Road | Tsim Sha Tsui BBI - Middle Road (N2) |
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| 6 | Kowloon Mosque (N7) |
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| 7 | Tsim Sha Tsui Police Station (N14) |
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| 8 | Jordan | Nanking Street Yau Ma Tei (N24) |
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| 9 | Yau Ma Tei | Gascoigne Road | Labour Tribunal | |
| 10 | King's Park | Wylie Road | ||
| 11 | Hung Hom | Chatham Road North | Valley Road Hung Hom |
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 East Kowloon Corridor, Kai Tak Tunnel, Kai Fuk Road
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| 12 | Kowloon Bay Business Area | Kai Cheung Road | Kai Tak Tunnel BBI - Kai Shing Street (N1) | Section Fares start here Kai Tak Tunnel Route Interchange Stop
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| 13 # | Kowloon Bay Business Area | Kai Wah Street | Wang Tin Plaza | Not applicable to trips using Routing ② |
| 14 # | Kowloon Bay | Wang Kwong Road | Kai Lai Road | |
| 15 # | Richland Gardens Shopping Centre | |||
| 16 # | Wang Chiu Road | Block 8 Richland Gardens | ||
| 17 # | Kai Yip Estate | |||
| 18 # | Kowloon Bay Sports Ground | |||
| * | Kowloon Bay Business Area | Kai Cheung Road | HK Aux. Police Force HQ | Applicable to trips using Routing ② |
| 19 | Jordan Valley | Chun Wah Road | Chun Wah Court | |
| 20 | Ngau Tau Kok | Lok Nga Court | ||
| 21 | Lok Wah South Estate | |||
| 22 | Kwun Tong Mid-levels | Hong Ning Road | Hong Ning Road Park | |
| 23 | Hip Wo Street | United Christian Hospital | ||
| 24 | Sau Nga Road Playground | |||
| 25 | Sau Mau Ping | Hiu Kwong Street | Hiu Lai Court | |
| 26 | Hiu Kwong Street Playground | |||
| 27 | Leung Shek Chee College | |||
| 28 | Sau Ming Road | Sau Ming House | ||
| 29 | Sau Fu House | |||
| 30 | Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre | |||
| 31 | Sau Lok House | |||
| 32 | Sau Mau Ping Road | Sau Hong House | ||
| 33 | Sau Ching House | |||
| 34 | Po Tat Bus Terminus | |||
| Trips from Tsim Sha Tsui East departing at 07:01 - 10:20 and 16:30 - 20:30 on Mondays to Saturdays don't stop at the section fare stops with #, instead stopping at the section fare stops with *. | ||||
Situation Of Use[]
Incidents[]
Gallery[]
Route 13X passes Sau Ming Road
Route 13X used to have Volvo B9TLs (AVBWU) as the main vehicle
31}) that once wore the Red Lantern version of "KMB 80th AnniversaryPromotional Advertisement" }／RV3531) Special view on Route 13X
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
KMB Route 13X (Edit)
Remarks[]
- ↑ Before about 2007, two-sided signs were used for display (via Skyline Tower and Kai Yip/Richland Gardens).
Related Articles[]
- KMB Route 1A
- KMB Route 28
- KMB Route 213X
- KMB Route 224X
- KMB Route N213
- Public Light Bus Route from Jordan Road to Sau Mau Ping
References[]
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "Summary on the Bus Service Enhancement in April 2002" [Press Release], May 2002. (Archived on archive.org)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Information of Route 13X in April 2004 (archived on archive.org).
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "Summary on the Bus Service Enhancement in July 2002" [Press Release], August 2002. (Archived on archive.org)
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "Relocation of Bus Terminus and Whole Day Service of Route 13X" [Press Release], November 2002. (Archived on archive.org)
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "九巴13X、224X線於Kowloon Bay改道" (Diversion at Kowloon Bay for KMB Routes 13X and 224X) [Press Release], May 2005 (Archived on archive.org)
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "九巴加強13X及3C線空調巴士服務" (KMB Enhances Air-Conditioned Bus Service on Routes 13X and 3C) [Press Release], 7 February 2007. (Archived on archive.org)
- ↑ "Kowloon Bay區巴士服務消息兩則" (Two news on bus services in Kowloon Bay), hkitalk.net
- ↑ "九巴13X 平日07:59班次不停曲街" (KMB Route 13X - Departure at 07:59 omit Cooke Street), hkitalk.net
- ↑ "13X 部份班次不停曲街" (Partial trips of Route 13X omit Cooke Street), HKBF.
- ↑ "無人講? 華峰園巴士站永久取消" (No one said? Wah Fung Court bus stop permanently cancelled), hkitalk.net
- ↑ "16/12/2009 13X加密班次" (Route 13X Service Enhancement), hkitalk.net
- ↑ "6月10日起九巴13X調整班次，部份時段不停Hung Hom曲街站" (From 10 June onwards, headways of KMB Route 13X were adjusted with omission at Cooke Street Hung Hom stop during partial time periods), hkitalk.net
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of Special Departures of KMB Route 13X (Choi Fook to Tsim Sha Tsui East)" [Traffic Advice], 23 December 2013.
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "13X(Special Departures) Choi Fook → Tsim Sha Tsui East" [Passenger Notice], 24 December 2013.
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