KMB Route 16X

Route 16X starts at Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) Bus Terminus
Route Info
Terminus	Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue) ●
via	Kwun Tong Bypass, San Po Kong, Kowloon City
Commencement date	2015/12/21
Operation Info
Current operator	KMB
Current depot	Kowloon Bay Depot (K)
Main Vehicle	ATENU Transfers from Route 16
Fare Info
Full fare	$8.3
Number of Fare Sections	1
Service Hours
Service date(s)	Monday to Saturday (except public holidays)
Origin service time	Weekdays: 07:55 - 12:00 Saturdays: 10:00 - 16:00
Terminus service time	Weekdays: 17:50 - 23:00 Saturdays: 15:00 - 23:00
Headway	20 to 30 min

The Kowloon Urban Bus Route 16X is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) and Mong Kok (Park Avenue).

As a special trip of Route 16, Route 16X takes the Kwun Tong Bypass between Lam Tin and San Po Kong, and takes the Kowloon City Flyover and Argyle Street Flyover between Kowloon City to Mong Kok, with only limited stops on Argyle Street.

History

Opening Background

In the 2015-2016 Bus Route Planning Programme, the authorities proposed to add an additional bus from Lam Tin to Kowloon City via Pik Wan Road and Kwun Tong Bypass during morning peak hours and Mong Kok express services to facilitate residents in the mid-levels area of Lam Tin to travel to Mong Kok by express route.

According to the proposed route of the original plan, Route 16X would not stop at the "Olympic Railway Station" stop; however, when the route was launched, it followed the routing of the main route 16 by detouring via the stop.

Route Changes

• 21 December 2015: Route 16X entered sevice.
• 22 February, 2021:
  • Return service was introduced, departing from Mong Kok (Park Avenue) at 17:50 and 18:10 from Monday to Friday, passing San Po Kong and then directly to Lam Tin via the Kwun Tong Bypass;
  • Headways of outbound service in the morning was increased to three, with the departure times changed to 07:55, 08:15 and 08:35.
• 27 November 2023: Service hours were extended from Monday to Friday and Saturday services were added, and both directions were diverted via Kowloon City Flyover and Argyle Street Flyover:
  • The service hours from Lam Tin were from 07:55 to 12:00 from Monday to Friday, and the service hours from Mong Kok were from 17:50 to 23:00;
  • On Saturdays, the service hours from Lam Tin were from 10:00 to 16:00, and the service hours from Mong Kok are from 15:00 to 23:00;
  • Bus stops at "Regal Oriental Hotel" on Prince Edward Road West, as well as "Argyle Street Playground", "Kowloon Hospital", and "Yee On Court" on Argyle Street were cancelled for Mong Kok direction;
  • Bus stops at "Argyle Street CLP", "Kowloon Hospital" and "Argyle Street Stadium" on Argyle Streetwere cancelled for Lam Tin direction.

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 Headway

The latest update is on 11/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) Hour Minute Mondays to Fridays 07 55 08 15, 35 09 - 12 00 Saturdays 10 - 15 00, 30 16 00 No service on Sundays and Public Holidays

From Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Hour Minute Mondays to Fridays 17 50 18 10, 30 19 - 23 00 Saturdays 15 - 22 00, 30 23 00 No service on Sundays and Public Holidays

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.

Fares

Boarding Stop	Air-Conditioned Fare
Full Fare	$8.3
Section Fares to Mong Kok
From Rhythm Garden	$6.4
Section Fares to Lam Tin
From Hing Tin	$5.0

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".

Interchange Concession Schemes

Kowloon City BBI Interchange Concession Scheme

Template:Kowloon City BBI Interchange Concession Scheme

LWB A Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme

LWB Airport Routes ("A Routes") and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme
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
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 offer is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). Edit

Bus Deployments

This route is operated by Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU)s double-decker air-conditioned buses from Route 16.

Routing

To Mong Kok (Park Avenue)

Via Pik Wan Road, Lin Tak Road, Tseung Kwan O Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Prince Edward Road East, Flyover, Argyle Street, Flyover, Argyle Street, Cherry Street, Tai Kok Tsui Road, Cherry Street Roundabout and Hoi Wang Road

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 16X (Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate)→Mong Kok (Park Avenue))
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Lam Tin		Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) Bus Terminus
2		Pik Wan Road	Lung Pak House
3			Hong Nga Court
4			Tak Hong House
5			Tak King House
6		Lin Tak Road	Hing Tin
Tseung Kwan O Road； Kwun Tong Bypass
7	San Po Kong	Prince Edward Road East	Rhythm Garden	Section Fare starts here
8			The Latitude
Kowloon City Flyover
9	Ma Tau Wai	Argyle Street	Kowloon City Police Station
10	Ho Man Tin		The Astrid
Argyle Street Flyover
11	Ho Man Tin	Argyle Street	Tai Ping Road
12	Mong Kok		Mong Kok Station
13			Mong Kok Market
14	Tai Kok Tsui	Cherry Street	Ming Kei College
15			Olympic Station
16	Mong Kok West	Hoi Wang Road	Hoi Fu Court
17			Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus

To Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate)

Via Hoi Wang Road, Cherry Street, Hoi King Street, Olympic Station Public Transport Interchange, Sham Mong Road, Cherry Street, Tai Kok Tsui Road, Beech Street, Anchor Street, Ash Street, Fuk Tsun Street, Mong Kok Road, Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Argyle Street, Flyover, Argyle Street, Flyover, Prince Edward Road East, Kwun Tong Bypass, Tseung Kwan O Road, Lin Tak Road, and Pik Wan Road

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 16X (Mong Kok (Park Avenue)→Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate))
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Mong Kok West		Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus
2	Tai Kok Tsui		Olympic Station
3		Tai Kok Tsui Road	Foo Kwai Street
4		Beech Street	Beech Street
5		Fuk Tsun Street	Fuk Tsun Street
6	Mong Kok	Sai Yeung Choi Street South	Sai Yeung Choi Street South
7	Ho Man Tin	Argyle Street	Kadoorie Avenue
Argyle Street Flyover
8	Ma Tau Wai	Argyle Street	Hospital Authority Building
9			Hong Kong Eye Hospital
10			Evangel Hospital
Kowloon City Flyover
11	Kowloon City	Prince Edward Road East	Kowloon City BBI - Regal Oriental Hotel (A7)
12	San Po Kong		King Tai Street
Kwun Tong Bypass； Tseung Kwan O Road
13	Lam Tin	Lin Tak Road	Hing Tin	Section Fare starts here
14		Pik Wan Road	Lam Tin Park
15			Tak Lok House
16			Tak Lung House
17			Kwong Ching House
18			Kwong Tin Shopping Centre
19			Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) Bus Terminus

Ridership

According to the Bus Route Planning Programme and other documents over the years, the passenger capacity of this route is as follows:

• 2019: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 66%.
• 2022: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 64%.

Gallery

Route 16X leaving Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate)

Route 16X terminates at Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate)

Route 16X terminates at Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate)

Route 16X observes Cherry Street

Route 16X return trips will display "Express>Lam Tin" on LEDs

Route 16X return trips will display "Express>Lam Tin" on LEDs

Remarks

Related Articles

• KMB Route 16
• KMB Route N216
• PLB Mong Kok - Lam Tin Route

References

External Links

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