KMB Route 290A

ATENU897 on Route 290A was passing through Kwai Chung Road
Route information
Terminus	Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) ↔ Tsuen Wan West Station ●
via	Sheung Tak, Hang Hau, Po Lam, Tsui Lam, Sau Mau Ping, Sze Shun, Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin, Kwai Chung
Distance	To Tsuen Wan: 31.9km To Tseung Kwan O: 31km
Travelling time	102mins
Commencement date	28 March 2015
Operational information
Current operator	KMB
Current depot	Kowloon Bay Depot (Tseung Kwan O Sub-depot) (K), Kowloon Bay Depot (K), Lai Chi Kok Depot (L), Lai Chi Kok Depot (Tsing Yi Sub-depot) (L)
Main Vehicle	ATENU, 3ATENU, E6M
Fare information
Full fare	$12.1
No. of section fare(s)	To Tsuen Wan: 2 To Tseung Kwan O: 3
Service hours
Origin service time	05:15 - 00:20
Destination service time	Mondays to Fridays: 05:40 - 00:20 Saturdays and Holidays: 06:00 - 00:20
Headway	10-25mins
Special trip(s)	Upper Sau Mau Ping → Tsuen Wan West Station ●

The New Territories Bus Route 290A is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) and Tsuen Wan West Station, via Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, Hang Hau, Po Lam, Tsui Lam, Ma Yau Tong and Po Tat Estate, Sau Mau Ping, Sze Shun, Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin, Tai Wo Ping, Ching Cheung Road, Kwai Chung, Tai Wo Hau and Tsuen Wan Town Centre, and belongs to one of the "Tseung Kwan O - Tsuen Wan Bus Routes".

History

Introducing background

The main article of this section is Tseung Kwan O - Tsuen Wan Bus Routes.

In the past, it was very inconvenient for the public to travel between Tseung Kwan O and Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing, and they had to change lines several times if they chose to take the railway. The Transport Department (TD) eventually proposed to cancel routes 692 and 692P through the 2013-2014 Bus Route Development Programme, so as to release resources for the provision of routes between Tseung Kwan O and Tsuen Wan via Sau Mau Ping (Sau Mau Ping Road) and Sze Shun.

As the Sai Kung District Council was dissatisfied with the use of resources in the district to serve Kwun Tong, and the Kwun Tong District Council objected to the use of the route without making stops in the district. After a long negotiation between the Transport Department (TD), the Kwun Tong and Sai Kung District Councils, the TD finally decided to split the route into two: one route passing through Sau Mau Ping Road and Shun Lee Estate Road with no stops along the way; and the other route passing through Sau Ming Road and Sze Shun on the section between Po Lam Road and New Clear Water Bay Road respectively.

The Transport Department (TD) commenced the tender exercise for the Tseung Kwan O - Tsuen Wan Bus Route in November 2014 and the Department announced on 3 February 2015 that the operation rights of the routes were awarded to KMB and the two routes were subsequently numbered 290 and 290A and commenced service on 28 March 2015. On 23 March, KMB invited a group of Sai Kung District Council members to the Choi Ming Bus Terminus to try out the two routes on a priority basis.

Route change history

• 28 March 2015: Route 290A commenced service between Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) and Tsuen Wan West Station, belonging to the special departure of Route 290 ; a $1.5 full fare concesion was even introduced for the first year, resulting in a discounted full fare of $9.2.
• 21 September 2015: The "Lung Cheung Government Secondary School" stop on Lung Cheung Road was added for Tseung Kwan O direction.
• 29 February 2016: First trips from Choi Ming during weekdays were advanced to 05:40.
• 28 March 2016: The fare concession was expired and the full fare was reverted to $10.7.
• 17 February 2017: First trips from Choi Ming were advanced to 05:15 and the route was split into an independent route.
• 21 April 2018: The "Wing Kwong College" stop on Lung Cheung Road was added for Tsuen Wan West Station direction.
• 14 January 2019: A special departure from Upper Sau Mau Ping to Tsuen Wan West Station was introduced, departing at 07:10 on Mondays to Fridays.
• 1 March 2021: Octopus interchange concessions with Residents' Bus Routes NR331 and NR331S were intorduced.
• 18 March 2021: The special departure from Upper Sau Mau Ping was changed to depart from Upper Sau Mau Ping Bus Terminus.
• 17 July 2021: Octopus two-way section fares from Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) to Ma Yau Tong Village was introduced. Passengers are required to tap their Octopus cards at the Octopus validators at the relevant stops after alighting to enjoy the discounted fare.
• 25 August 2025: The first bus time from Tsuen Wan West Station was advanced from 05:40 to 05:25 on Mondays to Fridays and from 06:00 to 05:50 on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays.

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 8/2025, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) Service hours Headways (mins) Mondays to Fridays 05:15 - 05:40 25 05:40 - 06:20 20 06:20 - 07:20 10 07:20 - 00:20 20 Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays 05:15 - 05:40 25 05:40 - 00:20 20

From Tsuen Wan West Station Service hours Headways (mins) Mondays to Fridays 05:25 - 06:40 25 06:40 - 17:20 20 17:20 - 17:35 15 17:35 - 17:55 10 17:55 - 18:40 15 18:40 - 00:20 20 Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays 05:50 - 06:40 25 06:40 - 00:20 20

Detailed timetable
KMB Route 290A/Detailed timetable

Fares

Journey	Air-conditioned fare
Full Fare	$12.1

Fare Chart (to Tsuen Wan)
Boarding Stop ＼ Alighting Stop	Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) or after	Upper Sau Mau Ping or after	Lai King Estate Kwai Chung Road or after
Ma Yau Tong Village or before	$5.8 *
Tsuen Wan West Station or before	$12.1	$10.1	$6.5

Fare Chart (to Tseung Kwan O)
Boarding Stop ＼ Alighting Stop	Tsuen Wan West Station or after	Beacon Heights or after	Pak Hung House or after	Anderson Road or after
Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) or before	$12.1	$10.1	$7.5	$5.8

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". * Two-way section fare - Passengers are required to pay the full fare by Octopus card or mobile e-payment platforms on boarding and confirm with the same card or account at the fare rebator at the designated bus stop after getting off the bus. If other means of payment is used or the card is not reconfirmed on alighing, the fare from the boarding stop to the final destination will be charged.

Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions

This route currently shares the same interchange concession package with Routes 290A, 290B and 290X.

Passengers using the same Octopus card or account of the same electronic payment instrument 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.The interchange concession of e-payment system is only applicable to the interchange between KMB or Long Win Bus departures on other routes) Template:KMB Route 290 Interchange Concession Scheme

Po Tat BBI Interchange Concession Scheme

Template:Po Tat BBI Interchange Concession Scheme

LWB A 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

KMB and Sun Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions

Template:KMB and Sun Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions

Bus deployments

Currently this route, Routes 290 and 290X were deployed with a total of 39 double-decker buses:

• 38 Enviro500 MMC (19 12m ATENU, 19 12.8m 3ATENU)
• 1 Volvo B8L 12m (V6B)

Volvo B9TL 12m (AVBWU) buses might occassionaly run on this route as special sights.

According to its promise in the tender, all buses deployed on this route must reach Euro 5 and above emission standards.

Besides, some buses may be dispatched away to Routes 33, 42C, 277X, 278X and N290, and there are also order shifts from Routes 1, 13X, 33, 98C, 98D, 296C, 298E and 601.

List of buses for Routes 290／290A／290X
Fleet No.	Plate No.	Depot
3ATENU20	TV4339	Kowloon Bay Depot (Tseung Kwan O Sub-depot) (K)
3ATENU21	TV4348
3ATENU83	UE5298
3ATENU91	UE9290
3ATENU189	VR5895
3ATENU192	VR4663
3ATENU204	VR7906
3ATENU212	VS3552
3ATENU213	VS3648
3ATENU222	VT1825
ATENU999	UB8122
ATENU1232	UU2854
ATENU1234	UU3314
ATENU1235	UU4207
ATENU1237	UU3857
ATENU1363	VJ7913
ATENU1390	VK3617
ATENU1425	VL4763
ATENU1427	VL5753
ATENU1435	VL6948
ATENU1438	VL7098
ATENU1450	VM2978
ATENU1469	VM5491
ATENU1480	VM7262
ATENU1550	VR6208
ATENU1567	VR7897
ATENU1594	VS4191
3ATENU73	UE5650	Kowloon Bay Depot (K)
3ATENU85	UE6056
3ATENU200	VR6944
ATENU1236	UU4341
V6B188	XL1386
3ATENU80	UE4959	Lai Chi Kok Depot (Tsing Yi Sub-depot) (L)
3ATENU82	UE5224
3ATENU152	UE9558
ATENU665	TP3362
3ATENU66	UE3455	Lai Chi Kok Depot (L)
3ATENU78	UE5074
3ATENU84	UE5450

The above list of scheduled buses are as of August 2024, 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.2824

Bus deployment evolution history

Bus deployment evolution history of KMB Routes 290, 290A and 290X

When the Routes 290 and 290A came into service, the vehicles were mainly the then newly licensed high capacity version of the Enviro500 MMC 12m (with ATENU456/TF7808 displaying a full body advertisement advertising the launch of the "Tseung Kwan O - Tsuen Wan Bus Routes", which has been removed), while the other two Enviro500 The other two Enviro500 12m buses (ATENU71/SE6818 and ATENU453/TF7621, both removed) were equipped with Electronic Route Map and 4G Wi-Fi Service before the commencement of service and in October 2015 respectively. KMB subsequently extended the two new features to the remaining registered buses of this group of routes in January 2016, making them the first two KMB routes with electronic route maps and Wi-Fi service, and subsequently replaced them with newer batches of the same vehicles. In 2017, the high capacity version of Volvo B9TL 12m (AVBWU) was added twice to the routes, but was mostly withdrawn after less than a month, then rejoined for the third time four years later with a low capacity version, but was removed after less than a week, then rejoined for the fourth time the following year, and was again withdrawn in February 2023. Since April 2018, Enviro500 MMC 12m buses with "Hearbeat of The City" livery was added to this route, replacing the earlier batches of the same model. In 2020, Volvo B8L 12m buses （V6B) were deployed by Kowloon Bay Depot (Tseung Kwan O Sub-depot) (K) (joined again in August 2021 and withdrawn later in November). Since August 2020, all 5 "Tseung Kwan O - Tsuen Wan Bus Routes" were approved by the Transport Department to use 12.8m buses. This set of routes were then deployed with 5 Euro 6 Enviro500 MMC 12.8m buses (E6X) as scheduled buses (rejoined in November 2011); newly-registered Volvo B8L 12.8m buses (V6X) were also added to this route in November (re-joined in September 2021 and withdrawn again in August the next year) In February 2021, Euro 5 Enviro500 MMC 12.8m buses (3ATENU) originally from Routes 258D, 259D, 268C and 269C joined the routes and swapped with the originally existing 12.8m buses. In August 2022, a Volvo B8L 12m demonstrator bus joined the routes (AVBML1/WA756, withdrawn) In October 2022, one Enviro500 MMC 11.3m (E6M, withdrawn) joined the routes to run on Route 91M as an order shift.

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Routing

To Tsuen Wan West Station

To Tsuen Wan: The distance of this route is approx. 31.9km, and the journey time is approximately 102mins. (The average speed is 18.8km/h.)

Routing	Roads observed
① Regular	Choi Ming Street, King Ling Road, Tong Ming Street, Tong Chun Street, Po Yap Road, Chiu Shun Road, Ngan O Road, Pui Shing Road, Sheung Ning Road, Po Ning Road, Po Lam Road North, Kai King Road, Yan King Road, Po Fung Road, Po Hong Road, Po Lam Road North, New Clear Water Bay Road, Sau Mau Ping Road, Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Ming Road, Sau Mau Ping Road, Shun On Road, Lee On Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Clear Water Bay Road, Lung Cheung Road, Ching Cheung Road, Kwai Chung Road, Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung, Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan and Tai Ho Road
②* Special departures from Upper Sau Mau Ping	Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Ming Road, Sau Mau Ping Road, ...

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 290A (Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) → Tsuen Wan West Station)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng)		Choi Ming Bus Terminus
2	Tseung Kwan O (Sheung Tak)	Tong Ming Street	Tong Ming Street Park	Alighting passengers can claim fare rebate from the Octopus Card processor
3	Tseung Kwan O Town Centre	Po Yap Road	Tseung Kwan O Plaza
4	Tseung Kwan O (Hang Hau)	Ngan O Road	Ngan O Road
5		Pui Shing Road	Pui Shing Road	Alighting passengers can claim fare rebate from the Octopus Card processor
6		Po Ning Road	Hau Tak Estate
7	Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam)	Po Lam Road North	King Lam Estate
8		Yan King Road	Yan King Road
9		Po Fung Road	Leung Kit Wah Primary School
10		Po Hong Road	Serenity Place
11	Tseung Kwan O (Tsui Lam)	Po Lam Road North	Tsui Lam Estate
12			Hong Sing Garden
13	Ma Yau Tong	Po Lam Road	Ma Yau Tong Village
14	Sau Mau Ping		Po Tat BBI - Po Tat Estate (H2)
15		Hiu Kwong Street	Upper Sau Mau Ping	Section fare begins here
*	Sau Mau Ping		Upper Sau Mau Ping Bus Terminus	Special departure begins here Other departures omit this stop
16	Sau Mau Ping	Sau Ming Road	Sau Ming House
17			Sau Fu House
18			Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre
19			Sau Lok House
20	Sze Shun		Shun Tin Bus Terminus
21		Lee On Road	Shun On Estate
22			Lee Yip House
23			Lee Hang House
24			Shun Lee Fire Station
25	Ngau Chi Wan	New Clear Water Bay Road	Pak Hung House	Section Fare begins
26			Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Choi Hung Station
27	Choi Hung	Lung Cheung Road	Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Hung Ngok House (H2)
28	Wong Tai Sin		Wong Tai Sin BBI - Wong Tai Sin Temple
29	Wang Tau Hom		Wing Kwong College
30	Tai Wo Ping		Phoenix House
31			Beacon Heights
Ching Cheung Road
32	Kwai Chung (Container Terminals)	Kwai Chung Road	Lai King Estate Kwai Chung Road	Section fare begins here
33	Kwai Fong		Kwai Fong Plaza
34	Kwai Hing		Kwong Fai Circuit
35		Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung	Kin Chuen Street Kwai Chung
36	Tai Wo Hau		Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station (B2)
37	Tsuen Wan Town Centre	Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan	Chung On Street Tsuen Wan
38		Tai Ho Road	Tai Ho Road Tsuen Wan
39	Tsuen Wan West		Tsuen Wan West Station Bus Terminus

To Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming)

Via: Tai Ho Road, Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan, Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung, Kwai Chung Road, Ching Cheung Road, Lung Cheung Road, Clear Water Bay Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Shun Ching Street, Shun Lee Estate Road, Shun King Street, Lee On Road, Shun On Road, Sau Mau Ping Road, Sau Ming Road, Hiu Kwong Street, Sau Mau Ping Road, Po Lam Road, Po Lam Road North, Po Hong Road, Po Ning Road Po Fung Road, Yan King Road, Kai King Road, Po Lam Road North, Po Ning Road, Sheung Ning Road, Chung Wah Road, Pui Shing Road, Ngan O Road, Chiu Shun Road, Po Yap Road, Tong Chun Street, Tong Ming Street, King Ling Road and Choi Ming Street

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 290A (Tsuen Wan West Station → Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming))
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Tsuen Wan West		Tsuen Wan West Station Bus Terminus
2	Tsuen Wan Town Centre	Tai Ho Road	Tai Ho Road Tsuen Wan
3		Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan	Chung On Street Tsuen Wan
4	Tai Wo Hau		Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station (A1)
5		Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung	Cheung Wing Road Gyratory
6	Kwai Hing	Kwai Chung Road	Kwai Chun Court
7			Sun Kwai Hing Gardens
8	Kwai Fong		Kwai Fong Estate
9	Kwai Chung (Container Terminals)		Lai King Estate Kwai Chung Road
Ching Cheung Road
10	Tai Wo Ping	Lung Cheung Road	Beacon Heights	Section fare begins here
11			Phoenix House
12	Wong Tai Sin		Lung Cheung Government Secondary School
13			Wong Tai Sin BBI - Wong Tai Sin Temple
14	Ngau Chi Wan		Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Ngau Chi Wan Village
15		New Clear Water Bay Road	Pak Hung House	Section fare begins here
16	Sze Shun		Kei Shun Special School
17		Shun Lee Estate Road	Lee Hong House
18		Lee On Road	On Yat House
19		Shun On Road	Tin Wan House
20	Sau Mau Ping	Sau Ming Road	Sau Lok House
21			Sau Yat House
22			Sau On House
23		Hiu Kwong Street	Upper Sau Mau Ping
24		Po Lam Road	Po Tat BBI - Po Tat Estate (N2)
25	Ma Yau Tong		Anderson Road	Section fare begins here
26			Ma Yau Tong Village
27	Tseung Kwan O (Tsui Lam)		Mau Wu Tsai
28		Po Lam Road North	Hong Sing Garden	Compulsory Stop
29			Tsui Lam Estate
30	Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam)	Po Hong Road	Finery Park
31		Po Fung Road	Po Kim House
32		Yan King Road	Yan King Road
33		Po Lam Road North	King Lam Estate
34	Tseung Kwan O (Hang Hau)	Po Ning Road	Hau Tak Estate
35		Chung Wa Road	Chung Wa Road
36		Ngan O Road	Yuk Ming Court
37	Tseung Kwan O Town Centre	Po Yap Road	Bauhinia Garden
38		Tong Chun Street	Tseung Kwan O Station
39	Tseung Kwan O (Sheung Tak)	Tong Ming Street	Tong Ming Street Park
40	Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng)	King Ling Road	Choi Fu House
41			Choi Ming Bus Terminus

Ridership

The area around Sau Mau Ping is far away from the railway, coupled with the fact that Route 290A only makes limited stops at Lung Cheung Road, it is more convenient than Routes 38 and 40 which have a similar catchment area, thus attracting quite a number of passengers, and there is also a group of trunk passengers commuting between Tseung Kwan O and Sze Shun.

According to the District Council papers, the patronage of this route is as follows:

• 2016: Passengers boarding from Tseung Kwan O to Sau Mau Ping and Sze Shun areas accounted for about 530 passengers per day, or about 5.2% of the overall route patronage; while passengers boarding from Sze Shun and Sau Mau Ping areas to Tseung Kwan O accounted for about 650 passengers per day, or about 6.4% of the overall route patronage.
• 2019: The bus stops at Yan King Road, Po Fung Road and Po Hong Road were used by about 15% of the passengers daily.

2023: The patronage of special trips from Upper Sau Mau Ping was 70%.

Related incidents

Traffic accidents

• 12 September 2016: At around 9am, a Choi Ming-bound Enviro500 MMC (ATENU739/TS1543) was travelling on Tai Ho Road when it was struck by an unladen Route 278X bus coming from the Tsuen Wan West Station slip road on the left side of the vehicle, with no injuries sustained by either vehicle.
• 4 December 2017: At about 11:30 am, a bus ran a red light at 30km/h near Po Tat Estate in Sau Mau Ping, thus hitting and injuring a female passer-by. The driver of the bus pleaded guilty to one count of causing grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving at the District Court on 16 April 2019 and was sentenced to 8 months' imprisonment and 2 years' licence suspension.
• 7 April 2022: At 9:30 a.m., an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU575/TM1472) travelling towards Tsuen Wan West Station was travelling on Kwai Chung Road near the traffic lights of Kwai Chung Police Station when it rammed straight into the rear of a taxi, which was pushed forward into the private car in front of it, resulting in a three-vehicle collision.
• 20 March 2023: At 9:30 am, an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU702/TR3797) travelling along Ching Cheung Road in the direction of Tsuen Wan West Station reached the junction opposite Ching Lai Court lost control of the vehicle and drove into a kerb in the middle of the road and tilted onto the kerb, damaging the front end of the vehicle and cracking the windscreen, injuring 44 people who were sent to hospital. The bus driver was arrested by the police for "dangerous driving". For details, see 2023 KMB bus tilting accident on Ching Cheung Road.

Gallery

Enviro500 MMC (ATENU) was the main model used on Route 290A

Route 290A observes Tai Wo Hau Station

Scania K280UD (ASUD) was running on Route 290A

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

KMB Route 290A (Edit)

Remarks

Related articles

KMB Route 290 series KMB Route 290 KMB Route 290B (Cancelled) KMB Route 290E KMB Route 290X KMB Route N290

Other related routes Residents' Bus Route NR22 Residents' Bus Route NR23 (Cancelled) Residents' Bus Route NR24 Residents' Bus Route NR25 PLB Ping Shek - Tsuen Wan Route

References

External links

• KMB Official Route Information: 290A (Timetable approved by Transport Department)