KMB Route 290X

A bus on Route 290X (ATENU866) was passing through Kwai Chung Road
Route information
Terminus	LOHAS Park Station ↔ Tsuen Wan West Station ●
via	Pak Shing Kok, Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, Tiu Keng Leng, Tsui Lam, On Sau Road, Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin, Kwai Chung
Distance	To Tsuen Wan West Station: 34.9km To LOHAS Park Station: 35.4km Special trips from Tiu Keng Leng Station: 28.0km
Travelling time	To Tsuen Wan West Station: 124mins To LOHAS Park Station: 118mins Special trips from Tiu Keng Leng Station: 103mins
Commencement date	27 February 2017
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 Dispatched from Routes 290 and 290A
Fare information
Full fare	$12.1
No. of section fare(s)	To Tsuen Wan West Station: 2 To LOHAS Park Station: 3
Service hours
Origin service time	05:10 - 22:30
Destination service time	05:30 - 23:30
Headway	12-40mins
Special trip(s)	Tsuen Wan West Station → LOHAS Park Station (via Fire and Ambulance Services Academy)● Tiu Keng Leng Station → Tsuen Wan West Station ●

The New Territories Bus Route 290X is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between LOHAS Park Station and Tsuen Wan West Station, via Pak Shing Kok, Tseung Kwan O Town Centre, Tiu Keng Leng, Po Lam (Po Hong Road), Tsui Lam, Ma Yau Tong, On Tat Estate, On Tai Estate, Ngau Chi Wan, Wong Tai Sin, Tai Wo Ping and Kwai Chung.

Route 290X is the third "Tseung Kwan O - Tsuen Wan Bus Routes" which operates on a semi-direct route in the same way as the main route, with limited stops on Lung Cheung Road in both directions.

History

"Tseung Kwan O - Tsuen Wan Bus Routes" 290 and 290A have been well received by Tseung Kwan O residents since their commencement of service on 28 March 2015, with increasing patronage. However, they are not able to cover the housing estates along Wan Po Road and the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate; and Tseung Kwan O town centre residents using these two routes have to make a roundabout route via Hang Hau area, which is also a circuitous route.

In the 2016-2017 Bus Route Planning Programme, the Transport Department (TD) and KMB have proposed to introduce two special routes, namely, Routes 290B and 290X. Among them, Route 290X departs from LOHAS Park Station to Tsuen Wan West Station during the morning peak hours, and after passing through Oscar By The Sea, it would be routed via Po Yap Road, Po Shun Road, Tong Ming Street and Po Hong Road, and then follow the same routing as Route 290 to go to the town centres of Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan, without passing through Hang Hau and King Lam Estate, and without stopping at "Po Tat Estate" stop on Po Lam Road, providing express service from Tseung Kwan O South and Town Centre to Tsuen Wan.

Route change history

• 27 February 2017: Route 290X entered service, with one single departure from LOHAS Park Station to Tsuen Wan West Station during morning peak hours on Mondays to Fridays only.
• 19 June 2017: The following changes were implemented:
  • Morning trips were rerouted via On Sau Road to New Clear Water Bay Road, with three new stops "Yan Tat House", "Oi Tat House" and "Kam Tai House" added along the way, no longer passing through Sau Mau Ping Road and Shun Lee Estate Road, and the frequency was increased to two trips;
  • Two new return trips from Tsuen Wan West Station to LOHAS Park Station were introduced via Anderson Road Development Area and Tiu Keng Leng during afternoon peak hours.
• 18 September 2017: The number of morning and afternoon peak hour trips were increased to four each direction.
• 14 October 2017: The stop at "Kam Tai House" on On Sau Road was cancelled and was replaced by On Tai Bus Terminus for Tsuen Wan West Station direction.
• 16 July 2018: Detoured via Tiu Keng Leng for Tsuen Wan West Station direction and rerouted via Chui Ling Road, King Ling Road, Tiu Keng Leng Station Public Transport Interchange, King Ling Road after Po Yap Road, then return to Tong Ming Street and the original routing; and two new stops at "Tiu Keng Leng Station" and "Kin Ming Estate" on King Ling Road were added.
• 22 December 2018: Enhanced to daily whole-day service, with the departures at 06:30 and 07:00 on Mondays to Fridays from Tsuen Wan West Station detoured via Pak Shing Kok Road with a new en-route stop at "Fire and Ambulance Services Academy".
• 5 January 2020: Changed to use Chun Yat Street and Chun Sing Street for u-turning due to the temporary closure of Wan O Road. This was originally a temporary measure, but the change became permanent after the opening of Tseung Lam Highway and the demolition of the U-turn at Wan O Road.
• 31 October 2020: The LOHAS Park Station terminus was relocated to the new covered public transport interchange.
• 1 March 2021: Octopus interchange concessions with Residents' Bus Routes NR331 and NR331S were intorduced.
• 17 July 2021: Octopus two-way section fares from LOHAS Park Station 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.
• 17 June 2024:
  • The last bus time from LOHAS Park Station was postponed to 22:30; whereas the first bus time from from Tsuen Wan West Station was advanced to 05:30 and the last bus time is postponed to 23:30;
  • A new morning special departure from Tiu Keng Leng Station to Tsuen Wan West Station at 06:40 and 07:15 every Mondays to Fridays.

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 6/2024, see here for the referenced link

From LOHAS Park Station Service hours Headways (mins) Mondays to Fridays 05:10 - 05:30 20 05:30 - 06:00 30 06:00 - 06:40 20 06:40 - 06:55 15 06:55 - 07:07 12 07:07 - 07:25 18 07:25 - 07:50 25 07:50 - 21:50 30 22:30 Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays 05:10 - 05:30 20 05:30 - 07:00 30 07:00 - 07:50 25 07:50 - 21:50 30 22:30

From Tsuen Wan West Station Service hours Headways (mins) Mondays to Fridays 05:30 - 06:00 30 The following trips detour via Pak Shing Kok Road 06:30 - 07:00 30 The following trips resume original routing 07:30 - 09:00 30 09:00 - 09:35 35 09:35 - 17:05 30 17:05 - 17:25 20 17:25 - 17:55 15 17:55 - 18:35 20 18:35 - 23:05 30 23:05 - 23:30 25 Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays 05:30 - 06:30 30 06:30 - 07:05 35 07:05 - 23:05 30 23:05 - 23:30 25

Detailed timetable
KMB Route 290X/Detailed timetable

Special trips

Tiu Keng Leng Station → Tsuen Wan West Station ●
Mondays to Fridays
06:40、07:15
No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival enquiry Service.

Fares

Journey	Fare
Full Fare	$12.1

Fare chart (to Tsuen Wan)
Boarding Stop ＼ Alighting Stop	Hang Hau (North) or after	Pak Hung House 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
Hang Hau (North) 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 Interchange Concessions

Template:KMB and Sun Bus Interchange Concessions

Bus deployments

Currently this route, Routes 290 and 290A 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 13X, 33 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 West Station: The distance of this route is approx. 34.9km, and the journey time is approximately 124mins. (The average speed is 16.9km/h.)

Via: Lohas Park Road, Wan Po Road, Chun Yat Street, Chun Sing Street, U-turn, Chun Sing Street, Chun Yat Street, Wan Po Road, Po Yap Road, Chui Ling Road, King Ling Road, Tiu Keng Leng Station Public Transport Interchange, King Ling Road, Tong Ming Street, Po Hong Road, Po Lam Road North, Po Lam Road, On Sau Road, Clear Water Bay 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

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 290X (LOHAS Park Station → Tsuen Wan West Station)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Tseung Kwan O South (Siu Chik Sha)		LOHAS Park Station
2		Wan Po Road	The Beaumont
3			Le Prestige LOHAS Park	Alighting passengers can claim fare rebate from the Octopus Card processor
4			The Capitol LOHAS Park
5	Tseung Kwan O South (Pak Shing Kok)		Pak Shing Kok
6			Oscar By The Sea
7	Tseung Kwan O Town Centre	Po Yap Road	Bauhinia Garden	Alighting passengers can claim fare rebate from the Octopus Card processor at Tseung Kwan O Plaza
8			Tseung Kwan O Station
9			Park Central	For Immigration Headquarters, please alight at this stop
10	Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng)		Tiu Keng Leng Station	Special trips begin here Alighting passengers can claim fare rebate from the Octopus Card processor
11		King Ling Road	Kin Ming Estate
12	Tseung Kwan O (Sheung Tak)	Tong Ming Street	Tong Ming Street Park	Alighting passengers can claim fare rebate from the Octopus Card processor
13	Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam)	Po Hong Road	Serenity Place
14	Tseung Kwan O (Tsui Lam)	Po Lam Road North	Tsui Lam Estate
15			Hong Sing Garden
16	Ma Yau Tong	Po Lam Road	Ma Yau Tong Village
17	Anderson	On Sau Road	Yan Tat House
18			Oi Tat House
19			On Tai Bus Terminus
20	Ngau Chi Wan	New Clear Water Bay Road	Pak Hung House	Section fare begins here
21			Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Choi Hung Station
22	Choi Hung	Lung Cheung Road	Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Hung Ngok House
23	Wong Tai Sin		Wong Tai Sin BBI - Wong Tai Sin Temple
24	Tai Wo Ping		Phoenix House
25			Beacon Heights
Ching Cheung Road
26	Kwai Chung (Container Terminals)	Kwai Chung Road	Lai King Estate Kwai Chung Road	Section fare begins here
27	Kwai Fong		Kwai Fong Plaza
28	Kwai Hing		Kwong Fai Circuit
29		Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung	Kin Chuen Street Kwai Chung
30	Tai Wo Hau		Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station (B2)
31	Tsuen Wan Town Centre	Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan	Chung On Street Tsuen Wan
32		Tai Ho Road	Tai Ho Road Tsuen Wan
33	Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier		Tsuen Wan West Station Bus Terminus

To LOHAS Park Station

Routing	Roads observed
① Regular	The distance of this route is approx. 35.4km, and the journey time is approximately 118mins. (The average speed is 18km/h.) 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, Clear Water Bay Road, On Sau Road, On Tat Estate Bus Terminus, On Sau Road, Po Lam Road, Po Lam Road North, Po Hong Road, Tong Ming Street, King Ling Road, Chui Ling Road, Po Yap Road, Wan Po Road, Chun Yat Street, Chun Sing Street, Chun Yat Street, Wan Po Road and Lohas Park Road
②* Weekday morning detour via Fire and Ambulance Services Academy	The distance of this route is approx. 35.8km, and the journey time is approximately 95mins. (The average speed is 22.6km/h.) ..., Po Yap Road, Wan Po Road, Pak Shing Kok Road, Wan Po Road, Chun Yat Street, ...

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 290X (Tsuen Wan West Station → LOHAS Park Station)
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		Wong Tai Sin BBI - Wong Tai Sin Temple
13	Ngau Chi Wan		Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Ngau Chi Wan Village
14		New Clear Water Bay Road	Pak Hung House	Section fare begins here
15	Anderson	On Sau Road	On Tai Estate
16			Oi Tat House
17			On Tat Estate
18	Ma Yau Tong	Po Lam Road	Anderson Road	Section fare begins here
19			Ma Yau Tong Village
20	Tseung Kwan O (Tsui Lam)		Mau Wu Tsai
21		Po Lam Road North	Hong Sing Garden	Compulsory stop
22			Tsui Lam Estate
23	Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam)	Po Hong Road	Finery Park
24			Verbena Heights
25	Tseung Kwan O (Sheung Tak)		Hong Kong Velodrome
26		Tong Ming Street	Tong Ming Street Park
27	Tseung Kwan O (Tiu Keng Leng)	King Ling Road	Choi Fu House
28			Tiu Keng Leng
29	Tseung Kwan O Town Centre	Po Yap Road	Park Central
30			Tseung Kwan O Station
31			Tseung Kwan O Plaza
32	Tseung Kwan O South (Pak Shing Kok)	Wan Po Road	Pung Loi Road
*	Tseung Kwan O South (Pak Shing Kok)	Pak Shing Kok Road	Fire and Ambulance Services Academy	Applicable to Routing ②
33	Tseung Kwan O South (Pak Shing Kok)	Wan Po Road	Pak Shing Kok
34	Tseung Kwan O South (Siu Chik Sha)		The Beaumont
35			La Splendeur LOHAS Park
36			Le Prestige LOHAS Park
37			The Capitol LOHAS Park
38			LOHAS Park Station

Ridership

After Route 290X was re-routed via On Tat Estate and On Tai Estate since June 2017, there has been a significant upward trend in patronage. To cope with the future population development in the Anderson Road Development Area and LOHAS Park areas, the Transport Department and the bus company proposed in the 2018-2019 Bus Route Planning Programme that this route be enhanced to a whole-day service to facilitate residents of Tseung Kwan O South and Anderson to commute between Tsuen Wan and Kwai Fong, which was implemented on 22 December 2018 , and further proposed in the 2022-2023 Bus Route Planning Programme to service enhancement to replace the catchment area of Route 290 in Tseung Kwan O Town Centre and Tiu Keng Leng, and the arrangement was implemented on 17 June 2024.

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

• 2022: 73% average occupancy was recorded during the peak hour.
• 2023: The peak hour average occupancy rate was 56%.

Related incidents

Traffic accidents

• 4 May 2019: At around 9:00am, a concrete mixer truck was suspected to have braked sharply on Kwai Chung Road to avoid a four-wheel drive vehicle which had stopped in front of it due to breaking down, followed by an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU1028/UC5066) heading towards LOHAS Park Station which failed to retract its brakes and crashed into the concrete mixer truck, resulting in injuries to four people.
• 23 February 2024: At around 8:00 a.m., an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU1028/UC5066) heading for Tsuen Wan West Station collided with a taxi on New Clear Water Bay Road, injuring two people.
• 11 August 2024: at about 4:00 pm, an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU841/TV7870) heading for Tsuen Wan West Station hit a pedestrian crossing signal at the junction of Tai Ho Road and Tsuen Wan Market Street, causing the traffic signal at the junction to fail for a while.
• 25 January 2025: At about 2:00 pm, an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU1230/UT6162) heading towards LOHAS Park Station hit the body of a passing lorry as it was cutting right away from the bus stop at Tai Ho Road.

Other incidents

• 2 November 2021: At around 7:00am, an Enviro500 MMC (ATENU978/UB3768) heading towards Tsuen Wan West Station was driving near Po Tat Estate on Po Lam Road when, due to traffic congestion on the road in front of it, the bus captain crossed the double white line for the sake of convenience and travelled against the traffic lane for about 90 metres and then returned to the original traffic lane. The incident was recorded by a nearby vehicle and uploaded to a video-sharing website, which aroused heated debates among netizens. After investigation, the Kowloon East Traffic Department arrested the 60-year-old bus driver on suspicion of dangerous driving on 5 November, and the bus captain was immediately dismissed by KMB. The driver was also dismissed immediately by KMB.
  • The driver pleaded guilty to one count of dangerous driving and was sentenced on 24 February the following year to a fine of $5,000, a six-month suspension of driving licence, and a driving improvement course at his own expense.
• 20 November 2022: In response to the "2022 Community Chest New Territories Walk for Millions", KMB operated a special departure from Park Central at Po Yap Road on that day to take participants back to Tsuen Wan West Station. [30] However, the station was far away from the Walk for Millions destination, and due to insufficient publicity, the patronage of the special departure was extremely low and eventually, the on-duty staff at the stop arranged for the passengers to take regular departures on this route.

Gallery

Route 290X observes Tai Wo Hau Station

Route 290X observes Tai Wo Hau Station

A Route 290X bus ATENU1078 was U-turning and detouring via Wan O Road

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

KMB Route 290X (Edit)

Remarks

Related articles

• KMB Route 290
• KMB Route 290A
• KMB Route 290B (Cancelled)
• KMB Route 290E
• KMB Route N290
• KMB Route X90

References

External links

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