During the morning peak hours on weekdays, KMB Route 243P is provided in Tsing Yi South for direct service to Tsuen Wan Town Centre, but for the rest of the day, it is only possible to make a detour via Kwai Chung or Tsing Yi North via the fwhole-day Routes 43, 43B and 243M. Over the years, members of the Kwai Tsing District Council have been striving for a more direct service between Tsing Yi and Tsuen Wan, and to tie in with the development of the public housing development at Ching Hong Road North, the Transport Department (TD) and the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (KMB) have proposed in the "2024-2025 Bus Route Planning Programme" to introduce a new route 49A between Ching Fu Court and Tsuen Wan West Station during peak hours from Mondays to Fridays, via Ching Hong Road and Chung Mei Road, and then immediately onto Tsing Yi South Bridge and Tsuen Wan Road to and from Sha Tsui Road, which was expected to achieve a saving of about 15 minutes in journey time as compared with Route 243M.
Kwai Tsing District Councillors supported the introduction of Route 49A, and even succeeded in fighting for the early commencement of service in 2024 from the first quarter of 2025[1], and the first bus from Ching Fu Court was also advanced to 06:40.
Service changes[]
18 November 2024: Route 49A entered service.[2][3]
Service hours and headways[]
The latest update is on 11/2024, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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".
Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]
LWB Airbus Routes and KMB Interchange Concessions[]
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
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).
2 high-capacity version Volvo B9TL 12m (AVBWU) are assigned to this route as scheduled buses.
List of buses on Route 49A
Fleet no.
Plate no.
Depot
AVBWU709
VD4052
Lai Chi Kok Depot (Tsing Yi Sub-depot) (L)
AVBWU711
VD5783
The above list of scheduled buses are as of November 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.3124
Routing[]
To Tsuen Wan West Station[]
To Tsuen Wan West Station: The distance of this route is approx. 7.9km, and the journey time is approximately 39mins. (The average speed is 12.2km/h.)
↑Kwai Tsing District Council Secretariat, "葵青區議會交通運輸委員會第二次會議（二零二四）會議紀錄" (Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Kwai Tsing District Council (2004)), June 2024.
Remark: (#) MTR Sunny Bay Station, Penny's Bay (Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Bus Terminus) and Ma Wan are all located in Tsuen Wan District, please read the Boundary Maps of District Council Constituency Areas for reference. Italic - service during specified days/periods only; → - Outbound service only; ← - Inbound service only
Tsuen Wan Road
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