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The New Territories Bus Route 59A is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Tuen Mun Pier Head and Kwai Tsui Estate, via San Shek Wan, Tuen Mun Road, Chai Wan Kok, Tsuen Wan Town Centre, Tai Wo Hau, Kwai Hing (Kwai Chung Road) and omits Tuen Mun Road BBI.
Currently, Route 59A operates only during daytime on weekdays, and the non-peak hour headways are extremely sparse with a 60-minute interval per hour.
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.
No service on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Departure times from Kwai Fong (Kwai Tsui Estate)
Hrs
Mins
Mondays to Fridays
10 - 16
30
17
00, 30, 40, 50
18
00, 10, 18, 30, 42, 54
19
06, 18, 30
No service on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays
Outside the service hours of this route, passengers can use Route 59M between Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area and Tsuen Wan; whereas passengers travelling to and from Kwai Fong can interchange to Routes 57M, 58M, 61M or67M at Tuen Mun Road BBI.
This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival enquiry service.
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 A Routes and KMB Interchange Concessions[]
LWB Airport Routes ("A Routes") and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme
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).
A total of 7 Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU) double-decker buses are assigned as scheduled buses of this route.
Besides, all buses are required to serve Route 59X after the last bus of this route as well as whole day on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays; there are also orders from the route as well as Route 59M.
List of buses on Route 59A
Fleet no.
Plate
Depot
ATENU984
UB7158
Tuen Mun Depot (U)
ATENU1314
VE7330
ATENU1383
VK3875
ATENU1398
VK7701
ATENU1399
VK8230
ATENU1530
VR1633
ATENU1606
VT622
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[]
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 24.8km, and the journey time is approximately 60mins. (The average speed is 24.8km/h.)
Ridership[]
According to the Bus Route Planning Programme and other documents, the passenger load of this route is as follows:
2009: The average occupancy rate during the busiest half hour was 73%.
After the Tuen Mun Road Interchange was opened, the maximum number of passengers per hour between Tuen Mun and Kwai Chung was:
Morning peak hour: about 420 passengers for urban direction, and about 34 passengers for Tuen Mun direction;
PM peak hours: about 21 passengers for urban direction, about 160 passengers for Tuen Mun direction;
Off-peak hours: about 29 passengers for urban direction, about 50 passengers for Tuen Mun direction.=
2014=2015 Bus Route Development Programme: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 85%, and the average maximum occupancy rate during non-peak hours was 16%.
2015-2016 Bus Route Planning Programme: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 71%, while the occupancy rate during non-peak hours was 24%.
2016: The occupancy rate during morning peak hours was 60%, while during non-peak hours it was less than 20%.
2017: The highest one-hour occupancy rate of the day was 83%.
Related incidents[]
Gallery[]
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Italic - service during specified days/periods only; → - Outbound service only; ← - Inbound service only; ($) - one-way to Central and Western District during morning peak hours on weekdays, two-way To/from Wan Chai District during rest of the day
V · D · EBus routes terminating or turning back in Kwai Tsing District (shown below are destination districts)
