KMB Route 59X

V6B41 on Route 59X was departing from Mong Kok East Station

Route Info

Terminus

Tuen Mun Pier Head ↔ Mong Kok East Station ●

via

San Shek Wan, Mei Foo, Cheung Sha Wan

Distance

31.1km

Travelling time

68mins

Commencement date

1988/9/18

Operation Info

Fare Info

Full fare

$13.9

Number of Fare Sections

2

Service Hours

Origin service time

05:15 - 23:30

Terminus service time

06:10 - 00:40

Headway

3-20mins

Special Departures

Sun Tuen Mun Centre → Mong Kok East Station ●
Tuen Mun (Lung Mun Oasis) → Mong Kok East Station ●

The New Territories Bus Route 59X is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Tuen Mun Pier Head and Mong Kok East Station, via San Shek Wan, Mei Foo, Cheung Sha Wan and Sham Shui Po, and traveling between Tuen Mun and Kowloon via Tuen Mun Road, Tsuen Wan Road and Kwai Chung Road, belonging to an express route.

History[]

In the Bus Route Development Programme of KMB in 1986, it was proposed to extend the Route 59A from Sham Shui Po via Mong Kok to Tai Kok Tsui Ferry Pier. However, at a time when the government was implementing the Public Transport Coordination Policy, the route from Tuen Mun District housing estates to Kowloon West was not allowed to go beyond the south of Sham Shui Po, so the plan was rejected. At that time, a district council member surveyed 1,554 working people at Butterfly Estate Bus Terminus during busy time on a Sunday morning. As a result, 40% of the respondents stated that their destinations were outside the service range of Routes 59A and 59M, and more than 10% of the respondents went to work in Mong Kok; as for the 800 passengers who get off at Tsuen Wan MTR Station, there are less than 250 respondents The remaining interviewees who work in Tsuen Wan District needed to transfer to other public transportation to go to work.

Coinciding with the implementation of Light Rail Transit Service Area, all bus routes in Tuen Mun District were to be replaced by Light Rail and feeder buses. In an attempt to appease residents and the district councilors in the area who felt dissatisfied, the Transport Department (TD) specifically allowed the Kowloon terminus of this route to be located in Mong Kok.

18 September 1988: Route 59X was put into service, running between Tuen Mun Ferry Pier and Mong Kok KCR Station (Renamed Mong Kok East Railway Station after the rail Merger).
25 September 1988: In conjunction with the implementation of the Light Rail Transit Service Area legislation, only drop-off was allowed for buses in the direction of Tuen Mun Ferry Pier, and only pick-up was allowed buses in the direction of Mong Kok KCR Station.
31 March 1991: The section fare from Mei Foo Station to Mong Kok KCR Station and a half-fare concession for children was added.
15 July 1991: Air-conditioned bus service was introduced on this route, and a special bus service was added from Monday to Saturday at 07:15 from Sun Tuen Mun Centre one way to Mong Kok KCR Station.
1 June 1993: In conjunction with the amendment to the Light Rail Transit Service Area legislation, pick-up and drop-off were allowed at all bus stops in Tuen Mun District, and an additional section fare from San Shek Wan to Tuen Mun Ferry Pier was added.
1 December 1997: A section fare from Mong Kok Police Station to Mong Kok KCR Station was added.
11 October 1998: Due to the stormwater drain replacement project on Nathan Road, buses towards Tuen Mun Pier Head were temporarily diverted via Lai Chi Kok Road, Portland Street, Yu Chau Street and Wong Chuk Street, which lasted nineteen months.
8 February 1999: A Special Departure from Lung Mun Oasis to Mong Kok KCR Station was added. The special service from Sun Tuen Mun Centre was also detoured via Lung Mun Oasis.
1 July 1999: The number of special departures from Lung Mun Oasis were increased to three, with departure times at 07:50, 08:05 and 08:20 respectively.
30 September 2001: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service.
5 October 2013: An additional stop was made at Tuen Mun Road Interchange for both directions, and Octopus interchange concessions were provided with all routes stopping at the Interchange.
21 March 2015: Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry System was introduced on this route.
19 December 2015: The first bus departure time from Tuen Mun Pier Head was changed to 05:15 to cope with the cancellation of Route 59S; and an additional section fare of $8.4 from Tuen Mun Road Interchange to Tuen Mun Pier Head was added.
25 September 2016: An additional bus stop at "Lung Yat Estate"on Wong Chu Road was added for Tuen Mun Pier Head direction.
1 July 2017: In order to cooperate with the franchise extension of KMB, the 50% Long-haul Route Same-day Return Discount Concession Scheme for Full-time Students was implemented on this route.
4 April 2022: A new Octopus two-way section fare from Tuen Mun Pier Head to Lung Mun Station was introduced. Passengers need to tap the Octopus card at the relevant stops after getting off the bus.
2 May 2023: The first bus departure time from Mong Kok East Station was switched to 06:10; and the special departures from Lung Mun Oasis on Saturday were reduced to four, with the departure time adjusted to 07:40, 08:00, 08:20 and 08:40.

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 5/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Tuen Mun Pier Head
Service Hours	Headways (Minutes)
Mondays to Fridays
05:15 - 05:35	10
05:35 - 05:44	9
05:44 - 07:12	8
07:12 - 07:26	7
07:26 - 07:53	4/5
07:53 - 08:10	3/4
08:10 - 08:22	6
08:22 - 09:28	7/8
09:28 - 12:40	8
12:40 - 14:50	6/7
14:50 - 15:46	7
15:46 - 15:58	6
15:58 - 16:53	5
16:53 - 17:28	7
17:28 - 18:00	8
18:00 - 19:00	15
19:00 - 20:00	12
20:00 - 22:00	10
22:00 - 23:00	12
23:00 - 23:30	15
Saturdays
05:15 - 05:55	10
05:55 - 07:31	8
07:31 - 07:49	6
07:49 - 08:14	5
08:14 - 08:27	6/7
08:27 - 12:20	7/8
12:20 - 15:28	6/7
15:28 - 15:56	7
15:56 - 16:05	4/5
16:05 - 17:30	5
17:30 - 17:45	7/8
17:45 - 18:02	8/9
18:02 - 19:02	10
19:02 - 23:02	12
23:02 - 23:30	14
Sundays and Public Holidays
05:15 - 05:45	15
05:45 - 06:45	10
06:45 - 06:54	9
06:54 - 11:42	8
11:42 - 15:18	6
15:18 - 17:59	7
17:59 - 18:15	8
18:15 - 19:00	9
19:00 - 22:00	12
22:00 - 23:30	15

From Mong Kok East Station
Service Hours	Headways (Minutes)
Mondays to Fridays
06:10 - 06:42	16
06:42 - 07:05	11／12
07:05 - 08:20	15
08:20 - 09:00	10
09:00 - 09:14	14
09:14 - 10:00	6／7
10:00 - 11:55	9／10
11:55 - 12:58	9
12:58 - 17:01	6／7
17:01 - 17:10	4／5
17:10 - 18:34	4
18:34 - 18:55	7
18:55 - 19:39	5／6
19:39 - 23:17	6／7
23:17 - 23:35	9
23:35 - 00:05	10
00:05 - 00:40	11／12
Saturdays
06:10 - 09:12	13
09:12 - 09:40	7
09:40 - 11:00	8
11:00 - 12:00	8／9
12:00 - 17:01	7
17:01 - 17:56	5
17:56 - 18:05	4／5
18:05 - 19:15	5
19:15 - 21:00	7／8
21:00 - 23:30	6
23:30 - 00:00	7／8
00:00 - 00:40	13／14
Sundays and Public Holidays
06:10 - 06:50	20
06:50 - 07:50	15
07:50 - 08:38	12
08:38 - 12:08	10
12:08 - 13:20	8
13:20 - 19:20	6
19:20 - 20:35	7／8
20:35 - 22:55	7
22:55 - 23:55	12
23:55 - 00:40	15

Special Departures[]

Sun Tuen Mun Centre → Mong Kok East Station ●
Mondays to Saturdays
07:15
No Service on Sundays and Public Holidays

Tuen Mun (Lung Mun Oasis) → Mong Kok East Station ●
Hrs	Mins
Mondays to Fridays
07	35、50
08	02, 15, 27, 40
Saturdays
07	40
08	00, 20, 40
No Service on Sundays and Public Holidays

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.

Fares[]

Fare Chart (to Mong Kok East Station)
Boarding Stop ＼ Alighting Stop	Tuen Mun Pier Head or after	Mei Foo BBI or after	Mong Kok Police Station or after
Lung Mun Station or before	$4.8 ＊
Mong Kok East Station or before	$13.9	$6.9	$5.6

Fare Chart (to Tuen Mun Pier Head)
Boarding Stop ＼ Alighting Stop	Mong Kok East Station or after	Tuen Mun Road BBI or after	Lung Yat Estate or after
Tuen Mun Pier Head or before	$13.9	$9.2	$4.8

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[]

Passengers using the same Octopus card 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.) Template:KMB Route 59X Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions

Tuen Mun Road BBI Interchange Concessions[]

Template:Tuen Mun Road BBI Interchange Concessions

Mei Foo BBI Interchange Concessions[]

Template:Mei Foo BBI Interchange Concessions

LWB A Routes and KMB Interchange Concessions[]

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		120mins
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

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Bus Deployments[]

A total of 33 double-decker buses were allocated to this route as registered buses, with the vehicle models distributed as follows:

30 Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (E6X)
3 Volvo B8L 12m (V6B)

As this route passes through the Low Emission Zone for Franchised Buses, vehicles must meet Euro V emission standards or above.

List of buses on Route 59X
Fleet No.	Plate No.	Depot
E6X259	YK6277	Tuen Mun Depot (U)
E6X261	YM427
E6X262	YM248
E6X264	YL8609
E6X266	YM1250
E6X267	YM1617
E6X268	YM1789
E6X269	YM1565
E6X270	YM2397
E6X271	YM1795
E6X273	YM3613
E6X274	YM3508
E6X276	YM6210
E6X277	YM4824
E6X278	YM5398
E6X281	YM7418
E6X282	YM6672
E6X283	YM7736
E6X284	YM7671
E6X285	YN9824
E6X286	YM9941
E6X287	YM9693
E6X288	YN407
E6X289	YN1377
E6X290	YN1880
E6X292	YN776
E6X293	YN4497
E6X294	YN4147
E6X295	YN3792
E6X296	YN3267
V6B34	WD1503
V6B95	WG7910	Lai Chi Kok Depot (L)
V6B105	WH8872	Lai Chi Kok Depot (L)

The above list of scheduled buses are as of April 2023, 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.2423

Bus Deployment Evolution History[]

Bus Deployment Evolution History of KMB Route 59X
In the early days of its establishment, Route 59X was deployed with with Leyland Victory II (G). The following year, Leyland Olympian11m (S3BL) and MCW Metrobus11m (S3M) 11m three-axle buses were added. By the mid-1990s, 非Air-conditioned Volvo Olympian11m (S3V)s and Dennis Dragon11m (S3N)s were reassigned to this route. This route was introduced in 1991 with two Leyland Olympian 11m (AL) buses. Later, the Dennis Dragon 11m (AD) and the Volvo Olympian 11m (AV) with 3+2 seats were introduced to this route. The 2+2 seat version also started to be added to this route in the late 1990s. In 2004, all split duty running orders were redeployed with the remaining 2+2 version of Volvo Olympian after the cancellation of the Route 63M. Entering the 21st century, low-floor buses joined this route for the first time, with the bus concerend being a Dennis Trident 12m (ATR207/JN1566). After Air-conditioning of bus fleets#Air-conditioned routes in 2001, this bus was withdrawn from this route along with all non-air-conditioned buses, and a large number of Volvo Super Olympian12m (3ASV), newly registered at the time, were deployed instead. To improve the service quality of this route, MAN 24.310 12m (AMN) and Volvo B9TL 12m (AVBWU) were added to the split duty spare running orders respectively to replace some of the Volvo Olympians. The Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU) has been heavily deployed on the Tuen Mun District routes since 2013 and this route was also assigned this type of bus at the end of that year and was compiled to the split duty running orders. The original Volvo Olympian (AV), MAN 24.310 (AMN) and Volvo B9TL (AVBWU) buses were all withdrawn, and finally in February 2014, all buses were entirely low-floor buses. In order to cooperate with the government's tightening of Low Emission Zone (LEZ) standards, the remaining Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV) along with Enviro500 MMC (ATENU) on this route were withdrawn from November 2015, and all buses dispatched on the route were unified into the high-capacity version of Volvo B9TL (AVBWU, has withdrawn), and at the same time the entire route was also entirely deployed with straight-staircase buses. On 1 October 2016, most of the vehicles used on this route were swapped with Route 961, and Enviro500 MMC (ATENU) was again deployed on this route. However, this change was restored in November 2017, and it was not until October 2018 that the Enviro500 MMC (ATENU, withdrawn) with "Heartbeat of The City" paint joined this route again. Due to fuel consumption requirements, all the Volvo B9TLs (AVBWU) equipped with Voith gearboxes on this route were transferred to Kowloon Bay Depot (K) and Lai Chi Kok Depot (L) respectively in November 2018, and replaced with vehicles equipped with ZF gearboxes. On March 14, 2019, three "Red Bus 2.0" - Volvo B9TL equipped with Malaysian Gemilang bodywork (AVG1/VS9188, AVG2/VT3923, AVG3/VT4112) made their debuts on this route, and become the scheduled buses of this route. A month later, another "Red Bus 2.0", also equipped with a Malaysian Gemilang bodywork, MAN A95 (AMNF21/VT3317) also made its debut on this route. The above-mentioned "Red Bus 2.0" were withdrawn in December of the same year and January 2021 respectively. In August 2021, Volvo B8L 12m (V6B) buses joined this route. In October 2022, a 12.8-meter bus was added to this route for the first time, with the model being the newly launched Volvo B8L 12.8m (V6X). Six months later, the Enviro500 MMC (E6X) bus of the same length was completely deployed instead. In January 2023, the Enviro500 MMC 12m demonstrator bus (E6T) equipped with a Euro VI engine was put into operation and was withdrawn three months later.

Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 31.1km, and the journey time is approximately 68mins. (The average speed is 27.4km/h.)

To Mong Kok East Station[]

Routing	Roads observed	Route map
① Regular	Wu Chui Road, Wu King Road, Wu Shan Road, Lung Mun Road, Wong Chu Road, Tuen Mun Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Kwai Chung Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Nathan Road, Mong Kok Road, Sai Yee Street, Argyle Street and Luen Wan Street	Open Route Map and Stop Layouts on OpenStreetMap: Regular routing Special departures from Sun Tuen Mun Centre Special departures from Lung Mun Oasis
② * from Sun Tuen Mun Centre	Tuen Tsing Lane, Lung Mun Road, Lung Mun Oasis Bus Terminus, Lung Mun Road, Wong Chu Road, ...
③ # from Lung Mun Oasis	Lung Mun Road, Wong Chu Road, Tuen Mun Road, ...

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 59X (Tuen Mun Pier Head → Mong Kok East Station)
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area		Tuen Mun Pier Head Bus Terminus	Not applicable to departures using Routings ② and ③
2		Wu King Road	Wu Boon House Wu King Estate
3		Wu King Road	Wu Tsui House Wu King Estate
4		Wu Shan Road	Yeh King House Siu Shan Court
*	Tuen Mun (San Shek Wan)	Tuen Tsing Lane	Sun Tuen Mun Centre	Departures using Routing ② start here Not applicable to departures using Routings ① and ③之
5	Tuen Mun (San Shek Wan)	Lung Mun Road	Sun Tuen Mun Centre
* #	Tuen Mun (San Shek Wan)		Lung Mun Oasis Bus Terminus	Departures using Routing ③ start here Departures using Routing ② also observe this stop Not applicable to departures using Routing ①
6	Tuen Mun (San Shek Wan)	Lung Mun Road	Lung Mun Station	Alighting Passengers can claim fare rebate from the Octopus Card processor at Glorious Garden
Tuen Mun Road
7	Siu Lam		Tuen Mun Road Interchange (A6) (Alighting Stop)	Interchange stop for Tuen Mun Road BBI Routes
7	Siu Lam		Tuen Mun Road Interchange (A3)	Interchange stop for Tuen Mun Road BBI Routes
Tuen Mun Road; Tsuen Wan Road, Kwai Chung Road
8	Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo)	Cheung Sha Wan Road	Mei Foo BBI (C3)	Section fare begins here Interchange to Route 2A
9	Cheung Sha Wan		Lai Chi Kok Station
10			Cheung Wah Street
11			Un Chau Estate
12	Sham Shui Po		Kiu Kiang Street Sham Shui Po
13			Pei Ho Street Sham Shui Po
14			Maple Street Sham Shui Po
15	Mong Kok	Nathan Road	Mong Kok Police Station (S6)	Section fare begins here
16		Mong Kok Road	Mong Kok Road	Interchange to Route 18
17			Mong Kok East Station Bus Terminus

To Tuen Mun Pier Head[]

Via: Luen Wan Street, Bute Street, Sai Yee Street, Argyle Street, Nathan Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Tuen Mun Road, Wong Chu Road, Lung Mun Road, Wu Shan Road, Wu King Road and Wu Chui Road

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 59X (Mong Kok East Station → Tuen Mun Pier Head)
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Mong Kok		Mong Kok East Station Bus Terminus
2		Luen Wan Street	Luen Wan Street
3		Argyle Street	Mong Kok Station	Interchange from Route 18
4		Nathan Road	Fife Street Mong Kok (N67)
5		Nathan Road	Prince Edward Station (N77)
6	Sham Shui Po	Cheung Sha Wan Road	Wong Chuk Street Sham Shui Po
7			Yen Chow Street Sham Shui Po
8			Yee Kok Court
9	Cheung Sha Wan		Cheung Sha Wan Playground
10			Hing Wah Street Cheung Sha Wan
11			Lai Chi Kok Station
12	Lai Chi Kok (Mei Foo)	Lai Chi Kok Road	Mei Foo BBI (B2)	Interchange from Route 2A
Kwai Chung Road, Tsuen Wan Road; Tuen Mun Road
13	Tai Lam		Tuen Mun Road Interchange (B7) (Alighting Stop)	Section fare begins here Interchange stop for Tuen Mun Road BBI Routes
13	Tai Lam		Tuen Mun Road Interchange (B4)
Tuen Mun Road
14	Tuen Mun (San Shek Wan)	Wong Chu Road	Lung Yat Estate	Section fare begins here
15		Lung Mun Road	Glorious Garden
16		Lung Mun Road	Sun Tuen Mun Centre
17	Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area	Wu Shan Road	Butterfly Beach Sports Centre
18		Wu King Road	Wu Tsui House Wu King Estate
19		Wu King Road	Wu Boon House Wu King Estate
20		Wu Chui Road	Tuen Mun Pier Head (Siu Hei Court)	Alighting only
21			Tuen Mun Pier HeadYes

Ridership[]

According to District Council documents, the ridership of this route is as follows:

2019: The occupancy rate was about 70% during the busiest hour for departures from Tuen Mun.

Related Incidents[]

Traffic Incidents[]

S3V2 59X — Damage caused to GK2586 after the accident

27 December 1994: In the evening, a Tuen Mun Pier Head-bound Volvo Olympian (AV15/GD2535) and a Leyland Olympian (AL) travelling on KMB Route 69X collided with two private cars, a van and a motorcycle near Sham Tseng on Tuen Mun Road, resulting in injuries to both.
2 February 1999: At about 2:00p.m., a Tuen Mun Pier Head-bound Volvo Olympian (S3V2/GK2586) lost control of its vehicle as it was approaching Lung Mun Road along the Wong Chu Road slip road and crashed into the rear of a gripper truck which was under repair at the roadside, and then crashed into a crane truck and a mobile tyre-change lorry. The front of the bus was seriously damaged and 29 people were injured.
25 July 1999: At 3:30p.m., a Volvo Olympian (AV15/GD2535) towards Mong Kok KCR Station was hit by a Dennis Dragon (ADS198/JC750), which was running on Route 234X and had failed to retract its brakes, and then rammed into the rear of two buses in front of it (S3M102/DS738 on Route 37 and 3AV160/GY9728 on Route 42A), resulting in a total of 39 injuries to 39 people on the three buses.
8 September 2002: At about 10:00a.m., a Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV231/KF6343) bound for Mong Kok KCR station crashed into buses running on routes 68X and 171 which were stopping its lights in front of it at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road and Tonkin Street, injuring nine people.
24 November 2007: At around 9:00pm, a Mong Kok KCR station-bound Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV227/KF5620) hit a motorcycle on Kwai Chung Road and rolled the motorcycle, with the driver on board, under the bus wheels, dragging it for 30 metres before coming to a stop, killing the motorcyclist. The motorcyclist was killed. Shortly after its resumption of service, the vehicle was complained by its scheduled bus captains and was transferred to the Sheung Shui Depot for further service in 2008.
7 January 2011: At around 1:00 pm, a Tuen Mun Pier Head-bound Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV216/KF5410) hit a Mainland woman who was suspected to have misjudged the direction of travel and crossed the road on Nathan Road in Mong Kok, and was sent to hospital with serious injuries.
22 September 2012: At around 8:00 am, a Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV218/KF5771) travelling towards Mong Kok East Railway Station was suspected to have failed to retract its brakes and crashed into the rear end of a Dennis Trident (204/HT8353) travelling on Route E33P in front of it on Tuen Mun Road.
4 October 2012: At around 7:00am, a Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV221/KF6062) heading towards Mong Kok East Railway Station crashed into the rear of a Citybus Volvo Olympian (664/HU3262) at Hoi Chu Road, Tuen Mun, causing head injuries to the Citybus bus captain.
11 November 2012: At about 12:00 noon, a Tuen Mun Pier Head-bound Enviro400 (ATSE5/RT4306, the second day of the incident after it was registered and entered service) crashed into the rear of a Volvo B9TL (AVBWU57/PS9552) running on Route 59A at the "Glorious Garden" stop on Lung Mun Road.
7 January 2015: At about 10:00pm, a Tuen Mun Pier Head-bound Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV223/KF6224) was turning left at Sai Yee Street at Bute Street when the left side of the vehicle plowed into the pavement and crashed into a rail fence on the side of the road, with no injuries.
3 June 2016: At about 10:00a.m., a Volvo B9TL (AVBWU333/SW8471) travelling towards Tuen Mun Pier Head failed to retract its brakes when it arrived at Cheung Sha Wan Road and hit the rear of a Volvo B9TL (AVBWU262/RJ5099) travelling on Route 66X in front of it, resulting in a four-vehicle rear-end collision. The driver and three passengers were injured and hospitalised.
15 April 2017: A Tuen Mun Pier Head-bound Enviro500 MMC (ATENU792/TU2188) was approaching the "Siu Hei Court" stop at Wu King Road when a taxi obstructed the bus and stopped sharply in front of it, resulting in the bus failing to catch up with its brakes and crashing into the taxi, injuring seven people.

Bus Theft[]

3 December 2004: At about 3:00a.m., a Volvo Super Olympian (3ASV1/JE1053) was stolen by a KMB mechanic and his friend while it was parked at Tuen Mun Central Bus Terminus. The bus travelled for 10 kilometres and lost control of itself when it turned left on Tsun Wen Road from Tsing Tin Road, shovelling onto the grassy verge and then onto the planter in the centre of the road, destroying a 10-metre railing, a lamppost and a tree before coming to a halt. The young man who stole the bus was intercepted by a taxi driver who was following the bus, and was later handed over to the police.

Film Making[]

19 April 2019: The film company used an ex-KMB Dennis Trident (ATR394/HR9546, ex-Long Win Bus Fleet No. 126) with a plastic sign of this route as a prop for the film shooting at Mong Kok Road.

Needles on seats[]

21 October 2021: At 8:56 pm, the Police received a report from the bus captain that a suspicious sharp needle-like object was found on the bus. When a bus captain was driving a bus on this route to Mong Kok East Station, he was informed by a female passenger that a sharp needle-like object was found on the right seat near the center of the upper deck. After the bus captain learned of the incident, he drove the bus back to Lai Chi Kok Depot and reported to the Police. After receiving the report, the Police dispatched officers to the scene to investigate and they inspected and confirmed that the sharp needle-like object on the bus seat was a 3cm sewing needle, which was later seized for investigation. No one was injured in the incident, and police have temporarily classified the case as property damage.