This article is about second generation Route 6C from 1958 to present. For 1st generation Route 6C from 1954 to 1958, see "KMB Route 6C (1st generation)".
15 October 1958: The second generation Route 6C was introduced between Lai Chi Kok (Kau Wa Keng) and Kowloon City Ferry. On the same day, another route with the same number ceased service, and KMB announced in the newspaper that this was a new route. It operated via Castle Peak Road, Tai Po Road, Nathan Road, Gascoigne Road, Chatham Road, Wuhu Street, Ma Tau Wai Road and To Kwa Wan Road (return trip to Lai Chi Kok returns to Castle Peak Road from Tai Po Road via Un Chau Street)[1], with nine vehicles.[2]
1 September 1963: To tie in with the opening of HYF North Point - Hung Hom Route, the route was rerouted via Gillies Avenue and Winslow Street then back to the original routing at Chatham Road for Lai Chi Kok direction.[3]
21 November 1963: Rerouted via Cheung Wah Street, Cheung Sha Wan Road and Kom Tsun Street for Lai Chi Kok direction.
Early 1966: Rerouted via Gillies Avenue, Technical College access road (later renamed On Fat Road, now disappeared) and Chatham Road.
25 June 1967: During the 1967 riots, KMB suspended service on this route from that morning due to lack of manpower.
Route 6C after the 1967 riots[]
25 August 1967: Service was resumed but shortened to Cheung Sha Wan (westbound Cheung Sha Wan Road near Tai Nan Street).
29 May 1968: Resumed terminating at Lai Chi Kok again, i.e. routing before the 1967 Riots was resumed.
4 June 1968: No longer detoured via Hung Hom Ferry Pier and Technical College access for Lai Chi Kok direction, and instead turned left directly to Chatham Road from Wuhu Street.[4]
1 July 1970: All section fares were cancelled.
26 July 1970: To tie in with the opening of the new Lai Chi Kok Flyover at the junction of Cheung Sha Wan Road, Lai Chi Kok Road and Butterfly Valley Road, from 10:00 am onwards:[5]
After reaching Cheung Sha Wan Road when heading towards Lai Chi Kok, the route would take the flyover to Lai Chi Kok Beach Road;
Rerouted via Cheung Sha Wan Road and Tung Chau West Street to Castle Peak Road for Kowloon City Ferry Pier direction, omitting Kom Tsun Street.
28 July 1973: Rerouted via Hing Wah Street for Lai Chi Kok direction, no longer passed through Cheung Wah Street.
10 March 1974: Lai Chi Kok terminus was relocated from Lai Chi Kok Amusement Park to Lai Chi Kok (Bridge).[6][7]
3 March 1976: To tie in with the commencement of the construction of the first phase of the Mass Transit Railway, the Nathan Road northbound lane had to be closed and was diverted to Cheung Sha Wan Road via Public Square Street, Shanghai Street, Lai Chi Kok Road, Prince Edward Road, Portland Street, Yu Chau Street and Boundary Street for Lai Chi Kok direction.[8]
29 September 1978: To tie in with the diversion measure for the construction of the Mass Transit Railway, after Prince Edward Road, the Lai Chi Kok bound route was diverted to Tai Po Road via Tai Nan Street, Cedar Street, Yu Chau Street and Wong Chuk Street.
5 July 1980: To tie in with the opening of Wuhu Street Interchange, the Kowloon-bound route was diverted to go through the tunnel to Gillies Avenue and Wuhu Street from 10:00 a.m. onwards.[9]
1980: Gradually rerouted back to Nathan Road towards Lai Chi Kok to tie in with the completion of the Mass Transit Railway project:
23 September: Rerouted to Shanghai Street via Waterloo Road.
10 December: Rerouted to Shanghai Street via Argyle Street.
29 December 1981: Rerouted from Nathan Road direct to Lai Chi Kok Road without passing through Argyle Street and Shanghai Street for Lai Chi Kok direction.
20 October 1982: Rerouted from Nathan Road direct to Cheung Sha Wan Road for Lai Chi Kok direction, omitting the inner streets of Sham Shui Po, i.e. revert to the pre-1976 routing.
18 May 1992: Air-conditioned bus service was introduced.
11 October 1998: Temporarily rerouted to via Portland Street for nineteen months when heading towards Mei Foo due to the replacement of stormwater drains at Nathan Road.[10]
After the millennium[]
19 October 2002: Interchange concessions with Routes 11 and 15 were added.[11]
4 April 2004: to tie in with the gradual occupation of the residential estates of Liberté, Banyan Terrace, The Pacifica and Aquamarine, the return journey was diverted via the section of Lai Chi Kok Road outside the estates instead of Cheung Sha Wan Road:[12]
Changed to turn right along Hing Wah Street to Lai Chi Kok Road for Mei Foo direction with an additional en-route stop at Lai Chi Kok Road Cheung Sha Wan Temporary Wholesale Poultry Market near Tai Nan West Street, and the original en-route stop at Cheung Sha Wan Road near Cheung Sha Wan Path and Cheung Lai Street was cancelled;
Rerouted via Butterfly Valley Road, Lai Chi Kok Road and Tai Nan West Street before returning to the original route at Castle Peak Road and omitting Tung Chau West Street for Kowloon City Ferry direction; the original en-route stop at Castle Peak Road near Tai Nan West Street was replaced by the en-route stop of the same name at Lai Chi Kok Road.
15 August 2004: A new stop was added at "Banyan Garden" on Lai Chi Kok Road for Mei Foo direction.
16 March 2008: Upgraded to fully air-conditioned service.[13]
23 February 2015: A special departure from Mei Foo to Kowloon City Ferry Pier at 07:30 every Mondays to Fridays was introduced, by following the original routing to Labour Tribunal and subsequently rerouting via Gascoigne Road Flyover, Chatham Road South, Chatham Road North, Ma Tau Wai Road, Chi Kiang Street and return to the original routing at To Kwa Wan Road, omitting Gillies Avenue South, Wuhu Street and the area around Ka Wai Chuen.[14]
27 June 2015: Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) enquiry service was introduced to this route.[15]
9 April 2016: A new stop was added at "Hing Wah Street (Castle Peak Road)" on Castle Peak Road for Kowloon City Ferry direction.[16]
29 August 2016: The special departure omitting Wuhu Street was cancelled and replaced by normal departures.[17]
The special departure remained listed in the Schedule of Routes Order and was therefore service-less until 2019 when it was formally cancelled.
29 April 2019: The last bus time from Mei Foo on Mondays to Saturdays was delayed from 00:10 to 00:20.[18]
13 July 2020: The first bus time from Kowloon City Ferry was advanced from 05:40 to 05:25 daily.[19]
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.
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[]
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 6C Interchange Concession Scheme
Mei Foo BBI Interchange Concessions[]
Bus deployments[]
A total of 16 double-decker buses were assigned as scheduled buses for this route, with the following model distribution:
Buses are required to order on Routes 6X, 102, 117, 118 and 948A.
As this route passes through the Low Emission Zone for Franchised Buses, vehicles on this route must meet Euro V emission standards or above unless under special vehicle dispatchment changes.
The above list of scheduled buses are as of January 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.2124
Routing[]
AM: The distance of this route is approx. 10.2km, and the journey time is approximately 65mins. (The average speed is 9.4km/h.)
PM: The distance of this route is approx. 10.2km, and the journey time is approximately 71mins. (The average speed is 8.6km/h.)
To Mei Foo[]
Via: San Ma Tau Street, To Kwa Wan Road, Ma Tau Wai Road, Wuhu Street, Chatham Road North, Chatham Road South, Gascoigne Road, Gascoigne Road Flyover, Gascoigne Road, Nathan Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Tai Po Road, Un Chau Street, Hing Wah Street and Lai Chi Kok Road
Via: Cheung Sha Wan Road, Butterfly Valley Road, Lai Chi Kok Road, Tai Nan West Street, Castle Peak Road, Tai Po Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Nathan Road, Gascoigne Road, Chatham Road South, Chatham Road North, Wuhu Street Underpass, Gillies Avenue South, Wuhu Street, Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan Road and San Ma Tau Street
According to the Bus Route Planning Programmes and other documents, the ridership of this route is as follows:
2014: The average occupancy rate was 76% during the busiest hour and 52% during off-peak hours.
2016: The occupancy rate between 7am and 8am Monday to Friday was 60-70%; the occupancy rate on Gascoigne Road Flyover special trips which do not pass through Wuhu Street, a more heavily trafficked area, was 43%.
2016: The average occupancy rate of the busiest half-hour increased from 82% between January and March to 89.7% after the opening of the Kwun Tong Line Extension.[20]
2020: The number of passengers travelling towards Kowloon City Ferry Pier between 5:00 pm and 7:59 pm was about 1,990.[21]
2021: The utilisation rates at en-route stops "Prince Edward Station" and "Man Ming Lane" accounted for 10% of that among all stops.[22]
Related incidents[]
Gallery[]
Route 6C once provided non-air-conditioned bus services
A Scania K310UD 12m (ASU) was running on Route 6C
A Route 6C bus AVBWU528 was turning from Lai Chi Kok Road into Tai Nan Street West
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
↑"九龍汽車（一九三三）有限公司 新增巴士行車路線通告" (The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd. - New Route Notice), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 15 October 1958, p.7.
↑"九龍巴士兩條新線 十九輛車行走" (19 buses to serve on 2 new KMB routes), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 16 October 1958
↑"北角與九龍城紅磡 渡輪今開航 港九巴士配合調整路線" (Ferry between North Point and Kowloon City enters service today; HKI and Kowloon bus services amended), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 1 September 1963.
↑Transport Department Announcement: "香港法例第二百二十章道路交通（道路與標誌）規例第三條 紅磡區交通措施" (Road Traffic (Roads and Signs) Regulations, Chapter 220, Laws of Hong Kong, Regulation 3 Traffic Measures in Hung Hom), published to Wah Kiu Yat Po, 4 June 1968.
↑"新荔枝角天橋建成長九百呎 明早開放通車 西行車輛可通往荔枝角大橋及青山道" (New 900ft bridge at Lai Chi Kok to open tomorrow morning, westbound traffic accessible to Lai Chi Kok flyover and Castle Peak Road), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 25 July 1970.
↑"九巴公佈今日起 調整六及六C綫 六號綫分為六號六A綫行駛" (KMB announced amendments to Routes 6 and 6C and split of Route 6 into 6 and 6A today onwards), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 10 March 1974.
↑"九龍汽車1933有限公司通告" (Announcement from Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd.), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 10 March 1974.
↑"配合地下鐵九龍全面興工 九巴二十路綫 明日開始改道" (20 KMB routes to be rerouted to facilitate MTR works in Kowloon), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 2 March 1976.
↑"蕪湖街交匯處 舉行啟用儀式" (Opening ceremony held for Wuhu Street Interchange), Wah Kiu Yat Po, 5 July 1980.
↑彌敦道進行渠務工程封閉十九個月，巴士路線改道安排 (Bus route diversion arrangements due to 19-month closure of Nathan Road for drainage works), BUStop.
↑Transport Department HKSARG, "觀塘線延線通車後區內居民出行模式的變化及公共交通服務重組計劃最新安排" (Changes in the travelling pattern of local residents upon the commissioning of the Kwun Tong Line Extension and the latest arrangements of the public transport service rationalisation plan), December 2016.
↑Transport Department HKSARG, "就2020-21年度九龍城區巴士路線計劃提供補充資料" (Supplementary information on the Bus Route Planning Programme in Kowloon City District for 2020-21), March 2020.
↑"要求九巴更改6X線路線以避開塞車路段及善用資源 - 九巴回覆" (Reply from KMB: Request for KMB to amend routing of Route 6X to avoid traffic congestion and optimise use of resources), Paper No. 1 at the Tenth Meeting of the Kowloon City District Council, June 2021
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