KMB Route 78S

The New Territories Bus Route 78S is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Sheung Shui and Sha Tau Kok, via Fanling Station and Heung Yuen Wai Highway, which belongs to a special departure of Route 78K that provides outbound and inbound service during daily daytime non-peak hours.

Despite having both termini in North District, Heung Yuen Wai Highway (Lung Shan Tunnel between Lung Shan and Fanling Highway Interchange) belongs to Tai Po District, with Sha Tau Kok bound even stopping at Fanling Highway BBI in Tai Po District, making it a mixed cross-district and intra-district route.

History[]

1 January 2024: Route 78S entered service in conjunction with the Second Phase Opening-up of Sha Tau Kok.^[1]^[2]
10 June 2024:^[3]^[4]
- Rerouted via Heung Yuen Wai Highway and omitted Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau and Ma Mei Ha sections, with Sheung Shui bound additionally rerouting via Pak Wo Road;
  - For Sha Tau Kok direction, bus stops at "Luen Wo Hui Playground" and "Green Code" on Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau were cancelled and new stops at "Fanling Highway BBI" and stops along Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang to Shek Chung Au sections were added;
  - For Sheung Shui direction, bus stops at "On Lok Tsuen", "Lok Wo Street Fanling" on Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, "Fanling Station BBI BBI - Cheung Wah Estate" on San Wan Road and "Fanling Station BBI BBI - Fanling Station" on Fanling Station Road were cancelled, and new stops along Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au to Wo Hang sections, as well as "Yan Shing Court" and "Fanling Station BBI - Fung Ying Seen Koon" on Pak Wo Road were added;
- Service hours were adjusted:
  - The service time on Mondays to Fridays from Sheung Shui were adjusted to 09:30 and 11:45, and that from Sha Tau Kok to 15:15 and 16:55;
  - The service time on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from Sheung Shui were adjusted to 09:30, 10:30 and 11:30, and that from Sha Tau Kok to 14:55, 15:55 and 16:55.

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

From Sheung Shui	From Sha Tau Kok
Mondays to Fridays
09:30, 11:45	15:15, 16:55
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
09:30, 10:30, 11:30	14:55, 15:55, 16:55

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival enquiry Service.

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding stop	Air-conditioned fare
Full fare	$10.8

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". This route has no section fares.

Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]

Fanling Station BBI Interchange Concessions[]

Template:Fanling Station BBI Interchange Concessions

Sheung Shui BBI Interchange Concessions[]

Template:Sheung Shui BBI 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	150mins
A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X	To Urban	KMB solely-operated routes	Unlimited		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 concession is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). Edit

Routing[]

To Sha Tau Kok[]

To Sha Tau Kok: The distance of this route is approx. 16.9km, and the journey time is approximately 45mins. (The average speed is 22.5km/h.)

Via: Lung Wan Street, San Wan Road, Fanling Station Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Jockey Club Road, Fanling Highway, Heung Yuen Wai Highway, Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au and Shun Lung Street

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 78S (Sheung Shui → Sha Tau Kok）
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Sheung Shui		Sheung Shui BBI - Sheung Shui Bus Terminus (A1)
San Wan Road
2	Fanling	Fanling Station Road	Fanling Station BBI - Fanling Station (C1)
Fanling Highway
3	Wo Hop Shek		Fanling Highway BBI (A3)
Fanling Highway; Heung Yuen Wai Highway
4	Sha Tau Kok	Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang	Loi Tung
5			Man Uk Pin
6			Wo Hang
7			Tai Long
8		Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au	Ma Tseuk Leng
9			Shek Kiu Tau
10			Yim Tso Ha
11			Nam Chung
12			Sha Tau Kok Clinic
13			Tong To
14			San Tsuen
15			Muk Min Tau
16			Tam Shui Hang	Passengers without a valid Frontier Closed Area Permit must alight at this stop
Hong Kong Police Force Sha Tau Kok Checkpoint All stops after this point is then within the Frontier Closed Area. Passengers without a valid Frontier Closed Area permit must alight before or at this point
17	Sha Tau Kok		Sha Tau Kok Bus Terminus	Located within the Frontier Closed Area, entry is only permitted with a valid Frontier Closed Area Permit
Sha Tau Kok Bus Terminus is within the Frontier Closed Area; passengers are unable to use this route to cross the border via Sha Tau Kok Control Point.

To Sheung Shui[]

To Sheung Shui: The distance of this route is approx. 16.7km, and the journey time is approximately 45mins. (The average speed is 22.3km/h.)

Via: Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au, Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Heung Yuen Wai Highway, Fanling Highway, Pak Wo Road, So Kwun Po Road and San Wan Road

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 78S (Sha Tau Kok → Sheung Shui）
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Sha Tau Kok		Sha Tau Kok Bus Terminus	Located within the Frontier Closed Area, entry is only permitted with a valid Frontier Closed Area Permit
Hong Kong Police Force Sha Tau Kok Checkpoint All stops before this point are within the Frontier Closed Area. Passengers without a Closed Area Permit are not allowed to go there
2	Sha Tau Kok	Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au	Tam Shui Hang
3			San Tsuen
4			Tong To
5			Sha Tau Kok Clinic
6			Nam Chung
7			Yim Tso Ha
8			Shek Kiu Tau Tsuen
9			Ma Tseuk Leng
10		Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang	Ha Wo Hang
11			Wo Hang
12			Man Uk Pin
13			Loi Tung
Heung Yuen Wai Highway; Fanling Highway
14	Fanling South	Pak Wo Road	Yan Shing Court
15	Fanling South	Pak Wo Road	Fanling Station BBI - Fung Ying Seen Koon (D2)
16	Sheung Shui		Sheung Shui BBI - Sheung Shui Bus Terminus (A1)