KMB Route 7M

Reminder: NOT to be confused with KMB Route M7.

The Kowloon Urban Bus Route 7M is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs circular between Lok Fu and Chuk Yuen Estate, passing through Tin Wang Court, Chuk Yuen North Estate, Chuk Yuen South Estate and Upper Wong Tai Sin Estate.

This route has the shortest number of travelling distance among all Kowloon Urban Bus Routes. ^{[Remark 1]}

History[]

11 May 1986: Route 7M was put into service, running between Lok Fu and Chuk Yuen Estate and observed Ma Chai Hang Road for both directions.
16 May 1988: Changed to circular operation with Chuk Yuen Estate as the circular return point.
3 November 1989: Buses towards Lok Fu were diverted via Nga Chuk Street and Wong Tai Sin Road, omitting Ma Chai Hang Road outside Ma Chai Hang Recreation Ground.
18 January 2003: Air-conditioned bus service was introduced on this route.
2 April 2012: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service.
27 June 2015: Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry System was introduced on this route.

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 6/2023, see here for the referenced link

from Lok Fu
Service Hours	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
05:50 - 07:20	15
07:20 - 08:04	11
08:04 - 08:40	12
08:40 - 09:10	15
09:10 - 13:50	20
13:50 - 20:20	15
20:20 - 22:00	25
22:00 - 00:00	30
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
05:50 - 10:50	25
10:50 - 18:10	20
18:10 - 21:30	25
21:30 - 00:00	30

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival enquiry Service.

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding Stop	Air-conditioned Fare
Full Fare	$4.6

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[]

LWB A 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

Bus Deployments[]

Currently two BYD K9R 12m (BDE) single-decker buses are allocated to this route as scheduled buses.

List of buses on Route 7M
Fleet No.	Plate No.	Depot
BDE2	UU3461	Kowloon Bay Depot (K)
BDE4	UU6195	Kowloon Bay Depot (K)

The above list of scheduled buses are as of March 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.2323

Bus Deployment Evolution History[]

Bus Deployment Evolution History of KMB Route 7M
When the route was first introduced, it was served by two Dennis Jubilant (N) buses, and in the 1990s it was replaced by an 11-metre three-axle bus, one each of Leyland Olympian 11m (S3BL) and Dennis Dragon 11m (S3N) buses. In 2003, an air-conditioned bus was added to the route with a Dennis Dragon 9.9m (ADS142/GU9951), which was replaced by a single-deck bus (Scania K230UB 10.6m (ASB9/NV3927) in 2009 and Volvo B7RLE 12m (AVC26/PG9400) the following year) in order to save resources, while the non-air-conditioned buses were replaced by Leyland Olympian (S3BL) and Dennis Dragon 11m (S3N). As at 2011, there was still one non-air-conditioned bus licensed for this route (Dennis Dragon S3N307/FY3418). It was replaced by the same bus (S3N366/GA6072) from Route 95M after its retirement in the same year. On 2 April 2012, this route was converted to a full air-conditioned service and the only remaining non-air-conditioned bus (S3N366) was replaced by a Dennis Dart 10.7m single-decked air-conditioned bus (AA62/HV8607) of the former Route 211, which had become a scheduled bus the same day. Two months after the conversion to full air-conditioned service, the existing Dennis Dart was also replaced by a newly-registered Volvo B7RLE (AVC60/RH9265) from Kowloon Bay Depot (K). From the same date onwards, the entire route is served by this model, but it has been replaced by an Enviro200 10.4m Double-door version (AAU). From September 2018, BYD K9R 12m (BDE) joined this route. Around Ching Ming and Chung Yeung Festivals each year, due to a large number of short-bodied single-decker buses being deployed to support Routes 14S or 32P, this route will then be fully converted to double-deck bus service. In addition, in 2017/2019, to facilitate bus deployment and management, and due to the surplus of long single-decker buses, some of them were arranged to be retired and converted into training buses, while short single-decker buses were deployed to routes with vehicle restrictions, resulting in the re-introduction of double-decker buses as a common service on this route. In April 2021, Scania K230UB 10.6m (ASB) rejoined this route until it was withdrawn again almost two years later.

Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 3.1km, and the journey time is approximately 18mins. (The average speed is 10.3km/h.)

Via: Wang Tau Hom East Road, Fu Mei Street, Fung Mo Street, flyover, Ma Chai Hang Road, Chuk Yuen Road, Chuk Yuen Estate Bus Terminus, Chuk Yuen Road, Nga Chuk Street, Wong Tai Sin Road, Ma Chai Hang Road, flyover, Fung Mo Street, Fu Mei Street, Wang Tau Hom East Road and Wang Tau Hom South Road

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 7M (Lok Fu ↺ Chuk Yuen Estate)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Lok Fu		Lok Fu Bus Terminus
2	Chuk Yuen	Ma Chai Hang Road	Tin Wang Court
3		Chuk Yuen Road	Rainbow Primary School
4			Chuk Yuen Estate Bus Terminus	Circular route return point
5		Nga Chuk Street	Nga Chuk Street
6		Wong Tai Sin Road	Lung Cheung Government Secondary School
7	Wang Tau Hom	Fu Mei Street	Wang Yip House
8	Lok Fu		Lok Fu Bus Terminus

Related Incidents[]

20 December 2002: At about 8:00a.m., a deadheading Dennis Dragon (S3N171/DW6978) heading towards Lok Fu collided with a school bus on the opposite lane as it was approaching Wang Tau Hom East Road on Junction Road, injuring eight people on the school bus. The former vehicle of which was subsequently retired.
6 August 2008: During the onslaught of Typhoon Kammuri, at around 8:00a.m., a Leyland Olympian (S3BL408/FA8930), which was returning to the depot as a deadheading bus, shovelled into a fence opposite Ngau Chi Wan Village on Lung Cheung Road as a result of dodging a vehicle, and the bus captain was sent to hospital with injuries.
8 June 2013: At around 8:00 am, a Volvo B7RLE (AVC21/PG8628) heading towards Chuk Yuen Estate crashed into an overturned frozen meat lorry at the roundabout of Ma Chai Hang Road. No one was injured in the incident.
20 January 2023: At about 10:00a.m., an underground water pipe burst at Nga Chuk Street outside Tsui Yuen House Chuk Yuen South Estate. As a Lok Fu-bound Scania K230UB (ASB14/NV5818) was passing by, the rear wheels of the bus got stuck on the depressed road surface and the passengers on board had to leave the compartment via the emergency door at the rear of the bus.

Gallery[]

Remarks[]

↑ The round trip is 3.1 kilometres in total, while the shortest bidirectional route is KMB Route 3M, which has to travel 4.3 kilometres for a single direction.

References[]

External Links[]

KMB Official Route Information: 7M (Timetable approved by Transport Department)

[1] The round trip is 3.1 kilometres in total, while the shortest bidirectional route is KMB Route 3M, which has to travel 4.3 kilometres for a single direction.

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