KMB Route 80M

A bus on Route 80M was dropping off passengers at Shatin Central Bus Terminus
Route Info
Terminus	Sui Wo Court ↔ Kowloon Tong Station ●
via	Sha Tin Central, Sun Tin Wai Estate
Distance	To Kowloon Tong Station: 11.1km To Sui Wo Court: 10.5km
Travelling time	38mins
Commencement date	1987/8/9
Operation Info
Current operator	KMB
Current depot	Sha Tin Depot (S)
Main Vehicle	ATEU
Fare Info
Full fare	$6.2
Number of Fare Sections	To Sui Wo Court: 1
Service Hours
Service date(s)	Mondays to Fridays (except public holidays)
Origin service time	07:05, 07:30
Terminus service time	18:50, 19:20
Headway	Fixed headways

The New Territories Bus Route 80M is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Sui Wo Court and Kowloon Tong Station, Sha Tin Central, Sun Tin Wai Estate and Lion Rock Tunnel, providing connection services to MTR Kwun Tong Line. It provides outbound and inbound service only during AM and PM peak hours on Mondays to Fridays.

History

• 31 December 1979: The predecessor Route 70M was introduced to service between Lek Yuen and Kowloon Tong MTR Station (with the terminus located off Suffolk Road).
• 3 June 1980: The return trip was rerouted via Lek Yuen Street, Wo Che Street, Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin Rural Committee Road and Tai Po Road - Sha Tin to tie in with the closure of Sha Tin Bypass.
• 21 September 1980: Sha Tin Terminus was relocated to Wo Che.
• 11 October 1981: Sha Tin Terminus was relocated to Sha Tin Market (at the open car park of the present Sha Tin Market), with the return journey observing Yuen Wo Road, Fo Tan Road and Tai Po Road - Sha Tin.
• 7 May 1982: Sha Tin terminus was relocated to Sui Wo Court to tie in with the first phase route re-organisation after the electrification of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (now known as the MTR East Rail Line):
  • The route within Sha Tin Town Centre was changed to run in the opposite direction and no longer passed through Sha Kok Street and Tai Chung Kiu Road.

After renumbering

• 9 August 1987: The route numbering was changed to "80M" to standardise the bus route numbering in Sha Tin District to avoid confusion with bus routes in Tai Po and North District.
• 10 July 1988: Routing was changed within Sha Tin town centre to omit Sha Tin Rural Committee Road and Tai Po Road - Sha Tin:
  • Rerouted via Tam Kon Po Street, Sha Tin Centre Street, Pak Hok Ting Street and Sha Tin Centre Street for Kowloon Tong MTR Station direction;
  • Rerouted via Sha Tin Centre Street, Shatin Central Bus Terminus, Sha Tin Centre Street and Wang Pok Street for Sui Wo Court direction.
• 5 August 1989: Together with Routes 81M and 82X, KMB started to accept Universal Stored Value Tickets for fare payment, being the first batch of KMB routes to accept this payment method.
• 24 August 1992: Air-conditioned bus service was introduced to tie in with the introduction of Route 280P.
• 22 September 2001: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service.
• 19 October 2002: Interchange concessions with various Lion Rock Tunnel routes were introduced.
• 4 November 2006: Kowloon Tong MTR Station terminus was relocated from off Suffolk Road to the Kowloon Tong (Suffolk Road) Public Transport Interchange on the ground floor of the Kowloon Tong Education Services Centre.
• 1 September 2014: A new bus stop "Lion Rock Tunnel" was added for Kowloon Tong Station direction, and a new section fare of $4.5 was added from Shatin Central to Sui Wo Court.
• 27 June 2015: Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry System was introduced on this route.
• 29 January 2018: The last bus time from Kowloon Tong Station was postponed from 00:55 to 01:00.
• 17 May 2021: No longer observed Shan Mei Street for Sui Wo Court direction with the stop at "Shan Mei Street" cancelled and changed to stop at "Tsung Tau Ha Road" stop on Fo Tan Road.
• 18 February 2024: Service was reduced to only on Monday to Friday peak hours, with the service time from Sui Wo Court at 07:05 and 07:30, whereas that from Kowloon Tong Station at 18:50 and 19:20.

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 2/2024, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Sui Wo Court	From Kowloon Tong Station
Mondays to Fridays
07:05, 07:30	18:50, 19:20
No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.

Fares

Journey/Boarding stop	Air-conditioned fare
Full fare	$6.2
Section fares (to Sui Wo Court)
From Shatin Central	$5.0

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".

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.)

Route 80M (Sui Wo Court → Kowloon Tong Station) Related Interchange Concessions
Interchanging from Route 80M (from Sui Wo Court) to other routes
2nd leg route(s)	Destination	Concessions	Interchange location	Time limit	Remarks
88	Sau Mau Ping (Central)	-Template:KMBDiscountFare	Sha Tin Town Hall → Shatin Central Bus Terminus	120mins
900	Wan Chai (HKCEC)	-$4.4	Wo Che Estate

Route 80M (Sui Wo Court → Kowloon Tong Station) Related Interchange Concessions
Interchanging from other routes to Route 80M (from Sui Wo Court)
1st leg route(s)	Destination	Concessions	Interchange location	Time limit	Remarks
88	Sau Mau Ping (Central)	-$4.2	Sha Tin Town Hall → Shatin Central Bus Terminus	120mins
900	Wan Chai (HKCEC)	-$7.6	Wo Che Estate	150mins

Lion Rock Tunnel Interchange Concessions

KMB Lion Rock Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange Concession Scheme
First Route	Second Route	Direction	Second Trip Fare	Time Limit
72X, 74A, 80/80P, 80M, 81C, 85, 85A, 85B, 86, 86A, 86C , 87B, 87D/87E, 89, 89B, 270A, 271, 271B, 271P, 281A, 281B, 281M, 281X (Specified combinations can enjoy higher transfer discounts, please see below)		Any direction	Original price minus $4.2	150 minutes
81C, 86C, 87D		Same direction	Free for each trip
85A	281M	Kowloon
86A, 89B	87B
87B	85
89B	89
74A	81C, 281B, 281X
80M			$3.0
281M			$3.7
81C	74A	New Territories	$0.5
	281M		$5.2
281M	85A		$0.9
87B	86A, 89B		Free for each trip
85	87B
89	89B
72X, 74A, 80/80P, 80M, 81C, 85, 85A, 85B, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D/87E, 89, 89B, 271, 271B, 271P, 281A, 281B, 281M, 281X	270C	Kowloon	Original price discount $4.2
270A			Free
270C	72X, 74A, 80/80P, 80M, 81C, 85, 85A, 85B, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D/87E, 89, 89B, 271, 271B, 271P, 281A, 281B, 281M, 281X		Original price discount $4.2
	270A		Free
72X, 74A, 80, 80M, 81C, 85, 85A, 85B, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D／87E, 89, 89B, 270A, 270C, 271, 271B, 271P, 281A, 281B, 281M, 281X	80A		$4.2 off the original price
80A	72X, 74A, 80, 80M, 81C, 85, 85A, 85B, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D/87E, 89, 89B, 270A, 270C, 271, 271B, 271P, 281A, 281B, 281M, 281X
270C	87D／87E	270C to Kowloon → 87D/87E to New Territories
72X, 74A, 80, 80M, 81C, 85, 85B, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D/87E, 89, 89B, 271, 281A, 281M	270C	First trip To New Territories→270C to Kowloon
270C	72X, 74A, 80/80P, 80M, 81C, 85, 85A, 85B, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D/87E, 89, 89B, 271, 271B, 271P, 281A, 281B, 281M, 281X	270C to New Territories → Any direction for second trip
72X, 74A, 80/80P, 80M, 81C, 85, 85A, 85B, 86, 86A, 86C, 87B, 87D/87E, 89, 89B, 271, 271B, 271P, 281A, 281B, 281M, 281X	270C	First trip in any direction→270C to New Territories
Passengers must use the same Octopus Card/credit card or the same mobile payment instrument account (KMB/Long Win "eDUDu" electronic payment system) to enjoy the interchange discount. Passengers can enjoy the above transfer discounts at any bus stop that can connect to the second journey route, but some transfer combinations may not have meeting stations. Some routes are only operated during peak hours, so some route combinations may not be able to complete the transfer within the designated time. Transfer discounts are not applicable to transfers to the same route or routes divided by "/". The discount for children under 12 years old is calculated at half the rate; for passengers who benefit from the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Disabled Persons, the second journey fare is the above second journey discount fare (for example, 65 For seniors aged 12 years or above or qualified persons with disabilities under 12 years old, the fare is 50% off or $2.0, whichever is lower. Therefore, some transfer packages may not have transfer discounts in disguise. After enjoying this offer, if you transfer to any Long Win A Routes to the airport, the latter can still enjoy the "Long Win Airport Bus and KMB Interchange Plan", but if you take advantage of the transfer plan first, you will no longer be able to enjoy this offer ; Except for this and some combinations of interchanges between Routes 70K/273A/273D, this discount cannot be used in conjunction with other transfer discounts. This interchange concession is not applicable to Routes 81S, jointly-operated cross-Harbour routes, Sha Tin Racecourse routes and Overnight routes. Edit

LWB Airbus Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme

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
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

Bus deployments

This route is operated by double decker air-conditioned buses from Routes 81K and 280X.

Bus deployment evolution history

Bus deployment evolution history of KMB Route 80M

At the beginning of Route 80M, it was operated by Daimler/Leyland Fleetline (D), and the first 12-metre tri-axle bus (MCW Metrobus M1/CN870) was deployed in 1981, which was the first time that this length of bus was used on this route. However, in 1982, due to the extension of the route to Sui Wo Court, due to the narrow passageway of the estate, the route could only be served by buses of 11 metres or less for a long period of time, and the buses were changed to Leyland Victory II (G), and in 1985, Leyland Olympian9.6m (BL) was added to the route. In 1992, Dennis Dart (AA) single-decker air-conditioned buses were added to the route, followed by Dennis Dragon9.9m (ADS) double-decker buses in 1993, and then all the routes were operated by the same type of buses in 2001 after the conversion to full air-conditioned service. In 2011, a low-floor service was introduced with a Volvo Super Olympian (ASV6/JX9994), and in 2015, a Dennis Trident (ATS84/KD2869) was added to the route, and the route was low-floor for a while from 10 April of the same year. A short fortnight later, at the end of the same month, one of the Volvo Super Olympian 10.6m (ASV78/LR725) was replaced by a Dennis Dragon 9.9m (ADS193/JA1192). This vehicle was subsequently redeployed in February 2017 and the whole route was officially low-floorised. In late November 2017, vehicle restrictions were relaxed on this route and permission was granted to operate with 12m buses, which have since appeared from time to time on this route. In July 2019, as the first batch of Volvo Super Olympian 10.6m (ASV1-ASV49) and some of the sub-batches of Dennis Trident 10.6m (ATS51-53, 58, 61, 64-66, 71-72, 74-76, 78, 82, 84-85, 89, 91-100) retired one after another, coupled with the increasingly tight supply of short buses and the need to vacate short buses for routes with service restrictions, the whole route has been changed to be served by Enviro500 12m (ATE), which was the second addition of 12-metre buses after a gap of 37 years, and the whole route has been fully operated with straight-staircase buses. Starting from September 2021, the Enviro500 12m (ATE) was replaced by the same type of buses with Euro IV engines (ATEU, reintroduced in July 2023) and Enviro500 MMC 12m (ATENU, withdrawn), as the Enviro500 12m (ATE) buses running on this route were withdrawn due to its ageing and the high vehicle breakdown rate. All scheduled buses were de-scheduled on 21 February 2024 in response to the service curtailment of the route.

Routing

To Kowloon Tong Station

To Kowloon Tong Station: The distance of this route is approx. 11.1km, and the journey time is approximately 38mins. (The average speed is 17.5km/h.)

Via: Sui Wo Court access, Sui Wo Road, Shan Mei Street, Fo Tan (Shan Mei Street) Bus Terminus, Shan Mei Street, Fo Tan Road, Yuen Wo Road, Tam Kon Po Street, Sha Tin Centre Street, Pak Hok Ting Street, Sha Tin Centre Street, Lion Rock Tunnel Road, Lion Rock Tunnel, Waterloo Road, Cornwall Street, Kent Road, Suffolk Road and Tim Fuk Road

KMB Route 80M (Sui Wo Court → Kowloon Tong Station)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Sha Tin (Fo Tan)		Sui Wo Court Bus Terminus
2		Sui Wo Road	Sui Wo Road
3			Fo Tan (Shan Mei Street) Bus Terminus
4		Fo Tan Road	Fo Tan Village
5	Sha Tin Central	Yuen Wo Road	Wo Che Estate
6			Lek Yuen Estate
7		Tam Kon Po Street	Sha Tin Town Hall
8		Pak Hok Ting Street	Royal Park Hotel
9		Lion Rock Tunnel Road	Hong Kong Heritage Museum
Lion Bridge
10	Sha Tin Tau	Lion Rock Tunnel Road	Sun Tin Wai Estate
11	Hung Mui Kuk		Lion Rock Tunnel
Lion Rock Tunnel
12	Kowloon Tong	Cornwall Street	Kent Road
13			Kowloon Tong Station

To Sui Wo Court

To Sui Wo Court: The distance of this route is approx. 10.5km, and the journey time is approximately 38mins. (The average speed is 16.6km/h.)

Via: Suffolk Road, Waterloo Road, Lion Rock Tunnel, Lion Rock Tunnel Road, Sha Tin Centre Street, Shatin Central Bus Terminus, Sha Tin Centre Street, Wang Pok Street, Yuen Wo Road, Fo Tan Road, Sui Wo Road and Sui Wo Court access

KMB Route 80M (Kowloon Tong Station → Sui Wo Court)
No.	Area	Road	Bus stop name	Remarks
1	Kowloon Tong		Kowloon Tong Station
2	Kowloon Tong (Beacon Hill)	Waterloo Road	Moonbeam Terrace
Lion Rock Tunnel
3	Sha Tin Tau	Lion Rock Tunnel Road	Sun Tin Wai Estate
Lion Bridge
4	Sha Tin Central	Lion Rock Tunnel Road	Hong Kong Heritage Museum
5		Sha Tin Centre Street	Hilton Centre
6			Shatin Central Bus Terminus	Section fare begins here
7		Wang Pok Street	Lucky Plaza
8		Yuen Wo Road	Lek Yuen Estate
9			Wo Che Estate
10	Sha Tin (Fo Tan)	Fo Tan Road	Fo Tan Village
11			Tsung Tau Ha Road
12		Sui Wo Road	Goldfield Industrial Centre
13			Sui Wo Court Bus Terminus