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KMB Route 887

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The New Territories Sha Tin Racecourse Bus Route 887 is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus and runs after races at Sha Tin Racecourse one-way from Sha Tin Racecourse to Mong Kok (Park Avenue), using the Lion Rock Tunnel to head directly to Kowloon Tong, Mong Kok, and Tai Kok Tsui。

Once this route reaches Kowloon, it follows the routing of Route 72X.

History[]

  • 7 October 1978: Route 887 entered service, running between Sha Tin Racecourse and Tai Kok Tsui Ferry on race days at Sha Tin Racecourse.
  • 21 December 1979: Buses heading to Tai Kok Tsui Ferry were diverted via Mong Kok Road, Sai Yeung Choi Street before Argyle Street.
  • 11 November 1984: In cooperation with the opening of Sha Tin Road, all trips were diverted via this road.
  • 17 September 1988: All trips heading to Sha Tin Racecourse were diverted via Tai Po Road and Nam Cheong Street.
  • 1 January 1995: This route was made into a one-way service to Tai Kok Tsui Ferry.
  • 8 May 1995: Following all other Tai Kok Tsui Ferry routes, the terminus was moved to Tai Kok TsuiNew Reclamation Area Temporary Bus Terminus.
  • 5 October 1995: In conjunction with the opening of the new road in the Tai Kok Tsui reclamation area, traffic will enter and exit the terminus via the Cherry Street Tunnel and the roundabout outside the temporary terminus.
  • 15 August 1995: The terminus was moved to Island Harbourview.[1]
  • 9 July 2000: The terminus was moved to Mong Kok (Park Avenue).[2]
  • 27 August 2000: This route was diverted via Tai Kok Tsui Road and an additional stop at Cherry Street near the  Olympic Station bus stop was added.[3]
  • 3 September 2000: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service, but the fare was not increased, and was one of the last 3 Sha Tin Racecourse bus routes to be made air-conditioned.[Remark 1][4]
  • 7 February 2020: Due to the special arrangements for Sha Tin Racecourse race day during the novel coronavirus pandemic, services were suspended from that day until 5 September 2021.[5][6]

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[]

This route only operates on race days at Sha Tin Racecourse, with boarding beginning at the start of the last race and departing when full.

Fares[]

Boarding Stop Fare
Full Fare $21.6
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.
  • This route is not covered by the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities.
  • 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".
  • This route has no section fares.

Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 15.5km, and the journey time is approximately 45mins. (The average speed is 20.7km/h.)

Via: Sha Tin RacecourseAccess Road, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, Sha Tin Road, Lion Rock Tunnel Road, Lion Rock Tunnel, Waterloo Road, Argyle Street, Cherry Street, Tai Kok Tsui Road, Unnamed Road, Cherry Street Roundabout, and Hoi Wang Road

Kowloon Motor Bus Route 887 (Sha Tin Racecourse→Mong Kok (Park Avenue))
No. Area Road Bus stop name Remarks
1 Sha Tin Racecourse Sha Tin Racecourse Bus Terminus
Tai Po Road - Sha Tin； Sha Tin Road, Lion Rock Tunnel
2 Kowloon Tong Waterloo Road Junction Road Kowloon Tong
3 Kowloon Tong
4 La Villa
5 Kowloon Hospital
6 Ho Man Tin Argyle Street Yee On Court
7 Peace Avenue
8 Mong Kok Mong Kok Station
9 Mongkok Market Complex
10 Tai Kok Tsui Cherry Street Ming Kei College
11 Olympic Station
12 Mong Kok West Hoi Wang Road Hoi Fu Court
13 Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus

Special Service[]

According to the Schedule of Routes Order, if there is an emergency on Sha Tin Racecourse day, this route can provide special service between Sha Tin Racecourse and Kowloon Tong Station, but the above special service has never been implemented so far.[7][8]

  • Sha Tin Racecourse to Kowloon Tong Station: Via Sha Tin Racecourse access, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, Lion Rock Tunnel Road, Lion Rock Tunnel, Waterloo Road, Cornwall Street, Kent Road, Suffolk Road, and Tim Fuk Road
  • Kowloon Tong Station to Sha Tin Racecourse: Via Suffolk Road, Waterloo Road, Lion Rock Tunnel, Lion Rock Tunnel Road, Sha Tin Road, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, and Sha Tin Racecourse access

Gallery[]

More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
KMB Route 887 (Edit)


Remarks[]

  1. ↑ The other 2 are Routes 848 and 891.

Related articles[]

  • KMB Route 870M (Cancelled)
  • PLB Sha Tin Racecourse - Jordan Road Route

References[]

  1. ↑ 維港灣巴士總站啟用，巴士路線改道安排 (New bus route arrangements with the opening of Island Harbourview Bus Terminus), BUStop, August 1999.
  2. ↑ BUStop: 旺角（柏景灣）巴士總站啟用，巴士路線改道安排 (Bus route diversion arrangements with the opening of Mong Kok (Park Avenue) Bus Terminus)
  3. ↑ Bus News August 2000, BUStop.
  4. ↑ Bus News September 2000, BUStop.
  5. ↑ "Transport Department Special Traffic Arrangements", GovHK Notifications, 7 February 2020.
  6. ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "Special Service for Sha Tin Racecourse" [Passenger Notice], 2 September 2021.
  7. ↑ Schedule of Routes (The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited) Order 2022 (L.N. 118 of 2022)
  8. ↑ 是日馬場散場車 (Photos of the sign for this route to Kowloon Tong Station), hkitalk.net

External links[]

Template:List of Large-scale Event Special Bus Routes {{List of Sha Tin Racecourse Bus Routes}

V · D · EBus routes terminating or turning back in Sha Tin District (shown below are destination districts)
Hong Kong Island
To/from Central and
Western District
88R • 182 • 182X← • 680 • 680B→ • 680P→ • 680X • 681 • 681P • 980X (#) • 981P (#) • 982X (#) • 985 (#) • N182 • N680
To/from Wan Chai District
980A→ • 980X (#) • 981P (#) • 982X (#) • 985 (#) • 985A→ • 985B→
To/from Eastern District
682 • 682A→ ($) • 682B • 682C→ • 682P→ • 982C→ • 986→ • 987← • 989→
To/from Southern District
170 • N170
Kowloon
To/from Wong Tai Sin District
82P • 82X • 84M • 85M • 272S
To/from Kwun Tong District
61R • 80 • 80A→ • 80P→ • 80X • 83A→ • 83X • 88 • 88X • 89 • 89B • 89C • 89D • 89P→ • 89X • 889→
To/from Yau Tsim Mong District
81 • 81C • 81X→ • 87B • 87D • 280X • 281A • 281B→ • 281E← • 281X→ • 287D← • 287P→ • 287X • 887→ • N281 • N283← • N287←
To/from Sham Shui Po District
46X • 86 • 86A • 86C • 286C • 286D • 286P→ • 286X
To/from Kowloon City District
85 • 85A • 85B • 85S→ • 85X • 281M • 891→
New Territories East
Inside Sha Tin District
80K • 81K • 82B • 82C • 82K • 83K • 83P • 83S • 85K • 86K • 86S • 87K • 87P • 87S • 88K • 89S • 272K • 281 • 282 • 283 • 284 • 285 • 285A • 288 • 288A • 288B • 288C • 289K • 888
To/from Tai Po District
72A • 82D • 272A • 274P • 289R * • 581 • 872→ • 872X→
To/from North District
73A • 79 • 274← • B8
To/from Sai Kung District
90 • 97 • 99 • 99R • 299X • 798 • 798A • 798P • 798X • 893→
New Territories West
To/from Tsuen Wan District
38B • 43P • 43X • 46S • 48P • 48X • R42
To/from Kwai Tsing District
40X • 43S← •46P • 47A • 47X • 49P→ • 49X • 240X • 249X • 848→
To/from Tuen Mun District
263 • 263A • 263B • 868
To/from Yuen Long District
64X← • 65X← • 269D • 869→ • N73
To/from Islands District
A41 • A41P • A42 • A46 • E42 • E42C • E42P • N42 • NA40 • NA41
Shenzhen Ports
Sha Tau Kok Express
Shap Sze Heung, Hoi Ha Wan and Wong Shek Pier areas of Sai Kung North are all located in Tai Po District, please refer to the District Council constituency boundary map.
Italic - service during specified days/periods only; → - Outbound service only; ← - Inbound service only; (#) - outbound terminus at Wan Chai District, inbound starting point at Central and Western District; ($) - inbound service ends at Tai Po District
V · D · EBus routes terminating or turning back in Yau Tsim Mong District (shown below are destination districts)
Hong Kong Island
To/from Central and
Western District
H1← • H1S • H2→ • H2K
To/from Eastern District
110
To/from Southern District
973
Kowloon
To/from Yau Tsim Mong District
8 • W4
To/from Kwun Tong District
1A • 9 • 11X • 13D • 13X • 14 • 14X • 15X • 16 • 16X • 24 • 26 • 26X • 27 • 28 • 213D • 213X • 215P← • 215X • 219X • 224X • N213→ • N216 • W2
To/from Wong Tai Sin District
1 • 3C • 3X • 5 • 5C • 5P • 7 • 10 • 11 • 11K • 21 • 203E • HK1
To/from Sham Shui Po District
2 • 6 • 12 • 12P← • 203C • 203S← • 701 • 701A • 701S
To/from Kowloon City District
5A • 8A • 8P • 20A • 208 • N20→
New Territories East
To/from Northern District
79P • 270A • 270B • 270C • 270P← • 270S→ • T270 • W3
To/from Tai Po District
72X • 87E • 271 • 271B • 271P← • 271S→ • 271X→ • 272E • 272X • N271
To/from Sha Tin District
81 • 81C • 81X← • 87B • 87D • 280X • 281A • 281B← •281E→ • 281X← • 287D→ • 287P← • 287X • 887← • N281 • N283→ • N287→
To/from Sai Kung District
92R • 93K • 93P • 95 • 98D • 98P • 213E • 291P← • 296D • 790 • 796P • 796X • N293 • N796
New Territories West
To/from Tsuen Wan District
32 • 33A • 36B • 36X • 234P← • 234X • 238P← • 238X
To/from Kwai Tsing District
31B • 35A • 35X • 37 • 37X← • 41A • 42A • 43C • 44 • 46 • 242X • N41X→ • N241
To/from Tuen Mun District
50 • 52X • 58X • 59X • 60X • 66X • 67X • 252B← • 259B← • 259C← • 260B← • 260X • 261B← • N50
To/from Yuen Long District
63X • 68X • 69X • 265B • 268X • 269X
To/from Islands District
A20 • A21 • E21 • E21C • E21D • E21X← • N21 • N21A • NA21←
Shenzhen Ports
To/from Heung Yuen Wai Port
Yau Tsim 24 Hour Cross-Border Express (Yau Ma Tei and Tsim Sha Tsui) • Mong Kok Cross-Border Route (Mong Kok)
To/from Shenzhen Bay Port
TIL Prince Edward - Shenzhen Bay Port Route • TIL Tsim Sha Tsui - Shenzhen Bay Port Route

Italic - service during specified days/periods only; → - outbound service only; ← - inbound service only
V · D · EBus routes passing through Lion Rock Tunnel
Sha Tin District
<Sham Shui Po District> 86 • 86A • 86C • 286A (northbound)
<Yau Tsim Mong District> 81C • 87B • 87D • 281A • 281B (southbound) • 281X (southbound) • 887 (southbound) • N281 • N287 (northbound)
<Kowloon City District> 85 • 85A • 85B (southbound) • 891 (southbound)
<Kwun Tong District> 80 • 80A (southbound) • 80P (southbound) • 89 • 89B • 889 (southbound)
<Hong Kong Island> 88R • 170 • 182 • 182X (northbound) • N170 • N182
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Tai Po District
<Yau Tsim Mong District> 72X • 87E • 271 • 271B • 271P (southbound) • 271S (northbound) • N271
<Kwun Tong District> 74A
North District
<Yau Tsim Mong District> 270A • 270C • 270S (northbound)
<Hong Kong Island> 373 (northbound) • N373
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