The New Territories Special Bus Route (Overnight Service) N78 is operated by Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB). It runs between Sheung Shui and Sha Tau Kok, via Fanling Swimming Pool (San Wan Road), Fanling MTR Station, Luen Wo Hui, Queen's Hill and rural areas along Sha Tau Kok Road.
This is the first overnight franchised bus route serving the Frontier Closed Area and the routing is generally similar to that of Route 78K, except observing Queen's Hill which is not served by the latter.
History[]
With the increase in population along Sha Tau Kok Road and the completion of the Queen Hill Estate and Shan Lai Court on the site of the Queen's Hill Military Barracks from November 2021, the Transport Department has proposed in the 2021-2022 Bus Route Development Programme to provide a new additional route N78 in response to the regional residents' demands[1] to facilitate access to the rural areas of Sha Tau Kok Road in the overnight hours and early mornings.
Route Change History[]
- 30 November 2021: Route N78 commenced service.[2][3]
- 27 January 2022: Observe Queen's Hill Public Transport Terminus for round trips, replacing the "Queen's Hill Bus Terminus" midway stops on both sides of Lung Ma Road.[4]
- 3 April 2023: Frequency increased to four trips on each directions. Departures from Sheung Shui depart at 00:30, 01:00, 01:45 and 02:30, and from Sha Tau Kok at 03:30, 04:00, 04:30 and 05:00.[5][6]
Service Hours and Headways[]
The latest update is on 4/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
| from Sheung Shui | from Sha Tau Kok |
|---|---|
| Daily | |
| 00:30, 01:00, 01:45, 02:30 | 03:30, 04:00, 04:30, 05:00 |
- This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Journey/boarding stop | Air-conditioned fare |
|---|---|
| Full Fare | $15.9 |
| Section fares (to Sha Tau Kok) | |
| From Alliance Primary School Sheung Shui | $12.4 |
| From Hung Leng | $9.1 |
| Section fares (to Sheung Shui) | |
| from Hung Leng | $12.4 |
| from Luen Wo Hui Bus Terminus | $9.1 |
Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]
Passengers using the same Octopus card or account of the same electronic payment instrument 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.The interchange concession of e-payment system is only applicable to the interchange between KMB or Long Win Bus departures on other routes)
Fanling Station BBI Interchange Concession Scheme[]
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Sheung Shui BBI Interchange Concession Scheme[]
Template:Sheung Shui BBI Interchange Concession Scheme
LWB A 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 | ||
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Note:
＊: 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). | |||||
Bus deployments[]
This route was deployed with air-conditioned buses dispatched from Routes 270A and N73.
| List of Bus Running Orders for Route N78 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Depot | Order Routes | Running Order No. | Departure Time |
| Mondays to Fridays Late Night | |||
| Sha Tin Depot (Sheung Shui Sub-depot) (S) | 270A | 14 | Sheung Shui depart 01:10 |
| N73 | 10 | Sheung Shui depart 01:50 Sha Tau Kok depart 04:10 | |
| 11 | Sha Tau Kok depart 04:45 | ||
| Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays Late Night | |||
| To be verified | |||
This section was last updated on 11/202120211130
Routing[]
To Sha Tau Kok[]
Via: Lung Wan Street, San Wan Road, Fanling Station Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Fan Leng Lau Road, Wo Muk Road, Luen On Street, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Lung Ma Road (eastbound), Queen's HillPublic Transport Terminus, Lung Ma Road (eastbound), roundabout, Lung Ma Road (westbound), Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha, Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au and Shun Lung Street
| KMB Route N78 (Sheung Shui → Sha Tau Kok) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Sheung Shui | Sheung Shui BBI - Sheung Shui Bus Terminus (A1)  |
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| 2 | San Wan Road | So Kwun Po Village | ||
| 3 | Fanling | North District Park North Gate | ||
| 4 | Swallow Garden | |||
| 5 | Fanling Station BBI - Cheung Wah Estate (A1) | |||
| 6 | Fanling Station Road | Fanling Station BBI - Fanling Station (C1) |
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| 7 | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau | Fan Leng Lau | ||
| 8 | Fan Leng Lau Road | Fan Leng Lau Tsuen | ||
| 9 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Wo Muk Road | Alliance Primary School Sheung Shui | Section Fare begins |
| 10 | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau | Green Code | ||
| 11 | Lung Yeuk Tau | Lung Yeuk Tau | ||
| 12 | Queen's Hill | Queen's Hill Terminus | ||
| 13 | Lung Ma Road | Shan Lai Court | ||
| 14 | Lung Yeuk Tau | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau | San Wai Barracks | |
| 15 | Kwan Tei | |||
| 16 | Lau Shui Heung | |||
| 17 | Hung Leng | Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha | Ko Po | |
| 18 | Hung Leng | Section fare begins here | ||
| 19 | Ma Mei Ha | Ma Mei Ha | ||
| 20 | Sha Tau Kok | Tai Tong Wu | ||
| 21 | Chun Yiu | |||
| 22 | Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang | Loi Tung | ||
| 23 | Man Uk Pin | |||
| 24 | Wo Hang | |||
| 25 | Tai Long | |||
| 26 | Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au | Ma Tseuk Leng | ||
| 27 | Shek Kiu Tau | |||
| 28 | Yim Tso Ha | |||
| 29 | Nam Chung | |||
| 30 | Sha Tau Kok Clinic | |||
| 31 | Tong To | |||
| 32 | San Tsuen | |||
| 33 | Muk Min Tau | |||
| 34 | 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 | ||||
| 35 | 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 tis route to cross the border via Sha Tau Kok Control Point. | ||||
To Sheung Shui[]
Via: Shun Lung Street, Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au, Sha Tau Kok Road - Ho Hang, Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Lung Ma Road (eastbound), Queen's HillPublic Transport Terminus, Lung Ma Road (eastbound), roundabout, Lung Ma Road (westbound), Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Luen On Street, Luen Wo Hui Public Transport Terminus, Wo Tai Street, Wo Muk Road, Fan Leng Lau Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, San Wan Road, Fanling Station Road and San Wan Road
| KMB Route N78 (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 enter | ||||
| 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 | |||
| 14 | Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha | Chun Yiu | ||
| 15 | Tai Tong Wu | |||
| 16 | Ma Mei Ha | Ma Mei Ha | ||
| 17 | Hung Leng | Hung Leng | Section fare begins here | |
| 18 | Ko Po | |||
| 19 | Lung Yeuk Tau | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau | Lau Shui Heung | |
| 20 | Kwan Tei | |||
| 21 | San Wai Barracks | |||
| 22 | Queen's Hill | Lung Ma Road | Shan Lai Court | |
| 23 | Queen's Hill Terminus | |||
| 24 | Lung Yeuk Tau | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau | Lung Yeuk Tau | |
| 25 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | On Lok Tsuen | ||
| 26 | Luen Wo Hui Bus Terminus | Section fare begins here | ||
| 27 | Wo Muk Road | Union Plaza | ||
| 28 | Fan Leng Lau Road | Rhenish Church Secondary School | ||
| 29 | Fanling | San Wan Road | Fanling Station BBI - Cheung Wah Estate (A1) | |
| 30 | Fanling Station Road | Fanling Station BBI - Fanling Station (C1) |
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| 31 | San Wan Road | Fanling Swimming Pool | ||
| 32 | Sheung Shui | Sheung Shui BBI - Sheung Shui Bus Terminus (A1) |
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Gallery[]
Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- KMB Route 78
- KMB Route 78A
- KMB Route 78B
- KMB Route 78K
- New Territories GMB Route 55K
References[]
- ↑ North District Council Traffic and Transport Committee, 提案:要求增設巴士線通宵來往上水及沙打地區 (Proposal: Request for additional overnight bus routes to and from Sheung Shui and Sha Tau Kok and Ta Kwu Ling areas) [Discussion document], 11 May 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "九巴開辦第N78號線服務 (上水 – 沙頭角)" [Traffic Advice], 22 November 2021.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "九巴推出皇后山限定優惠 買月票送高達$1,200超市禮券 新增三條路線 全日來往粉嶺站接駁市區" [News Release], 22 November 2021.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "九巴皇后山路線延伸至皇后山總站" [News Release], 21 January 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "九巴第N78號線 (上水–沙頭角) 加強服務" [Traffic Advice], 24 March 2023.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "N78 加強服務" [Passenger Notice], March 2023.
External Links[]
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