The Kowloon Green Minibus Route 13 is operated by Sea Dragon Minibus Company Limited (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 10540C). It runs between Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) and Broadcast Drive (Fessenden Road).
The Hung Hom terminus and Broadcast Drive of this route are both located in Kowloon City District, but has to pass through Lok Fu in Wong Tai Sin District.
History[]
- 24 November 1978: The Transport Department launched an open tender for the operation of 8 groups of 26 new minibus routes. These routes were grouped together with the first generation Route 14, 15 and 1st generation Route 16.[1]
- 29 June 1979: Route 13 entered service, at that time running between Kowloon Tong (Marconi Road) and Kowloon City Ferry.[2]
- Unknown: Extended from Kowloon City Pier to Hung Hom Ferry.
- 30 March 1980: Rerouted via Junction Road and Lok Fu MTR Station instead of Renfrew Road and La Salle Road.
- Around the end of 1987: Kowloon Tong terminus was relocated to Broadcast Drive (Fessenden Road).
- 30 August 2009: Rerouted via Oi King Street to return to Hung Luen Road after reaching Hung Luen Road for Broadcast Drive direction with an intermediate stop added opposite to the South Promenade on Oi King Street. [3]
- August 2011: The stop on To Kwa Wan Road near Hung Fook Street for Hung Hom Ferry direction was relocated to Ngan Hon Street.
- 28 December 2011: Due to the construction of Whampoa Station on the MTR Kwun Tong Line Extension, the Tak Man Street stop was temporarily suspended and an additional stop was added at the Man Tai Street Temporary Terminus.
- 30 August 2017: In conjunction with the resumption of two-way traffic on Tak Man Street between Hung Hom Road and Man Tai Street, minibuses towards Broadcast Drive were changed to turn left after Hung Hom Road and return to the original routing at Tak Man Street from 17:00 on the same day. [4]
- 11 January 2019: The Hung Hom terminus was relocated to Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) Public Transport Interchange from 18:00 on the same day following the opening of the PTI. [5]
- 24 September 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. [6]
- 1 January 2022: The daily service hours were changed to 07:00 - 19:00 (from Hung Hom) and 07:30 - 19:30 (from Broadcast Drive).[7]
Service hours and headways[]
| From Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) | From Broadcast Drive | Headways (mins) |
|---|---|---|
| Mondays to Fridays | ||
| 07:00 - 09:00 | 07:30 - 09:30 | 15-20 |
| 09:00 - 19:00 | 09:30 - 19:30 | 20-30 |
| Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays | ||
| 07:00 - 19:00 | 07:30 - 19:30 | 20-30 |
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department“HKeMobility” mobile app.
Fares[]
| Fare chart (to Broadcast Drive) | |||
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Boarding stop ＼ Alighting stop
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Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) or after |
Ma Hang Chung Road or after |
Lok Fu (Wang Shun House) or after |
| Broadcast Drive or before |
$8.8 | $6.1 | $4.8 |
| Fare chart (to Hung Hom) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boarding stop ＼ Alighting stop
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Broadcast Drive or after |
Ma Tau Wai Road or after |
Ngan Hon Street or after |
| Lok Fu (Wang Tak House) or before |
$4.8 | ／ | ／ |
| Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) or before |
$8.8 | $6.1 | $4.8 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Octopus interchange concessions[]
| and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| ' | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
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Notes:
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's "Schedule of Services", this route requires a total of 5 minibuses to provide service, with a peak passenger capacity of no less than 96 people per direction per hour. In practice, this route is operated by 7 Toyota Coaster LPG minibuses.
Currently Kowloon Routes 13 series under Sea Dragon have a total of 11 of 16-seater Toyota Coaster LPG minibuses.
When this route was launched, it used 16-seater Mitsubishi Rosa diesel minibuses. As these minibuses have aged, they have been retired since 2004 and replaced by Toyota Coaster LPG minibuses.
In addition, the vehicles on this route were equipped with old route signs, which were not fully updated until the operation of route 13M in 2021.
| List of current minibuses in Kowloon 13 series | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Type No.[Remark 1] | Seat | Sign Configuration | Remarks |
| AX873 | 2004 5LS | 16-seater low back | Newest Rollsign | |
| DD3369 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high adopt seat | Licence Plate originally belonged to Mitsubishi Rosa (BE434E) | |
| ET7897 | 2004 5LS | 16-seater low back | Licence Plate originally belonged to Mitsubishi Rosa (1991 BE439E) | |
| EU7791 | ||||
| GG6310 | 2007 6LS | 16-seater high back | Entered service in August 2007 Plate originally belonged to Mitsubishi Rosa (1995 BE439E) | |
| LT8971 | 2004 5LS2 | Entered service in December 2004 | ||
| LV5636 | 2005 5LS2 | Entered service in February 2005 | ||
| MY697 | 2007 5LS2 | |||
| List of former minibuses under Kowloon 13 series | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Model | Type No. | Retirement/withdrawal date | Whereabouts | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| BD1989 | Mitsubishi Rosa | BE434E | Unknown | Retired | |
| CS3386 | BE437E | October 2005 | Toyota Coaster (2005 5LS2) of the same plate | ||
| Toyota Coaster | 2005 5LS2 | November 2024 | Transferred to Kellis' Kowloon Routes 26 series | ||
| DD3369 | Mitsubishi Rosa | BE434E | 2005 | Retired | Toyota Coaster (2005 5LS2) of the same plate |
| DV7268[Remark 2] | 1991 BE434E | August 2003 | Retired Plate is now applied on a Toyota Coaster (2003 5LS) on Rich Success Transportation's New Territories Route 60 |
JS7393 (2003 BE639E) | |
| DX2961 | 1988 BE434E | 2003 | Retired | ET3210 (Toyota Coaster - 1991 2nd Generation) | |
| ET3210 | Toyota Coaster | 1991 2nd Generation | November 2004 | LS8826 (2004 5LS2) | |
| ET5728 | Mitsubishi Rosa | 1991 BE439E | Unknown | ||
| ET6571 | |||||
| ET6950 | |||||
| ET7897 | 2004 | Toyota Coaster (2004 5LS) of the same plate | |||
| EU7791 | |||||
| GG6310 | 1995 BE439E | August 2007 | Toyota Coaster (2007 6LS) of the same plate | ||
| JG7919 | BE439E | April 2005 | LW6083 (Toyota Coaster - 2005 5LS2) | ||
| JS7393 | 2003 BE639E | August 2005 | Toyota Coaster (2005 5LS2) of the same plate | ||
| Toyota Coaster | 2005 5LS2 | December 2017 | Transferred to Red Minibus Yuen Jor Route and Wong Mong Route | ||
| LS8826 | 2004 5LS2 | 2020 | Transferred to Red minibus Yuen Jor Route | ||
| LV6193 | 2005 5LS2 | July 2024 | Converted to red minibus and idled Then transferred to Red Minibus Yuen Po Route in August 2024 |
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| LW6083 | Converted to red minibus and idled | ||||
The information may not be complete and accurate, and to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.
This section was last updated on 12/2024202412
Routing[]
To Broadcast Drive[]
To Broadcast Drive: The distance of this route is approx. 7.0km, and the journey time is approximately 30mins. (The average speed is 14km/h.)
Via: Hung Luen Road, Oi King Street, Hung Luen Road (Westbound), roundabout, Hung Luen Road (Eastbound), Hung Lok Road, Hung Lai Road, Hung Hom South Road, Hung Hom Road, Tak Man Street, Dock Street, Bulkeley Street, Marsh Street, Wuhu Street, Ma Tau Wai Road, To Kwa Wan Road, Lok Shan Road, Ha Heung Road, Sheung Heung Road, Kowloon City Road, Ma Hang Chung Road, Tin Kwong Road, Argyle Street, Lomond Road, Boundary Street, Prince Edward Road West, Junction Road, Wang Tau Hom East Road, Wang Tau Hom South Road, Fu Keung Street, Fu Mei Street, Chuk Yuen Road and Broadcast Drive
| Kowloon GMB Route 13 (Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) → Broadcast Drive (Fessenden Road)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Hung Hom |
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| 2 | Oi King Street |
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| 3 | Hung Luen Road |
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| 4 | Hung Lok Road |
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| 5 | Hung Lai Road |
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| 6 | Tak Man Street |
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| 7 | Bulkeley Street |
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| 8 | Wuhu Street |
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| 9 | To Kwa Wan | Ma Tau Wai Road |
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Hail-and-ride section |
| 10 | Lok Shan Road |
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| 11 | Ma Hang Chung Road |
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| 12 | Kowloon City | Tin Kwong Road |
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| 13 | Argyle Street |
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| 14 | Lomond Road |
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| 15 | Junction Road |
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Hail-and-ride section | |
| 16 | Lok Fu | Wang Tau Hom East Road |
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| 17 | Wang Tau Hom South Road |
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| 18 | Kowloon Tong | Broadcast Drive |
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Hail-and-ride section |
| 19 |
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To Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road)[]
| Routing | Road observed |
| ① Regular |
The distance of this route is approx. 8.0km, and the journey time is approximately 35mins. (The average speed is 13.7km/h.) Broadcast Drive, Chuk Yuen Road, Fu Mei Street, Fu Keung Street, Wang Tau Hom Central Road, Wang Tau Hom East Road, Junction Road, Prince Edward Road West, Lomond Road, Argyle Street, Tin Kwong Road, Ma Tau Wai Road, Sheung Heung Road, To Kwa Wan Road, Ma Tau Wai Road, Wuhu Street, Tak Man Street, Tak On Street, Tak Fung Street, Shung King Street and Hung Luen Road |
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| ② ＊ Omitting Chuk Yuen Road and Fu Mei Street |
……, Chuk Yuen Road, Broadcast Drive, Junction Road, Wang Tau Hom East Road, Wang Tau Hom South Road, Fu Keung Street, Wang Tau Hom Central Road, Wang Tau Hom East Road, …… |
| Kowloon GMB Route 13 (Broadcast Drive (Fessenden Road) → Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Kowloon Tong | Broadcast Drive |
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Hail-and-ride section | ||
| 3 | Lok Fu | Fu Mei Street |
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Not applicable to special trips using routing ② |
| 4 | Lok Fu | Wang Tau Hom Central Road |
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| 5 | Wang Tau Hom East Road |
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| 6 | Kowloon City | Junction Road |
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Hail-and-ride section |
| 7 | Lomond Road |
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| 8 | Argyle Street |
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| 9 | Tin Kwong Road |
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| 10 | To Kwa Wan | Ma Tau Wai Road |
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| 11 | To Kwa Wan Road |
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Hail-and-ride section | |
| 12 | Hung Hom | Ma Tau Wai Road |
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Hail-and-ride section |
| 13 | Tak Man Street |
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| 14 | Tak On Street |
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| 15 | Tak Fung Street |
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Related incidents[]
Traffic accident[]
- 5 February 2013: At around 9am, a Toyota Coaster heading towards Broadcast Drive (Fessenden Road) hit an elderly woman on Ma Hang Chung Road and dragged her under the car for 30 metres. The elderly woman died in hospital and the driver was arrested for dangerous driving causing death. [15] On 9 September of the same year, the driver pleaded guilty to careless driving at the Kowloon City Magistrates' Court and was sentenced to three months in prison and had his licence suspended for another two years.
- 21 November 2014: At around 3pm, a driver driving a Toyota Coaster (AX873) heading towards Broadcast Drive. He lost control and crossed the double white line near the junction of Carpenter Road on Junction Road due to feeling unwell. He crashed into a school bus and a seven-seater car and then into a bus stop, injuring four people. [16]
Lost trips[]
Before the opening of the MTR Kwun Tong Line Extension, the original frequency of this route was to run every 10 to 15 minutes, but some passengers complained to the Transport Department that they had to wait 30 minutes for a minibus to arrive.[17]
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Remarks[]
- ↑ Numbers placed after the model Toyota Coaster (if any) are only used within the transport enthusiasts, others (including the industry) does not use such names.
- ↑ Original plate number ES4020
Related articles[]
References[]
- ↑ Gazette No. 3028, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 120, No. 47, 24 November 1978.
- ↑ "Five additional minibus routes to be added in Kowloon", Hong Kong Government Press Release, 28 June 1979.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Re-routeing of Kowloon Green Minibus Route No. 13" [Traffic Advice], August 2009.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Traffic and Transport Arrangements at Hung Hom" [Traffic Notices], 30 August 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Opening of Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) Public Transport Interchange" [Traffic Advice], 2 January 2019.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 237 routes" [News Bulletin], 24 September 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route No. 13" [Traffic Advice], 29 December 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustments of Kowloon Route Nos. 13 and 13A" [Traffic Advice], 12 September 2023.
- ↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2023-24 Reply No. TLB113, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 20%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 17.3%.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustments of Kowloon GMB Route No 13, 13A and 15" [Traffic Advice], 29 August 2014.
- ↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2014-15 Reply No. THB(T)148, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 10.1%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 8.7%.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustments of Kowloon GMB Route No 13, 13A and 15" [Traffic Advice], 26 September 2011.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustments of Kowloon GMB Route No 13 and 13A" [Traffic Advice], 24 July 2008.
- ↑ "九龍及新界 廿四小巴專綫明日起調整收費" (Fare of Kowloon and New Territories 24 minibus routes to be adjusted tomorrow), "Wah Kiu Yat Po", 31 August 1982.
- ↑ "73歲司機輾斃79歲拾荒婦" (73-year-old minibus driver hit 79-year-old elderly woman to death), Oriental Daily News, 6th February 2013.
- ↑ "七旬司機暈 綠巴亂撞四傷" (GMB driver caused crash while 70-year-old driver fainted, 4 injured), "Oriental Daily News", 22 November 2014
- ↑ "13號綠Van脫班無改善" (No improvement for lost trips on GMB Route 13), Oriental Daily News, 28 September 2014.
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