Kowloon GMB Route 16S

The Kowloon Green Minibus (GMB) Route 16S is operated by Success Transportation Limited (成功運輸有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 11315C) under Ma Ah Muk. It runs between Aria and Ping Shek, designed to facilitate residents of the private housing estate Aria to connect to MTR or to shopping at Ngau Chi Wan Market; the route is similar to that of Route 16A, but it does not enter Ngau Chi Wan Street in the direction of Ping Shek. ^[1]

This route is officially a circular route as listed in the according to Transport Department's Schedule of Services, but under any circumstances, all passengers must alight after the vehicle has arrived at Ping Shek Estate, therefore it belongs to a fake circular route.

History[]

21 February 2011: The operator dispatched the minibuses from routes 16 and 16A to serve on new Route 16X, the Terminus was located at the passing point opposite Aria on Fung Shing Street.
10 April 2011: Formal operation was approved by Transport Department with the route number changed to 16S. ^[2]
14 April 2018: The last trip time was extended to 23:00. ^[3]
22 December 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. ^[4]

Service hours and headways[]

From Aria
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Daily
07:00 - 23:00	10

Special Headways[]

Aria ↺ Ping Shek ●
Mondays to Fridays
07:30 - 08:30 (1 minibus)
No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department“HKeMobility” mobile app.

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding stop	Fare
Full fares	$4.3
Fare chart (To Ping Shek)
Choi Wan Commercial Complex	$3.7
Fare chart (To Aria)
Choi Wan Commercial Complex	$3.7

Fare Remarks
Same fare regardless of age. Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Elderly Octopus 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 Concessionary Fare. Passengers are required to tender exact fare in cash or by Octopus card upon boarding. No change will be given.

Historical fares

Fare adjustment effective dates	Full fares	Section fares
16 July 2023 ^[5]	$4.3^[6]	From Fung Shing Street near Ngau Chi Wan Street to Ping Shek: $3.7 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Aria: $3.7
23 February 2020 ^[7]	$3.8^[8]	From Fung Shing Street near Ngau Chi Wan Street to Ping Shek: $3.3 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Aria: $3.3
13 November 2016 ^[9]	$3.6^[10]	From Fung Shing Street near Ngau Chi Wan Street to Ping Shek: $3.3 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Ping Shek: $3.1 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Aria: $3.3
20 October 2013 ^[11]	$3.4^[12]	From Fung Shing Street near Ngau Chi Wan Street to Ping Shek: $3.1 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Ping Shek: $2.9 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Aria: $3.1 Elderly Concession fares: $2.7
18 September 2011 ^[13]	$3.1	From Fung Shing Street near Ngau Chi Wan Street to Ping Shek: $2.8 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Ping Shek: $2.6 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Aria: $2.8 Elderly Concession fares: $2.4
21 February 2011	$2.9	From Fung Shing Street near Ngau Chi Wan Street to Ping Shek: $2.6 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Ping Shek: $2.4 From Choi Wan Commercial Complex to Aria: $2.6 Elderly Concession fares: $2.2

Octopus Interchange Concessions[]

S and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
'	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	'	50￠	90 minutes
Notes: Passengers must use the same Octopus Card to pay the fare for both the minibus and MTR to enjoy the above-mentioned interchange concession. Passengers can enjoy the above transfer discount at any MTR station / minibus stop that connects to the second leg of the route. The MTR ride does not apply to Light Rail, Airport Express, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail, MTR Bus and MTR Feeder Bus services. The MTR interchange concession only applies to paid rides. Unless otherwise specified, passengers using the Monthly Pass Enhanced Version or Disneyland Line Monthly Ticket (including those who have paid First Class Supplementary Fare) cannot enjoy this concession when taking the MTR at designated stations; however, if Enhanced Monthly Pass or Disneyland Resort Line Monthly Ticket holders take paid rides outside the designated stations, the concession still applies. If passengers have just used the same Octopus Card for the Airport Express "Free MTR Connection," they cannot simultaneously enjoy the MTR interchange concession. If both "MTR Fare Saver" and "MTR Interchange Concession" are applicable, passengers can only enjoy one of the higher discounts. Higher concession amounts are available for certain GMB routes at designated MTR stations. For more details, please refer to MTR Website. Edit

Minibus deployments[]

According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route requires a total of 4 minibuses to provide service, with a peak passenger capacity of no less than 96 passengers per direction per hour.

Current this route and 16, 16A and 16B use a total of 31 TOYOTA Coaster LPG light bus, included 7 of 16-seater minibuses and 24 of 19-seater minibuses.

List of Success Transportation minibuses
Plate No.	Type No.^{[Remark 1]}	Seat	Sign Configuration	Route	Remarks
FT103	2005 5LS2	16-seater High back	Rollsign	16A
GW6883	2006 5LS2			16 series	Formerly a vehicle on Big Union's New Territories Routes 59 series Was also a formerly vehicle on Tung Wan's New Territories Route 106 Joined in January 2023
LV9638	2005 5LS2				Formerly a vehicle on Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 47 Joined in November 2019
LY8873					Formerly a vehicle of Yan Yan Ho New Territories Routes 101M/102 series/111 Joined in June 2016
MC5299					Formerly a vehicle on Fu Wan's New Territories Routes 406/407 series Joined in July 2023
MD2535					Originally a part of Red Minibus Kwun Tsing Route and Tung Tsuen Route
~~ME3129~~					Idled Formerly a vehicle on Fu Wan's New Territories Routes 406/407 series Joined in July 2023
PS3815	2011 6LS				Entered service in February 2011
VP4871	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelose	Patent Enterprises EDS	16	Entered service in July 2018
VT6787				16A	Entered service in October 2018
VU1606				16
VU2016				16S
VU2085				16 series
VW3489				Day time service: 16A Night Time service: 16S	Entered service in November 2018
VW8947				16 series	Entered service in December 2018
VX7140	2019 7LL				Entered service in February 2019
VY9285			Transfull EDS
VZ142
WA3672					Entered service in March 2019
WB2812					Entered service in March 2019
WC1641					Entered service in April 2019
WC6195					Entered service in May 2019
WC6294
WC8832
WD4771
WD5650
WD6518					Entered service in June 2019
WM1901					Entered service in November 2019
WU3023	2020 7LL				Entered service in June 2020
XR913	2021 7LL				Entered service in October 2021
XR3788
XR4372

List of former minibuses in Success Transportation
Plate No.	Type No.	Retirement/withdrawal date	Whereabouts	Substituted vehicle(s)
FP8222	2005 5LS2	December 2023	Transferred to Golden Way's New Territories Route 56A
GT4666	2005 5LS2	Unknown	Transferred to Tung Wan's New Territories Route 106
GU4352	Wait for check	Unknown	Retired
HE7664	1997 3rd Generation	May 2016		LJ634 (2004 5LS)
HU3361	1998 3rd Generation	May 2016		LY7520 (2005 5LS2)
HW3049	1998 4th Generation	Unknown		LJ1875 (2004 5LS)
HW5473	1998 4th Generation
JC2611	1999 4th Generation
JD5195		June 2016		LY8873 (2005 5LS2)
JE4008		July 2016
JV2932	2000 4th Generation	Unknown
KH1886	2001 5LS	October 2018		VU2016 (2018 7LL)
KH4690		October 2018		VU2085 (2018 7LL)
KH4893		November 2018		VW3489 (2018 7LL)
KJ6968	2002 4th Generation	Unknown		KY6738 (2003 5LS)
KJ7659	2002 5LS	February 2019		VZ142 (2019 7LL)
KL6544		October 2018		VT6787 (2018 7LL)
KM4271		May 2019		WC6195 (2019 7LL)
KM7367		December 2008	Exchanged with HW5473 (1998 4th Generation) that originally served on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series
KN1996		May 2019	Retired	WC6294 (2019 7LL)
KN2587				WD4771 (2019 7LL)
KN2810				WC8832 (2019 7LL)
KN2967		Unknown	Exchanged with LG2268 (200 5LS) that originally a part of Red Minibus Yuen Jor Route
KN2983			Retired
KN3242
KN3392		June 2019		WD6518 (2019 7LL)
KN3442		October 2021		XR913 (2021 7LL)
KN3724		December 2008	Exchanged with JD5195 (1999 4th Generation) that originally served on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series
KN3884		March 2019	Retired	WA3672 (2019 7LL)
KN4942		Unknown
KN5104		May 2019		WD5650 (2019 7LL)
KN5137		Unknown
KN5251		April 2022		GW6883 (2006 5LS2)
KR1472		December 2008	Exchanged with KJ6968 (2002 4th Generation) that originally served on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series
KW5898	2003 5LS	September 2009	Exchanged with JE4008 (2000 4th Generation) that originally served on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series
KW6330		February 2019	Retired	VY9285 (2019 7LL)
KW6564		February 2019		VX7140 (2019 7LL)
KW7808		December 2018		VW8947 (2018 7LL)
KY6738		December 2019		LV9638 (2005 5LS2)
LD5150	2003 5LL	July 2018		VP4871 (2018 7LL)
LG725	2003 5LS	November 2019	Retired Plate is now applied to 2019 7LL on Treasure Up's New Territories Route 113	FP8222 (2005 5LS2)
LG2268	2003 5LS	September 2009	Exchanged with JV2932 (2000 4th Generation) that originally served on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series Then applied to a 7LL on September 2018
LH2664	2004 5LS	October 2018	Retired	VU1606 (2018 7LL)
LJ634		December 2019	Retired Plate is now applied on a 2019 7LL of Treasure Up New Territories Route 113	LX1964 (2005 5LS2)
LJ1875		November 2019	Retired	WM1901 (2019 7LL)
LJ5941		March 2019	Retired	WB2812 (2019 7LL)
LX1964	2005 5LS2	June 2020	Transferred to Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series/ 111	WU3023 (2020 7LL)
LY7520		June 2019	Retired	LZ7073 (2005 5LS2)
LZ3891		Unknown	Transferred to Koon Wing Motors's Kowloon Route 48
LZ7073		June 2024	Transferred to Golden Way's New Territories Route 56C
MB3718		April 2019	Transferred to Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series/ 111	WC1641 (2019 7LL)

The information may not be complete and accurate, to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.

This section was last updated on 10/2024202410

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Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 3.6km, and the journey time is approximately 15mins. (The average speed is 14.4km/h.) (Circular Full Trip)

The names listed in the table below under "Major Stop Locations" are the fixed pick-up/drop-off points for this route, and the part of the name with an underline refers to the name commonly used by passengers (including Cantonese transliterations of the commonly-used Chinese names)

Passengers may be picked up and dropped off freely along the route outside the restricted area unless otherwise stated.

To Ping Shek[]

To Ping Shek: The distance of this route is approx. 1.8km, and the journey time is approximately 7.5mins. (The average speed is 14.4km/h.)

Via: Fung Shing Street and Clear Water Bay Road

Kowloon GMB Route 16S (Aria → Ping Shek)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Ngau Chi Wan	Fung Shing Street	Aria Minibus Terminus Fung Shing Street Disciplined Services Quarters Scenic View (Main door)
2	Ngau Chi Wan	Clear Water Bay Road	Choi Wan Commercial Complex	Section fare begins here
3	Ngau Chi Wan	Clear Water Bay Road	Ping Shek Estate (Choi Hung Station)	All passengers must alight here

To Aria[]

To Aria: The distance of this route is approx. 1.8km, and the journey time is approximately 7.5mins. (The average speed is 14.4km/h.)

Via: Clear Water Bay Road (Westbound), Choi Hung Interchange, Clear Water Bay Road (Eastbound) and Fung Shing Street

Kowloon GMB Route 16S (Ping Shek → Aria)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Ngau Chi Wan	Clear Water Bay Road	Tsuen Shek House Ping Shek Estate (Choi Hung Station)	Minibus will stop here for a while
2	Ngau Chi Wan	Clear Water Bay Road	Choi Wan Commercial Complex (Lucky Dragon Restaurant)	Section fare begins here
3	Ngau Chi Wan	Fung Shing Street	Scenic View (Main Door) Fung Shing Street Disciplined Services Quarters Aria Minibus Terminus

Special trip[]

Monday to Friday AM Peak hour special trips via: Fung Shing Street, Clear Water Bay Road, Ping Shek Public Transport Interchange, Clear Water Bay Road, New Clear Water Bay Road and Fung Shing Street

Kowloon GMB Route 16S special trip (Aria ↺ Ping Shek)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Ngau Chi Wan	Fung Shing Street	Aria Minibus Terminus Fung Shing Street Disciplined Services Quarters Scenic View (Main Door)
2	Ngau Chi Wan	Clear Water Bay Road	Choi Wan Commercial Complex	Section fare begins here
3 #	Ngau Chi Wan		Ping Shek Public Transport Interchange (Infinity 8 Plaza First Floor Podium/MTR Choi Hung Station)	Circular route return point All passengers must alight here
4	Ngau Chi Wan	Fung Shing Street	Scenic View (Main Door) Fung Shing Street Disciplined Services Quarters Aria Minibus Terminus

Ridership[]

According to the data of Transport Department, the daily passenger volume of this route is as follows:

Earlier 2019: 30,100 passengers. ^[14]

Gallery[]

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.

References[]

↑ 16S Aria < - > Ping Shek Estate (Circular Route), hkitalk.net
↑ Transport Department - Kowloon GMB Route 16S (Archived 26 April 2011)
↑ Success Transportation Limited, "16S延長服務時間" (Service hour extension of Route 16S) [Notice].
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 313 routes" [News Bulletin], 22 December 2021.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 7 July 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 13.2%, but the Transport Department finally approved as same increase.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 17 February 2020.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No.THB(T)147, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 12%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 5.7% (Calculated based on the entire route group).
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 31 October 2016.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2016-17 Reply No.THB(T)150, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 11.8%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 5.9%.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 15 October 2013.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2013-14 Reply No.THB(T)139, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 12.9%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 9.7%.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 14 September 2011.
↑ Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No. THB(T)147

External links[]

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16SEATS.net - Kowloon Green Minibus Route 16S

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[14] 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.

[1] 16S Aria < - > Ping Shek Estate (Circular Route), hkitalk.net

[2] Transport Department - Kowloon GMB Route 16S (Archived 26 April 2011)

[3] Success Transportation Limited, "16S延長服務時間" (Service hour extension of Route 16S) [Notice].

[4] Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 313 routes" [News Bulletin], 22 December 2021.

[5] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 7 July 2023.

[6] 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 13.2%, but the Transport Department finally approved as same increase.

[7] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 17 February 2020.

[8] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No.THB(T)147, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 12%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 5.7% (Calculated based on the entire route group).

[9] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 31 October 2016.

[10] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2016-17 Reply No.THB(T)150, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 11.8%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 5.9%.

[11] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 15 October 2013.

[12] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2013-14 Reply No.THB(T)139, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 12.9%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 9.7%.

[13] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 16, 16A, 16B and 16S" [Traffic Advice], 14 September 2011.

[15] Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No. THB(T)147

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