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Kowloon GMB Route 17M

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The Kowloon Green Minibus Route 17M is operated by Fine Luck Limited (新興運有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 7704C). It runs circular between MTR Prince Edward Station and Kowloon Hospital, and provides MTR feeder services for passengers having medical consultation or visiting patients at the Kowloon Hospital.

Fine Luck also operates Hospital Authority staff service between MTR Prince Edward Station and Rehabilitation Block Kowloon Hospital during peak hours only, supplementing the service of this route.

History[]

  • 29 October 1993: The Transport Department launched an open tender for 10 groups of 16 new minibus routes, in which this route was grouped together with Route 25M[1]
  • 25 September 1994: Route 17M entered service.
  • Early 2016: Special departure from Kowloon Hospital to Tung Choi Street was introduced at PM peak hours on Mondays to Fridays.
  • 30 March 2022: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. [2]

Service hours and headways[]

From MTR Prince Edward Station
Service hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Saturdays
06:30 - 20:30 7／8
Sundays and Public Holidays
10:00 - 11:20 15
12:00 - 20:30 7／8

Special trip[]

Kowloon Hospital → Tung Choi Street ●
Service houts Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
16:30 - 19:30 8／10
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 fare $5.9
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.
  • This route has no section fares.
Historical fares
Fare adjustment effective dates Full fare
28 July 2024[3] $5.9[4]
25 April 2021[5] $5.3
14 August 2016[6] $4.9[7]
28 September 2014[8] $4.5
13 January 2013[9] $4.1[10]
25 September 2011[11] $3.9
12 November 2006[12] $3.7
TBC $3.5
Fare history TBC
1995 $3.0

This route has no section fare.

Octopus interchange concessions[]

M and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg 2nd leg Discounted amount Time limit
' MTR 50￠ 90 minutes
MTR '
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 interchange concession 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, 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 or Disneyland Resort Line Monthly Pass (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.

Minibus deployments[]

According to the Transport Department's "Schedule of Services", this route requires a total of 5 19-seater minibuses to provide service. The total passenger capacity in each direction during the peak hour is not less than 152.

Currently, Kowloon Routes 17M and 25 series under Fine Luck have a total of 33 minibuses, including 13 16-seater minibuses and 20 19-seater minibuses. List:

  • 30 Toyota Coaster (3 2008 6DS, 1 2009 6DS, 3 2010 6DS, 3 2011 6DS, 1 2013 6DS, 1 2014 6DS, 1 2015 6DS, 3 2016 6DL, 1 2017 6DL, 9 2018 7DL and 4 2019 7DL)
  • 1 Mitsubishi Rosa (2018 BE641G)
  • 1 GMI Thor (2024 E700)
  • 1 Golden Dragon XML6722JEV (2025)
List of Fine Luck minibuses
Plate No. Model Type No.[Remark 1] Seat Route Sign Configuration Route(s) Remarks
DG9002 Mitsubishi Rosa 2018 BE641G 19-seater Vogelsitze seats Lucky Yu EDS 17M/25 series Entered service in September 2018
Plate originally belonged to a Toyota Coaster (2003 5LS) on PLB Northern Island Trunk Route
EM512 Toyota Coaster 2011 6DS 16-seater high back seats Rollsign 25B Former vehicle from PLB Route 71
Plate originally belonged to a 1990 2nd generation[Remark 2] on that route
Joined in September 2016
GK2152 2008 6DS Entered service in November 2008
Plate originally belonged to a 1995 3rd generation
GK9209 2010 6DS 25M Entered service in March 2010
Plate originally belonged to a 1995 3rd generation on PLB Wong Mong Route
HA2837 Entered service in December 2010
Plate originally belonged to a 1997 3rd generation
HL2391 2011 6DS Entered service in March 2011
Plate originally belonged to a 1997 3rd generation
LS1954 2008 6DS 25B Entered service in October 2008
Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation
NN6267 17M/25M Entered service in September 2008
NX9663 2009 6DS 25M Entered service in September 2009
PE3814 2010 6DS Entered service in April 2010
SF2946 2013 6DS Entered service in September 2013
ST5236 2014 6DS Entered service in June 2014
TP5443 2015 6DS 16-seater original 3-point harness seat Entered service in August 2015
UL2261 2016 6DL 19-seater Vegaseat 17M Equipped with Sealed windows and push-out doors
Entered service in November 2016
UL3658 17M/25M/25MS
UL6761 25A/25M/25MS
UU9422 2017 6DL 17M Equipped with Sealed windows and push-out doors
Entered service in May 2017
VE5425 2018 7DL Patent Enterprises EDS 17M/25A/25M Entered service in December 2017
VE8984 Equipped with Sealed windows and push-out doors
Entered service in December 2017
VF9232 25A/25M/25MS Equipped with Sealed windows and push-out doors
Entered service in January 2018
VG3482 Entered service in February 2018
VG6306 Equipped with Sealed windows and push-out doors
Entered service in February 2018
VG7945 17M Entered service in February 2018
VH4095 17M/25A/25M/25MS Equipped with Sealed windows and push-out doors
Entered service in March 2018
VJ914 25A/25M/25MS
VJ5466
WG7916 2019 7DL Transfull EDS 17M Entered service in August 2019
WG8979 2010 6DS 16-seater high back seat Rollsign 25M Original plate no. NA6233
Former vehicle on PLB Tsz Mong Route
WG9111 2019 7DL 19-seater Vegaseat Transfull EDS 17M Entered service in August 2019
WH4038 Entered service in September 2019
WK8511 Entered service in October 2019
ZD9392 GMI Thor 2024 E700 19-seater NewHarmony (NHR) seats Patent Enterprises EDS with side code and back sign 25 series The only Hybrid electric minibus on this series
Entered service in April 2024
ZX210 Golden Dragon XML6722JEV 19-seater (Seat type TBC) Lucky Yu EDS Entered service in February 2025
List of former minibuses on Fine Luck
Plate No. Model Code Type No. Seat No. Date of Retirement/withdrawn Fates Substituted vehicle(s)
CH9847 Nissan Echo 14 Unknown Retired
CR3955 Toyota Coaster 5DL 16 October 2019
DG2306 2005 5LS2 March 2018 Transferred to Peak Scene's Kowloon Route 18M
EN7515 5DL Unknown Retired
EP4289
EV6428 March 2020 Retired
Plate is now applied to a Mitsubishi Rosa (2020 BE641G) on Wai Ching Industrial's New Territories Routes 29/806		 NM5953 (2007 5DL)
FD7032 1992 2nd generation 2004 Retired
Plate is now applied to a 2004 5LS2 on Yan Hing Transportation's New Territories Routes 25 series
FE1434
FF2560 Unknown Retired
FG2859 TBC June 2005 LY5326 (Toyota Coaster - 3rd generation)
FL8931 Toyota Coaster 1993 2nd generation October 2005 KC6949 (2001 4th generation)
GK2152 1995 3rd generation November 2008 2008 6DS of the same plate
GK8386 4th generation Unknown
GK9209 1995 3rd generation March 2010 2010 6DS of the same plate
GR7220 1996 3rd generation September 2008 Transferred to Yuk Tin's New Territories Routes 404M/405 NN6267 (2008 6DS)
GR9535 December 2007 Transferred to Yuk Tin's New Territories Routes 404M/405 and was converted to a 6DS in January 2010
GW1948 Unknown Retired
HA2837 1997 3rd generation December 2010 2010 6DS of the same plate
HC792 March 2011 2011 6DS of the same plate
2011 6DS March 2025
HL2391 1997 3rd generation March 2011 2011 6DS of the same plate
HL5979 September 2013 SF2946 (2013 6DS)
HW5215 1998 4th generation November 2016 UL3658 (2016 6DL)
HW7910 Unknown
JB106 1999 4th generation
JJ5289
KC2646 2001 4th generation September 2009 Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S
Plate is now applied to a 2018 7LL on Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Route 67A
KC6949 Unknown Retired
KD5371
KG9803 2001 5LS Transferred to Chiu Luen' PLB Kwun Mong Route
LD2012 2003 5DL Retired
LF5616 3rd generation
LK3705 2004 5DL August 2013 Retired earlier due to traffic accidents HL5979 (1997 3rd generation)
LL1975 October 2019 Retired PN8042 (2010 6DS)
LL9155 4th generation Unknown
LM6821 2004 5DL September 2019 WH4038 (2019 7DL)
LS1954 3rd generation October 2008 2008 6DS of the same plate
LY5326 Unknown
NM5953[Remark 3] 2007 5DL 19 March 2024 ZD9392 (GMI Thor - 2024 E700)
PC1625 2003 5LS 16 March 2018 Transferred to Chiu Luen' PLB Mong Kok - MegaBox Route and To Mong Route
PE2990 2010 6DS February 2025 Retired ZX210 (Golden Dragon XML6722JEV - 2025)
PN8042
TE8432 2015 6DS Unknown Transferred to PLB Tsz Mong Route and Wong Mong Route

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 3/2025202503


Routing[]

Regular[]

The distance of this route is approx. 4.5km, and the journey time is approximately 30mins. (The average speed is 9km/h.)

  • 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.

Via: Sai Yeung Choi Street South, Mong Kok Road, Sai Yee Street, Argyle Street, Kowloon Hospital Access, Lomond Road, Prince Edward Road West and Sai Yeung Choi Street South

Kowloon GMB Route 17M (MTR Prince Edward Station ↺ Kowloon Hospital)
No. Area Road Major stop locations Remarks
1 Mong Kok Sai Yeung Choi Street South
  • MTR Prince Edward Station (Allied Plaza)
2 Mong Kok East Argyle Street
  • Hang Seng 113 (Train Station)
  • Kadoorie Avenue
3 Ma Tau Wai Kowloon Hospital Access
  • Clinic/Thoracic (Central Kowloon Health Centre)
  • Main Building/West Gate (Main Block)
  • Hospital Authority Information Technology Block (Guard Kiosk)
  • Rehabilitation Building (Hospital Authority Building)
  • School Children Dental Clinic
  • Hong Kong Eye Hospital (Caritas Lok Mo Integrated Professional Training Centre)
 For details, please see major hail-and-ride stops along Kowloon Hospital
4 Lomond Road
  • Kowloon City Law Courts Building
5 Prince Edward Road West
  • St. Teresa's Hospital (French Hospotal)
  • La Salle Road
Ho Man Tin
  • Saint Teresa's Church (Church)
Mong Kok
  • MOKOPlaza
6 Sai Yeung Choi Street South
  • MTR Prince Edward Station (Allied Plaza)

Special trip[]

Via: Kowloon Hospital Access, Lomond Road, Prince Edward Road West and Tung Choi Street

Kowloon GMB Route 17M (Kowloon Hospital → Tung Choi Street) "Special trip"
No. Area Road Major stop locations Remarks
1 Ma Tau Wai Kowloon Hospital Access
  • Clinic/Thoracic (Central Kowloon Health Centre)
  • Main Building/West Gate (Main Block)
  • Hospital Authority Information Technology Block (Guard Kiosk)
  • Rehabilitation Building (Hospital Authority Building)
  • School Children Dental Clinic
  • Hong Kong Eye Hospital (Caritas Lok Mo Integrated Professional Training Centre)
 For details, please see major hail-and-ride stops along Kowloon Hospital
2 Lomond Road
  • Kowloon City Law Courts Building
3 Prince Edward Road West
  • St. Teresa's Hospital (French Hospotal)
  • La Salle Road
Ho Man Tin
  • Saint Teresa's Church (Church)
Mong Kok
  • MOKOPlaza
4 Tung Choi Street
  • MTR Prince Edward Station (Mong Kok Police Station)

Related incidents[]

  • 4 September 2013: At about 2pm, a Toyota Coaster towards MTR Prince Edward Station was hit by a lorry at Mong Kok Prince Edward Road West and Waterloo Road on the left side of the body, leaving six people injured.[13]
  • 29 May 2015: At around 7am, a Toyota Coaster (LY5326) towards Kowloon Hospital hit the fence and todded along the sidewalk after colliding with a taxi at Argyle Street in Mongkok, and crashed into the construction site of the Highways Department before stopping, leaving the taxi driver injured.[14]
  • 4 June 2017: At 12:30 pm, a Toyota Coaster (LL9155) towards MTR Prince Edward Station burst into fire when it reached Prince Edward Road West near St Teresa's Hospital. The fire was extinguished by firefighters who arrived at the scene. No one was injured in the incident, but the vehicle was severely burnt.[15]

Gallery[]

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Remarks[]

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ The 2nd generation was the latest retired 2nd generation Toyota Coaster Red Minibus in Hong Kong.
  3. ↑ Original plate no. MZ5815, plate no. changed in 2008.

Related articles[]

References[]

  1. ↑ G. N. 3954, HKSAR Government Gazette, Vol. 43, No. 135. 29 October 1993.
  2. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Real-time arrival information system for Green Minibuses extended to cover 391 routes" [News Bulletin], 30 March 2022.
  3. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment for Kowloon GMB Routes 17M, 25M, 25MS, 25A and 25B" [Traffic Advice], 22 July 2024.
  4. ↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2004-05 Reply No. TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 15.1%, and the TD eventually approved a fare increase of 11.3%.
  5. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment for Kowloon GMB Routes 17M, 25M, 25MS, 25A and 25B" [Traffic Advice], 23 April 2021.
  6. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of Kowloon Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Route Nos.17M, 25M and 25M(S)" [Traffic Advice], 12 August 2016.
  7. ↑ 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 15.6% and the TD eventually approved a fare increase of 8.8%.
  8. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of Kowloon Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Route Nos.17M, 25M and 25M(S)" [Traffic Advice], 18 September 2014.
  9. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of Kowloon Public Light Bus Route Nos.17M, 25M and 25M(S)" [Traffic Advice], 20 September 2011.
  10. ↑ According to Replies to supplementary 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 10.3% and the TD eventually approved a 5.1% increase.
  11. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of Kowloon Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Route Nos. 17M and 25M" [Traffic Advice], 20 September 2011.
  12. ↑ Transport Department HKSAR, "Kowloon GMB Fare Adjustment Notice for 17M, 25M and 25M(S)" [Traffic Notice], November 2006.
  13. ↑ "貨車攔腰撞小巴 六人傷", "Oriental Daily", 5 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "MK綠Van的士互撼 剷上行人路", "Apple Daily", 30 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "小巴自焚 八乘客逃命", "Oriental Daily", 5 June 2017.

External links[]

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V · D · EGreen minibus (GMB) routes in Yau Tsim Mong District
Intra-district routes
<Tai Kok Tsui and Mong Kok West> 3 • 12A • 12B • 12S • 43M • 78 • 78A • 79K • 79W
<Jordan and Kowloon Station> 26H • 57M • 74 • 77M • 80M • CX1
To/from Sham Shui Po District
12 • 30A
To/from Kowloon City District
<Ho Man Tin and Kowloon Hospital> 5M • 8 • 8S • 17M • 74S
<Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan> 13M • 26 • 26A • 26W • 26X • 27M • 27MS • 28M
To/from Wong Tai Sin District
66S🌙 • 70 • 70A
To/from Kwun Tong District
46 • 62S🌙 • 69A
To/from Hong Kong Island
61🌙
To/from New Territories West
<To/from Tuen Mun District> 47S🌙 • 48S🌙
<To/from Yuen Long District> 606S🌙 • 610S🌙 • 616S🌙
To/from New Territories East
<To/from Sha Tin District> 61S🌙 • 63S🌙 • 65S🌙 • 805S🌙
Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only; 🌙 - overnight/late night service; 🕑 - 24-hour service
V · D · EGreen minibus (GMB) routes in Kowloon City District
Intra-district routes
8M • 13 • 25MS • 28MS • 29A • 29B
To/from Yau Tsim Mong District
<Mong Kok> 5M • 17M • 27M • 27MS • 28M • 74S
<Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom Station> 8 • 8S • 13M • 26 • 26A • 26W • 26X
To/from Sham Shui Po District
2 • 2A
To/from Wong Tai Sin District
13A • 13B • 25A • 25B • 25M • 88 • 88A
To/from Kwun Tong District
49 • 69 • 82 • 86 • 90A • 90B
New Territories routes
<To/from Tseung Kwan O New Town> 105
<To/from Sha Tin District> 61M
Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only
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