The Kowloon Green Minibus (GMB) Route 49 is operated by Koon Wing Motors Limited (冠榮車行有限公司)(Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 3289C) under Ma Ah Muk. It runs between Shun Tin and Kowloon City Ferry, providing service only during peak hours.
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 Kowloon City Ferry Pier, and there are separate departure times at the two termini, therefore it belongs to a fake circular route. In addition, the short-working service 49M runs between Shun Tin and MTR Choi Hung Station whole day every day, and has the same routing as Route 54M, making it a rare example of a short-distance service with longer service hours than the main route.
History[]
- 6 November 1992: The Transport Department invited public tenders for 12 groups of 19 new green minibus (GMB) routes, in which this route was grouped together with Route 48.[1]
- Circa late-1993: Route 49 entered service, running circular between Kowloon City Ferry Pier and Shun Lee.
- TBC: Extended to Shun Tin.
- 24 August 2003: Non-peak hour trips were changed to U-turn back to Shun Tin after Kowloon City Roundabout, omitting Ma Tau Chung Road, Mok Chong Street, Ma Tau Kok Road and Kowloon City Ferry Pier.
- TBC: Service was reduced to peak hour service only, with a new short-working trip between Shun Tin Estate and MTR Choi Hung Station as an auxilary service to Route 54M.
- 21 January 2007: All departures to Shun Tin detoured via Ping Shek Public Transport Interchange 1/F podium of Ngau Chi Wan Bus-Bus Interchange.[2]
- 21 December 2014: The Choi Hung Station shortworking trips were independently numbered as 49M.
- 19 January 2020: AlipayHK "Easy Go" payment was accepted.[3]
- 14 February 2020: Discounted amount of interchange concession with MTR at Whampoa Station/Hung Hom Station was increased to $1 following the opening of Tuen Ma Line Phase 1.[4]
- 27 June 2021: $1 discounted amount of interchange concession with MTR was extended to Sung Wong Toi Station following the opening of MTR Tuen Ma Line.
- 28 June 2022: Real-time Arrival Information was introduced to this route. [5]
Service hours and headways[]
| From Shun Tin | From Kowloon City Ferry | Headways (mins) |
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| Daily | ||
| 06:20 - 09:30 | 06:40 - 09:50 | 25 |
| 16:15 - 19:40 | 16:35 - 20:00 | 25 |
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department“HKeMobility” mobile app.
Fares[]
| Fare chart | |||
From ＼ To |
Shun Tin | MTR Choi Hung Station | Regal Oriental Hotel |
| MTR Choi Hung Station | $4.7 | ||
| Regal Oriental Hotel | $5.5 | ||
| Kowloon City Ferry | $7.5 | ||
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route and Route 49M require a total of 4 minibuses to provide service, 2 of which are 19-seat minibuses, and 2 of which must run on Route 49M. The total passenger capacity in each direction during the busiest hour is not less than 32.
Currently this route and Kowloon GMB Routes 48 and 49M use a total of 16 of TOYOTA Coaster minibuses, including 2 of 16-seater minibuses and 14 of 19-seater minibuses
| List of Koon Wing Motors minibuses | |||||
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| Plate no. | Type code [Remark 1] | Seat(s) | Destination sign config. | Route | Remarks |
| KV524 | 2018 7LL | 19-seater Vogelise | Patent Enterprises EDS | 48 | Plate originally belonged to a Taxi |
| KY7900 | 2019 7LL | Transfull EDS | Plate Originally belonged to a 2003 5LS on Sky Team Transportation's Kowloon Routes 76A/76B | ||
| LT7578 | 2004 5LS2 | 16-seater high back | Rollsign | Once transferred to Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 47 | |
| LV546 | 2005 5LS2 | ||||
| spare | Idled in Kowloon Bay (Enterprise Square) | ||||
| MA777 | 2019 7LL | 19-seater Vogelise | Transfull EDS | 49/49M | Entered service in December 2019 Plate Originally belonged to a 5LS on Better Coin Industrial's New Territories Route 28K |
| 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back | Rollsign | Behind the scenes | Idled in Kowloon Bay (Enterprise Square) Formerly a vehicle on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series Joined in May 2023 | |
| VS4414 | 2018 7LL | 19-seater Vogelise | Patent Enterprises EDS | 48 | |
| VU7720 | |||||
| VV4736 | |||||
| VW5106 | |||||
| WB5368 | 2019 7LL | Transfull EDS | |||
| WB7588 | |||||
| WB8178 | |||||
| WU2931 | 2020 7LL | Entered service in June 2020 | |||
| XR2113 | 2021 7LL | Entered service in October 2021 | |||
| YR3090 | 2023 7DL | 19-seater Original 3-point | 49/49M | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in May 2023 | |
| ZR6706 | 2024 7DL | 48 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in October 2024 | ||
| List of former vehicles of Koon Wing Motors | ||||||
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| Plate no | Model | Type no | Number of Seats | Date of Retired/Withdrawal | Going | Replacing vehicles |
| EK3289 | TOYOTA Coaster | 2004 5LS | 16 | March 2019 | Transferred to Sky Team Transportation's Kowloon Route 76A/76B | |
| FN9954 | 1993 3rd Generation | April 2005 | Retired | LW6607 (2005 5LS2) | ||
| HE7335 | 1997 3rd Generation | Unknown | ||||
| JR746 | 2000 4LS | January 2001 | ||||
| JS3684 | Vicmax Zen | |||||
| KW1462 | TOYOTA Coaster | 2003 5LS | March 2019 | |||
| LJ6057 | 2004 5LS | December 2019 | MA777 (2019 7LL) | |||
| LK8502 | May 2020 | XR2113 (2021 7LL) | ||||
| LM4412 | June 2020 | ME1929 (2005 5LS2) | ||||
| LM8613 | 2018 | |||||
| LS7541 | 2004 5LS2 | |||||
| LS8862 | ||||||
| LT8081 | June 2020 | Transferred to Brilliant Way's Kowloon Routes 37A/37M | WU2931 (2020 7LL) | |||
| LW6607 | 2005 5LS2 | Unknown | Retired | |||
| LZ3891 | October 2024 | Converted to Private Light Bus for training | ZR6706 (2024 7DL) | |||
| MA5935 | May 2019 | Transferred to Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series | WD6298 (2019 7LL) | |||
| MA9269 | Unknown | Transferred to Better Coin Industrial Kowloon Routes 54 series | ||||
| MB6209 | March 2019 | Transferred to Sky Team Transportation's Kowloon Routes 76A/76B | ||||
| MB8651 | Unknown | Transferred to Better Coin Industrial's Kowloon Routes 54 series | ||||
| MF2918 | 2006 5LS2 | March 2019 | Transferred to Sky Team Transportation's Kowloon Routes 76A/76B | |||
| MK1549 | ||||||
| WD6298 | 2019 7LL | 19 | May 2023 | Transferred to Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series | YR3090 (2023 7DL) | |
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
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 14.9km, and the journey time is approximately 60mins. (The average speed is 14.9km/h.) (Circular)
- 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 Kowloon City[]
The distance of this route is approx. 7.3km.
Via: Shun On Road, Lee On Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Clear Water Bay Road, Bridge, Prince Edward Road East, Prince Edward Road West, Ma Tau Chung Road, Mok Cheong Street, To Kwa Wan Road and San Ma Tau Street
| Kowloon GMB Route 49 (Shun Tin → Kowloon City Ferry Pier) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Four Shun | Shun On Road |
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| 2 | Lee On Road |
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| 3 | Ngau Chi Wan | New Clear Water Bay Road |
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| 4 | Clear Water Bay Road |
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| 5 | San Po Kong | Prince Edward Road East |
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| 6 | Kowloon City | Prince Edward Road West |
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| 7 | Ma Tau Wai | Mok Chong Street |
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| 8 | To Kwa Wan | To Kwa Wan Road |
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To Shun Tin[]
The distance of this route is approx. 7.6km.
Via: San Ma Tau Street, To Kwa Wan Road, Ma Tau Kok Road, Ma Tau Chung Road, Prince Edward Road West, Prince Edward Road East, Clear Water Bay Road, Ping Shek Estate Public Transport Interchange, Clear Water Bay Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, San Lee Street, Lee On Road, Shun On Road, Shun Lee Estate Road, Sau Mau Ping Road and Shun On Road
| Kowloon GMB Route 49 (Kowloon City Ferry Pier → Shun Tin) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | To Kwa Wan |
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| 2 | Ma Tau Kok Road |
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| 3 | Ma Tau Wai | Ma Tau Chung Road |
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| 4 | Kowloon City | Prince Edward Road East |
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| 5 | San Po Kong |
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| 6 | Ngau Chi Wan |
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| 7 | New Clear Water Bay Road |
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| 8 | Four Shun | San Lee Street |
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| 9 | Lee On Road |
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| 10 | Shun On Road |
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| 11 | Sau Mau Ping Road |
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| 12 | Shun On Road |
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Ridership[]
Ma Ah Muk mentioned in media interview, under included 8 routes inbound this route was loss, and had already planned to giving-up this route[14], but finally nothing happened.
Relative incidents[]
- 9 May 2015: At around 8am, a Toyota Coaster (LW6891) heading to Kowloon City Ferry hit the dump truck beside Prince Edward Road East Rhythm Garden, leaving 4 people injured.[15]
Gallery[]
The rollsign for the short-working Route 49M displays Route 49 instead
A Route 49 minibus was passing through Shun Lee Fire Station
The terminus of Route 49 is at Kowloon City Ferry
The terminus of Route 49 is at Kowloon City Ferry
The terminus of Route 49 is at Kowloon City Ferry
A Route 49 19-seater minibus WD6298 was passing through Prince Edward East
A Route 49 minibus YR3090 was passing through New Clear Water Bay Road (December 2023)
The actual service schedule of Route 49
Remarks[]
- ↑ The group of codes (if any) placed after the model name Toyota Coaster is used only by transport enthusiasts, and is not referred to as such by anyone else (including insiders).
Related articles[]
References[]
- ↑ Gazette No. 3969, Hong Kong Government Gazette, vol. 134, no. 45, 06 November 1992.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, 'Arrangement of GMB stops at Ping Shek' [Traffic Notice], January 2007.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "[https://www.td.gov.hk/en/traffic_notices/index_id_57428.html Launch of a New Electronic Payment System on Kowloon Green Minibus (GMB) Route Nos. 48, 49 and 49M]" [Traffic Advice], 9 January 2020.
- ↑ MTR Corporation Limited, "Tuen Ma Line Phase 1" [Journey Guide], January 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Real-time arrival information system for GMBs expanded to 453 routes" [News Bulletin], 28 June 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 48 and 49" [Traffic Advice], 8 October 2024.
- ↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2023-24 Reply No. TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 12%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 9.3%.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 48 and 49" [Traffic Advice], 28 July 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 48 and 49" [Traffic Advice], 14 March 2019.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon Route nos. 48 and 49" [Traffic Advice], 26 April 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 10.0%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 7.0%.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route No. 49" [Traffic Advice], 17 August 2011.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service adjustment of Kowloon Route Nos. 48 and 49" [Traffic Notice], May 2007.
- ↑ '小巴大王︰做小巴𠵱家係乞兒', "Apple Daily", 4 May 2013.
- ↑ "交警：做咩影相？「厚多士」遭抄牌", Oriental Daily News, 10 May 2015.
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