Kowloon GMB Route 54M

The Kowloon Green Minibus (GMB) Route 54M is operated by Better Coin Industrial Limited (勝運實業有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 5388C) under Ma Ah Muk. It runs circular between Shun Tin Estate and Ping Shek, passing through Shun On Estate , Shun Lee Estate and Choi Wan Estate (New Clear Water Bay Road).

This route is a short-working service of Route 54, which has the exact same routing as route 49M of the same series (but with a different Passenger Service Licence), and together they provide rail feeder services for Four Shun residents. Therefore, the two route numbers are often mixed, so there may be cases where minibuses are still dispatched outside the scheduled service hours.

In addition, this route is one of the mixed intra- and inter-district GMB routes, serving Kwun Tong District in the direction of Ping Shek, and Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong districts in the direction of Shun Tin. ^[1]

History[]

13 August 2006: The short-working trip of Route 54 to/from Shun Tin Estate and Ping Shek rerouted Ping Shek Public Transport Interchange 1/F podium, omitting Ngau Chi Wan Bus-Bus Interchange, following the First floor podium opened.^[2] At the same time, the above trips were independently numbered as 54M.
24 September 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. ^[3]

Service hours and headways[]

From Shun Tin
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Daily
06:30 - 01:15	9

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

Fare[]

Journey/Boarding stops	Fares
Full fares	$5.0

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 accepts payments with AlipayHK "EasyGo", but interchange concessions and the $2.0 flat fare per trip are not entitled with this payment method. This route has no section fares.

Historical fares

Fare adjustment effective dates	Full fares
3 December 2023^[4]	$5.0^[5]
1 March 2020^[6]	$4.6
21 December 2014^[7]	$4.2^[8]
3 March 2013^[9]	$3.9^[10]
28 August 2011^[11]	$3.7
6 January 2008^[12]	$3.4
13 August 2006	$3.2

This route has no section fares.

Octopus interchange concessions[]

M 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 and 54 have a total of 18 minibuses, 10 of minibuses that are required to serve this route. It has a total capacity of not less than 256 passengers in each direction during the peakiest hour.

Currently this route and Kowloon GMB Routes 54 and 54S use a total of 21 TOYOTA Coaster minibuses, including 8 of 16-seater minibuses and 13 of 19-seater minibuses Route 54S minibuses can support this route when necessary

List of Kowloon GMB Route 54 series
Plate no.	Type code ^{[Remark 1]}	Seat(s)	Destination sign config.	Route	Remarks
EK7776	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelise	Patent Enterprises EDS	54/54M	Plate originally belonged to a 5LS
EN6428	2005 5LS2	16-seater high back	Rollsign		Originally was a part of Chiu Luen Red Minibus Kwun Mong Route Was also a part of Red Minibus Northern Island Trunk Route Plate originally belonged to a 1990 2nd Generation on a part of Red Minibus Northern Island Trunk Route
KN3400	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelise	Patent Enterprises EDS		Entered service in July 2018 Plate Originally belonged to a 2002 5LS
~~LU7915~~	2005 5LS2	16-seater high back	Rollsign	Spare	Idled in Kowloon Bay (Enterprise Square)
LV2322				54S	Entered service in February 2005
LZ255				54/54M	Formerly a vehicle on Billiant Way's Kowloon Route 47 Was also a formerly vehicle of Hong Kong Maxicab's Hong Kong Island Routes 10/31 series
MA9269					Formerly a vehicle on Koon Wing Motors's Kowloon Route 48
MB3363					Formerly a vehicle on Billiant Way's Kowloon Route 47
MB8651					Formerly a vehicle on Koon Wing Motors's Kowloon Route 48
MD7486					Formerly a vehicle on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series Exchanged with WD8804 (2019 7LL)
MD8342					Formerly a vehicle on Red Minibus Po Mong Route
VR2861	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelseat	Patent Enterprises EDS
VU5725	2018 7LL		Patent Enterprises EDS
VZ3542	2019 7LL		Transfull EDS	54S	Entered service in February 2019
WA1496				54/54M	Entered service in February 2019
WD6117				54S	Entered service in May 2019
WE7679				54/54M	Entered service in June 2019
WL1799					Entered service in November 2019
WL6158					Entered service in November 2019
YF6861	2022 7DL	19-seater original 3-point harness seat		54S	Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in October 2022
YJ9658	2022 7DL			54／54M	Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in December 2022
ZH5397	2024 7DL			54／54M	Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in May 2024

List of former minibuses of Kowloon Route 54 series
Plate no	Type no	Number of Seats	Date of Retired/Withdrawal	Going	Replacing vehicles
DP6663	3rd Generation	16	February 2005	Transferred to Hop Fat Light Bus's Kowloon Routes 8/8S then changed the Plate number as LU7293^{[Remark 2]} Plate is now applied in a 2005 5LS2 on C & W Mini Bus Service's New Territories Rsoute 43/43S	LV2322 (2005 5LS2)
DY9993	1988 2nd Generation		Last 2004	Retired Plate is now applied to a 2024 7DL on Fully Mint's New Territories Routes 501S/807 series^{[Remark 3]}
EK7776	5LS		2018	Retired	2018 7LL of the same plate
FE9108	Wait for check		2004		LM3435 (2004 5LS)
FP540	Wait for check		April 2005		LW4059 (2005 5LS2)
GJ4316	1995 3rd Generation		Unknown		DP6663 (3rd Generation)
KP6425	2002 5LS		June 2019		WE7679 (2019 7LL)
LM3435	2004 5LS		April 2022		YF6861 (2022 7DL)
LM6733	2004 5LS		2022		YJ9658 (2022 7DL)
LS7674	2004 5LS2		2018
LT7162	2004 5LS2		July 2018	Transferred to Ho Wah Community under routes	KN3400 (2018 7LL)
LU1433	2005 5LS2		November 1019	Retired	WL1799 (2019 7LL)
LU5647			November 1019	Retired	WL6158 (2019 7LL)
LW4059			May 2019	Transferred to Garrison's Hong Kong Island 32/33 series	WD6117 (2019 7LL)
LX1605			April 2024	Retired
MA4877	5LS		February 2019
MA5415					VZ3542 (2019 7LL)
MA5616					WA1496 (2019 7LL)
MA9463	2005 5LS2		June 2019	Transferred to Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series/111	WD8804 (2019 7LL)
VR4346	2018 7LL	19	March 2023	Transferred to Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series	YM320 (2023 7DL)
WD8804	2019 7LL		December 2022	Exchanged with MD7486 (2005 5LS2) that originally served on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series
YM320	2023 7DL		May 2024	Transferred to C & W Mini Bus Service's New Territories Routes 43/43S	ZH5397 (2024 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

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Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 3.5km, and the journey time is approximately 10mins. (The average speed is 21km/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: Shun On Road, Lee On Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, Clear Water Bay Road, Ping Shek Public Transport Interchange, Clear Water Bay Road, New Clear Water Bay Road, San Lee Street, Lee On Road, Shun On Road, Shun Lee Tsuen Road, Sau Mau Ping Road and Shun On Road

Kowloon GMB Route 54M (Shun Tin ↺ Ping Shek)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Four Shun	Shun On Road	Shun Tin Estate Minibus Terminus
2	Four Shun	Lee On Road	Shun On Estate Car Park Lee Yip House Shun Lee Estate(Shun Lee Commercial Centre/Shun Cgi Court) Shun Lee Estate Lee Hang House Shun Lee Estate Shun Lee Disciplined Services Quarters
3	Ngau Chi Wan	New Clear Water Bay Road	Pak Hung House Choi Wan Estate (Sing Yin Secondary School)
4			Ping Shek Public Transport Interchange (Infinity 8 Plaza First Floor Podium/MTR Choi Hung Station)	Circular route return point
5		New Clear Water Bay Road	Pak Hung House Choi Wan Estate (Underbridge)
6	Four Shun	San Lee Street	Lee Hang House Shun Lee Estate
7		Lee On Road	Lee Cheung House Shun Lee Estate Lee Yip House Shun Lee Estate (Shun Lee Plaza/Shun Chi Court) Shun On Estate Multi-storey Car Park
8		Shun On Road	Tin Yiu House Shun Tin Estate
9		Sau Mau Ping Road	Hip Wo Street (Tin Kam House Shun Tin Estate)
10		Shun On Road	Ning Po No.2 College Shun Tin Estate Minibus Terninus (Outside Bus stop)

Gallery[]

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).
↑ That Plate number is now applied on a o 6DS of Hop Fat Light Bus' Kowloon Route 8 from July 2010
↑ The plate number once applied on a 2004 5LS2 on Fully Mint's New Territories Routes 501S/807

Related incidents[]

References[]

↑ The section of Clear Water Bay Road and New Clear Water Bay Road that this route passes through forms the boundary between Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District and therefore the Choi Wan Estate stop for Shun Tin direction is administratively under the Wong Tai Sin District.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Ping Shek PTI ready on Sunday" [News Release], 10 August 2006.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 237 routes" [News Bulletin], 24 September 2021.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 28 November 2023.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-25 Reply No.TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 13.0%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 8.7%.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 26 February 2020.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 24 December 2014.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16 Reply No. THB(T)162, the operator originally applied for a 7.7% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved the same price.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 19 February 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 10.8%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 6.9%。
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 17 August 2011.
↑ Fare of Kowloon Route nos. 54, 54M and 54S will be adjust in 6 January, hkitalk.net.

External links[]

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[13] 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).

[14] That Plate number is now applied on a o 6DS of Hop Fat Light Bus' Kowloon Route 8 from July 2010

[15] The plate number once applied on a 2004 5LS2 on Fully Mint's New Territories Routes 501S/807

[1] The section of Clear Water Bay Road and New Clear Water Bay Road that this route passes through forms the boundary between Wong Tai Sin District and Kwun Tong District and therefore the Choi Wan Estate stop for Shun Tin direction is administratively under the Wong Tai Sin District.

[2] Transport Department HKSARG, "Ping Shek PTI ready on Sunday" [News Release], 10 August 2006.

[3] Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 237 routes" [News Bulletin], 24 September 2021.

[4] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 28 November 2023.

[5] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-25 Reply No.TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 13.0%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 8.7%.

[6] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 26 February 2020.

[7] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 24 December 2014.

[8] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16 Reply No. THB(T)162, the operator originally applied for a 7.7% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved the same price.

[9] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 19 February 2013.

[10] 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 10.8%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 6.9%。

[11] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 54, 54M and 54S" [Traffic Advice], 17 August 2011.

[12] Fare of Kowloon Route nos. 54, 54M and 54S will be adjust in 6 January, hkitalk.net.

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