The Kowloon Green Minibus (GMB) Route 77M is operated by Jetwide Limited (集偉有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 11289C). It runs circular between Kowloon Station and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, via Austin Station, China Hong Kong City and Harbour City.
History[]
- 21 February 2003: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for the right to operate 13 new green minibus routes in 8 groups, in which this route was grouped with Route 78 in the same group.
- 28 August 2003: Route 77M commenced service between the Kowloon AR Station and Tsim Sha Tsui Centre (next to the Kowloon Shangri-La Hotel on Mody Road).
- October 2004: Interchange concession with Kowloon-Canton Railway (now East Rail Line) was offered, with East Tsim Sha Tsui Station designated as the interchange station.
- 1 April 2005: Octopus interchange concession with MTR (pre-merger) was introduced, with Kowloon Station and Tsim Sha Tsui Station as designated interchange stations.
- 17 September 2005: Diverted via Austin Road West instead of Jordan Road for Kowloon Station to tie in with the opening of the West Kowloon Temporary Waterfront Park.
- 23 December 2005: Shortened from Tsim Sha Tsui Centre to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station.
- 22 December 2006: Extended from East Tsim Sha Tsui Station to Tsim Sha Tsui East (with the terminus at Mody Road near the InterContinental Grand Stanford), and the railway interchange concession was cancelled.
- July 2007: Terminus was relocated back to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, and the interchange discount with the KCR was offered again.
- 16 August 2009: Detoured via Wui Cheung Road, a section of Wui Man Road at Exit D1/D2 of Austin Station, Austin Road West and Lin Cheung Road for Kowloon Station to tie in with the opening of the Kowloon Southern Link.
- 5 September 2010: Interchange concession with MTR was discontinued.
- 2 January 2011: Affected by the HSR West Kowloon Station project, after departing Kowloon Station, minibuses were diverted via Nga Cheung Road, Austin Road West, Wui Man Road and Wui Cheung Road before returning to its original routing on Canton Road to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. [8]
- 29 May 2011: Elderly Concessionary Fare was adjusted and standardised to $1.2 off adult fare.
- 25 November 2012: No longer observing Middle Road and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Public Transport Interchange, but instead diverted via Salisbury Road eastbound (opposite to ex-New World Centre/Middle Road Children's Playground) and slip road back to Salisbury Road westbound and original routing. [10]
- 1 August 2015: Detoured via Star Ferry for Kowloon Station on a trial basis, initially for three months, and was later extended and eventually ended in January 2016 according to official information.
- 1 March 2016: Detours via Star Ferry were reduced to Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays only.
- 23 September 2018: To tie in with the commissioning of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, a special departure was added for Kowloon Station to detour via the loading/unloading area at the Hong Kong West Kowloon Station of the Express Rail Link at Wui Man Road.
- 24 September 2021: Real-time Arrival Information was made available on this route. [15]
- 12 November 2021: After arriving at Salisbury Road westbound, minibuses were detoured via Nathan Road, Peking Road, Hankow Road, Middle Road back to Kowloon Park Drive and the original routing, and an additional stopover at Hankow Road; and some departures on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays between 11:00-19:00 were detoured via Museum Road with an additional stopover there; and the arrangement of observing Star Ferry on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays was cancelled. [1]
- 23 November 2021: Detours via Museum Road were extended to 11:00-19:00 on Saturdays to Thursdays and public holidays and 11:00-22:30 on Fridays.
Service Hours and Headways[]
| From Kowloon Station | |
|---|---|
| Service Hours | Headways (mins) |
| Daily | |
| 06:40 - 23:15 | 12 |
Remarks: The following periods observe Museum Road
- Fridays (except public holidays): 11:00-22:30
- Other days: 11:00-19:00
Special Departures[]
| From Kowloon Station(via West Kowloon Station for return trips) | |
|---|---|
| Service Hours | Headways (mins) |
| Daily | |
| 09:00 - 21:00 | 30 |
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department“HKeMobility” mobile app.
Fares[]
| Route | Fare |
|---|---|
| Full Fare | $7.1 |
| Fare Table in the direction of East Tsim Sha Tsui Station | ||
|---|---|---|
Boarding Stop ＼ Drop Off Stop |
Kowloon Station or after | Canton Road near the Harbourview or after |
| Canton Road near the Harborview or after | $5.3 ＊ | |
| East Tsim Sha Tsui Station or before | $7.1 | $5.3 |
| Fare Table in the direction of Kowloon Station | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boarding Stop ＼ Drop Off Stop |
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station or after | Canton Road near China Hong Kong City or after | |
| Canton Road near China Hong Kong City or before | $5.3 ＊ | ||
| Kowloon Station or before | $7.1 | $5.3 | |
| Fare Remarks |
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MTR Interchange Scheme[]
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Minibus Deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route should be served by a total of four light buses. It has a total capacity of not less than 80 passengers in each direction during the busiest hour.
Current this route and Route 78 series have a total of 14 Toyota Coaster minibuses, including 2 of 16-seater minibuses and 12 of 19-seater minibuses
| List of Jetwide minibuses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate no. | Type[Remark 1] | Seats | Destination sign configuration | Scheduled route(s) | Remarks |
| KM4116 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | 78／78A | Entered service in May 2020 Plate originally belonged to 2002 5LS |
| KX6010 | 2019 7LL | Patent Enterprises EDS | Entered service in March 2019 Plate originally belonged to 2003 5LS[Remark 2] | ||
| KX9408 | 2020 7LL | Transfull EDS | Plate originally belonged to 2003 5LS | ||
| KX9522 | Entered service in March 2020 Plate originally belonged to 2003 5LS | ||||
| KY2781 | Entered service in April 2020 Plate originally belonged to 2003 5LS | ||||
| LY193 | 2013 6LS | 16-seater high adopt | Rollsign | Entered service in December 2014 Plate origibally belonged to 2004 5LS[Remark 3] | |
| PB3627 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | Entered service in April 2020 Plate origibally belonged to 2004 5LS[Remark 4] | |
| RY7583 | 2013 6LS | 16-seater high adopt | Rollsign | 77M | |
| UE7079 | 2016 6LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Entered service in July 2016 The first 19-seater minibus in this series The rear of the car adopts a double emergency door design | ||
| UM7186 | 2016 6DL | Entered service in December 2016 One of the diesal minibus in this series | |||
| VT4316 | 2018 7LL | Patent Enterprises EDS | 78/78A | Entered service in October 2018 | |
| VW922 | Formerly a vehicle of Ping Tsuen Route and Kwun Tsuen Route | ||||
| WA5850 | 2019 7LL | Entered service in March 2019 | |||
| WU2952 | 2020 7LL | Transfull EDS | 78 | Entered service in August 2020 | |
| List of former minibus under Jetwide | |||||
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| Plate No. | Type No. | Seat No. | Date retired/withdrawn | Going | Replacing vehicle |
| KM4116 | 2002 5LS | 16 | May 2020 | Retired | Same Plate 2020 7LL |
| KN4909 | WT7786 (2020 7LL) | ||||
| KR8670 | July 2019 | ||||
| KX6010 | 2003 5LS | March 2019 | Same Plate 2019 7LL | ||
| KX9408 | 2020 | Same Plate 2020 7LL | |||
| KX9522 | March 2020 | ||||
| KY2551 | Unknown | Transferred to 94 Lisensed Mini-Bus New Territories 94 series | |||
| KY2781 | April 2020 | Retired | Smae Plate 2020 7LL | ||
| KY3884 | 2019 | VW922 (2018 7LL) | |||
| LB3180 | July 2016 | Transferred to Red Minibus Po Mong Route | UE7079 (2016 6LL) | ||
| LJ9319 | 2004 5LS | Unknown | Transferred to Choi Lung New Territories Route 96B/96P | ||
| LM5199 | Changed as Red Minibus Then changed as Rock Smart Development New Territories Route 812A |
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| LY193 | December 2014 | Transferred to Red Minibus Kwun Tsuen Route and Wan Tsuen Route then changed the plate no. as TD4936 and DF8900 | Same Plate 2013 6LS | ||
| MR3047 | 2006 5LS2 | Unknown | Transferred to Chew Luen Red Minibus To Mong Route | ||
| NT4653 | 2009 6LS | Transferred to Good View New Territories Route 90A/90P/91 series then changed the plate number as VZ3033 | |||
| PB3627 | 2004 5LS | April 2020 | Retired | Same Plate 2020 7LL | |
| PZ3733 | 2011 6LS | Unknown | Transferred to Red Minibus To Tsuen Route, Tsuen Wong Kau Route and Po Mong Route Plate number was applyed in 7LL of Marvel Wealth Holding New Territories Route 503/503K December 2022 |
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| SU4522 | 2014 6DS | August 2020 | Transferred to Red Minibus Wong Tsing Route | WU2952 (2020 7LL) | |
| WT7786 | 2020 7LL | 19 | February 2023 | Transferred to Marvel Wealth Holding New Territories Route 503/503K | |
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 8/2024202408
Routing[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
Station Perimeter Road, Nga Cheung Road, Austin Road West, Canton Road, Salisbury Road (eastbound), u-turn, Salisbury Road (westbound), Nathan Road, Peking Road, Hankow Road, Middle Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road, Austin Road West, Nga Cheung Road and Station Perimeter Road |
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| ② * Special departures via West Kowloon Station |
.., Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road, Wui Cheung Road, Wui Man Road, Wui Cheung Road, Canton Road, Austin Road West, Nga Cheung Road and Station Perimeter Road |
| ③# via Museum Road |
Station Perimeter Road, Nga Cheung Road, Museum Road (westbound), roundabout, Museum Road (eastbound), Austin Road West, Canton Road, ......, Canton Road, Austin Road West, Museum Road (westbound), roundabout, Museum Road (eastbound), Nga Cheung Road (northbound), roundabout, Nga Cheung Road (southbound) and Station Perimeter Road |
| Kowloon Green Minibus (GMB) Route 77M (Kowloon Station ↺ East Tsim Sha Tsui Station) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Kowloon Station Commercial and Residential Area |
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| # | Kowloon Station Commercial and Residential Area | Museum Road |
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Applicable to departures using Routing ③ |
| 2 | Tsim Sha Tsui | Canton Road |
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| 3 | Salisbury Road |
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Circular route return point | |
| 4 | Hankow Road |
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| 5 | Canton Road |
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| * | Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area | Wui Man Road |
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Applicable to special departures using Routing ② |
| 6 | Kowloon Station Residential and Commercial Area | Austin Road West |
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| # | Kowloon Station Commercial and Residential Area | Museum Road |
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Applicable to departures using Routing ③ |
| 7 | Kowloon Station Commercial and Residential Area |
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Gallery[]
A minibus on Route 77M was turning from Salisbury Road into Kowloon Park Drive
A minibus on Route 77M was turning from Salisbury Road into Kowloon Park Drive
A minibus on Route 77M was passing through Nga Cheung Road
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
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.
- ↑ That 5LS formerly a vehicle of Honest Profit Corporation Kowloon Route 79K, then transferred to Jetwide in 2018, until March 2019
- ↑ That 5LS formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Kwun Tong - Ngau Tau Kok Route under Hong Wah Community, currently is serving on Easy Well Industrial New Territories Route 65A and chanhed the plate number as DF8900, once changed the plate number as TD4936 when served on Kwun Tsuen Route
- ↑ That 5LS formerly a vehicle of General Elite Hong Kong Island Route 1/1A/2/3/3A, was also a formerly vehicle of Red Minibus Northern Island Trunk Route.
Related Articles[]
- Kowloon GMB Route 78
- Harbour City to West Kowloon Station Shuttle Bus
- KMB Route M1 (Cancelled)
References[]
- ↑ Transport Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,〈九龍專線小巴第77M號線的服務調整 (Kowloon Station - Tsim Sha Tsui East (循環線)〉［Traffic Notice], November 5, 2021
- ↑ Transport Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, "New fares for Kowloon GMB Routes 77M and 78 (Kowloon Station - Tsim Sha Tsui East (Circular Line) Tai Kok Tsui (Victoria Harbor) Public Transport Interchange - Tsim Sha Tsui (Peking Road) (Circular Line)) [Traffic Notice], July 19, 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,〈調整九龍專綫小巴第77M及78號綫收費〉[Traffic Notice]，November 24, 2016
- ↑ 據立法會財務委員會審核2016-17年度開支預算管制人員的答覆編號THB(T)150，營辦商申請加價6.3%，與最終獲批加幅相同。
- ↑ Transport Department, Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, "Toll adjustment for Kowloon GMB Routes 77M and 78" [Traffic Notice], 2013 August January 23rd.
- ↑ 香港特別行政區政府運輸署，〈調整九龍專綫小巴第77M及78號綫收費〉[Traffic Notice]]，2012年1月26日。
- ↑ 香港特別行政區政府運輸署，〈調整九龍專綫小巴第77M號的車費〉[Traffic Notice]，2009年7月8日。
- ↑ 九龍綠小77M/78新站牌，hkitalk.net
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