The Kowloon Green Minibus Route CX1, with the full name "CX1 Cultural Express" (CX1 文化專線), runs circular between Austin Station and the Hong Kong Palace Museum, and has special services extending to the West Kowloon Cultural District (West Gate) to provide shuttle services for tourists visiting the West Kowloon Cultural District.
This route is the first special minibus route in Hong Kong with a double-letter prefix in its number. "CX" is the abbreviation of "Cultural Express". This route is actually Route 26D operated by Kellis Limited (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 9170C) and Route 74D operated by Max Power Green Minibus Company Limited (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 12142C) with these two routes having the same routing. To facilitate passenger identification and travel, the two routes are jointly operated with this number from 2 July 2022.[1]
History[]
- 2 July 2022: To coincide with the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum, routes 26D and 74D were combined under the name of route CX1 [2]. However, due to the impact of tropical cyclone "Special Traffic Arrangements related to 2022 Tropical Cyclone" that day, the Hong Kong Palace Museum was closed for the entire day and was not open to the public [3] and therefore this change only took place on 3 July.
- 13 October 2023: Converted to a circular route with a number of changes: [4][5]
- Extended from Kowloon Station to Austin Station, replacing the existing "West Kowloon Circular Route" free shuttle bus service;
- Detoured via Cultural Drive (M+ Museum B1 Indoor Pick-up and Drop-off Area);
- Special services detouring via the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority Project Office and West Kowloon Cultural District West Gate were introduced;
- Service hours were extended, departing from Austin Station from 09:00 to 20:30.
Service hours and headways[]
The latest update is on 10/2024, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
| From Austin Station | Headways (mins) |
|---|---|
| Daily | |
| 09:00 - 20:30 | 10 |
| The headways that departed from 00 minute or 30 minute will extend to West Kowloon Cultural Area. The service can respond to the passengers needs then Strengthen or add the short trip from Kowloon Station. | |
Combined trip[]
The Routes 26D and 74D provided the Combine trip, the comprehensive schedule is as follows:
| List of Combined trip with Routes 26D and 74D | ||||||||||
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Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stop | Fares |
|---|---|
| Full fares | $5.0 |
| Historical fares | ||||||
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This route has no section fares. |
Minibus interchange concessions[]
Passengers using the same Octopus card to transfer from Routes 74/74S to Route CX1 trips operated by Max Power Green Minibus (i.e. Route Template:KNGMB 74D) within 90 minutes, or transfer from Route CX1 trips operated by Max Power Green Minibus (i.e. Route 74D) to Route 74/74S can enjoy an interchange concession of $2.0.
Passengers using the same Octopus card to transfer from Route 26 to Route CX1 trips operated by Kellis Limited (i.e. Route Template:KNGMB 26D) or transfer from Route CX1 trips operated by Kellis Limited (i.e. Route 26D) to Route 26 can enjoy an interchange concession of $2.0.
Octopus interchange concessions[]
| Route CX1 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| CX1 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | CX1 | ||
Notes:
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route needs to be served by two minibuses each from routes 26 and 74/74S. The peak hour passenger capacity for each company in each direction is not less than 96.
Kellis[]
Currently, this route together with Route 26 series uses total of 22 minibuses, including 13 16-seater minibuses and 9 19 seater minibuses. List:
- 21 Toyota Coaster (4 2004 5LS2, 4 2005 5LS2, 1 2007 6LS, 2 2008 6LS, 1 201 7LL, 2 2020 7LL, 3 2021 7LL and 4 2022 7LL)
- 1 Man Tge 5.180 (2023 5.180 4X2 SB)
Some minibuses in this series need to support Routes 2/2A. [Remark 1]
| List of Kowloon Routes 26 series/CX1 minibuses | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Model | Type No.[Remark 2] | Seat | Sign Configuration | Remarks |
| CS3386 | Toyota Coaster | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back seat | Third generation Rollsign | Former vehicle on Sea Dragon's Kowloon Routes 13 series fleet Plate number originally belonged to a Mitsubishi Rosa (1995 BE437E) on that series fleet Joined in November 2024 |
| CT1620 | 2021 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseats | Transfull EDS with side sign | Former vehicle on Kowloon Routes 2／2A fleet Plate originally belonged to a 2004 5LS2 of that series[Remark 3] Changed to serve on this route in January 2023 | |
| DJ1657 | 2007 6LS | 16 seater High-adopt seats | Fourth generation Rollsign | Plate originally belonged to a 1986 1st generation[Remark 4] and a 3rd generation on PLB Northern Island Trunk Route fleets Converted to Red minibus during May to September 2022 | |
| FJ2676 | 2004 5LS2 | Entered service in November 2004 Plate originally belonged to a 1992 2nd generation from a Red Minibus | |||
| FR2972 | 2008 6LS | Former vehicle on Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleets Was also a former vehicle on General Elite's Hong Kong Island Routes 1 series/2/3 series fleet Plate originally belonged to a 1993 3rd Generation on I Sun Green Minibus's Hong Kong Island Routes 12/13 fleet Converted to serve on this route in January 2023 | |||
| HC1629 | 2005 5LS2 | Original plate no. MK6483, plate no changed in 2016 Former vehicle from Cheng Kee Public Light Bus & Taxi's Kowloon Route 45M fleet | |||
| JR8089 | Former vehicle from Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleet Was also a former vehicle on Goodrich Transportation's Kowloon Route 43M fleet Exchanged with FD1686 (2006 5LS2) | ||||
| JY199 | 2020 7LL | 19 seater-vegaseats | Transfull EDS with side sign | Original plate number WZ4550 Former vehicle on Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleet Converted to serve on this route in January 2023 | |
| 2004 5LS2 | 16-seater high adopt seats | Fourth generation Rollsign | Idled at Laguna Verde Former vehicle from PLB Ping Sha Route fleet Was also a former vehicle from Sea Dragon's Kowloon Routes 13 series fleet and PLB Yuen Jor Route, Yuen Po Route, Po Mong Route and 23 Route fleets Joined in November 2025 | ||
| LT5255 | Former vehicle of PLB Hong Kong Island Northern Trunk Route and Belvedere Garden - Causeway Bay Route fleets Joined in May 2020 | ||||
| LT9208 | Former vehicle on PLB Tung Tsuen Route and Chiu Luen's PLB Yau Mong Route fleets Was also a former vehicle on Kamalie's Kowloon Routes 62S/63 fleet Joined in October 2016 | ||||
| LW6892 | 2005 5LS2 | Former vehicle on Goodrich Transportation's Kowloon Route 43M fleet Joined in November 2020 | |||
| NC3768 | 2004 5LS2 | Original plate no. GC7729 | |||
| NF7098 | 2008 6LS | Former vehicle of Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleet Was also a former vehicle on General Elite's Hong Kong Island Routes 28 series fleet Converted to serve on this route in January 2023 | |||
| UP8681 | 2019 7LL | 19-seater Vegas eat | Patent Enterprise EDS | Former vehicle from AN Bus' PLB Route AN8, Fuk Mong Route and Jor Tsuen Route fleets Joined in February 2025 It currently runs on Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleet | |
| XC4296 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seats | Transfull EDS with side sign | Formerly a vehicle of Kowloon Route 2/2A fleet Converted to serve on this route in January 2023 | |
| XS5304 | 2021 7LL | ||||
| XT8243 | |||||
| YF2313 | 2022 7LL | 19-seater Vogelseats | |||
| YF2507 | |||||
| YF8395 | |||||
| YG465 | Equipped with seat occupancy and seat belt status detection system Former vehicle from Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleet Concerted to serve on this route in April 2025 Once shifted to Goodrich Transportation's New Territories Route 116 fleet in October 2023 | ||||
| YV5948 | Man Tge 5.180 | 2023 5.180 4X2 SB | 16-seater Vogelsitze setas[Remark 5] | Hanover Sign with back sign | Low-floor minibus with wheelchair access[Remark 6] Entered service on 10 October 2023 |
| List of former minibuses on Kowloon Routes 26 series/CX1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Type No. | Seat No. | Retirement/withdrawal date | Whereabouts | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| DC3873 | 2019 7LL | 19 | May 2024 | Transferred to Hong Kong Island Routes 49M/50 fleet | FJ3018 (2004 5LS2) |
| DP6673 | 2007 6LS | 16 | May 2022 | Changed as Red Minibus Then transferred to Sure Ascent International's New Territories Routes 112 series fleet |
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| EZ5269 | 2004 5LS2 | October 2022 | Retired | ||
| FD1686 | 2006 5LS2 | January 2023 | Exchanged with JR8089 (2005 5LS2) that originally served on Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleet | ||
| FJ3018 | 2004 5LS2 | November 2025 | Transferred to Tai Po Public Light Bus' New Territories Routes 20 series/21 series/22K/23 series | LS8826 (2004 5LS2) | |
| FW7286 | February 2025 | Transferred to Goodrich Transportation's New Territories Routes 116 series fleet | |||
| GA9820 | 2019 7DL | 19 | UP8681 (2019 7LL) | ||
| GC7729 | 1994 3rd Generation | 16 | 2004 | retired | 2004 5LS2 of the same plate Then the Plate no. changed as NC3768 in November 2007 |
| GD4872 | June 2005 | LY4254 (2005 5LS2) | |||
| GJ6608 | 2007 6LS | February 2022 | Exchanged with ME5083 (2006 5LS2) that originally served on Hong Kong Island Route 49M fleet | ||
| GS9202 | 2005 5LS2 | July 2025 | Transferred to Hong Kong Island Route 50 fleet | ||
| HC9080 | 1997 3rd generation | January 2006 | Transferred to Hop Fat Light Bus' Kowloon Routes 8/8S fleet | ME5083 (2006 5LS2) | |
| HD3010 | Unknown | ||||
| HD3991 | December 2005 | Retired | 2005 5LS2 of the same plate | ||
| 2005 5LS2 | May 2019 | Transferred to Kamalie's Kowloon Routes 62S/63/68 fleet | |||
| HX6351 | 1998 4th Generation | February 2017 | Transferred to Goodrich Transportation's Kowloon Route 43M fleet | ||
| KM3064 | 2002 5LS | May 2019 | Retired | ||
| LL6662 | 2004 5LS | July 2024 | Transferred to Goodrich Transportation's New Territories Route 116 fleet | LX1643 (2005 5LS2) | |
| LM1531 | May 2023 | Retired | |||
| LV7073 | 2005 5LS2 | August 2022 | Transferred to Hong Kong Island Route 49M fleet | ||
| LX1643 | October 2022 | Exchanged with GS9202 (2005 5LS2) that originally served on Kowloon Routes 2/2A fleet | |||
| LX9079 | 3rd Generation | December 2005 | Retired | 2005 5LS2 of the same plate Then the plate no. changed as TF720 in March 2015 | |
| LY4254 | 2005 5LS2 | May 2022 | Converted as Red Minibuses until October 2022 before retirement | ||
| MB948 | April 2019 | Transferred to Goodrich Transportation's Kowloon Route 43M fleet | |||
| MB1063 | May 2023 | Retired | |||
| MB3321 | February 2022 | Transferred to Hong Kong Island Route 49M fleet | FW7286 (2004 5LS2) | ||
| ME3453 | December 2022 | Transferred to PLB Kwun Tsing Route fleet and had it plate to change as KY3089 | |||
| ME5083 | 2006 5LS2 | August 2023 | Retired | YV5948 (Man Tge 5.180 - 2023 5.180 4X2 SB) | |
| ME7119 | November 2021 | Transferred to Rich Success Transportation's New Territories Routes 60 series fleet | LM1531 (2004 5LS) | ||
| TF720[Remark 7] | 2005 5LS2 | October 2016 | Transferred to PLB Ping Tsuen Route, Jor Tsuen Route and Chew Luen's PLB Kwun Mong Route fleets | LT9208 (2004 5LS2) | |
| ZH7040 | 2024 7DL | 19 | April 2025 | Firstly, idled at Laguna Verde Then transferred to Goodrich Transportation's New Territories Routes 116 series fleet in June 2025 |
YG465 (2022 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 11/2025202511
Max Power[]
Currently, Kowloon Routes 74, 74S and CX1 operated under Max Power have a total of 16 16-seater Toyota Coaster LPG-minibuses, including 15 16-seater minibuses and 1 19-seater minibus.
| List of Kowloon Routes 74/74S/CX1 minibuses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Model Code[Remark 8] | Seat No. | Sign Configuration | Remarks |
| CU850 | 2003 5LS | 16-seater high back seats[Remark 9] | Rollsign | The front of the vehicle adopt 6th generation components |
| FA2028 | 2002 5LS | 16-seater low back seats | Formerly vehicle of PLB Jor Sheung Route and Sham Sheung Route fleets | |
| JD9989 | Original plate no. KU9465[Remark 10] and TM3514 Former vehicle from Yan Hing Transportation's New Territories Routes 25 series Joined in August 2015 | |||
| KM2484 | 16-seater high back seats[Remark 9] | Former vehicle from PLB Mei To Route fleets Joined in April 2013 | ||
| KM6474 | 16-seater low back seats | Former vehicle from PLB Wong Tsing Route fleets Joined in February 2008 | ||
| KT3493 | 16-seater high back seats[Remark 9] | |||
| KT6195 | ||||
| KT6522 | ||||
| KT7536 | ||||
| KT7671 | Former vehicle from PLB Castle Peak Road - Wong Tai Sin Route fleets Joined in September 2009 | |||
| KV4070 | 16-seater low back seat | Former vehicle from Hop Cheong' Kowloon Route 33A Joined in December 2013 | ||
| KV5499 | Former vehicle from PLB Mei Foo - To Kwa Wan Route fleets Joined in November 2011 | |||
| LF7436 | 2003 5LS | 16-seater high back seat[Remark 11] | The front of the vehicle adopt 6th generation components | |
| MA3365 | 2005 5LS2 | Entered service in August 2005 The front of the vehicle adopt 4th generation components | ||
| TN9692 | 2002 5LS | 16-seater low back seats | Original plate no. JF759 Former vehicle from PLB Ho Man Tin - Tsuen Wan Route fleets Joined in August 2015 and changed the plate no. | |
| XU876 | 2017 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseats | Patent Enterprises EDS | The only 19-seater minibus on this series Original plate no. VC9041, plate no. changed in March 2022 Former vehicle from Chew Luen' PLB Mong Kok - Sau Mau Ping Route fleets Was also a former vehicle of PLB Castle Peak Road - Kwun Tong Route, Sham Shui Po - Sheung Shui Route and Tai Po - Sheung Shui Route fleets Joined in June 2023 Once shifted to Hung Wai Development's New Territories Route 24 shortly in March 2024 |
| List of former minibuses under Route 74/74S/CX1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Type No. | Date of Retirement/withdrawn | Fates | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| FS4749 | 1993 3rd generation | August 2005 | Retired | MA3365 (2005 5LS2) |
| GW5339 | 1996 3rd generation | August 2015 | TN9692 (2002 5LS) | |
| GW8259 | TM5314 (2002 5LS) Then the plate no. changed as JD9989 | |||
| KT2763 | 2002 5LS | December 2013 | Retired earlier due to traffic accident | KV4070 (2002 5LS) |
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 10/2025202510
Routing[]
- 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.
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Normal |
The distance of this route is approx. 4.5km, and the journey time is approximately 24mins. (The average speed is 11.3km/h.) Wui Man Road, Jordan Road, Nga Cheung Road, Museum Drive, Cultural Drive, Cultural Drive (Westbound), Roundabout, Cultural Drive (Eastbound), Nga Cheung Road, Station Perimeter Road, Jordan Road and Wui Man Road |
|---|---|
| ②# Detour West Kowloon Cultural Area West Gate Headway |
The distance of this route is approx. 5.0km, and the journey time is approximately 26mins. (The average speed is 11.5km/h.) ……, Cultural Road, Museum Drive, West Kowloon Cultural Area West Gate access, U-turn, West Kowloon Cultural Area West Gate access, Museum Drive, Nga Cheung Road, …… |
| Kowloon GMB Route CX1 (Austin Station ↺ West Kowloon Cultural Area) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Kowloon Station Commercial & Residential Area | Wui Man Road |
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| 2 | Nga Cheung Road | |||
| 3 | West Kowloon Cultural Area | Cultural Drive | B1/F indoor loading and unloading area Near escalator to M+ Museum | |
| 4 | Museum Drive |
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| ＃ | Hong Kong Palace Museum |
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Applicable only to special trips using routing ② | |
| 6 | Kowloon Station Commercial & Residential Area | Outside Exit B | ||
| 7 | Wui Man Road |
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Gallery[]
A Route CX1 minibus JY199 (Equipped with the advertisement of West Kowloon Cultural District) was passing through Museum Drive (Dispatched from Kellis, July 2022)
The terminus of Route CX1 is at Austin Station (Dispatched from Max Power, November 2023)
A Route CX1 minibus YG465 occured at outside Whampoa Garden terminates (Dispatched from Kellis, June 2025)
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
Remarks[]
- ↑ Although using vehicles with different Passenger Service Licence numbers may violate the operating conditions, the Transport Department rarely pays such attention.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The 5LS2 was originally a vehicle on Ming Wai Public Light Bus's New Territories Route 75 fleet, sold to Kellis in May 2020, until November 2021 before retirement.
- ↑ The 1dt generation was originally a vehicle from Southern District Community Association fleets, and was later changed to serve on PLB Northern Island Trunk Route fleets until later before retirement.
- ↑ Equipped with 14 seats and 2 wheelchair parking areas with folding chairs
- ↑ If a wheelchair is used, the front seat must be folded to avoid overloading.
- ↑ Original plate no. LX9079, plate no changed in March 2015
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 These set of minibuses adopted low back seaters.
- ↑ The plate no. originally belonged to a 6LS from Yan Hing Transportation's New Territories Routes 25 series in August 2015.
- ↑ A LF7436 was once adopted with Low back seats.
Related articles[]
- Kowloon GMB Route 26
- Kowloon GMB Route 26D
- Kowloon GMB Route 74D
- KMB Route W4
- West Kowloon Circular Route (Cancelled)
References[]
- ↑ The Transport Department's "Schedule of Services" states: "Services of Supplementary Service No. 26D and Supplementary Service Route No. 74D are jointly provided under the name "CX1 Cultural Express."
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Public transport arrangements for the opening of the Hong Kong Palace Museum" [News Bulletin], 28 June 2022.
- ↑ "Hong Kong Palace Museum is closed today under Signal No. 8", RTHK, 2 July 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "West Kowloon Cultural District Traffic Arrangements" [Traffic Advice], 13 October 2023.
- ↑ West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, "Enhancement of public transport services between West Kowloon Cultural District and Hong Kong West Kowloon Station/Austin Station" [Press release], 9 October 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of Kowloon GMB Route Nos. 74 and 74S" [Traffic Advice], 13 December 2022.
- ↑ According to Reply Serial No. TLB113 from the Controlling Officer of the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2023-24, the operator originally applied for an increase of 25%, the Transport Department eventually approved a same increase.
External links[]
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