The Airbus Route A32 is operated by Long Win Bus. It runs between Kwai Chung Estate and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre), via Tai Wo Hau, Tsing Yi Estate and Tsing Yi South, and connects via Lantau Link to and from Hong Kong International Airport and HZMB Hong Kong Port.
History[]
Splitting to serve Kwai Tsing[]
Since the opening of the Chek Lap Kok Airport on 6 July 1998, Route A31 has been providing one-way services to and from the airport for residents of Tsuen Wan Town Centre, Kwai Hing, Kwai Fong and Tsing Yi South. However, its circuitous routing makes it unattractive to passengers travelling to and from Tsuen Wan Town Centre, and it fails to cover the private housing estates along Texaco Road and Wing Shun Street, which are experiencing a rise in population, and the residents of the area around Cheung On Estate can only use Route E32, which detours via Tung Chung and the Airport Logistics Area.
In view of this, in the 2016-2017 Bus Route Planning Programme, the Transport Department and LWB proposed to introduce an Airbus route between Kwai Chung Estate and the Airport via Tsing Yi, and to rationalise the existing Route A31 via Tsing Yi, which would no longer pass through Kwai Chung and Tsing Yi South, so as to reduce the circuitousness of the route and to continue to serve the original Airbus catchment area on Tsing Yi, thus facilitating travellers to travel to and from the three hotels next to Rambler Crest.
- 3 December 2016: Route A32 commenced service, running between Kwai Chung Estate and the Airport (Ground Transportation Centre). [1]
- 1 July 2017: Octopus interchange concession with Route S64 series was introduced. [2]
- 24 October 2018: An additional stop was added at "Ching Wah Court" on Tsing Yi West Road for Kwai Chung Estate direction.
- 29 November 2019: To facilitate the Terminal 2 expansion project, Airport-bound buses were diverted via Airport Road to Airport South Interchange, and the "Terminal 2" stop on Sky Plaza Road was cancelled.[3][4]
- 15 March 2020: The new e-payment system was piloted, with three types of payment methods: contactless credit card, mobile payment and 2D payment. Currently, it supports contactless Visa, MasterCard and UnionPay cards, Apple Pay, Google Pay and Samsung Pay, as well as AlipayHK "Easy Ride" and UnionPay's "QuickPass", totalling seven methods. Passengers can continue to enjoy Interchange concessions between routes, but the new fare system is not included in the Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme and the $2 Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities. [5][6]
- 1 February 2021: Departures from Kwai Chung Estate at 06:30 and Airport at 17:30 every day were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard with an additional stop at "AsiaWorld-Expo". [7]
- 10 May 2021: Daily normal departure at 18:00 from Airport was detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard. [8]
- 1 August 2021: Trips detouring via AsiaWorld-Expo called additionally at "Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel" and "Sky City Interchange" stops at Sky City Road East. [9]
- 1 November 2021: Original daily departure from Kwai Chung Estate at 07:00 detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East. [10]
- 1 August 2022: Departures at 07:30 from Kwai Chung Estate and 17:00 from the Airport every day were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East. [11]
Withdrawal from Kwai Fong for the new route[]
North Kwai Chung and Lei Muk Shue had for long been lacking a direct bus service to the Airport, while many places on Tsing Yi Island were also not been covered by airport bus services. To enhance the airport bus services across the Kwai Tsing District, the Transport Department and Long Win Bus proposed introducing a new Route A30 in the 2020-2021 Bus Route Planning Programme, which would replace Route A32's service in Kwai Fong; concurrently, Route A32 would instead run via Tai Wo Hau, Tsing Yi Estate and Greenfield Garden to Tsing Yi South, extending airport bus services across the entire Tsing Yi Island.[12] A District Councillor in Tsing Yi pointed out luggage racks were full or the buses were fully loaded at Ching Wah Court, and that detouring via more locations would increase the travelling time, hence suggesting to reinstate the frequency. Another councillor contended that Route E32 carries substantial passenger volume, arguing that resources should be allocated to both routes rather than diverted from E32. The Transport Department stated that the bus operator would need to deploy additional resources, deploying four extra buses to operate the newly introduced airport bus routes, which would enhance the overall capacity of airport buses serving Kwai Tsing District, while increasing the total number of daily services between the Airport and Kwai Tsing District.[13][14]
Originally scheduled for implementation in the fourth quarter of 2020, the plan was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused a significant decline in demand for airport bus services. Passenger numbers on airport bus routes serving Kwai Tsing District and overnight airport bus routes fell by approximately 70% compared to pre-pandemic levels.[15] Consequently, the plan was postponed and only came into effect on 25 June 2023.[16]
- 25 June 2023: To tie in with the commencement of service of Route A30:[17][18]
- Rerouted via Tai Wo Hau, Tsing Yi Estate and Greenfield Garden, no longer serving Kwai Hing and Kwai Fong;
- Departures from Kwai Chung Estate at 06:25 and 07:25 and from the Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) at 17:05 and 18:05 are reduced to two trips each way via AsiaWorld-Expo;
- The service time from Kwai Chung Estate was changed to 05:25 - 23:25, whereas that from Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) was changed to 06:15 - 23:45.
- 3 December 2023: The amount of interchange concession with KMB's regular solely-operated routes was increased to free of charge for one trip between these two routes until 31 August 2024. [19]
- 17 March 2024: Detoured via HZMB Hong Kong Port for both directions, and a new stop was added at "Tsing Yi Ferry" on Fung Shue Wo Road for Airport direction. [20][21]
Historical route information[]
Details of the past service hours and headways, fares and other route information of this route are set out in the "Historical route information" sub-page of this article.
Service hours and headways[]
The latest update is on 6/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stop | Fares |
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| Full fare | $19.8 |
| Section fares (to Kwai Chung Estate) | |
| From Ching Wah Court | $11.3 |
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KMB Monthly Pass Concessions[]
Passengers using a KMB Monthly Pass can travel on this route with the following fare concessions:
| Journey/Boarding stop | Fares |
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| Full fare | $5.3 |
| Section fares (to Kwai Chung Estate) | |
| From Ching Wah Court | $3.1 |
- Journeys taken at concessionary fares will not be counted towards the daily free rides of the KMB Monthly Pass, and such concessions cannot be paid in cash or other forms of payment.
Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]
Passengers using the same Octopus card to interchange to the designated route after this route within a specific time, or transfer from the designated route to this route can enjoy an interchange concession. The details are as follows: (Half discount for children and senior citizens.) Template:LWB Route A32 Bus-Bus Interchange Concession Scheme
Lantau Link BBI Interchange Concession Scheme[]
Template:LWB Lantau Link BBI Interchange Concession Scheme
LWB Airbus Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme[]
| LWB Airport Routes, AsiaWorld-Expo Special Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme | |||||
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| 1st leg | Direction | 2nd leg | Direction | Discount for 2nd leg | Time limit |
| X33, X36, X40, X43, X47 | To Urban | KMB solely-operated routes | Unlimited | Positive difference between the fare payable for the 2nd leg minus the fare paid for the 1st leg Free if the difference is in negative number |
150mins |
| A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X | 120mins | ||||
| KMB Solely-operated routes | Any | A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X | to Airport | ||
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＊: For interchanging from KMB Route B1 (Tin Tsz direction) to LWB Route A43P ( Airport direction), the actual fare paid for the first journey will be refunded for the next journey, except that the interchange concession cannot be enjoyed for the first journey of Route B1, otherwise, only the normal (i.e. maximum $6.0) interchange concession will be offered; for interchange from LWB Route A43P (Luen Wo Hui direction) to KMB Route B1 (Lok Ma Chau direction), passengers will be offered a free interchange concession for the second journey, but no interchange discount will be offered for the first journey of route A43P and no other interchange concession will be offered for route B1 thereafter. This special concession is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). | |||||
Bus deployments[]
Template:List of buses on LWB Routes A30 and A32
Routing[]
To Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
Tai Wo Hau Road, Wo Tong Tsui Street, Wo Kwai Lane, Kwai Chung Road, Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung, Texaco Interchange, Texaco Road, Tsuen Tsing Interchange, Tsing Tsuen Road, Tam Kon Shan Interchange, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tsing Yip Street, Tsing Luk Street, Tsing King Road, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tsing Yi Ferry Bus Terminus, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tsing Yi Heung Sze Wui Road, Tsing Yi Road, Ching Hong Road, Tsing Yi Road West, Cheung Tsing Highway, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway, Airport Road, Cheong Hong Road, Airport Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Tung Wing Road #, Airport Road, Airport South Interchange $ and Cheong Lin Road |
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| ② * AM Peak detour via AsiaWorld-Expo |
..., Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Sky City Road East, Third Sky Street, Sky City Road, Airport Expo Boulevard, Sky City Road East, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, ... |
To Kwai Chung Estate[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port Public Transport Interchange, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Long Road, North Lantau Highway, Lantau Link, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Cheung Tsing Highway, Tsing Yi Road West, Ching Hong Road, Tsing Yi Road, Tsing Yi Heung Sze Wui Road, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tsing Yi Ferry Bus Terminus, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tsing King Road, Tsing Luk Street, Tsing Yip Street, Fung Shue Wo Road, Tam Kon Shan Interchange, Tsing Tsuen Road, Tsuen Tsing Interchange, Texaco Road and Tai Wo Hau Road |
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| ② * PM Peak detour via AsiaWorld-Expo |
Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Sky City Road East, Third Sky Street, Sky City Road, Airport Expo Boulevard, Sky City Road East, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, ... |
Ridership[]
According to the Bus Route Planning Programmes and other documents, the ridership of this route is as follows:
- 2020: The occupancy rate of the peakiest hour was 63%, with passengers picking up and dropping off at Kwai Fong and Kwai Hing accounting for 60% of the total patronage of the route. [22][23]
- June 2023: The average occupancy rate was 50%. [24]
- Mid-December 2023: The average occupancy rate of the morning peak period Airport-bound trips at the Lantau Link BBI was about 40%, while the average occupancy rate of the afternoon peak period Kwai Chung Estate-bound trips was about 35%.[25]
Gallery[]
A bus on Route A32 was leaving Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) Bus Terminus
Route A32 passes through Kwai Chung Kaifong Association
Route A32 once had Enviro500 MMC special sights (65XX)
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
LWB Route A32 (Edit)
Remarks[]
Related articles[]
- LWB Route A31
- LWB Route E32
- LWB Route NA32
References[]
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "LWB Launches New Airport Bus Route A32 and Optimises Routeing of Route A31" [News Release], 30 November 2016.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "LWB Launches "A" Routes and Routes S64/S64X Octopus Interchange Concession Scheme" [News Release], 28 June 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Traffic and Transport Arrangements at the Airport" [Traffic Advice], 22 November 2019.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "LWB "A" and "NA" Routes Cancel Terminal 2 Bus Stop and Changes Bus Stop Arrangements of Routes A33X, A36 and A43P" [News Release], 22 November 2019.
- ↑ "【電子錢包】今日起7條龍運巴士路綫試行電子繳費 信用卡、手機錢包都用得（附Q&A）" ([e-Wallet] 7 LWB Routes to trial on e-payment, credit cards, mobile wallets can also be used (with Q&A)), HKET, 15 March 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, LWB e-Payment tutorials
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A32, A34, A43P Peak Hour Timetable via AsiaWorld-Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 20 January 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 4 May 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 July 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 28 October 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X Peak Hour Timetable via AsiaWorld-Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 July 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2020-2021年度葵青區巴士路線計劃" (2020-2021 Kwai Tsing District Bus Route Planning Programme), February 2020.
- ↑ "二零二零至二零二一年度葵青區巴士路線計劃 (運輸署回覆)" (2020-2021 Kwai Tsing District Bus Route Planning Programme (Reply from Transport Department)), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 2q/D/2020.
- ↑ Tsuen Wan District Council Secretariat,"Minutes of the 3rd Meeting of Traffic and Transport Committee (1/20-21)", May 2020.
- ↑ "討論《2020年至2021年葵青區巴士路線計劃》落實進度 (運輸署回覆)" (Progress of Implementation of the 2020-2021 Kwai Tsing District Bus Route Planning Programme (Reply from Transport Department)), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 43a/D/2020, October 2020
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "有關開辦龍運第A30號線及調整龍運第A32號、第E32號線及九巴第936A號線的服務" (Services relating to the introduction of LWB Route A30 and adjustments to LWB Routes A32, E32 and KMB Route 936A), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Committee (Circulation) Paper No. 28/2023, 19 June 2023
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd. & Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "九巴及龍運加強荃葵青區服務 全新路線A30全日連接梨木樹、葵芳與機場及港珠澳大橋 路線936A往港島全面延長至石圍角" (KMB and LWB Enhances Bus Services in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing New Route A30 Connecting Lei Muk Shue, Kwai Fong and Airport, HZMB Route 936A Extends to Shek Wai Kok for HKI-bound services) [News Release], 20 June 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of Long Win Bus Route (“LWB”) A30 (Lei Muk Shue Estate Public Transport Interchange – Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)); and service adjustment of Long Win Routes A32 (Kwai Chung Estate Public Transport Interchange – Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)); Route E32 (Kwai Chung (Container Port Road) Public Transport Interchange - AsiaWorld-Expo Bus Terminus); and Kowloon Motor Bus Route 936A (Shek Wai Kok – Causeway Bay (Cotton Road)) " [Traffic Advice], 23 June 2023.
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "九巴龍運A線新優惠 「搭兩程 俾一程」 互相轉乘來往機場港珠澳大橋 總車資最高達五折（更新︰2024年2月23日）" [News Release], 1 December 2023. (Chinese only)
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service adjustment of Long Win Bus Route (“LWB”) A32 (Kwai Chung Estate Public Transport Interchange –Airport (Ground Transportation Centre))" [Traffic Advice], 12 March 2024.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A32 Addition of Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 12 March 2024.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2020-2021年度葵青區巴士路線計劃" (2020-2021 Kwai Tsing District Bus Route Planning Programme), Annex 15, February 2020.
- ↑ "運輸署回應：葵青區議會交通及運輸委員會反對運輸署削減巴士路線A32及NA32的班次，要求維持原有班次" (Transport Department's response: Objection of Traffic and Transport Committee of the Kwai Tsing District Council to TD's reduction in the frequency of bus routes A32 and NA32, and request to maintain original frequency), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Paper No. 10/2020, May 2020
- ↑ Kwai Tsing District Council Secretariat, "葵青區議會交通及運輸委員會第三次會議紀錄（二零二三）（第40點）", August 2023.
- ↑ "運輸署回覆：要求加密 A32 班次及增設港珠澳旅檢大樓分站" (TD's reply: Request to increase A32 frequency and set up a sub-station at the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Passenger Clearance Building), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 4a/D/2024, February 2024
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| List of routes connecting Boundary Control Points | |
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| Lok Ma Chau Control Point (connects to Huanggang Port) | <Cross-boundary Shuttle Buses> Huang Bus <Cross-boundary Coaches> Kam Sheung Road All China Express • China-Hong Kong Express (Tsuen Wan) • Yau Tsim 24-hour Cross-border Express • Mong Kok All China Express • Kwun Tong 24-hour Cross-border Express • Wan Chai All China Express • Wonderland Express • Huanggang Cross-boundary Bus Tung Chung Citygate Route <Late-night GMB> 44B • 79S • 616S |
| Shenzhen Bay Control Point (connects to Shenzhen Bay Port of Entry) | <Local Services> Franchised Buses: B2 • B2P • B2X • B3 • B3A • B3M • B3X Green Minibuses: 618 • 618A • 618B <Cross-boundary Coaches> Trans-Island Prince Edward-Shenzhen Bay Route • Trans-Island Tsim Sha Tsui-Shenzhen Bay Route • Shenzhen Bay Cross-border Express • East Kowloon Express • Trans-Island Sheung Wan-Shenzhen Bay Route • Trans-Island Causeway Bay-Shenzhen Bay Route • Shenzhen Bay-Ocean Park Route • Shenzhen Bay Cross-boundary Bus Shenzhen Bay Route |
| Lok Ma Chau Spur Line Control Point (connects to Futian Port of Entry) | |
| Sha Tau Kok Control Point (connects to Shatoujiao Port of Entry) | |
| Man Kam To Control Point (connects to Shenzhen Wenjindu Port of Entry) | <Cross-boundary Coaches> Man Kam To Express |
| Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Control Point (connects to HZMB Macau Frontier Post and Zhuhai Port) | <Local Services> Franchised Buses:
Residents' buses: DB02A • DB02R • NR334 <Cross-boundary shuttle buses/coaches> Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus <Cross-border Coaches> One Bus • Hong Kong - Macao Express • Kwun Tong (apm) - Macau Route • EEBus HZMB - Macau Route |
| Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point (connects to Shenzhen Liantang Port) | |
| HSR West Kowloon Station Control Point (connects to the Mainland Port Area of the HSR West Kowloon Station) | |
| HKIA SkyPier Terminal (connects to HZMB Macau Frontier Post and Zhuhai Port) | <Cross-boundary Coaches> Macau HK Airport Direct • Zhuhai HK Airport Direct (Direct access to the Airport Restricted Area without immigration clearance in Hong Kong) |