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LWB Route A33

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The Airbus Route A33 is operated by Long Win Bus (LWB). It runs between Tuen Mun Road BBI and the Airport, passing through So Kwun Wat, Sam Shing Estate, Chi Lok Fa Yuen, Tuen Mun Swimming Pool, Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area, and Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road.

This route, together with Routes A33X and A34, are the cheapest Airbus routes, and is also the only Airbus routes operated by LWB not to serve HZMB Hong Kong Port, together with Route A43P.

History[]

Summary of Changes[]

  • 3 August 2002: The Airbus Route A33 entered service, running between Tuen Mun (Fu Tai) and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre), via Siu Hong Court, Kin Sang Estate, Ming Kum Road, Lung Mun Estate, and Wu Shan Road, with eight departures from Fu Tai in the morning and six departures from the Airport in the evening.[1]
  • 29 November, 2008: The Tuen Mun terminus was moved to Tuen Mun Station, and changed to go via Tuen Mun Central and On Yau, and service hours are changed to one bus in each direction from Tuen Mun and the Airport in the morning and evening every day.
  • 26 August 2016: Upgraded to full-day service, the route is divided into regular departures and express departures:[2]
    • Headway was adjusted to one-hour interval, going via Castle Peak Road Castle Peak Bay to Tai Lam, with an additional stop at Tuen Mun Road Interchange (no Interchange Concessions provided);
    • The express service ran every 30 minutes via Tuen Mun Road and then follows the original routing; it was later given an independent route number "A33X".
  • 23 December 2017: The Tuen Mun terminus was moved to Yuet Wu Villa, observing Chi Lok Fa Yuen and On Yau.[3]
  • 28 December 2020: The Tuen Mun terminus was moved to Tuen Mun Road Interchange, using the original routing in the opposite direction to serve the Hong Kong Gold Coast and Chi Lok, then via Wu King Estate, Tuen Mun Pier Head and Butterfly Estatee, and was changed to observe Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road to and from Airport.[4]
  • 23 January 2022: Both directions observed So Kwun Wat Road for the entire day.[5]
  • 1 February 2023: Departures from Tuen Mun at 07:25 every day detoured Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City East Road.[6]
  • 27 March 2023: Return trips called at "Aegean Coast" stop on So Kwun Wat Road.[7]

Detailed History[]

Detailed History of LWB Route A33
  • 3 August 2002: Airbus Route A33 entered service, running between Tuen Mun (Fu Tai) and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre), via Siu Hong Court, Kin Sang Estate, Ming Kum Road, Lung Mun Oasis, and Wu Shan Road, with 8 departures from Fu Tai every morning and 6 departures from the Airport in the evening.[1]
    • LWB specially upgraded three Dennis Tridents to Airbus specifications, including the installation of cloth seats and enlarged luggage racks.[8]
  • Early 2003: Service reduced due to the outbreak of 2003 SARS Epidemic in Hong Kong:
    • 22 April: Service on the whole route was suspended. [9]
    • 1 June: One departure from Fu Tai at 07:00 was resumed.
    • 14 July: Changed to have 4 departures from Fu Tai and 3 departures from Airport.
  • 21 June 2003: Interchange concessions with several LWB North Lantau External Bus Routes (E routes) were introduced.[10]
  • 1 October 2003: Both directions detoured via Tin King Road; the number of departures from Fu Tai were increased to five. [11]
  • 22 December 2007: Departures to the Airport were detoured via Terminal 2.[12]
  • 29 November 2008: Tuen Mun terminus was moved to Tuen Mun Station, observing Tuen Mun Central, On Ting Estate, Yau Oi Estate and Goodview Garden; service hours are changed to 1 train in each departure from Tuen Mun and the Airport every day in the morning and evening; and the original section was replaced by Route E33P.[13]
  • 14 March 2010: The Tuen Mun terminus was moved to the newly built Tuen Mun Station Public Transport Interchange, and the mid-way stop towards the airport at Tak Ching Court was permanently cancelled.
  • 18 December 2014: Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry system was introduced on this route.[14]
  • 28 December 2014: The first bus to the Airport was advanced from 06:45 to 06:25, and a new stop "Cheong Lin Road" was added.[15]
  • 7 March 2015:A new stop at "Cathay City" on Scenic Road was added for services to the Airport.[16]
  • 9 March 2015: An additional departure to Tuen Mun was added at 23:45 from 1 July as trial for three months to 30 September[17]; the trial period was later extended to 30 June, 2016, and eventually became a regular service.[18]
  • 26 August, 2016: Upgraded to full-day service, and the route was divided into regular departures and express departures: [2][19]
  • 19 November 2016: Octopus interchange concessions with KMB regular solely-operated routes (regardless of direction) were introduced with a discount of up to $6.0.[20]
  • 9 January 2017: All express departures were renumbered as Route A33X. [21][22]
  • 1 July 2017: Octopus interchange concessions with Route S64 series were introduced.[23]
  • 23 December 2017: The Tuen Mun terminus was relocated to Yuet Wu Villa to serve Butterfly Beach residents and will no longer passed through On Ting Estate and Goodview Garden:[3]
    • From Yuet Wu Villa: The route would observe Wu Sau Street, Wu On Street, Wu Shan Road, Wu Chui Road, Lung Mun Road, Wong Chu Road, Tuen Mun Road and Tuen Hing Road, and then return to the original routing at Castle Peak Road – Castle Peak Bay to the Airport, with new stops "Miami Beach Towers", "Tuen Mun Pier Head", "Melody Garden" on Wu Chui Road, "Butterfly Station", "Sun Tuen Mun Centre", "Lung Mun Station" on Lung Mun Road, "Tuen Mun Government Secondary School" on Tuen Hing Road, "Handsome Court" and "Harvest Garden" on Castle Peak Road – Castle Peak Bay were added, and original bus stops "Tuen Mun Central", "On Ting Estate", "Siu Hei Court" on Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road and "Goodview Garden" on Hoi Chu Road were cancelled;
    • From Airport: After following the original routing to Castle Peak Road – Castle Peak Bay, the route was rerouted via Tuen Hing Road, Tuen Mun Road, Wong Chu Road, Lung Mun Road, Wu Chui Road, Wu Shan Road and Wu Sau Street, with new stops "Mrs Aw Boon Haw Secondary School", "Tsing Sin Playground", "Chi Lok Fa Yuen" on Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay, "Tuen Mun Government Secondary School" on Tuen Hing Road, "Lung Yat Estate" on Wong Chu Road, "Glorious Garden", "Sun Tuen Mun Centre", "Siu Shan Court" on Lung Mun Road, "Tip Sum House Butterfly Estate", "Wu Pik House Wu King Estate", "Tuen Mun Pier Head (Siu Hei Court)" and "Miami Beach Towers" on Wu Chui Road, replacing the stops "Goodview" Garden", "Tsui Ning Garden" on Hoi Chu Road, "Yau Oi Estate" and "Tuen Mun Park" on Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road;
    • The first bus from the airport was changed to depart at 07:45;
    • The service hours from Yuet Wu Villa was changed to 05:15 - 22:15.
  • 24 November 2018: The first bus from the airport was delayed from 07:45 to 07:50. [24]
  • 29 November 2019: In response to the expansion project of Aiport Terminal 2, after arriving at Cheong Hong Road, the route was changed to observe Airport Road to Airport South Interchange, and the original stop at "Terminal 2" on Sky Plaza Road was cancelled.

[25][26]

  • 1 April 2020: Affected by the novel coronavirus epidemic, the service was significantly reduced and only one round trip in each direction was operated during peak hours every day.[27]
  • 13 July 2020: Departures from Tuen Mun at 06:15 and from the Airport at 17:50 every day were detoured via the Airport Road with an additional stop at AsiaWorld Expo.[28]
  • 28 December 2020: In conjunction with the opening of Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, the following changes were implemented:[4][29]
    • The origin and destination point in Tuen Mun District was moved to Tuen Mun Road Interchange, serving the Hong Kong Gold Coast and Chi Lok Fa Yuen in the opposite direction of the original routing, and then pass through Wu King Estate, Tuen Mun Pier Head and Butterfly Estate to and from Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, and all directions of the relevant stops were reversed;
    • Bus stops "Tuen Mun Swimming Pool" (Airport direction) on Hoi Wong Road, "Wu Tsui House Wu King Estate" on Wu King Road and "Wu Shan Tennis Court" on Wu Shan Road were added;
    • The route no longer passed through Lung Mun Estate and a section of Lung Mun Road opposite Sun Tuen Mun Centre. The original stops at "Lung Yat Estate", "Lung Mun Station"/"Glorious Garden" and "Sun Tuen Mun Centre" were cancelled, and the relevant service areas were replaced by the newly commenced Route A34;
    • No longer passesed through the section of Wu Chui Road between Lung Mun Road and Wu King Road. The original stops at "Melody Garden"/"Tip Sum House Butterfly Estate" and "Wu Pik House Wu King Estate" for Tuen Mun direction were cancelled;
    • No longer passed through Tuen Mun Road (a section between Tai Lam and Ting Kau), Ting Kau Bridge, Lantau Link and North Lantau Highway, with the original stops at "Tuen Mun Road Interchange" northbound stop (Tuen Mun direction), "Siu Lam", "Tai Lam Chung" (round trip) and "Lantau Link Toll Plaza" station (round trip) were cancelled;
    • The full fare and the section fare in Tuen Mun District were reduced;
    • The interchange concessions originally provided at Lantau Link Toll Plaza were provided at Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange or Airport Passenger Terminal Building instead;
    • Daily whole-day service was resumed, with the departure times from Tuen Mun from 05:15 to 22:15 and that from Airport from 07:50 to 00:00;
    • The first two departures from Tuen Mun and the last two departures departing from the airport were detoured via So Kwun Wat Road.
  • 21 January 2021: The intermediate stops at "Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel" and "Sky City Interchange" on Sky City Road East were added for trips detouring via AsiaWorld-Expo.[30]
  • 10 May 2021: A new departure from Airport at 18:20 every day was added and was detoured via "AsiaWorld Expo", "Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel" and "Sky City Interchange" stops. After the change, two buses from the airport would detour via AsiaWorld Expo every day.[31]
  • 17 October 2021: New intermediate stops at "Yeh King House Siu Shan Court" on Wu Shan Road towards the airport and "Butterfly Beach Sports Centre" on Wu Shan Road towards Tuen Mun were added.[32]
  • 1 November 2021: The original daily departure from Tuen Mun at 06:45 and the daily departure from Airport at 18:50 were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East.[33]
  • 23 January 2022: Both directions were detoured via So Kwun Wat Road throughout the day, and the stop arrangement at So Kwun Wat Road was modified as follows:[34]
    • "So Kwun Wat" stop was moved to outside Mrs. Cheng Yam On Millennium Primary School and a new stop "Kwun Chui Road" was added;
    • The "Avignon" stop heading towards Tuen Mun Road Interchange was moved to the opposite So Kwun Wat Tsuen intersection.
  • 1 May 2022: Daily departures from Tuen Mun at 07:05 and from Airport at 17:20 were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East.[35]
  • 18 July 2022: Interchange concessions with Route R33 was introduced.[36]
  • 1 January, 2023: The departure from Tuen Mun at 07:25 every day were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East.

[37]

  • 27 March, 2023: An additional stop at "Aegean Coast" on So Kwun Wat Road was added.[38]

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 2/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Tuen Mun Road BBI
Hour Minute
Everyday
05 15, 45
06 15 #, 45 #
07 05 #, 25 #, 45
08 - 09 05, 35
10 - 20 35
21 25
22 15
From Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)
Hour Minute
Everyday
07 - 16 50
17 - 18 20 #, 50 #
19 - 22 50
23 25
00 00

Remark: Departures marked with # will detour via AsiaWorld-Expo.

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival service.

Fares[]

Boarding Stop Fares
Full Fare $15.0
Section Fares to Tuen Mun
From Butterfly Beach $6.8
Fare Remarks
  • Half-fare for children aged below 12 and senior citizens aged 65 or above; the remainder of the fare after half-fare will be counted as 10 cents.
  • This route is not covered by the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities.
  • Passengers are required to tender exact fare by cash or by Octopus card when boarding. No exact change will be given.
  • Passengers can also pay their fares through a variety of electronic payment tools (e-payment system), including using contactless VISA, JCB Card, MasterCard, UnionPay, American Express, Discover Card, Diners Club International Credit Card, UnionPay Credit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay, AlipayHK "EasyGo" and UnionPay "QuickPass", BoC Pay "Ride Code" and WeChat Pay HK or WeChat "Ride Code". Passengers using the above payment method cannot enjoy interchange concessions with non-KMB/LWB routes and cannot enjoy "Public Transport Fare Subsidy".
  • Passengers can also buy pre-sold tickets for travelling on this route from LWB Customer Service and Ticketing Office at Airport (Ground Transportation Centre).

Bus-Bus Interchange Concessions[]

Passengers who use the same Octopus card or the same electronic payment account to transfer to a designated route after taking this route within the specified time, or transfer from a designated route to this route, can receive transfer discounts. The details are as follows: (Discounts for children and senior citizens) Calculated by half)

Other Interchange Concessions related to Route A33 (Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange→Airport (Ground Transportation Centre))
Interchanging from Route A33 (From Tuen Mun) to other routes
Interchange to Route(s) Destination Second Trip Concession Interchange Location Time Limit Remarks
E32 AsiaWorld Expo Free Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) → Cheong Tat Road (Terminal 1) 150min
E36P Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)
S64 Yat Tung Estate Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) → Cheong Tat Road (Terminal 1)
S64X Mun Tung
Other interchange concessions related to Route A33 (Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)→Tuen Mun Road Bus-Bus Interchange)
Transfer to Route A33 (to Tuen Mun) from other routes
Interchange from Route(s) Starting Point Concession Interchange Location Time Limit Remarks
E32/E36P/E41 AsiaWorld Expo First Trip Fare Rebate Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) 90min
S64 Yat Tung Estate Cheong Tat Road (Terminal 1)→Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)
S64X Mun Tung

Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange Concessions[]

Template:TMCLK Interchange Concessions

LWB A Routes and KMB Interchange Concessions[]

LWB Airport Routes ("A Routes") and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme
1st leg Direction 2nd leg Direction Discount for 2nd leg Time limit
A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X to Urban KMB Solely-operated Routes Any $6.0 or
Actual Fare of KMB leg
(Ones with lower fare comes first) 		120mins
KMB Solely-operated routes Any A30, A31, A32, A33, A33X, A34, A36, A37, A38, A41, A41P, A42, A43, A43P *, A46, A47X to Airport

Note:

  • Passengers are required to use the same Octopus card/credit card or the same mobile payment tool account (KMB/LWB "e-payment system") to enjoy the interchange discount.
  • Passengers can enjoy the above interchange discount at any bus stop where they can connect to a second route.
  • KMB journeys are not applicable to tourist routes (i.e. R-tail routes), unconventional special routes, racecourse routes and MTR Feeder Bus routes.
  • Passengers heading towards the urban area will not be able to enjoy the "Inter-route Interchange Discount" on the KMB route immediately after interchange after enjoying this interchange discount.
  • Airport-bound passengers who enjoy the "KMB Inter-route Transfer Concession" between the first and second journeys may still enjoy the interchange discount on the third immediately following the LWB route A at $6.0 or the second KMB route minus the concession fare, whichever is lower; if the second KMB route is a free interchange (including free journeys with KMB Monthly Pass) or the first two journeys are both If the second KMB route is a free interchange (including free journeys with KMB Monthly Pass) or the first two journeys are both KMB routes with interchange concessions, the interchange concession will not be offered.
  • Routes R8, S64 series, Long Win Bus Lantau Link BBI, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel bus routes and all interchange schemes with other companies cannot be used consecutively with this interchange concession.
  • 50% discount for children under 12 years old; for passengers benefiting from the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities when interchanging from LWB A Routes to KMB, the KMB one-way fare is the lower of the discounted concessionary fare (or 50% discount in the case of elderly or eligible persons with disabilities under 12 years old) and $2.0, therefore some interchange combinations may not be available. When interchanging from KMB to LWB A Routes, passengers may get back the actual fare paid for the first journey (i.e. the lower of the original fare (50% discount for elderly or eligible persons with disabilities under 12 years old) and $2.0).

＊: 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 offer is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43).

Bus Deployments[]

Template:List of buses on LWB Routes A33 and A33X

Routing[]

To Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Normal Routing 		The distance of this route is approx. 30.7km, and the journey time is approximately 68mins. (The average speed is 27.1km/h.)
Tai Lam Interchange, Castle Peak Road - Tai Lam, Castle Peak Road - So Kwun Wat, So Kwun Wat Road, Castle Peak Road - So Kwun Wat, Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Hing Road, (Tuen Mun Road, Wong Chu Road) ＄, Hoi Wong Road, Wu King Road, Wu Chui Road, Wu Shan Road, Lung Mun Road, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Sky City Interchange, (Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road) #, Cheong Hong Road, Airport Road, Airport South Interchange and Cheong Lin Road
② ＊
AM Peak via AsiaWorld Expo 		..., Airport Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Sky City Road, Airport Expo Boulevard, Sky City Road East, Sky City Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange Cheong Lin Road
Routing Remarks
  • $ May be diverted to Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road and Hoi Chu Road according to traffic conditions instead of passing through this road section.
  • # May be diverted to Tung Wing Road and Airport Road according to traffic conditions instead of passing through this road section.
Long Win Bus Route A33 (Tuen Mun Road BBI→Airport (Ground Transportation Centre))
No. Area Road Bus Stop Name Remarks
1 Siu Lam Tuen Mun Road BBI (A14) Stops at the Kowloon-bound interchange
2 Castle Peak Road - Tai Lam Ching Lai Road, Siu Lam
3 Siu Lam Tsuen
4 Siu Lam San Tsuen
5 The Aegean
6 Siu Sau Sheung Tsuen
7 So Kwun Wat Castle Peak Road - So Kwun Wat Pearl Island
8 So Kwun Wat Road So Kwun Wat
9 So Kwun Wat Road
10 Avignon
11 Kwun Chui Road
12 Aegean Coast
13 Castle Peak Road - So Kwun Wat Hong Kong Gold Coast Near Gold Coast Plaza and Aegean Coast
14 Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay Golden Beach Near the Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel
15 Castle Peak Bay Cafeteria Beach
16 Bayview Terrace
17 Castle Peak Pier
18 Tuen Mun (Sam Shing Hui) Sam Shing Estate
19 Siu Lun Government Complex
20 Tuen Mun (Chi Lok) Tsing Sin Playground
21 Chi Lok Fa Yuen
22 Tuen Mun Town Centre Tuen Hing Road Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
Route9 Tuen Mun Road
23 Tuen Mun (On Yau) Hoi Wong Road Tuen Mun Swimming Pool LR logo
24 Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area Wu King Road Wu Tsui House Wu King Estate
25 Wu Chui Road Tuen Mun Pier Head (Siu Hei Court) LR logo
26 Miami Beach Towers
27 Wu Shan Road Wu Shan Tennis Court (Yuet Wu Villa)
28 Yeh King House Siu Shan Court
29 Lung Mun Road Lau King House Siu Shan Court LR logo
30 Butterfly Beach
31 Pillar Point Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI (A2) BBI Logo GreenYellow Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange Stop
Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road
32 Airport (Terminal Area) Cheong Hong Road Terminal 1 MTR logo Alighting Only
* Airport (SkyCity) Airport Expo Boulevard AsiaWorld Expo MTR logo Only applicable to buses on Routing ②
Sky City Road East Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel
Sky City Interchange
33 Airport (Passenger Terminals) Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) Bus Terminus MTR logo


To Tuen Mun Road BBI[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Normal Routing 		The distance of this route is approx. 27.4km, and the journey time is approximately 68mins. (The average speed is 24.2km/h.)
Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, Lung Mun Road, Wu Shan Road, Wu Chui Road, Wu King Road, Hoi Wong Road, (Wong Chu Road, Tuen Mun Road) ＄, Tuen Hing Road, Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay, Castle Peak Road - So Kwun Wat, So Kwun Wat Road, Castle Peak Road – So Kwun Wat, Castle Peak Road - Tai Lam and Siu Lam Interchange Branch Road
②*
Afternoon Peak Hour Service via AsiaWorld Expo 		Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, SkyCity路, Airport Expo Boulevard, Sky City Road East, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, ……
Routing Remarks
$ May be diverted via Hoi Chu Road and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road depending on the traffic situation.
Long Win Bus Route A33 (Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) → Tuen Mun Road BBI)
No. Area Road Bus Stop Name Remarks
1 Airport (Passenger Terminals) Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) Bus Terminus MTR logo
* Airport (SkyCity) Airport Expo Boulevard AsiaWorld Expo MTR logo Only applicable to buses on Routing ②
Sky City Road East Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel
Sky City Interchange
Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road
2 Pillar Point Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI (T1) BBI Logo GreenYellow Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange Stop
3 Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area Lung Mun Road Butterfly Beach Section fare begins here
4 Butterfly Station LR logo
5 Wu Shan Road Butterfly Beach Sports Centre
6 Wu Shan Tennis Court  (Yuet Wu Villa)
7 Wu Chui Road Miami Beach Towers
8 Tuen Mun Pier Head LR logo
9 Wu King Road Wu Boon House Wu King Estate
10 Wu Tsui House Wu King Estate
11 Tuen Mun (On Yau) Hoi Wong Road Tuen Mun Swimming Pool LR logo
Route9 Tuen Mun Road
12 Tuen Mun Central Tuen Hing Road Tuen Mun Government Secondary School
13 Tuen Mun (Chi Lok) Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay Handsome Court
14 Harvest Garden
15 Tuen Mun (Sam Shing Hui) Sam Shing Estate
16 Castle Peak Bay Castle Peak Bay
17 Sea View Garden
18 Cafeteria Beach
19 Golden Beach near Hong Kong Gold Coast Hotel
20 So Kwun Wat Castle Peak Road - So Kwun Wat Hong Kong Gold Coast near Gold Coast Plaza and Aegean Coast
21 So Kwun Wat Road Aegean Coast
22 Avignon
23 So Kwun Wat
24 So Kwun Wat Road
25 Kwun Chui Road
26 Castle Peak Road - So Kwun Wat Kar Wo Lei Tsuen
27 Siu Lam Castle Peak Road - Tai Lam Siu Sao Tsuen
28 The Aegean
29 Siu Lam San Tsuen
30 Siu Lam Tsuen
31 Siu Lam Ching Lai Road
32 Tuen Mun Road BBI (A14) Stops at Kowloon-bound interchange

Ridership[]

Route A33's terminus was changed to Tuen Mun Station before it was upgraded to a whole-day service, the service scope was similar to that of Route E33 that the passenger volume has been low and operating losses have been incurred. Since when it was diverted from Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay to Castle Peak Road - Tai Lam, it has absorbed some of the passengers travelling to and from the Airport along Castle Peak Road.

According to Bus Route Planning Programmes and other information, the passenger capacity of this route is as follows:

  • 2006: The passenger occupancy rate is about 10-20%, and about 140 passengers travelled on this route every day (about 18 people per bus).[39]
  • 2013: The occupancy rate was 19%.
  • 2015: The highest occupancy rate was 31%.
  • 2016:
    • February: The highest occupancy rate was 37%.
    • November: The occupancy rate was 20% during the busiest hour.[40]
  • 2017:
    • May: The busiest hour occupancy rate is about 30%.[41][42]
    • August: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour is about 18%.
  • 2020: The occupancy rate during the busiest hours is about 51%.[43]
  • 2021: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour is 36%.[44]

Derived Problems[]

When Route A33 was upgraded to a full-day service, it had regular departures via Sam Shing Estate to the Castle Peak Road - Tai Lam Chung, and express departures to the Airport via Tuen Mun Road after arriving at Goodview Garden. The two services used the same number, which causes inconvenience to passengers on the section from Tuen Mun Station to Goodview Garden. In view of this, some district councilors requested that the two services use different numbers to facilitate passenger identification.[45][46]After discussion by the District Council, the route number of the express service was changed to "A33X" starting from 9 January 2017.

In addition, since this route passes through Siu Hei Court, it needs to detour through Goodview Garden and Hoi Wing Road before returning to the Castle Peak Road section from Sam Shing Estate to Tai Lam Chung. The travelling time from Castle Peak Road along Tuen Hing Road and the section from Chi Lok Fa Yuen to Siu Lam are nearly ten minutes slower than Routes 52X, 61M, K51 and K53. In addition to not saving traveling time, the service scope overlaps with Routes E33 and A33X, and it is also unable to serve passengers at Chi Lok Fa Yuen, therefore some district councilors requested that this route be diverted via Chi Lok Fa Yuen to facilitate residents in the area to travel to and from the airport, and at the same time, the route in Tuen Mun District can be straightened.[47][48]In the A33 series reorganization document submitted to the District Council in August 2017, the Transport Department recommended that this route be added via Chi Lok Fa Yuen, and it was implemented on 23 December in the same year.

On 28 December 2020, this route was significantly rerouted to coincide with the opening of Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road. However, passengers in the Siu Lam area need to be detoured via the Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area to go to Airport with an increase in travelling distance. In addition, relevant changes have resulted in the loss of airport bus services in the Tai Lam Chung area and have been criticised as improper planning.[49]Therefore, the district councilors suggested that Route A38 should be diverted through the Tai Lam Chung area and diverted through the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel, and that the Tuen Mun District terminus of this route should be moved to the New Territories-bound stop of the Tuen Mun Road BBI.[50]

Related Incidents[]

  • 24 August 2023: At 9:29 a.m., an Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (1523/UE9678) heading towards the Airport broke down in the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel. The left rear tire suddenly burst into flames, and many passengers evacuated the bus with their luggage. Firefighters arrived after receiving the report, and dispatched a hose and a rescue team to put out the fire. During the incident, the bus captain reported that he was feeling unwell and was sent to the hospital by ambulance. [51]

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References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "Long Win Introduces New Airport Route A33" [News Release], 1 August 2002.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33 Tuen Mun Railway Station ↔ Airport Whole-day Service" [Passenger Notice], 24 August 2016.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Reorganises Airport Routes A33, A33P and A33X" [News Release], 22 December 2017.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "Six LWB routes to travel via Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel from 28 Dec Ten Minutes Direct to the Airport from TMCLKT Interchange" [News Release], 3 December 2020.
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  8. ↑ "The Kowloon Motor Bus Holdings Limited Annual Report 2002".
  9. ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "Temporary Suspension of Long Win Airbus Route A33 Service" [News Release], 17 April 2003.
  10. ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "Long Win and New Lantao Bus Jointly Launch Bus-Bus Interchange Scheme at Tung Chung Town Centre" [News Release].
  11. ↑ 巴士新聞 2003年10月, 巴士狂熱.
  12. ↑ 巴士狂熱: 巴士新聞 (2007年12月) (Bustop.info: Bus News (December 2007))
  13. ↑ 巴士新聞 2008年11月 (Bus News November 2008), bustop.info.
  14. ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "Multifunctional Customer Service Centre Launched at Tai Lam Tunnel Interchange: KMB Introduces Beta Test for Estimated Bus Arrival Time" [News Release], 18 December 2014.
  15. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Official Leaflet of advancement of departure times from Tuen Mun Railway Station and additional stop of Route A33" [Promotion Leaflet], December 2014.
  16. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33 Service Change (Airport bound)" [Passenger Notice], 27 February 2015.
  17. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33 Service Enhancement" [Passenger Notice], 29 June 2015.
  18. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33" [Passenger Notice], 29 March 2016.
  19. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "Leaflet of Whole-day Service on LWB Route A33" [Promotion Leaflet], August 2016.
  20. ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "LWB and KMB introduces Bus-bus Interchange Discount Scheme between Airport Bus Routes and KMB Routes" [News Release], 17 November 2016.
  21. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Route A33 Express Trips renamed as Route A33X" [News Release], 6 January 2017.
  22. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33 (Express Departure) renames as A33X" [Passenger Notice], 6 January 2017.
  23. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Launches "A" Routes and Routes S64/S64X Octopus Interchange Concession Scheme" [News Release], 28 June 2017.
  24. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33 Departure Adjustment" [Passenger Notice], 24 November 2018.
  25. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Traffic and Transport Arrangements at the Airport" [Traffic Advice], 22 November 2019.
  26. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "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.
  27. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Adjustment of bus services to and from Airport and HZMB Hong Kong Port" [News Bulletin], 28 March 2020.
  28. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33, A37, A47X Peak departures via AsiaWorld-Expo" [Passenger Notice], 7 July 2020.
  29. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Traffic and Transport Arrangements for Commissioning of Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road" [Announcement], 21 December 2020.
  30. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33, A37, A47X Peak departures via AsiaWorld Expo observing SkyPier and SkyCity Interchange" [Passenger Notice], 20 January 2021.
  31. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 4 May 2021.
  32. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33, E33P Additional Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 8 October 2021.
  33. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 28 October 2021.
  34. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33 Whole day service via So Kwun Wat and re-arrangement of bus stops" [Passenger Notice], 17 January 2022.
  35. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X Timetable on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 April 2022.
  36. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "R33 Diversion to Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel and Fare Adjustment" [Passenger Notice], 11 July 2022.
  37. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X Timetable on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 January 2023.
  38. ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33 Additional Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 17 March 2023.
  39. ↑ "屯門區議會2006/2007年交通及運輸委員會第一次特別會議記錄" (Minutes of the First Special Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Tuen Mun District Council in 2006/2007), 4 April 2006.
  40. ↑ "2016-17年交通及運輸委員會第六次報告" (Sixth Report of the Traffic and Transport Committee 2016-17), Tuen Mun District Council.
  41. ↑ "要求A33途經置樂花園會議錄音" (Audio recording of the meeting on the Request for Route A33 passing through Chi Lok Fa Yuen), Tuen Mun District Council.
  42. ↑ "2017年第九次交通及運輸委員會會議記錄" (Minutes of the 9th Traffic and Transport Committee Meeting 2017), 屯門區議會.
  43. ↑ "配合屯門至赤鱲角連接路的北面連接路通車 專營巴士行車路線調整安排 (屯門區)" (Franchised Bus Routes Arrangements in conjunction with the opening of the Northern Link of the Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link (Tuen Mun District)), Traffic and Transport Committee of the Tuen Mun District Council (Information Paper No. 46/2020), June 2020.
  44. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "建議修改第A33號線行車路線及調整班次", posted to "屯門前進！En Marche á Tuen Mun" Facebook page.
  45. ↑ 朱順雅 Beatrice Chu, "A33 - 經三聖至大欖機場巴士服務 將於8月26日開始投入服務" (Route A33 - Bus service between Sam Shing, Tai Lam and Airport will commence service on 26 August) [Facebook post], 23 August 2016.
  46. ↑ "要求將巴士路線A33特快線改名為A33X以免與A33混淆, 以及要求交待A33乘客數據" (Request to change the name of the express trips of bus route A33 to A33X to avoid confusion with A33, and request to disclose the data of passengers on Route A33), Tuen Mun District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Discussion Paper No. 61 of 2016, 28 October 2016.
  47. ↑ "2016-2017年度交通及運輸委員會 第一次會議紀錄" (Minutes of the First Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee for 2016-2017), Tuen Mun District Council.
  48. ↑ "要求A33途經置樂花園" (Request for Route A33 to pass through Chi Lok Fa Yuen), Tuen Mun District Council Paper No. 36/2017.
  49. ↑ 屯赤隧道巴士轉乘站今啟用 乘客批巴士路線規劃差 (TMCLK Tunnel Bus Interchange opens today: passengers criticised on poor bus route planning), Oriental Daily News, 28 Dec 2020.
  50. ↑ 巫堃泰 Michael Mo, "【一起行動　機場巴士重新繞經大欖涌】" (Let's Action - return Airport bus service to Tai Lam Chung) [Facebook post], 9 March 2021.
  51. ↑ 屯赤隧道機場巴士冒煙起火　乘客拖行李疏散　往機場交通一度擠塞 (Bus emitted fire in TMCLK Tunnel: Passengers evacuated with luggages, traffic to Airport once congested), HK01, 24 Aug 2023.

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View · Discuss · EditBus Routes terminating or turning back in Tuen Mun District (shown below are destination districts)
HK Island
To/From Central & Western
952 ($) • 962A→ • 962G← • X962←
To/From Wan Chai
950 • 952 ($) • 952P→ • 960 • 960C→ • 960S→ • 961 • 961P→ • 961S→ • 962 • 962P→ • 962X • N952 • N962 • P960
To/From Eastern
952C • 955 • 960B • 962C
Kowloon
To/From Sham Shui Po
N252← • N260
To/From Yau Tsim Mong
50 • 52X • 58X • 59X • 60X • 66X • 67X • 252B→ • 259B→ • 259C→ • 260B→ • 260X • 261B→ • N50
To/From Kowloon City
61X
To/From Kwun Tong
55 • 62P→ • 62X • 252X • 258D • 258S→ • 258X • 259D • 259S→ • 259X • 267X
NT West
Within Tuen Mun
Franchised Buses
50M • 61A • 252
MTR Bus
506 • K51 • K51A • K52 • K52A • K52S • K53 • K54 • K58
To/From Tsuen Wan
59M • 60M • 61P • 66M • 259E→ • R33
To/From Kwai Tsing
57M • 58M • 58P← • 59A • 61M • 67A • 67M • 260C
To/From Islands
A33 • A33X • E33 • E33P • NA33
NT East
To/From North District
56 • 56A • 261 • 261P • 261S→ • 261X • B9
To/From Sha Tin
263 • 263A • 263B • 868
To/From Tai Po
263C
Shenzhen Ports
To/From Shenzhen Bay Port
B3 • B3A • B3M • B3X
Italic: Specific service hours/part-time route; →: Outbound service only; ←: Inbound service only; ($): One-way to Central & Western District during morning peak hours on weekdays, two-way To/From Wan Chai District during rest of the day
View · Discuss · EditBus routes terminating or turning back in Islands District (shown below are destination districts)
HK Island
to/from Central & Western
N11
to/from Wan Chai
E11 • E11A • E11B • E11S→
to/from Eastern District
A11 • A12 • NA11 • NA12←
to/from Southern District
A10 • A17
Kowloon
to/from Kwun Tong
A22 • A26 • E22 • E22P • E22X • N26
to/from Wong Tai Sin
A23 • E23 • E23A • N23
to/from Kowloon City
1R← • A25 • E21A • E21B • NA20
to/from Yau Tsim Mong
A20 • A21 • E21 • E21C • E21D • E21X→ • N21 • N21A • NA21→
NT East
to/from Sha Tin
A41 • A41P • A42 • A46 • E42 • E42C • E42P→ • N42 • NA40 • NA41
to/from Northern District
A43 • A43P • E43 • N42A • NA43
to/from Tai Po District
A47X • E41 • NA47
to/from Sai Kung District
A28 • A29 • E22A • E22C • E22S • N29 • NA29
NT West
Within Islands
to/from South Lantau
1 • 2 • 3M • 3R • 4 • 11 • 11A • 21 • 23 • A35 • N1 • N35
North Lantau Routes
34 • 37 • 37H • 37M • 37P • 37S • 38 • 38X • 39M • B4 • B6 • N37 • N38
North Lantau Shuttle Routes
N64 • S1 • S52 • S52A • S52P • S56 • S64 • S64C • S64P • S64X
to/from Tsuen Wan
36 (#) • 36X →(#) • A30 • A31 • A38 • B5 (#) • E31 • N31 • NA31
to/from Kwai Tsing
A32 • E32 • E32A • NA32
to/from Tuen Mun
A33 • A33X • E33 • E33P • NA33
to/from Yuen Long
A34 • A36 • A37 • E36 • E36A • E36P • E36S • E37 • E37C • N30 • NA36 • NA37
Note: (#) MTR Sunny Bay Station, Penny's Bay (Hong Kong Disneyland Terminus) and Ma Wan are all located in Tsuen Wan District, please refer to the District Council Constituency Boundary Map.
Italic: Specific service hours/part-time route; →: Outbound service only; ←: Inbound service only

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