The Airbus Route A34 is operated by Long Win Bus (LWB). It runs between Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre), passing through Lam Tei, Siu Hong, Ching Tin Estate, Wo Tin Estate, Leung Tin, Tai Hing Estate, Shan King Estate, San Shek Wan and Butterfly Beach and connects to the HZMB Hong Kong Port and the Hong Kong International Airport via the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road.
This route was launched when the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road was opened to traffic, and is the cheapest airport bus route along with Routes A33 and A33X, as well as the first daytime franchised bus route that goes deep into Tuen Mun Area 54; it is even the only Airbus route that do not pass through any major Strategic Routes, together with Route A33X.[Remark 1]
History[]
Opening Background[]
In order to cooperate with the opening of the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, the Transport Department launched a bus route reorganisation plan to consult the District Council in June 2020. It is recommended that the original Route A33 be diverted through Tuen Mun Swimming Pool instead of San Shek Wan, and Route A33X would be diverted to connect Fu Tai and Tuen Mun Town Centre via Castle Peak Road - San Hui, Route A37 would be changed to terminate at Long Ping Station and would no longer serve Hung Shui Kiu; whereas Northwest Tuen Mun, Hung Shui Kiu, San Shek Wan and together with the section from Chung Uk Tsuen to Lam Tei which was only served by Route A33P which had only one trip daily woud be replaced by the new whole-day route A34 to enhance the coverage of Airbus routes and pass through the public housing estates in Tuen Mun Area 54 (i.e. Ching Tin Estate and Wo Tin Estate) under development at the time.
Finally, Route A34 was put into service on 28 December, 2020, when the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road was fully opened to traffic the day before[1][2]. However, Route A37 did not move its terminus to Long Ping Station until 20 June 2021, causing the two routes to have the same starting and ending points for about half a year.
Route change history[]
- 1 February 2021: Daily departures from Hung Shui Kiu at 06:05 and from the Airport at 17:35 were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard with an additional stop at "AsiaWorld-Expo" bus stop.[3]
- 20 June 2021: [4][5]
- A special trip departing from Siu Hong Road at 06:00 every day detouring Airport Expo Boulevard was added;
- A special departure from Airport at 17:55 and detouring Airport Expo Boulevard was added;
- Additional stops were added at "Tai Hing Street" on Shek Pai Tau Road towards Airport as well as "China Light Building" stop on Shek Pai Tau Road towards Hung Shui Kiu.
- 1 August 2021: The "Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel" and "Sky City Interchange" stops on Sky City East Road were added to the trips detouring via AsiaWorld-Expo. [6]
- 23 January 2022: An additional stop was added at "Tong Hang Road" on Yan Po Road in the direction of Airport. [7]
- 1 May 2022: Daily departures from Hung Shui Kiu at 06:35 and from Airport at 18:15 were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East.[8]
- 18 July 2022: Interchange concession with Route R33 was introduced.[9]
- 1 August 2022: Daily departures from Hung Shui Kiu at 07:05 and from Airport at 17:10 were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East.[10]
- 1 February] 2023: Daily departures from Hung Shui Kiu at 07:25 was detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East.[11]
- 8 May 2023: An additional stop was added at "Uptown" stop on Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu for Airport direction. [12]
- 17 September 2023: Both directions were detoured via HZMB Hong Kong Port.[13][14]
- 19 October 2023: Daily departures from Hung Shui Kiu at 06:20 was detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East.[15]
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 10/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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Special trip[]
| Siu Hong Road → Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ● |
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| Daily |
| 05:10, 06:00 * |
Departures denoted with * detour via AsiaWorld-Expo.
- This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival service.
Fares[]
| Boarding Stop | Fare |
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| Full Fare | $15.0 |
| Section Fare to Hung Shui Kiu | |
| From Butterfly Beach | |
| Fare Remarks |
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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 | $4.2 |
| Section fares (to Hung Shui Kiu) | |
| From Butterfly Beach | $1.8 |
- 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 A34 Interchange Concession Scheme
LWB Airport Routes and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme[]
| LWB Airport Routes ("A Routes") and KMB Interchange Concession Scheme | |||||
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| 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 | ||
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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 offer is not applicable to other LWB A routes (including Routes A36, A37 and A43). | |||||
Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange Concessions[]
Template:TMCLK Tunnel Interchange Concessions
New Territories GMB Route 621 Interchange Concession Scheme[]
Template:NTGMB 621 Interchange Concession Scheme
Bus deployments[]
This route has 6 running orders with no scheduled buses, initially using luxury version Enviro500 MMC 12m (55XX); in September 2021, this route was approved for service by 12.8m buses by Transport Department, with luxury version Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (15XX) added to this route immediately, occassionally served by semi-luxury Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (25XX), its normal version (UE6X) and Volvo B8L 12.8m Normal Version (UV6X).
Routing[]
To Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
The distance of this route is approx. 29.2km, and the journey time is approximately 68mins. (The average speed is 25.8km/h.) Hung Yuen Road, Hung Shui Kiu Tin Sam Road, Hung Tin Road, Hung Chi Road, Hung Tin Road, Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu, Castle Peak Road - Lam Tei, Lam Tei Interchange, Tsing Lun Road, Tsz Tin Road, Yan Po Road, Hing Kwai Street (northbound), roundabout, Hing Kwai Street (southbound), Ming Kum Road, Tin King Road, Tsing Tin Road, Tsun Wen Road, Shek Pai Tau Road, Ming Kum Road, Tsing Wun Road, Lung Mun Road, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Tung Wing Road $, Airport Road, Cheong Hong Road, Airport Road, Airport South Interchange and Cheong Lin Road |
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| ② * AM Peak via AsiaWorld-Expo |
..., Airport 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, Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange and Cheong Lin Road |
| Routing remarks | |
| $ May be diverted to Airport Road via East Coast Road, Scenic Road and East Coast Road depending on traffic conditions. | |
| Long Win Bus Route A34 (Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) → Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Hung Shui Kiu | Hung Yuen Road | Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) Bus Terminus | |
| 2 | Hung Tin Road | Hung Fuk Estate Hung Tin Road | ||
| 3 | Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu | Uptown | ||
| 4 | Hung Shui Kiu Station  |
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| 5 | Chung Uk Tsuen Station |
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| 6 | Yick Yuen Tsuen | |||
| 7 | Lam Tei | Castle Peak Road - Lam Tei | Nai Wai |
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| 8 | Fuk Hang Tsuen | |||
| 9 | Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery | |||
| 10 | Lam Tei Station |
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| 11 | Tuen Mun (Siu Hong) | Tsing Lun Road | Siu Hong Road | Special trips begin here |
| 12 | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin) | Ching Tin Estate | ||
| 13 | Yan Po Road | NOVO LAND | ||
| 14 | Tuen Mun (Wo Tin) | Hing Kwai Street | Wo Tin Estate | |
| 15 | Tuen Mun (Kin Sang) | Ming Kum Road | Po Tin BBI - Goodrich Garden (S1) |
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| 16 | Tuen Mun (Leung Tin) | Tin King Road | Tin Lok House Tin King Estate |
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| 17 | Tin Yue House Tin King Estate |
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| 18 | Tuen Mun (Kin Sang) | Tsing Tin Road | Lok Sang House Kin Sang Estate |
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| 19 | Tuen Mun (Tai Hing) | Tsun Wen Road | Tai Hing Sports Centre | |
| 20 | Shek Pai Tau Road | Green Land Garden | ||
| 21 | Tai Hing Street | |||
| 22 | Tuen Mun (Shan King) | Ming Kum Road | Ming Kum Station |
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| 23 | Tuen Mun (Yeung Siu Hang) | Tsing Wun Road | Tsing Wun Station |
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| 24 | St. Peter Church | |||
| 25 | Tuen Mun (San Shek Wan) | Lung Mun Road | Glorious Garden | |
| 26 | Sun Tuen Mun Centre |
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| 27 | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area | Siu Shan Court |
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| 28 | Butterlfy Beach | |||
| 29 | Pillar Point | Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI (A1) |  Interchange stop for TMCLK Tunnel routes
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| Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel | ||||
| 30 | HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island | Shun Fai Road | HZMB Passenger Clearance Building | Alighting only |
| 31 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Cheong Hong Road | Terminal 1 
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| * | Airport (SkyCity) | Airport Expo Boulevard | AsiaWorld-Expo |
Applicable to departures using Routing ② |
| Sky City Road East | Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel | |||
| Sky City Interchange | ||||
| 32 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) Bus Terminus |
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To Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road)[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
The distance of this route is approx. 25.3km, and the journey time is approximately 69mins. (The average speed is 22km/h.) Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, Shun Wui Road, HZMB Hong Kong Port Public Transport Interchange, Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, Lung Mun Road, Tsing Wun Road, Ming Kum Road, Shek Pai Tau Road, Tsun Wen Road, Tsing Tin Road, Tin King Road, Ming Kum Road, Hing Kwai Street (northbound), roundabout, Hing Kwai Street (southbound), Yan Po Road, Tsz Tin Road, Tsing Lun Road, Lam Tei Interchange, Castle Peak Road - Lam Tei, Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu, Hung Tin Road, Hung Chi Road and Hung Yuen Road |
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| ② * PM Peak 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, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, ... |
| Long Win Bus Route A34 (Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) → Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) Bus Terminus |
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| * | Airport (SkyCity) | Airport Expo Boulevard | AsiaWorld-Expo |
Applicable to departures using Routing ② |
| Sky City Road East | Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel | |||
| Sky City Interchange | ||||
| 2 | HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island | HZMB Hong Kong Port (W2) | ||
| Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road | ||||
| 3 | Pillar Point | Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI (T2) | Interchange stop for TMCLK Tunnel routes
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| 4 | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Area | Lung Mun Road | Butterfly Beach | Section fare begins here |
| 5 | Butterfly Station |
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| 6 | Tuen Mun (San Shek Wan) | Sun Tuen Mun Centre |
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| 7 | Lung Mun Station |
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| 8 | Tuen Mun (Yeung Siu Hang) | Tsing Wun Road | Tsing Wun Station |
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| 9 | Tuen Mun (Shan King) | Ming Kum Road | Ming Kum Station |
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| 10 | Tuen Mun (Tai Hing) | Shek Pai Tau Road | China Light Building | |
| 11 | Toi Shan Primary School | |||
| 12 | Tsun Wen Road | Tai Hing Sports Centre | ||
| 13 | Tsing Tin Road | Lok Sang House Kin Sang Estate |
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| 14 | Tuen Mun (Leung Tin) | Tin King Road | San Wai Court |
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| 15 | Siu Pong Court |
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| 16 | Ming Kum Road | Po Tin BBI - Po Tin (T1) | ||
| 17 | Tuen Mun (Wo Tin) | Hing Kwai Street | Wo Tin Estate | |
| 18 | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin) | Yan Po Road | NOVO LAND | |
| 19 | Tuen Mun (Siu Hong) | Tsz Tin Tsuen | ||
| 20 | Tsing Lun Road | Yan Tin Estate | ||
| 21 | Lam Tei | Castle Peak Road - Lam Tei | Lam Tei Station |
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| 22 | Tsing Chuen Wai | |||
| 23 | Nai Wai Station |
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| 24 | Hung Shui Kiu | Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu | Yick Yuen Tsuen | |
| 25 | Chung Uk Tsuen Station |
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| 26 | Hung Shui Kiu Station |
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| 27 | Hung Tin Road | Hung Fuk Estate Hung Tin Road | ||
| 28 | Hung Yuen Road | Hung Fuk Estate Hung Tin Road | ||
| 29 | Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) Bus Terminus | |||
Ridership[]
According to District Council documents, the ridership of this route is as follows:
- 2022: The passenger pax percentage during the busiest hour is 42% [16].
Problems arose[]
The meandering design of this route, which has to pass through a number of housing estates in Northwest Tuen Mun, has been criticised. According to the results of a trial run arranged by the Transport Department and Long Win Bus in the afternoon of 18 December during the off-peak hours, it took about 40 minutes to reach the entrance of Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road from Hung Shui Kiu, even if there were no stops. Citing a comparison with the then Route A37, which also ran between Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) and Airport, Hung Fuk District Councillor Chan Shu Fai (陳樹暉) queried that the effectiveness of the new route might not be as good as the existing service, and requested that more express trips be introduced or other arrangements be made.[17][18] However, a reporter from Cable News conducted another comparison of the journeys between the two routes on the first working day after the opening of the new route, and found that from the Hung Yuen Road Bus Terminus, the A34 arrived at the Airport Terminal two minutes faster than the Route A37.[19]
However, the journey time of Route A34 was unstable, especially during the morning peak hours. LWB also noted that the patronage of Route A34 in the section between Hung Shui Kiu and Lam Tei was poor, and it could not serve the residents in the area effectively. To ensure that Hung Fuk Estate can enjoy a more stable service to and from the airport, the Transport Department (TD) confirmed that when Route A37 was diverted to run through Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel, it would continue to run through the section of Hung Tin Road at-grade adjacent to the Estate and set up an intermediate stop at Shek Po Tsuen, and then resume its original proposed routing to travel to and from Yuen Long Highway, so as to strike a balance of interests of various districts.[20]
Related Incidents[]
- 26 June 2021: When an airport-bound Enviro500 MMC was turning onto Yan Po Road at Tsz Tin Road, the bus captain, suspected to be dissatisfied with the slowness of the vehicle in front of him, cut the double white line to overtake, occupied the opposite traffic lane and drove back to the original traffic lane, the process was captured by a driving recorder of a private car at the back of the vehicle and uploaded to the Internet, which aroused a heated discussion among netizens.[21]
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
- ↑ Although NLB Route A35 does not pass through any major strategic routes, it is not included in the category of Airbus Routes.
Related Articles[]
- LWB Route A33P (Cancelled)
- LWB Route A33X
- LWB Route A37
- LWB Route E33P
- LWB Route NA33
- LWB Route NA37
References[]
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "Six LWB routes to travel via Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel from 28 Dec Ten Minutes Direct to the Airport from TMCLKT Interchange" [Press Release], 3 December, 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department, Government of the HKSAR, "Traffic and Transport Arrangements for Commissioning of Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road" [Transport Department Notice], 21 December, 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo" [Customer Notice], 20 January, 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A34, NA33 Service Adjustment" [Customer Notice], 9 June, 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A34 Service Adjustments" [Customer Notice], 9 June, 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X: New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity", [Customer Notice], 29 July 2021.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "A34, NA33: Additional Bus Stop" [Customer Notice], 17 January, 2022.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 April 2022.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "R33 Diversion to Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel and Fare Adjustment" [Passenger Notice], 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 July 2022.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 January 2023.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd. & Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "68A, 258P, 960P, 960X, A34, NA37 Additional Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], May 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Services Adjustment of Long Win Airbus Routes No. A34 (Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) - Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)); No. A37 (Yuen Long (Long Ping Station (North) Public Transport Interchange – Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)); and No. A41P (Wu Kai Sha Station - Airport (Ground Transportation Centre))" [Traffic Advice], 15 September 2023.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB to strengthen connection with the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Routes A34, A37 and A41P to observe the Hong Kong Port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge from Sunday onwards" [News Release], 16 September 2023.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X New arrangement on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 19 October 2023.
- ↑ Tuen Mun District Council Secretariat, "屯門區議會 2022-2023年交通及運輸委員會 第一次特別會議記錄（第48點）" (Tuen Mun District Council 2022-2023 Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the First Special Meeting (Point 48)), July 2022.
- ↑ 洪福陳樹暉 Chan Shu Fai, "▊A34試路後感" (Reflection after Route A34 test run)[Facebook post], 18 December 2020.
- ↑ "屯赤北面連接路下周日通車 區議員質疑新巴士路線車程無明顯縮減" (Northern link of TMCLKL to open next Sunday, district councillor criticises journey of the new bus route has no significant reduction), Cable News, 19 December 2020.
- ↑ "屯赤隧道通車 新、舊機場巴士線車費相差近一倍 記者實測A34、A37哪個較快" (TMCLK Tunnel opens: Fares of new and old airport routes differed 1x more; real-time testing between Rt. A34 and A37 which one's faster), Cable Newss, 28 December 2020.
- ↑ 洪福陳樹暉 Chan Shu Fai, "A34" [Facebook video], 22 January 2021.
- ↑ 【Juicy叮】疑不滿前車太慢巴士超車惹爭議 拍片者同越雙白線被批 (Controversy over overtaking of buses suspected to be too slow: Film recorder also criticised for crossing the double white line), Headline Daily, 26 Jun 2021.
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