The Airbus Route A47X is operated by Long Win Bus (LWB). It runs between Tai Po (Tai Wo) [Remark 1] and Airport (Ground Transportation Centre), via Fu Heng Estate, Tai Po Central, MTR Tai Po Market Station and Kwong Fuk Estate, and connects to and from the Hong Kong International Airport and HZMB Hong Kong Kong Port via Tsing Sha Highway and Lantau Link, with additional detours via Pak Shek Kok and Ma Liu Shui for outbound and inbound directions during designated time periods during daily morning and evening hours respectively.
History[]
One-stop direct to Airport[]
LWB launched Route A47 on 19 December 2015, with only one trip provided for each direction, leading to low ridership[1]; In view of this, the Administration proposed to introduce Route A47X in the 2016-2017 Bus Route Planning Programme, which would run between Tai Po Market Station and the Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) on a whole day basis, and passes through Tai Po Market, Tai Wo Estate, Fu Heng Estate, Tai Po Cental and Kwong Fuk Estate in order to reach Tolo Highway, with half-hourly departures in Tai Po, and the fare for the whole journey was as high as $30.9.
There was also no bus service connecting Tai Wo and Tai Po Market Station areas to Lantau Island. In the 2016-2017 Bus Route Planning Programme, the Transport Department and LWB proposed to introduce a new supplementary route A47X, which would run between Tai Po Market Station and the Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) on a whole day basis, passing through Tai Po Market, Tai Wo Estate, Fu Heng Estate, Tai Po Centre and Kwong Fuk Estate in order within Tai Po, and then via Tolo Highway and Route 8 to reach the Airport Passenger Terminal Buildings directly, with half-hourly departures and the fare for the whole journey is as high as $30.9. The new route is expected to save about 10 to 15 minutes of travelling time for passengers from Tai Po Centre and Kwong Fuk Estate, which will help divert passengers from Route E41.
During the consultation process, District Councillors had different views on the routing, including that Tai Po Market should not be driven into as the traffic is heavy; Fu Heng Estate, Chung Nga Court and the future public housing estate in Area 9 (now Fu Tip Estate) would have tens of thousands of people and should be taken care of; and that setting up a stop in Tai Wo can take care of the residents of Lam Tsuen Valley and Tai Wo, and so on. [2]
District Council members put forward a total of four amendment proposals, among which the then Tai Yuen District Council member, Cheng Chun-ping of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), put forward a "point-to-point" proposal at the District Council meeting held on 5 May. The proposal suggested that the route should only set up a bus terminus at a transport hub in the area, so as to allow different housing estates to take other modes of transport to the terminus to transfer to other buses, and that buses should depart from the terminus and go straight to the airport from Tai Po.[3] The proposal was referred back to the T&TC for discussion, the Tai Po terminus was decided to be Tai Po Market Station, and was withdrawn by Hon Lau Chi-sing of HKCSS and Hon Li Kwok-ying of DAB in support of the revised proposal, and LWB also submitted the revised proposal of ‘one-stop direct’ accordingly, and lowered the fare to $27.7. Some other Members queried that the ‘point-to-point’ proposal blindly shortened the travelling time without taking into account the overall interests and needs of the residents of Tai Po, and that passengers travelling with luggage on intra-district routes for interchanges would also increase the loading of other transport modes, thus inconveniencing passengers travelling on other routes. On the other hand, the representative of LWB claimed that most of the passengers would accept one interchange. In the end, the TAC voted 14 in favour, 10 against and 2 abstentions to approve the trial of the ‘point-to-point’ scheme for six months. [4][5]
- 20 August 2016: Route A47X was put into service, running between Tai Po Market Station and Airport, then a special service on route A47. [6]
- During the initial period of the route, a very small number of LWB routes were arranged to display the word "Express" on the bus electronic route boards[Remark 2] in a manner similar to that of the express routes under the banner of Citybus and NWFB. [Remark 3]
- 19 November 2016: An up to $6.0-Octopus interchange concession scheme with KMB regular solely-operated routes (regardless of direction) was introduced.[7]
Extension to Fu Heng[]
The patronage of Route A47X is also on the low side. In December, the Transport Department proposed that Route A47 be merged with Route A47X, with the latter running along Nam Wan Road and via Tai Po Central, and that it be replaced by a special service via Pak Shek Kok.[8] However, the proposal was criticised for neglecting the needs of the residents of Fu Heng Estate, and was not approved by the Tai Po District Council. [9]
The Transport Department resubmitted a revised scheme in January 2017, proposing that the Tai Po end of Route A47X be extended to Fu Heng, and then follow the original routing to and from the airport after running along Nam Wan Road to Tai Po Market Station [10], which was eventually endorsed by the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Tai Po District Council at its meeting on 13 January.[11] As the morning service is the first trip for buses leaving the depot and the departure from the airport is relatively late, only the daily departure from Tai Po (Fu Heng) before 08:00 passed through the Tai Po Central Bus Terminus during the initial period of the change [12], and it was not until the end of the year that LWB proposed that all airport-bound trips should serve the stop. [13]
- 27 January 2017:[14]
- Tai Po terminus was changed to Fu Heng, observing Tai Po Market Station and Kwong Fuk Estate to/from Airport;
- The first bus time from Fu Heng was advanced to 05:00, and the daily departures from 05:00 to 08:00 from Fu Heng were detoured via Tai Po Central Bus Terminus;
- Departures from Fu Heng at 07:00 daily and from Airport at 18:30 daily were detoured via Pak Shek Kok, University Station and Cathay City, replacing Route A47 which was discontinued from the same day;
- No longer displayed the word "EXPRESS" on the electronic destination sign.
- 1 July 2017: Octopus interchange concession with Route S64 was introduced. [15]
- 16 December 2017:[16]
- All Airport-bound trips were detoured via Tai Po Central Bus Terminus;
- The first bus time from Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) was delayed to 10:05;
- The departure time of special departure from Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) via Cathay City, Ma Liu Shui and Pak Shek Kok was changed to 18:05.
- 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.[17][18]
Extension to Tai Wo[]
After the extension of Route A47X to Fu Heng, patronage has continued to increase at an average rate of 50%, with some of the patronage coming from Route E41, and thus some District Councillors have proposed to extend routes E41 and A47X to Tai Wo [19][20][21], advancing the first bus time to Airport, and even full-day detours via HZMB Hong Kong Port. In the Bus Route Planning Programmes published in 2020 Bus Route Planning Programme and 2021 Bus Route Planning Programme, TD and LWB both proposed that this route should detour via the HZMB Hong Kong Port for both directions and be extended to Tai Wo to tie in with the occupation of Fu Tip Estate. As for the earlier first bus service, LWB rejected the proposal on the ground that the capacity of the first bus service was not high, and DC members criticised that it should not be taken into account as it was already not a peak period. [22]
From 2020 onwards, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic on the aviation industry, the service of A47X was cut repeatedly, and the above amendments were also delayed. After the resumption of service in 2023, LWB finally resumed service after repeated requests from the regional organisation "Transport in Tai Po". [23]
- 6 January 2020: A trial special departure was introduced until 1 April 2020, departing from Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) to Tai Po (Fu Heng) at 07:30 every Mondays to Fridays, via Cathay Pacific City and Pak Shek Kok, with the same routing and stopping arrangement as the original afternoon special departures.[24][25][26] Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia, the service was suspended from 24 February.[27][28]
- 1 April 2020: Due to novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak, the last bus from Tai Po (Fu Heng) was advanced to 14:30 and the first bus from the Airport was postponed to 15:05. [29][30]
- 13 July 2020: Departure from Tai Po at 06:00 was detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and a new stop was added at "AsiaWorld-Expo".[31]
- 17 August 2020: Due to the outbreak of novel coronavirus pneumonia, service was reduced to six trips to Airport and six trips to Tai Po during morning and afternoon peak hours respectively.[32]
- 30 November 2020: Special trips detouring via Pak Shek Kok called additionally at bus stops "Chong San Road" on Chong San Road and "Ma Liu Shui Public Pier" on Science Park Road for Airport direction, as well as "Ma Liu Shui Public Pier" on Science Park Road for Tai Po direction.[33]
- 21 January 2021: Special trips detouring via AsiaWorld-Expo called additionally at "Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel" and "Sky City Interchange" stop at Sky City Road East for Tai Po direction.[34]
- 1 November 2021: Special departure via Pak Shek Kok for Tai Po direction detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East at the same time, with additional stops at "AsiaWorld-Expo", "Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel" and "Sky City Interchange".[35]
- 1 August 2022: Departures from the Airport at 17:05 daily were detoured via Airport Expo Boulevard and Sky City Road East. [36]
- 5 December 2022: In response to the relaxation of immigration restrictions by the Government, the service hours for Airport bound and Tai Po bound were extended, with departures from 05:00 to 16:30 for Airport bound and from 14:05 to 00:00 for Tai Po bound.[37]
- 13 August 2023:[38][39]
- Tai Po terminus was extended from Fu Heng to Tai Wo, and also detoured via HZMB Hong Kong Port;
- The peak hour special trip via Pak Shek Kok no longer stopped at University Station, and the starting point of the original section fare from University Station to Tai Po was changed to Ma Liu Shui Public Pier;
- The last bus time from Tai Wo was postponed to 22:05, and first bus time from Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) was resumed to 10:05.
- 3 September 2023: A new stop was added at "Tai Po Public Swimming Pool" on Ting Tai Road for Airport direction. [40]
- 5 November 2023: A new stop was added at Tsing Sha Highway BBI for both directions.[41]
- 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. [42]
- 1 February 2024: Daily departure from Airport at 17:35 detoured via AsiaWorld-Expo and Sky City Road East. [43]
Enhancing services to Pak Shek Kok[]
In the 2022-2023 Bus Route Planning Programme, there was a proposal for Route A47X to further detour via Pak Shek Kok on a whole day basis in order to make good use of the spare capacity, but this was questioned by residents of Tai Po New Town, who considered that the detour would result in slower journeys than those of Route E41, which was contrary to the original intention.[44] By 2024, the TD proposed instead that only seven trips to the Airport in the morning and seven trips to Tai Po in the afternoon should be scheduled to detour via Pak Shek Kok.[45]
- 13 October 2024: The time periods for trips detouring via Pak Shek Kok was extended to 07:00 - 10:00 from Tai Wo and 18:05 - 21:05 from Airport. [46][47]
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 8/2023, 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 | $29.0 |
| Section fares (to Airport) | |
| Lantau Link BBI | $19.8 |
| Section fares (to Tai Wo) | |
| From Ma Liu Shui Public Pier (Only applicable to trips via Pak Shek Kok) | $11.5 |
| From Kwong Fuk Estate | $8.1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Full fare | $7.8 |
| Section fares (to Airport) | |
| Lantau Link BBI | $5.3 |
| Section fares (to Tai Wo) | |
| From Ma Liu Shui Public Pier (Only applicable to trips via Pak Shek Kok) | $3.1 |
| From Kwong Fuk Estate | $2.2 |
- 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 A47X Interchange Concession Scheme
Lantau Link BBI Interchange Concessions[]
Template:LWB Lantau Link BBI 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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Note:
＊: 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[]
Six Enviro500 MMC 12m (55XX) luxury version double-decker buses were assigned to this route as scheduled buses.
| List of buses on Route A47X | ||
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| Fleet no. | Plate no. | Depot |
| 5502 | UC9366 | KMB Sha Tin Depot (Tai Po Sub-depot) (S) |
| 5521 | UD3393 | |
| 5542 | VN5183 | KMB Sha Tin Depot (S) |
| 5543 | VN6001 | |
| 5551 | VU3853 | |
| 5552 | VU3895 | |
The above scheduled buses information is up to date as of 2020 4, forwarded from ACROSS website.The above buses might not be listed according to running orders.
The related content is for reference only and will be updated according to fleet changes (check update list). To check scheduled bus changes, refer to detailed information on ACROSS website.2420
Bus deployment evolution history[]
| Bus deployment evolution history of LWB Route A47X |
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In the early years of Route A47X, the luxury version Enviro500 MMC 12.8m (15XX) was assigned to the entire route. As this route was originally a special service of Route A47, the vehicles used were nominally scheduled buses on the main route. All the other whole-day running order buses were transferred to this route on a full-time basis in the form of order, except for the peak hour dispatchments (which has now been replaced by a 12m (55XX) version of the same bus), which was shared between the two routes, and all the buses were transferred to this route on a whole-day basis after the discontinuation of Route A47. |
Routing[]
To Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
The distance of this route is approx. 61.6km, and the journey time is approximately 95mins. (The average speed is 38.9km/h.) Po Nga Road, Ting Kok Road, Tai Po Tai Wo Road, Ting Tai Road, Ting Kok Road, Chung Nga Road, Nam Wan Road, On Po Road, Tai Po Central Bus Terminus, On Po Road, Nam Wan Road, Nga Wan Road, Tai Po Market Station Public Transport Interchange, Nga Wan Road, Nam Wan Road, Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai, Tolo Highway, (Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, Tsing Sha Highway *, Cheung Tsing Highway, North West Tsing Yi Interchange) #, Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway, Airport Road, Cheong Hong Road, Airport Road, 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 |
|---|---|
| ② * Detour via Pak Shek Kok |
......, Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai, Tolo Highway, Chong San Road, Science Park Road, Sui Cheung Street, Tolo Highway, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, ... |
| ③ # AM Peak detour via Pak Shek Kok and CX City |
......, Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai, Tolo Highway, Chong San Road, Science Park Road, Sui Cheung Street, Tolo Highway, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, ......, North Lantau Highway, Airport Road, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Scenic Road, East Coast Road, Airport Road, Cheong Hong Road, ...... |
| ④ % 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,... ... |
| Routing remarks | |
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# May be diverted via Fanling Highway, San Tin Highway, Tsing Long Highway and Ting Kau Bridge depending on traffic conditions. | |
| Long Win Bus Route A47X (Tai Po (Tai Wo) → Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Area | Road | Bus Stop Name | Remarks |
| 1 | Tai Po (Tai Wo) | Tai Wo Bus Terminus  |
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| 2 | Ting Kok Road | Tai Po Government Offices | ||
| 3 | Tai Po Tai Wo Road | Tai Wo Estate | ||
| 4 | Tai Po Old Market | Ting Tai Road | Tai Po Public Swimming Pool | |
| 5 | Tai Po (Fu Heng) | Ting Kok Road | Tai Ping Industrial Centre | |
| 6 | Chung Nga Road | Ban Tip House Fu Tip Estate | ||
| 7 | Heng Yue House, Fu Heng Estate | |||
| 8 | Chung Nga Road | |||
| 9 | Tai Po Central | Tai Po Central Bus Terminus | ||
| 10 | Tai Po (Fu Shin) | Nam Wan Road | Sun Hing Gardens | |
| 11 | Tai Po Market | Kwong Fuk Playground | ||
| 12 | Tai Po Market Station |
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| 13 | Tai Po (Yuen Chau Tsai) | Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai | Kwong Fuk Estate | |
 Tolo Highway
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| * | Pak Shek Kok | Chong San Road | Pak Shek Kok Substation | Applicable to trips using Routing ② and ③ |
| Providence Bay | ||||
| St. Martin | ||||
| Chong San Road | ||||
| Fo Yin Road | ||||
| Science Park (Phase 1) | ||||
| Ma Liu Shui | Science Park Road | Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology | ||
| Water Sports Centre | ||||
| Ma Liu Shui Public Pier | ||||
Tolo Highway, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin;  Tsing Sha Highway
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| 14 | Sha Tin Heights | Tsing Sha Highway BBI (A4) | ||
| Tsing Sha Highway to Lantau Link
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| 15 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link BBI (A1) | Section fare begins here | |
| North Lantau Highway
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| * | Airport (Logistics Area) | Scenic Road | Cathay Pacific City | Applicable to trips using Routing ③ |
| 16 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Cheong Hong Road | Terminal 1 |
Alighting only |
| # | Airport (SkyCity) | Airport Expo Boulevard | AsiaWorld-Expo |
Applicable to departures using Routing ④ |
| Sky City Road East | Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel | |||
| Sky City Interchange | ||||
| 17 | HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island | Shun Fai Road | HZMB Passenger Clearance Building | Alighting only |
| 18 | Airport (Terminal Area) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) Bus Terminus |
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To Tai Po (Tai Wo)[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
The distance of this route is approx. 51.8km, and the journey time is approximately 95mins. (The average speed is 32.7km/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, Shun Long Road, North Lantau Highway, Lantau Link, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Cheung Tsing Highway, Tsing Sha Highway *, (Shing Mun Tunnel Road, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin) #, Tolo Highway, Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai, Nam Wan Road, Nga Wan Road, Tai Po Market Station Public Transport Interchange, Nga Wan Road, Nam Wan Road, Chung Nga Road, Ting Lai Road, Ting Tai Road, Tai Po Tai Wo Road and Po Nga Road |
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| ② * Daily evening 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, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, ... |
| ③ # Daily evening detour via AsiaWorld-Expo, CX City and Pak Shek Kok |
......, 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, Airport Road, East Coast Road, Scenic Road, Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road, Chun Ming Road, Scenic Road, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Scenic Road, East Coast Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road, ......, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, Tolo Highway, slip road, Chak Cheung Street, Science Park Road, Chong San Road, slip road, Tolo Highway, Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai, ...... |
| ④ % Detour via Pak Shek Kok |
......, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, Tolo Highway, slip road, Chak Cheung Street, Science Park Road, Chong San Road, slip road, Tolo Highway, Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai, ...... |
| Routing remarks | |
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# May be diverted via Ting Kau Bridge, Tsing Long Highway, San Tin Highway and Fanling Highway depending on traffic conditions. | |
| Long Win Bus Route A47X (Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) → Tai Po (Tai Wo)) | ||||
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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 trips using Routing ②③ |
| Sky City Road East | Hong Kong SkyCity Marriott Hotel | |||
| Sky City Interchange | ||||
| Airport (Logistics Area) | Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road | Cathay Pacific City | ||
| 2 | HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island | HZMB Hong Kong Port (E7) | ||
| Shun Long Road; North Lantau Highway
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| 3 | Tsing Chau Tsai Peninsula | Lantau Link BBI (N1) | ||
| Lantau Link to Tsing Sha Highway
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| 4 | Sha Tin Heights | Tsing Sha Highway BBI (B5) | ||
| Tsing Sha Highway; Shing Mun Tunnel Road, Tai Po Road - Sha Tin, Tolo Highway
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| # | Ma Liu Shui | Science Park Road | Ma Liu Shui Public Pier | Applicable to trips using Routing ③④, and section fare begins here |
| Water Sports Centre | Applicable to trips using Routing ③④ | |||
| Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology | ||||
| Pak Shek Kok | Chong San Road | Science Park (Phase 1) | ||
| Fo Yin Road | ||||
| St. Martin | ||||
| Pak Shek Kok | ||||
| Pak Shek Kok Substation | ||||
| Tolo Highway
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| 5 | Tai Po (Yuen Chau Tsai) | Tai Po Road - Yuen Chau Tsai | Kwong Fuk Estate | Section fare begins here |
| 6 | Tai Po Market | Tai Po Market Station |
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| 7 | Nam Wan Road | Kwong Fuk Playground | ||
| 8 | Tai Po Central | Tai Po Centre Phase 5 | ||
| 9 | Tai Po (Fu Heng) | Fu Heng Bus Terminus | ||
| 10 | Chung Nga Road | Heng Wing House Fu Heng Estate | ||
| 11 | Hong Kong Red Swastika Society Tai Po Secondary School | |||
| 12 | Tai Po Old Market | Ting Tai Road | Chui Yi Street Tai Po | |
| 13 | Tai Po (Tai Wo) | Tai Wo Bus Terminus |
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Ridership[]
At the initial stage of its operation, Route A47X had a narrow service area, resulting in unsatisfactory patronage. Therefore, TD and LWB proposed to the Tai Po District on 22 December 2016 a proposal to restructure Routes A47 and A47X. While Route A47 was cancelled, Route A47X would extend its coverage to serve more local residents and at the same time divert passengers from Route E41 more effectively. As many Members present at the meeting requested for a split of the route, the Department, after immediate discussion with LWB, proposed to revise the alignment according to Members' views to start from Fu Heng and travel to and from the airport via Tai Po Central, Tai Po Market Station and Kwong Fuk Estate[48]. The Department formally submitted the above revised proposal[49] in January 2017, and at the same time added special trips vdetouring ia Pak Shek Kok and MTR University Station to replace Route A47. As a result, the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Tai Po District Council passed the motion at its meeting on 13 January, and the proposal came into effect on 27 January of the same month.
Since the extension of the route, the service area has been further extended to Fu Heng Estate and Sun Hing Garden, and the overall patronage has increased significantly.
According to the Bus Route Planning Programmes and other documents, the ridership of this route is as folows:
- 2016: The highest hourly occupancy rate was 33% towards the airport and 18% towards Tai Po, with a slight increase in the overall occupancy rate.[50]
- 2017:
- 2020: The occupancy rate during the peakiest hour was 65%.[53]
- 2021: The occupancy rate during the peakiest hour was 55%, while the occupancy rates of the Tai Po to Airport trips at 10:00 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. were only about 9% and 5% respectively; about 10 passengers boarded and alighted at Ma Liu Shui each day, accounting for less than 1% of the total number of passengers; and the number of passengers boarded at Fu Heng for the Airport was about 200 each day, accounting for about 10% to 15% of the total number of passengers.[54]
- 2022: The occupancy rate during the peakiest hour was 37%[55]
- 2023: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 33%; the average occupancy rate at HZMB Hong Kong Port from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm in mid-August for the Tai Wo direction was about 60%; and off-peak patronage was about 10 to 30%.[56][57]
Related incidents[]
- 19 February 2020: At about 9:00 am, a deadheading Enviro500 MMC (1527/UF5997) bound forTai Po (Fu Heng) collided with a lorry carrying fresh fish near Eagle's Nest Tunnel on Tsing Sha Highway heading towards Sha Tin, in which the right front end of the former was damaged and the rear end of the latter was deformed, and the driver of the bus involved in the incident sustained injuries and had to be sent to hospital for treatment. [58][59]
Gallery[]
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Remarks[]
- ↑ The electronic destination sign of Route A47X bound for Tai Po displays "Tai Po", instead of "Tai Po Tai Wo" as shown on the electric sign of KMB routes 72 and 74A.
- ↑ The others are Route A33 Express Trips (later renumbered as Route A33X) and Route X1.
- ↑ Only the positions of the route number and the wordings of "EXPRESS" are swapped. Besides, LWB chose the simplified "EXP Express", while Citybus chose "Express" in full.
Related articles[]
- LWB Route A47 (Cancelled)
- LWB Route E41
- LWB Route N42A
- LWB Route N42P (Cancelled)
- LWB Route NA47
- LWB Route X47
References[]
- ↑ 72 太和 - 長沙灣廣場, "大埔巴士服務會議紀錄" (Minutes of Tai Po Bus Services Meeting) [Facebook post], 8 January 2016.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2016年第三次會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 3rd meeting held in 2016), April 2016.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 2016年第三次會議記錄（第39-50點）" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 3rd meeting held in 2016 (Point 39-50)), June 2016.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2016年第四次會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 4th meeting held in 2016), July 2016.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2016至2017年度大埔區落實的巴士路線計劃" (2016-2017 Approved Bus Route Planning Programmes in Tai Po District), Tai Po District Council Paper No. TT 36/2016, 2 January 2016
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Launches New Airport Bus Route A47X" [News Release], 18 August 2016.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "建議重組龍運第A47及A47X號線" (Suggestion to rationalise Long Win Bus Route Nos. A47 and A47X), Tai Po District Council Paper No. TT 52/2016, 2 January 2016
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2016年特別會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of Special Meeting 2016), February 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "重組龍運第A47及A47X號線（修訂建議）" (Rationalisation of Long Win Bus Route Nos. A47 and A47X), Tai Po District Council Paper No. TT 5/2017, January 2017
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2017年第一次會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 1st meeting held in 2017), February 2017.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2017年第五次會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 5th meeting held in 2017), October 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "有關龍運第A47X號線的服務調整" (Matters regarding the service adjustment of LWB Route No. A47X), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. TT 78/2017, 12 December 2017
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Reorganises Routes A47 and A47X Providing Whole-day Service for Fu Heng Estate and Nam Wan Road" [News Release], 25 January 2017.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Launches "A" Routes and Routes S64/S64X Octopus Interchange Concession Scheme" [News Release], 28 June 2017.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A47X Via Tai Po Central B/T for all Airport bound departures and frequency adjustment" [Passenger Notice], 13 December 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Traffic and Transport Arrangements at the Airport" [Traffic Advice], 22 November 2019.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2017年第二次會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 2nd meeting held in 2017), May 2017.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2017年第三次會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 3rd meeting held in 2017), June 2017.
- ↑ "有關要求全面檢討大埔區機場巴士服務及由太和巴士總站開出A47X事宜" (Matters regarding the demand to fully review Airport Bus services in Tai Po and Relocation of Terminus of LWB Route No. A47X to Tai Wo), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. TT 52/2017, September 2017.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2019年第四次會議記錄" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 4th meeting held in 2019), August 2019.
- ↑ 大埔交通 Transport in Tai Po, "A47X to route via Tai Wo, Fu Tip, HZMB, departing at 30 to 65 min intervals" [Facebook post], 8 August 2023.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A47X Trial Service via Science Park to Tai Po in the morning on Mondays to Fridays" [Passenger Notice], January 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Launches Trial Run of Route A47X morning special trips" [News Release], 3 January 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "LWB Route No. A47X (Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)) – Tai Po (Fu Heng) Trial of Operation for a Special Departure" [Traffic Advice], 3 January 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A47X Suspension of trial service via Science Park to Tai Po in the morning" [Passenger Notice], February 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Routes A47X and NA31 Trial Arrangements Suspended" [News Release], 24 February 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Adjustment of bus services to and from Airport and HZMB Hong Kong Port" [News Bulletin], 28 March 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Airport Bus Service Adjustments to tie in with the epidemic measures" [News Release], 30 March 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33, A37, A47X Peak departures via AsiaWorld-Expo" [Passenger Notice], 7 July 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "Temporary Service Adjustment of LWB Airport and Tung Chung Bus Service (Updated 14 August)" [News Release], 14 August 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Enhancement of KMB Route No. 272A and Addition of Bus Stops on Chong San Road, Tai Po and Science Park Road, Sha Tin" [Traffic Advice], 20 November 2020.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A33, A37, A47X Peak departures via AsiaWorld Expo observing SkyPier and SkyCity Interchange" [Passenger Notice], 20 January 2021.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X Timetable on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 29 July 2022.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A47X Service Enhancement" [Passenger Notice], 1 December 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of LWB Route Nos. A47X and NA47" [Traffic Advice], 8 August 2023.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB enhances airport bus service in Tai Po" [News Release], 8 August 2023.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A47X, NA47 Additional Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 30 August 2023.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A41P A47X Additional Bus Stop" [Passenger Notice], 30 October 2023.
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "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)
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "A30, A31, A32, A33, A34, A37, A41P, A43P, A47X Timetable on Peak departures via Expo and SkyCity" [Passenger Notice], 30 January 2024.
- ↑ "大埔居民乘車習慣調查暨巴士路線計劃諮詢2022" (Survey on Travelling Habits of Tai Po Residents cum Bus Route Plan Consultation 2022), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. TT 23/2023, September 2017.
- ↑ "運輸署—建議增加龍運巴士第A47X號線途經白石角及香港科學園班次" (Transport Department - Suggestion to increase the number of trips detouring via Pak Shek Kok and Hong Kong Science Park for LWB Route No. A47X), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. TT 26/2024, September 2024.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of LWB Route No. A47X (Tai Po (Tai Wo) - Airport (Ground Transportation Centre)" [Traffic Advice], 9 October 2024.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Co. Ltd., "LWB Route A47X to extend operating hours of departures observing Pak Shek Kok for an enhanced connection to Airport and HZMB Hong Kong Port" [News Release], 9 October 2024.
- ↑ Tai Po District Council Secretariat, "大埔區議會 交通及運輸委員會 2016年特別會議記錄（第2至30點）" (Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Minutes of the 2016 Special Meeting (Points 2 to 30)), 22 December 2016.
- ↑ transport Department HKSARG, "重組龍運第A47及A47X號線(修訂建議)" (Reorganisation of LWB Routes A47 and A47X (Revised Proposal)) [Discussion Document], January 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "建議重組龍運第A47及A47X號線" (Proposed Reorganisation of LWB Routes A47 and A47X) [Discussion Document], December 2016.
- ↑ "跟進公共巴士及小巴服務工作小組 2017年第二次會議紀要" (Minutes of the second meeting of the Working Group on Follow-up on Public Bus and Light Bus Services held in 2017), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee, June 2017
- ↑ "有關要求全面檢討大埔區機場巴士服務及由太和巴士總站開出A47X事宜" (Request for a comprehensive review of the airport bus services in Tai Po District and the operation of Route A47X from Tai Wo Bus Terminus), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee 5th Meeting 2017 - Response from Long Win Bus Company Limited, 7 September 2017
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2020-2021年度大埔區巴士路線計劃" (2020-2021 Tai Po District Bus Route Planning Programme), Annex VII, February 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "2021-2022年度離島區巴士路線計劃" (2021-2022 Islands District Bus Route Planning Programme), Annex IX, February 2021.
- ↑ ransport Department HKSARG, "2022-2023年度離島區巴士路線計劃" (2022-2023 Islands District Bus Route Planning Programme), February 2022.
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "運輸署就委員會文件 TT52/2023號「跟進A47X巴士路線班次及走線事宜」及 TT53/2023號「要求A47X號線回復以往半小時一班之班次」的回覆" (Transport Department's reply to Committee Papers No. TT52/2023 "Follow-up on the frequency and alignment of bus route A47X" and No. TT53/2023 "Request for reinstatement of half-hourly frequency of bus route A47X"), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. TT 59/2023, September 2023
- ↑ Long Win Bus Company Limited, "要求A47X號線回復以往半小時一班次班次 九龍巴士（一九三三）有限公司回應" (Request for resumption of half-hourly frequency of Route A47X - Response from Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited), Tai Po District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. TT 53a/2023, September 2023
- ↑ 青沙公路巴士撞運魚貨車 鮮魚散滿一地 (Bus and lorry carrying fishes collided at Tsing Sha Highway; fresh fishes scattered on ground), Oriental Daily News, 19 Feb 2020.
- ↑ "龍運機巴撞魚車 路面滿佈「死傷者」" (LWB Airport Bus crashed onto fresh fish lorry, "victims" scattered on road), 巴士台 HK Bus Channel, 19 February 2020.
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