The MTR Bus (Northwest New Territories) Route K65 runs between Yuen Long Station and Lau Fau Shan, via Yuen Long Main Road, Ping Shan, MTR Tin Shui Wai Station and Ha Tsuen.
History[]
- 25 September 1988: In conjunction with the official opening of the Light Rail, KCRC Bus introduced Light Rail Feeder Bus Route 655, replacing Route 55, which was temporarily taken over from KMB on 8 August.[1]
- 1 November 1998: Air-conditioned bus service was introduced.
- 13 February 2000: The last bus from Yuen Long was extended from 23:00 to 23:30.[2]
- 2002: Upgraded to full air-conditioned service.
- 14 December 2003: Renumbered as Route K65 and detoured via West Rail Line Tin Shui Wai Station Bus Terminus to facilitate the opening of KCR West Rail.
- 2 December 2007: Changed to be operated by MTR Bus following the rail merger.
- 6 April 2009: No longer detoured via West Rail Line Tin Shui Wai Station Bus Terminus for Lau Fau Shan direction. Also, a new express special trip was introduced, operating one-way from Lau Fau Shan to Yuen Long (East) and re-routing via Tin Fuk Road and Long Tin Road to Yuen Long.[3]
- 21 August 2011: No longer detoured via MTR Tin Shui Wai Station Bus Terminus for Yuen Long direction, see the relevant passenger notice for the details of this change.[4]
- Circa 2012: The special trips omitting Ping Ha Road were cancelled.
- 28 May 2017: Yuen Long Town terminus was relocated to Yuen Long Station (North) Public Transport Interchange to facilitate the advance works for property development projects.[5][6]
- 21 December 2019: Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) Enquiry System was introduced to this route.
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[]
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MTR Bus Route K65/Detailed timetable |
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Enquiry Service.
Fares[]
| Octopus Fare | Cash Fare | |
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| Adult | $5.1 | |
| Child (aged 12 or below) | $2.1 | |
| Senior (aged 65 or above) or JoyYou Card Holders (aged 65 or above) |
$2.0 | $2.1 |
| Holders of "Student Status" Personalised Octopus cards | $2.1 | $5.1 |
| Holders of "Persons with Disabilities" Personalised Octopus cards or JoyYou Card Holders (aged 60-64) |
$2.0 | $5.1 |
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Octopus Interchange Concession Scheme
Interchange Concessions are offered when interchanging between this route and MTR Urban Lines, Light Rail or some MTR Bus Routes when using Octopus cards. Details are as follows:
- Interchange to Railway
| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Amount saved | Suggested Interchange Stop for Light Rail/Designated Interchange Stop for MTR Urban Lines |
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| K65 | Light Rail | Equivalent to bus fares | Hang Mei Tsuen Stop/Ping Shan Stop/Shui Pin Wai Stop/Tai Tong Road Stop |
| MTR Urban Lines | Yuen Long Station/Tin Shui Wai Station | ||
| Light Rail | K65 | Hang Mei Tsuen Stop/Ping Shan Stop/Shui Pin Wai Stop/Tai Tong Road Stop | |
| MTR Urban Lines | Yuen Long Station/Tin Shui Wai Station | ||
| Remarks: The interchange time limit is 1 hour; rail to bus journeys are counted from the time the card is tapped upon exiting the gates (MTR Urban Lines) or upon exit validation (Light Rail); whereas bus to rail journeys are counted from the time the card is tapped upon boarding the bus. The interchange time limit is 2 hours for bus journeys from a confirmed Light Rail entry point. The interchange discount is not applicable to the same Light Rail stop or the entry/exit gate of any Tuen Ma Line stations. Besides, holders of Disneyland Monthly Pass riding free rides on MTR network or paying only the First Class fare of East Rail Line are not entitled to interchange concessions. | |||
- Interchange to buses
| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Amount saved | Suggested Interchange Stop |
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| K65 | K66/K68/K75A/K75P | Free for 2nd leg | Any overlapping bus stop on both routes |
| K66/K68/K75A/K75P | K65 | ||
| Remarks: The time limit for interchange is 1 hour, counting from the first tap. | |||
Bus deployments[]
A total of 9 buses are used on this route, with the main models being Enviro500 MMC 11.3m (5XX) double-deckers. Occasionally, Enviro400/Euro V 10.5m (140-150) double-deckers may also appear on this route.
This route can only be served by the above models due to the narrowing of road surface at Ping Ha Road near Hang Mei Tsuen.
Bus deployment evolution history[]
| Bus deployment evolution history of MTR Bus Route K65 |
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In the past days when operated under the name of KMB Route 55, the main models on this route included Daimler F and MCW Metrobus 9.7m (M); after the take-over by KCR, KCR leased M-type buses originally on Route 55 from KMB for continued operation on this route, as well as supporting single-and double-deckers leased from other non-franchised bus companies (including Citybus). All leased buses left this route after the arrival of KCR's first-hand MCW Metrobus 9.7m (1XX) arrived in Hong Kong. At the time when air-conditioned buses were introduced to this route on 1 November 1998, only Mitsubishi MK (301-311) and Volvo B10M (401-415) single-decker buses were operated. With the gradual retirement of MCW Metrobus 9.7m (1XX) in 2005, KCR Bus deployed Mitsubishi MK ((301-311), Volvo B10M (4XX) single-decker buses as well as Dennis Trident 10.6m (7XX) on this route. In 2018 and 2012 after the rail merger, with Mitsubishi MKs and Volvo B10Ms reaching the retirement age, thus MTR Bus ordered a batch of Enviro400 (14X) dual-axle buses to replace them. The first Enviro400 (140／RJ7286) debuted on this route on 27 May 2012, making it the first MTR Bus route to be dispatched with the model. Since 2017, MTR began deploying Dennis Trident 11.3m (6XX) and Enviro500 MMC (5XX) on this route, making it the longest models on the normal service of this route. However, buses travelling between lanes in the above road sections are still normally required to give way when they meet each other. From March 2022 onwards, Enviro500 MMC 11.3m (5XX) buses even replaced Enviro400 (14X) as the main model on this route. |
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 7.7km, and the journey time is approximately 28mins. (The average speed is 16.5km/h.)
To Lau Fau Shan[]
Via: Long Yat Road, Long Lok Road, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long, Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan, Ping Ha Road and Lau Fau Shan Road
| MTR Bus Route K65 (Yuen Long Station → Lau Fau Shan) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
| 1 | Yuen Long Town | MTR Yuen Long Station   |
Designated interchange stop for Tuen Ma Line | |
| 2 | Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long | Yau San Street |
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| 3 | Tai Tong Road |
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| 4 | Hong Lok Road |
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| 5 | Yuen Long Police Station |
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| 6 | Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan | LR Shui Pin Wai Stop |
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| 7 | Yuen Long Park | |||
| 8 | Ping Shan | Long Bin | ||
| 9 | Ping Ha Road | Ping Hing Lane Ping Shan | Suggested interchange stop for Light Rail | |
| 10 | Hang Mei Tsuen | |||
| 11 | LR Hang Mei Tsuen Stop |
Suggested interchange stop for Light Rail | ||
| 12 | Tin Shui Wai | Tin Shing Court |
Interchange stop for Tuen Ma Line | |
| 13 | Ha Tsuen | Shek Po Road | ||
| 14 | Sha Chau Lei Tsuen | |||
| 15 | Ha Tsuen | |||
| 16 | Sik Kong Wai | |||
| 17 | Lo Uk Tsuen | |||
| 18 | Tung Tau Tsuen (South) | |||
| 19 | Tung Tau Tsuen (North) | |||
| 20 | Fung Kong Tsuen | |||
| 21 | Lau Fau Shan | Lau Fau Shan Road | Sha Kong Wai | |
| 22 | San Hing Tsuen | |||
| 23 | Lau Fau Shan | |||
To Yuen Long Station[]
Via: Lau Fau Shan Road, Ping Ha Road, Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long and Long Yat Road
| MTR Bus Route K65 (Lau Fau Shan→Yuen Long Station） | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Bus stop name | Remarks |
| 1 | Lau Fau Shan | Lau Fau Shan | ||
| 2 | Lau Fau Shan Road | San Hing Tsuen | ||
| 3 | Sha Kong Wai | |||
| 4 | Ha Tsuen | Ping Ha Road | Fung Kong Tsuen | |
| 5 | Tung Tau Tsuen | |||
| 6 | Lo Uk Tsuen | |||
| 7 | Sik Kong Wai | |||
| 8 | Ha Tsuen | |||
| 9 | Sha Chau Lei Tsuen | |||
| 10 | Tin Shui Wai | Tin Shing Court |
Designated interchange stop for Tuen Ma Line | |
| 11 | Ping Shan | LR Hang Mei Tsuen Stop |
Suggested interchange stop for Light Rail | |
| 12 | Hang Mei Tsuen | |||
| 13 | Ping Hing Lane Ping Shan | |||
| 14 | Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan | LR Ping Shan Stop |
Suggested interchange stop for Light Rail | |
| 15 | Yuen Long Town | LR Shui Pin Wai Stop |
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| 16 | Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long | Yuen Long Plaza |
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| 17 | Yuen Long Landmark |
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| 18 | Kuk Ting Street |
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| 19 | MTR Yuen Long Station |
Designated interchange stop for Tuen Ma Line | ||
Ridership[]
The routing of Route K65 between Ping Shan and Lau Fau Shan was exactly the same as that of New Territories GMB Route 34. However, with frequent frequency, low fares and more favourable interchange rates with MTR, this route has taken away the source of minibus passengers, and has been enjoying a high patronage, with the main source of passengers coming from the section between Lau Fau Shan and the MTR Tin Shui Wai Station.
However, as the section of Ping Ha Road passing through Hang Mei Tsuen on Route K65 is winding and narrow, and heavy vehicles often run on it, it is necessary to use short buses on weekdays to ensure traffic safety, but this has limited the overall carrying capacity; and the frequent congestion at Yuen Long Main Road also unreasonably lengthens the travelling time, therefore, short-working special trips have been provided to and from Lau Fau Shan and Tin Shui Wai Stations during peak hours on weekdays and on public holidays. When GMB Route 34 was proposed to be cancelled in March 2022, TD and MTR made use of this opportunity and proposed to split this route into a whole-day short-haul extension, K65A, which only reaches Tin Shui Wai Station, for effective use of resources, and the proposal was expected to be implemented on 24 April 2022[7]. However, the original plan was to substantially reduce the frequency of the service of the main route directly to Yuen Long Town to 20-30 minutes, which was strongly opposed by District Council members. In the end, the Transport Department revised the proposal and postponed the implementation of Route K65A to 27 June on the same year, with the route to be operated only during peak hours from Mondays to Fridays and no further reduction in the frequency of the main service of the route.[8][9]
According to the past information, the ridership of this route is as follows:
- 2021: The average passenger rate towards Lau Fau Shan between 7-10am was 70%.[10]
- 2022: Passengers travelling to and from Lau Fau Shan and Tin Shui Wai Stations accounted for 70% of the total, while those going to Yuen Long Station accounted for 30%; there were cases of passengers unable to board during the busiest half-hour.[11]
Related incidents[]
- 1 June 2017: At 9:23 a.m., a Yuen Long-bound Enviro400 (148/RP8749) was travelling past a logistics company at Ping Ha Road near Fung Kong Tsuen, Lau Fau Shan, when a medium goods vehicle suddenly reversed out of the way, hitting the rear of the bus on the left side near the rear of the bus, causing damages to the body of the vehicle and shattering of the windows of the vehicle, and causing injuries to a male and two female bus passengers from broken glass.[12]
Gallery[]
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Remarks[]
Related articles[]
- KCR Bus Route 55 (Cancelled)
- KCR Bus Route 654 (Cancelled)
- MTR Bus Route K65A
- New Territories GMB Route 34 (Cancelled)
References[]
- ↑ "輕鐵第二期通車五條 九巴路線正式取消 輕鐵八條接駁巴士線投入服務" (5 LR routes entered service as LR Phase 2 opens; KMB routes cancelled, 8 new LR feeder routes to enter service today), Ta Kung Pao, 26 September 1988.
- ↑ Light Rail Newsletter, February 2000.
- ↑ Mei Tsuenthread.php?tid=376088 港鐵K65取消分站 and 增設特別班次 (Stop cancellation and new special trip for MTR Route K65), hkitalk.net。
- ↑ K65(往Yuen Long東方向)由8月21日起，不會駛入Tin Shui Wai站巴士總站 (Route K65 (Yuen Long East direction) will no longer serve Tin Shui Wai Station B/T from 21 August), hkitalk.net.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Relocation of bus stop at Yuen Long (East) Bus Terminus" [Traffic Advice], 22 May 2017.
- ↑ MTR Corporation Limited, "MTR Bus Route K65 Temporary relocation of bus terminus" [Notice].
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "新界專線小巴第34號線（元朗（泰豐街）–流浮山）取消服務 及港鐵巴士第K65號線（元朗站–流浮山）加強服務事宜" (Cancellation of New Territories GMB Route No. 34 (Yuen Long (Tai Fung Street) - Lau Fau Shan) and Service enhancement of MTR Bus Route No. K65 (Yuen Long Station - Lau Fau Shan)) , March 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "新界專線小巴第34號線（元朗（泰豐街）– 流浮山）取消服務及港鐵巴士第K65號線（元朗站 – 流浮山）路線加強服務事宜" (Cancellation of New Territories GMB Route No. 34 (Yuen Long (Tai Fung Street) - Lau Fau Shan) and Service enhancement of MTR Bus Route No. K65 (Yuen Long Station - Lau Fau Shan)) , June 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Cancellation of New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 34 (Yuen Long (Tai Fung Street) – Lau Fau Shan) and Introduction of MTR Bus Route No. K65A (Lau Fau Shan – Tin Shui Wai Station)" [Traffic Advice], 17 June 2022.
- ↑ 港鐵巴士部份路線載客率 (Passenger rates of some MTR Bus routes), hkitalk.net, 20 December 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "新界專線小巴第34號線（元朗（泰豐街）–流浮山）取消服務 及港鐵巴士第K65號線（元朗站–流浮山）加強服務事宜" (Cancellation of New Territories GMB Route No. 34 (Yuen Long (Tai Fung Street) - Lau Fau Shan) and Service enhancement of MTR Bus Route No. K65 (Yuen Long Station - Lau Fau Shan)) [Traffic Advice], March 2022.
- ↑ "【動畫】貨車倒車出路口 刮爆巴士車窗3人傷" (Goods vehicle shattered bus windows while reversing, 3 injured), Apple Daily, 1 June 2017.
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