NLB Route 1R

YH955 on Route 1R departs from Ngong Ping Village after finishing the journey
Route Info
Terminus	Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) → Ngong Ping ●
via	Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Sham Shui Po, Tong Fuk
Distance	57.5km
Travelling time	105mins
Commencement date	2001/1/24
Operation Info
Current operator	NLB
Main Vehicle	Dispatched from parent company Kwoon Chung Bus
Fare Info
Full fare	$51.8
Number of Fare Sections	1
Service Hours
Service date(s)	Sundays and public holidays
Origin service time	08:30, 09:15, 10:00
Headway	Fixed headways

The North-South Lantau Recreation Bus Route 1R is operated by New Lantao Bus (NLB). It operates one-way from Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) to Ngong Ping, providing service only on Sundays and public holidays.

This route only calls at a few intermediate stops at Kowloon and only stopping at "Tong Fuk Village" stop at Lantau Island; it is the first route of the company with one of the termini not inside Lantau Island, and is also the only route connecting urban Kowloon and South Lantau.

History

• 24 January 2001: Route 1R was put into service, there were three trips at 08:00, 09:00 and 10:00 every Sundays and Public Holidays from Hung Hom Ferry Concourse, which heads directly to Lantau non-stop via Argyle Street and Cherry Street after departing from Nathan Road.
• 11 February 2001: Changed to depart at 09:00, 10:00 and 11:00 from Hung Hom Ferry Concourse.
• 20 May 2001: New departures were added at 09:30 and 10:30, making it a total of five trips.
• Early 2002: Increased to eight trips (every 15 minutes between 09:00 and 10:30, and at 11:00).
• 1 May 2003: Detoured via Sham Shui Po District and intermediate stops were added along Cheung Sha Wan Road.
• 17 August 2008: Due to the opening of Ngong Ping 360, the patronage dropped significantly and the departures at 09:15, 09:45 and 10:15 were cancelled from that day onwards.
• 8 February 2009: Diverted to a new section of Tung Chung Road between Pak Kung Au and San Shek Wan to tie in with the completion of the Tung Chung Road Improvement Project.
• 19 March 2015: The route category was re-assigned from "North-South Lantau Ngong Ping Bus Route" to "North-South Lantau Recreation Bus Route".
• 20 April 2015: No longer passed through Tung Chung Town Centre and re-routed via Tung Chung Temporary Bus Terminus to tie in with the redevelopment of Tung Chung Town Centre Bus Terminus.
• 23 July 2017: Reduced to three trips.
• 31 December 2017: Estimated Time of Bus Arrival Enquiry Service (ETA) enquiry service was introduced to this route.
• 12 January 2019: Hung Hom Ferry terminus was relocated to Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) Public Transport Interchange and departed from the new terminus via Hung Luen Road instead of Wa Shun Street.
• 10 March 2022: Service was suspended due to the fifth wave of the novel coronavirus pneumonia outbreak until 21 April when service was resumed.

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 7/2017, see here for the referenced link

From Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road)
Sundays and Public Holidays
08:30 $, 09:15 $, 10:00
Departures marked with $ will clear all passengers at Tung Chung Tat Tung Road Bus Terminus. Passengers can interchange to Route 23 which departs later for free.

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.

Fares

Journey/Boarding stop	Fares
Full fare	$51.8
Section fare
From Tung Chung Tat Tung Road Bus Terminus	$34.0

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. Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Senior Octopus Cards or Personalised Octopus cards, Hong Kong residents aged 60 to 64 using JoyYou Card, and eligible persons with disabilities using Personalised Octopus cards with "Persons with Disabilities Status" can enjoy a flat fare of $2.0 per journey under the $2 Concessionary Fare. If the concessionary fare for eligible persons with disabilities aged below 12 and senior citizens aged 65 or above is less than $2.0 after a 50% discount from the regular fare, the beneficiary is only required to pay the original concessionary fare; if the original full fare for Hong Kong residents aged 60 to 64 or eligible persons with disabilities is already less than $2.0, the beneficiary is also only required to pay the original full fare. Passengers are required to tender exact fare by cash or by Octopus card when boarding. No exact change will be given. Passengers can use AlipayHK "EasyGo" and WeChat QR Code Payment to pay the fares. Passengers using this form of payment cannot enjoy the "Public Transport Fare Subsidy" nor the "Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities". "Lantau Pass" is not applicable to this route.

Bus deployments

This route is served by non-franchised buses from the parent company, Kwoon Chung Bus.

As this route passes through the Low Emission Zone for Franchised Buses, vehicles on this route must meet Euro V emission standards or above unless under special vehicle dispatchment changes.

Routing

The distance of this route is approx. 57.5km, and the journey time is approximately 105mins. (The average speed is 32.9km/h.)

Routing	Roads observed
① Regular	Hung Luen Road, Hung Hom South Road, Hung Hom Bypass, Salisbury Road, Nathan Road, Cheung Sha Wan Road, Tonkin Street, Tonkin Street West #, Lin Cheung Road, West Kowloon Highway, Tsing Kwai Highway, Cheung Tsing Tunnel, Cheung Tsing Highway, North West Tsing Yi Interchange, Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway, @(Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Shun Tung Road, Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung Tat Tung Road Bus Terminus, Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road), Yu Tung Road, Chung Yan Road, Tung Chung Road, South Lantau Road, Keung Shan Road, Sham Wat Road and Ngong Ping Road
② * Terminates at Tung Chung Tat Tung Road	..., Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Shun Tung Road and Tat Tung Road
Routing remarks
# This route also passes through Sham Mong Road and Lai Po Road according to Schedule of Routes Order, however buses will head straight to Lin Cheung Road generally. @ Bus captains may divert via Tung Chung Eastern Interchange to Yu Tung Road if the bus is already full before arriving at Tung Chung.

New Lantao Bus Route 1R (Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road) → Ngong Ping)
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Hung Hom Bay		Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road)
Hung Hom Bypass
2	Tsim Sha Tsui	Salisbury Road	East Tsim Sha Tsui MTR Station
3		Nathan Road	Kowloon Park
4	Mong Kok		Nelson Street
5			Prince Edward MTR Station
6	Sham Shui Po	Cheung Sha Wan Road	Yen Chow Street
7			Yee Kok Court
Tsing Kwai Highway, Cheung Tsing Tunnel; Lantau Link, North Lantau Highway
8 @	Tung Chung Town Centre		Tung Chung Tat Tung Road Bus Terminus	Trip ② terminates here Section fare for trips using routing ① begins here No stop for trips using routing ① when bus is full
9	Tong Fuk	South Lantau Road	Tong Fuk Village
10	Ngong Ping		Ngong Ping
Despite this route terminates at Ngong Ping Public Transport Interchange according to the official information, in actual operations, most bus captains choose to clear all passengers at "Ngong Ping Village" alighting stop outside the terminus same as that of Route 23.

Ridership

According to Bus Route Planning Programme, the ridership of this route is as follows:

• 2017: The ridership within Kowloon urban area remained low and there was an average of 15 passengers each trip before arriving at Tung Chung Town Centre.

Gallery

A bus on this route was awaiting departure from Hung Hom Ferry on the debut date of 24 January 2001

Route 1R is served by supporting buses from Kwoon Chung Bus

Buses on Route 1R will be routed via Tung Chung Town Centre with section fare added when there are spare seats

A Route 1R bus was passing through Tung Chung Town Centre

The last bus of Route 1R from Hung Hom Ferry

YH955 on Route 1R was standing by at Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road)

YH955 on Route 1R departs from Ngong Ping Village after finishing the journey

The stop sign of Route 1R at Nelson Street Mong Kok. The stop sign was full of debris due to infrequent use.

Route sheet of Route 1R (effective 17 August 2008)

Route sheet of Route 1R (effective 13 January 2019)

Related articles

• NLB Route 23

External links

• NLB Official Route Information: 1R
• NLB Official Information of Route 1R (Route sheet version)

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