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NLB Route 37M

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The North Lantau Bus Route 37M is operated by New Lantao Bus (NLB). It runs circular between Ying Tung Estate and Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus, via The Visionary and Ying Hei Road, which mainly provides a direct service to Tung Chung Town Centre and the MTR to the residents of the public housing estate - Ying Tung Estate, as well as private residential housings - The Visionary and Century Link, all located in Tung Chung North.

This route belongs to a special service to Route 37 that operates only during peak hours on Monday to Friday school days, making it a rare example for a main route to operate only during peak hours while a branch route to provide whole-day services.[Remark 1]

History[]

In view of the completion of multiple residential projects in Tung Chung North, NLB proposed in its 2015-2016 Bus Route Planning Programme to introduce an auxiliary route 37M in the fourth quarter of 2015, operating circular between Tung Chung Area 56 and Tung Chung MTR Station, with five single-decker buses deployed.

Ying Tung Estate is located on the east side of Ying Tung Road in Tung Chung Area 56 and was expected to be completed by the end of 2016. The intake for The Visionary, a private residential complex situated on the west side of Ying Tung Road in Tung Chung Area 55B, began in March, prompting NLB to launch this route to serve the residents of the complex.

Service changes[]

  • 1 April 2016: Route 37M entered service to facilitate the intake of The Visionary. At that time, it ran circular between Tung Chung MTR Station and The Visionary, which U-turned at Ying Hong Road after reaching Ying Tung Road for outbound direction.[1]
  • 16 February 2017: Changed to operate circular between Ying Tung Estate and Tung Chung MTR Station and no longer passed through Ying Hong Street.[2]
  • 17 September 2017: A new stop was added at "Century Link" on Ying Hei Road for Ying Tung Estate direction.[3]
  • 31 December 2017: Estimated Time of Bus Arrival Enquiry Service (ETA) enquiry service was introduced to this route. [4]
  • 7 July 2018: The first bus time on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays was advanced from 06:00 to 05:40.[5]
  • 1 October 2018: Service hours were extended:[6]
    • The last bus departure time on Mondays to Fridays was delayed from 00:45 to 00:50;
    • The last bus departure time on Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays was delayed from 00:45 to 00:48.
  • 27 April 2019: The circular point was relocated to the newly reconstructed Tung Chung Town Centre Bus Terminus (later renamed as "Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus" on 24 January 2020).[7]
  • 12 February 2020: Due to a drop in patronage, the original holiday service schedule was temporarily changed to effective daily until further notice.[8]
  • 29 June 2020: The first bus time was advanced from 05:40 to 05:30.[9]
  • 20 June 2021: A new stop was added at "Yu Nga Court" on Ying Hei Road for Ying Tung Estate direction.[10]
  • 10 October 2022: Octopus interchange concessions with routes 38 and 39M were introduced.[11]
  • 27 March 2023: Except for departures between 06:50 and 07:58 on Mondays to Fridays, all Tung Chung-bound trips were detoured via Yi Tung Road with new stops at "Yu Nga Court" and "Yu Nga Shopping Centre" on the road.[12][13]
  • 30 October 2023: The time period omitting Yi Tung Road on Mondays to Fridays was adjusted to 06:50 to 08:30.[14][15]
  • 1 July 2025: A new stop was added at "Tung Chung Community Liaison Centre" on Tung Chung Waterfront Road for Ying Tung Estate direction.[16][17]
  • 18 October 2025: With the service enhancement of Route 37A, the time periods omitting Yu Nga Court was expanded to all trips before 22:00 daily.[18][19]

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 10/2025, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Ying Tung Estate
Service hours Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
05:30 - 05:40 10
05:40 - 06:15 11／12
06:15 - 06:35 10
06:35 - 06:42 7
06:42 - 06:50 8
06:50 - 07:10 5
07:10 - 08:22 6
08:22 - 08:30 8
08:30 - 17:30 10
17:30 - 17:54 8
17:54 - 18:00 6
18:00 - 18:48 8
18:48 - 20:12 6
20:12 - 20:20 8
20:20 - 22:00 10
The following trips detour via Yi Tung Road
22:10 - 00:50 10
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
05:30 - 05:40 10
05:40 - 06:40 12
06:40 - 09:00 10
09:00 - 16:00 12
16:00 - 19:00 10
19:00 - 22:00 12
The following trips detour via Yi Tung Road
22:12 - 00:48 12
Detailed timetable

NLB Route 37M/Detailed timetable

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival enquiry service.

Fares[]

Journey/boarding stop Fare
Full fare $3.9
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".
  • Holders of "Lantau Pass" valid on that day should show their ride pass to bus captain upon boarding for free rides.
  • This route has no section fares.

Octopus 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:NLB Route 37M Interchange Concession Scheme

Details of NLB Tung Chung Town Centre Interchange Concessions
＼ Corresponding to　(Tick: Concession applies to)
Description 37 37A 37H 37M 37P N37 38 38X N38 39M
Interchanging from Citybus routes heading to Airport/SKYCITY
E11/E11A/E11B/E21/E21D/E22/E22A/E23/E23A
(Concession is only applicable to passengers who pay $14 or above for the first journey)		 Tick Tick Tick Tick
Interchanging from LWB routes heading to Airport/SKYCITY
E32/E33/E33P/E36/E36P/E36S/E37/E41/E42
(Concession is only applicable to passengers who board before Lantau Link BBI or Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI)		 Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick
The time limit for the above interchange is 150 minutes (counting from the time of tapping on the first journey)
Interchanging to Citybus routes from Airport/SKYCITY
E11/E11A/E11B/E21/E21D/E22/E22A/E23/E23A		 Tick Tick Tick Tick
Interchanging to LWB routes from Airport/SKYCITY
E32/E33/E33P/E36/E36P/E36S/E37/E41/E42		 Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick
The time limit for the above interchange is 90 minutes (counting from the time of tapping on the first journey)
Interchanging from MTR Tung Chung Line after exiting the gate at Tung Chung Station Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick
Interchanging from NLB Routes to MTR Tung Chung Line after tapping card on the former Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick Tick
The time limit for the above interchange is 90 minutes
Interchanging to Routes B6/B6S to HZMB Hong Kong Port Reduce $2.2 Reduce $2.2 Reduce $2.2 Reduce$3.6 Reduce$2.2
Interchanging from Route B6 from HZMB Hong Kong Port Reduce $2.2 Reduce $2.2 Reduce $2.2 Reduce $3.6
The time limit for the above interchange is 60 minutes　

Points to note:

  • Passengers using the same Octopus card to interchange between designated public transport modes after travelling on a designated NLB routes (in the same direction as the journey to Tung Chung Station) or from a designated public transport mode to a designated Lantau bus route (in the same direction as the journey from Tung Chung Station) within a specified period of time can enjoy a $1.0 discount on the second trip (concession amount discounted by 50% for senior citizens aged 65 or above, or children aged below 12).
  • For passengers who benefit from the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities, the second journey fare is the lower of the above second journey concessionary fare (50% discount for elderly aged 65 or above or eligible persons with disabilities aged below 12) and $2.0, therefore, there may be some combinations of interchanges without interchange concessions.
  • Connections to MTR are only applicable to passengers using Adult Octopus (on all above Lantau routes) or Personalised Octopus with "Persons with Disabilities Status" (except NLB routes 39M and N37) to travel on MTR fare-charging journeys.
  • The "HZMB Hong Kong Port Employee Travel Scheme" of NLB cannot be used in conjunction with this interchange concession.

Official website:

Bus deployments[]

According to the Schedule of Services, this route uses five double-decker buses, mainly MAN A95 12m (MDR).

Bus deployment evolution history[]

Bus deployment evolution history of NLB Route 37M

When Route 37M was first launched, NLB deployed various single-decker buses from the fleet, including Mitsubishi Rosa (MS11-16), MAN NL263 (MN01-09), NL273 (MN30-39), 18.350 (MN15-19) and Young Man JNP6122G (YM). With the gradual intake of The Visionary, Century Link and Ying Tung Estate, NLB changed to deploy MAN A95 (MD, MDR) buses on this route.

Routing[]

Routing Roads observed
①
Regular 		The distance of this route is approx. 6.7km, and the journey time is approximately 20.5mins. (The average speed is 19.6km/h.)
Ying Tung Road, Ying Hei Road, Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Shun Tung Road, Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus, Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Ying Hei Road and Ying Tung Road
② ＊
Detour via Yi Tung Road 		The distance of this route is approx. 5.7km, and the journey time is approximately 17.5mins. (The average speed is 19.5km/h.)Ying Tung Road, Ying Hei Road, Yi Tung Road (northbound), loop, Yi Tung Road (southbound), Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Shun Tung Road, Tat Tung Road, ...
New Lantao Bus Route 37M (Ying Tung Estate ↺ Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus)
No. Area Road Bus stop name Remarks
1 Tung Chung North Ying Tung Road Ying Tung Estate
2 The Visionary (Southbound)
3 Ying Hei Road Ying Hei Road
* Tung Chung North Yi Tung Road Yu Nga Court Applicable to routing ②
Yu Nga Shopping Centre
4 Tung Chung Town Centre Tat Tung Road Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal
5 Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus MTR logo Circular route return point
6 Tung Chung North Tung Chung Waterfront Road Tung Chung Community Liaison Centre
7 Ying Hei Road Yu Nga Court
8 Century Link
9 Ying Tung Road The Visionary (Northbound)
10 Ying Tung Estate

Ridership[]

According to Bus Route Planning Programmes and other documents, the ridership of this route is as follows:

  • 2016: The occupancy rate was 49% during the morning peak hour and 63% in the afternoon.[20]
  • 2019: The maximum hourly occupancy rate during the morning peak hours on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays was less than 50%.[21]
  • 2021: The occupancy rate was 73% during the busiest hour; individual trips had an occupancy rate of 90%, while the remaining trips had an occupancy rate of 25-70%.[22]
  • 9 December 2023: A site visit to the Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. showed that the average occupancy rate during the peakiest hour was about 65%.[23]
  • 2024: The occupancy rate during the peakiest hour was 77%.

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Remarks[]

  1. ↑ Other examples include the whole-day Cross-Harbour Bus Route 962X which is regarded as a special departure of peak hour route 962, and the whole-day Cross-Harbour Bus Route 673 which is regarded as a special departure of peak hour route 373.

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References[]

  1. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "New Bus Route - 37M" [News Release], 31 March 2016.
  2. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "NLB extends the service of Route 37 and 37M to Ying Tung Estate" [News Release], 12 February 2017.
  3. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Additional Bus Stop of Route 37M" [News Release], 8 September 2017.
  4. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Trial of Estimated Time of Bus Arrival Enquiry Service" [News Release], 29 December 2017.
  5. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Advance of First Departure Time of Route 37M" [News Release], 2 July 2018.
  6. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "NLB Enhances Service of Route 37M" [News Release], 27 September 2018.
  7. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Permanent Relocation of Bus Stop of Route 37,37M,N37" [News Release], 24 April 2019.
  8. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Timetable Adjustment of NLB Route 37M and 38" [News Release], 11 February 2020.
  9. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Advanced First Departure of Route 37M" [News Release], 25 June 2020.
  10. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "New Additional Bus Stop of Route 37M" [News Release], 18 June 2021.
  11. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Introduction of new BBI Discounts of NLB Routes 37M 38 39M" [News Release], 7 October 2022.
  12. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of NLB Route 37A (Tung Chung (Yu Nga Court) to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus (Circular)); and Service Adjustment of NLB Route 37M (Tung Chung North (Ying Tung Estate) to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus (Circular)) " [Traffic Advice], 23 March 2023.
  13. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "NLB Routing Altered of Route 37M" [News Release], 23 March 2023.
  14. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of NLB Route Nos. 37A (Tung Chung (Yu Nga Court) to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus) (Circular)); and 37M (Tung Chung North (Ying Tung Estate) to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 26 October 2023.
  15. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "Service Alteration of Route 37M" [News Release], 25 October 2023.
  16. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "New Additional Bus Stop of Route 37M" [News Release], 20 June 2025.
  17. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Commissioning of New Bus Stop on Tung Chung Waterfront Road near Tung Chung Community Liaison Centre" [Traffic Advice], 25 June 2025.
  18. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of NLB Route Nos. 37A (Tung Chung North (Cheung Tung Estate) to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus) (Circular)); and 37M (Tung Chung North (Ying Tung Estate) to Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 9 October 2025.
  19. ↑ New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited, "[590 Service Adjustment of NLB Route 37M]" [Passenger Notice], 10 October 2025.
  20. ↑ "有關昇薈交通發展的提問" (Queries regarding transport developments at The Visionary), Islands District Council Traffic and Transport Committee 5th Meeting, 21 November 2016
  21. ↑ "有關要求加強嶼巴37M號線假日服務及調整巴士站位置的提問" (Questions regarding the request to enhance holiday services and bus stop adjustments of NLB Route No. 37M), Islands District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper 72/2019, September 2019
  22. ↑ "離島區議會交通及運輸委員會巴士路線工作小組第二次會議紀錄" (Minutes of the Second Meeting of the Working Group on Bus Routes of the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Islands District Council), point 20.
  23. ↑ "離島區議會交通及運輸委員會會議紀錄" (Minutes of the Traffic and Transport Committee Meeting of the Islands District Council), point 16a.
  24. ↑ "東涌迎東路兩巴士相撞 8人受傷送院" (2 buses collided at Ying Tung Road, 8 injured and hospitalised), HK01, 20 February 2024.

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