NLB Route A35

Route A35 observes Shun Wui Road
Route Info
Terminus	Mui Wo Ferry Pier ↔ HZMB Hong Kong Port ●
via	Tong Fuk, Tung Chung Road, Tung Chung Town Centre, Cathay City, Airport Passenger Terminal, 11 SKIES
Distance	to HZMB Hong Kong Port: 33.9km to Mui Wo: 36.9km
Travelling time	to HZMB Hong Kong Port: 73mins to Mui Wo: 78mins
Commencement date	1998/7/6
Operation Info
Current operator	NLB
Main Vehicle	MN79-91, 96-112, 118, 119,MN108, 109, 113-117
Fare Info
Full fare	Weekdays: $19.2 Holidays: $31.1
Number of Fare Sections	5
Service Hours
Origin service time	05:30, 07:25, 17:00, 22:00, 00:15
Terminus service time	06:15, 06:40, 08:30, 18:15, 23:30
Headway	Fixed headways
Special Departures	HZMB Hong Kong Port ↔ Mui Wo Ferry Pier ● (via Mui Wo Old Town) Mui Wo Ferry Pier → HZMB Hong Kong Port ● (via Tung Chung Station)

The North-South Lantau Ordinary Bus Route A35 is operated by New Lantao Bus (NLB). It runs between Mui Wo Ferry Pier and the HZMB Hong Kong Port during the morning, afternoon and evening peak hours every day only, via Pui O, Cheung Sha, Tong Fuk, Pak Kung Au, Tung Chung Town Centre, Cathay City, Airport Passenger Terminal and SKYCITY.

Although NLB advertises that Route A35 is an "Airport Route", as there is no relevant classification in the Schedule of Routes Order of NLB, this route is actually categorised as a "North-South Lantau Ordinary Bus Route" group, with "Weekday Fare" and "Holiday Fare" like other bus routes serving South Lantau, but it is not covered by the Government's Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities, which is more or less the same as the other "A" routes.

However, Route A35 runs through the Airport Logistics Area and Tung Chung and omits the Drop-off Point at Airport Passenger Terminal Departures Kerb and the Ground Transportation Centre Bus Terminus, and is even the sole airport bus route that provides service only during peak hours at the moment.

History

The main article of this section is Transport Study for the New Airport.

• 6 July 1998: NLB commenced a new route A35 between Mui Wo Ferry Pier and the Airport  (Ground Transportation Centre) to coincide with the opening of the Hong Kong International Airport.
• 11 July 1998: The Airport terminus was relocated to the roadside parking outside the Passenger Terminal Building to tie in with the reorganisation of stops at the bus terminus of the Ground Transportation Centre.
• Unknown: Diverted via Chek Lap Kok South Road to/from Chun Wan Road, omitting a section of Scenic Road, near Aviation Fuel Tank Farm, Chun Yue Road and Chun Wan Road South.
• 1 June 2001: Buses towards Mui Wo Ferry Pier were detoured via Tung Chung Town Centre Bus Terminus.
• 5 December 2004 to 27 February 2005: A $2.0 Octopus Interchange Concession with Tung Chung Line on Sundays and Public Holidays was introduced during the period.
• 29 September 2006: the following arrangements were implemented:
  • The fare structure of Airport-bound journeys were changed; passengers should first pay the fare for Tung Chung-bound journeys when boarding the bus, and should pay the fare for the Tung Chung Town Centre - Airport section of the journey when alighting from the bus if they wish to go to the stops at Airport;
  • Both directions were diverted via Scenic Road between Scenic Hill to and from Cathay City, omitting Chun Wan Road;
  • Detoured via Chung Yan Road off Yat Tung Estate for Airport direction.
• 21 October 2006: Individual headways were detoured via Mui Wo Old Town and Tung Chung Town Centre:
  • Departures at 05:35 and 06:35 from Mui Wo were detoured via Tung Chung Town Centre, while departures at 16:30 were detoured via Mui Wo Old Town;
  • Departures at 06:25 from the Airport via Mui Wo Old Town.
• 7 January 2007: No longer detoured via Chung Yan Road off Yat Tung Estate for Airport direction.
• 16 November 2008: NLB pointed out that the Route A35 was losing $5 million a year, and that most of the time there were only 3 to 4 passengers on each bus destined for the Airport, and that it had to reduce headways to reduce costs, from the original 38 per day to only 10 per day.
• 6 February 2009: Buses on both bounds were diverted to the new section of Tung Chung Road between Pak Kung Au and San Shek Wan instead of the old section of South Lantau Road in Cheung Sha, to tie in with the opening of the new and improved Tung Chung Road to traffic. However both directions still detoured via Cheung Sha and Tong Fuk, drastically increasing the travelling distance to 14.6 km.
• 2 November 2013: The bus stop "Tung Chung Crescent" on Shun Tung Road was cancelled for Airport direction due to low utilisation.
• 20 April 2015: The Tung Chung Town Centre Bus Terminus stop was temporarily cancelled and relocated to Tung Chung Temporary Bus Terminus due to the Citygate expansion project.
• 30 March 2017: Starting from 2:30pm, buses were diverted via Cheong Hong Road underneath the bridge section of Cheong Tat Road to "Regal Airport Hotel" bus stop for Tung Chung Station direction, and the "Car Park 4" bus stop was cancelled to tie in with the closure of the section of Cheong Tat Road outside the Government Lounge Carpark for the Airport Passenger Terminal Building extension.
• 1 March 2017: Estimated Time of Bus Arrival Enquiry Service (ETA) enquiry service was introduced to this route.
• 24 October 2018: To tie in with the commissioning of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB), service was extended to the HZMB Hong Kon Port from 9:00am that day onwards, with the fares for the whole journey increased and the departure times revised.
• 27 April 2019: Tung Chung Terminus was relocated back to Tung Chung Town Centre to coincide with the completion of the stop's redevelopment.
• 20 April 2020: A new cash section fare was introduced temporarily from HZMB Hong Kong Port to Airport (Passenger Terminal Building) until 7 January 2023 in response to the temporary suspension of service on Route B4 due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
• 17 December 2023: Both directions were detoured via Skycity Transport Terminal.

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 10/2018, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

from Mui Wo Ferry Pier	from HZMB Hong Kong Port
Daily
05:30*, 07:25	06:15#, 06:40, 08:30
17:00#	18:15
22:00, 00:15	23:30
Remarks
#: Detour via Mui Wo Old Town/*: Detour via Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus

Joint headway timetable with Routes 3M and N35
NLB Route A35/Detailed Timetable

This route provides Estimated Time of Arrival Enquiry Service.

Passengers may use Route N35 during the overnight period; during the rest of the day, passengers may first take Routes 3M, 11 or 23 to and from South Lantau and the Airport, and then interchange with Routes S1, S56 or S64 at Tung Chung Station; passengers may interchange with Route B6 for travelling to the HZMB Hong Kong Port.

Fares

Journey	Weekday Fares	Holiday Fares
Full Fare	$19.2	$31.1

Fare Chart (to HZMB Hong Kong Port)
		Alighting Stop
		Tung Chung Fire Station or before	Airport (Passenger Terminal Building) or before	HZMB Hong Kong Port or before
Boarding Stop	Mui Wo Fery Pier or after	$12.9 (Weekdays) $21.2 (Holidays)	$17.1 (Weekdays) $28.8 (Holidays)	$19.2 (Weekdays) $31.1 (Holidays)
	Pui O Petrol Station or after	$10.5 (Weekdays) $17.2 (Holidays)	$14.8 (Weekdays) $23.5 (Holidays)	$16.8 (Weekdays) $25.8 (Holidays)
	Tong Fuk Village (Eastbound stop) or after	$6.8 (Weekdays) $13.8 (Holidays)	$11.0 (Weekdays) $18.7 (Holidays)	$13.1 (Weekdays) $21.0 (Holidays)
	Shek Mun Kap Road or after	$3.0 (Weekdays) $5.5 (Holidays)	$7.3 (Weekdays) $11.2 (Holidays)	$9.3 (Weekdays) $13.6 (Holidays)
	Tung Chung Fire Station or after	/	$4.2 (Weekdays) $7.5 (Holidays)	$6.2 (Weekdays) $9.8 (Holidays)
Passengers travelling to or before the Airport should inform the Bus Captain of their destination when boarding the bus, and then tap the card after the Bus Captain has adjusted the Octopus farebox to the applicable fare. The official route information sheet may not have all the two-way fare sections published. Passengers may refer to the two-way fare table on the official website for more information.

Journey	Weekday Fares	Holiday Fares
Full Fare	$19.2	$31.1
Section Fares (to Mui Wo Ferry Pier)
from Airport (Passenger Terminal Building)	$17.1	$28.8
from Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal	$12.9	$21.2
from Tong Fuk Village	$7.0	$14.4
from Butterfly Crest	$5.4	$7.8
from Lo Uk Tsuen	$4.2	$6.4

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. This route is not covered by the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities. 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". Holders of "Lantau Pass" valid on that day should show their ride pass to bus captain upon boarding for free rides.

Bus Deployments

While this route can be served by Enviro 400 Euro V (AD01-14) double-decker buses or MAN RC2 (MN92-95) and Young Man JNP6122G (YM) single-decker buses, it is normally served by MAN 18.360 (MN79-91, 95-119) single-decker buses only.

Routing

to HZMB Hong Kong Port

Routing	Roads observed
① Regular	The distance of this route is approx. 33.9km, and the journey time is approximately 73mins. (The average speed is 27.9km/h.) Mui Wo Ferry Pier Road, South Lantau Road, Tong Fuk Bus Terminus, South Lantau Road, Tung Chung Road, Chung Yan Road, Yu Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Scenic Road, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Scenic Road, East Coast Road, Airport Road, Cheong Lin Road, Cheong Tat Road, Airport North Interchange, Sky City Road, Second Sky Street, SKYCITY Transport Terminal, Third Sky Street, Sky City Interchange, Chek Lap Kok Road, Shun Fai Road and Shun Wui Road
② * Evening via Mui Wo Old Town	Mui Wo Ferry Pier Road, Ngan Kwong Wan Road, Ngan Shek Street, Ngan Kwong Wan Road, South Lantau Road, Tong Fuk Bus Terminus...
③ # Early Morning via Tung Chung Station	.., Yu Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus, Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Scenic Road, ...

New Lantao Bus Route A35 (Mui Wo Ferry Pier → HZMB Hong Kong Port)
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	Mui Wo		Mui Wo Ferry Pier
＊	Mui Wo	Ngan Kwong Wan Road	Mui Wo Cooked Food Market	Applicable to departures using Routing ②
			Ngan Wan Estate
		Ngan Shek Street	Mui Wo Market
		Ngan Kwong Wan Road	Ngan King Centre
2	Mui Wo	South Lantau Road	Silver Mine Bay Water Treatment Works
3			Lai Chi Yuen
4	Nam Shan		Nam Shan Sam Uk Tsuen
5			Nam Shan Campsite
6	Pui O		Swire Staff Holiday Home
7			Pui O Petrol Station	Section Fare begins
8			Lo Wai Tsuen
9			San Wai Tsuen
10			Lo Uk Tsuen
11			Ngau Au Yuen
12	San Shek Wan		San Shek Wan 3 1/4 Milestone	Section Fare begins
13			San Shek Wan Village
14			YWCA Sydney Leong Holiday Lodge
15			San Shek Wan Roundabout
16	Cheung Sha		Cheung Sha Sheung Tsuen
17			Cheung Sha Police Station
18			Cheung Sha Ha Tsuen
19			Cheung Sha Fire Station
20			Leyburn Villas
21			Butterfly Crest
22			Cheung Sha Bridge
23			Upper Cheung Sha Beach	near Upper Cheung Sha Beach
24	Tong Fuk		Tong Fuk Beach
25			Tong Fuk Village	Section Fare begins here Stopping after u-turning at Tong Fuk Bus Terminus
26			Tong Fuk Beach
25	Cheung Sha		Upper Cheung Sha Beach
26			Cheung Sha Bridge
27			Butterfly Crest	Section Fare begins
28			Leyburn Villas
29			Cheung Sha Fire Station
30			Lower Cheung Sha Village
31			Cheung Sha Police Station
32			Upper Cheung Sha Village
33	San Shek Wan		San Shek Wan Roundabout
34		Tung Chung Road	Tung Chung Road
35	Cheung Sha		Cheung Sha Catchwater
36	Pak Kung Au		Pak Kung Au
37	Tung Chung South		Tung Chung Au Management Station
38			Cemetery Area No.18
39			Shek Mun Kap Road	Section Fare begins
40	Tung Chung West		Lung Tseng Tau
41			Wong Ka Wai
42			Ha Ling Pei
43			Sheung Ling Pei
44			Tung Chung Rural Committee
45		Chung Yan Road	Ma Wan Sun Tsuen
46	Tung Chung Town Centre	Shun Tung Road	Tung Chung Fire Station
#	Tung Chung Town Centre	Tat Tung Road	Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal	Applicable to Routing ③
			Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus
Chek Lap Kok South Road
49	Airport (Logistics Area)	Scenic Road	Aviation Fuel Tank Farm
50			Cathay City
51	Airport (Terminal Area)	Cheong Lin Road	Gate House 2
52		Cheong Tat Road	Airport (Passenger Terminal Building)
53	Airport (SkyCity)		Skycity Transport Terminal
53	HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island	Shun Fai Road	HZMB Hong Kong Port Passenger Clearance Building	Alighting only
54			HZMB Hong Kong Port

to Mui Wo Ferry Pier

Routing	Roads observed
① Regular	The distance of this route is approx. 36.9km, and the journey time is approximately 78mins. (The average speed is 28.4km/h.) Shun Wui Road, Chek Lap Kok Road, Tung Wing Road, Airport Road, Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Cheong Tat Road, Airport North Interchange, Sky City Road, Second Sky Street, SKYCITY Transport Terminal, Third Sky Street, Sky City Interchange, Cheong Lin Road, Airport South Interchange, Airport Road, East Coast Road, Scenic Road, Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road, Scenic Road, Chun Wan Road Interchange, Scenic Road, Chek Lap Kok South Road, Shun Tung Road, Tat Tung Road, Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus, Tat Tung Road, Shun Tung Road, Yu Tung Road, Chung Yan Road, Tung Chung Road, South Lantau Road, Tong Fuk Bus Terminus, South Lantau Road and Mui Wo Ferry Pier Road
②* Early Morning via Mui Wo Old Town	... Tong Fuk Bus Terminus, South Lantau Road, Ngan Kwong Wan Road, Ngan Shek Street, Ngan Kwong Wan Road and Mui Wo Ferry Pier Road

New Lantao Bus Route A35 (HZMB Hong Kong Port → Mui Wo Ferry Pier)
No.	Area	Road	Bus Stop Name	Remarks
1	HZMB Hong Kong Port Artificial Island		HZMB Hong Kong Port
2	Airport (Terminal Area)	Cheong Tat Road	Airport (Passenger Terminal Building)	Section fare begins here
3			Cheong Tat Road	near Urban Taxi Stand
4			Regal Airport Hotel
5	Airport (SkyCity)		Skycity Transport Terminal
6	Airport (Logistics Area)	Bus Stop Loop on Scenic Road	Cathay City
7		Scenic Road	Aviation Fuel Tank Farm
Chek Lap Kok South Road
8	Tung Chung Town Centre	Tat Tung Road	Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal	Section fare begins here
9			Tung Chung Station Bus Terminus
10		Tat Tung Road	Fu Tung Plaza
11		Shun Tung Road	Yu Tung Court
12	Tung Chung West	Tung Chung Road	Yu Tai Court
13			Tung Chung Rural Committee
14			Sheung Ling Pei
15			Ha Ling Pei
16			Wong Ka Wai
17			Lung Tseng Tau
18	Tung Chung South		Shek Mun Kap Road
19			Cemetery Area No.18
20			Tung Chung Au Management Office
21	Pak Kung Au		Pak Kung Au
22	Cheung Sha		Cheung Sha Catchwater	Section Fare begins
23	San Shek Wan	South Lantau Road	San Shek Wan Roundabout
24	Cheung Sha		Cheung Sha Sheung Tsuen
25			Cheung Sha Police Station
26			Cheung Sha Ha Tsuen
27			Cheung Sha Fire Station
28			Leyburn Villas
29			Butterfly Crest
30			Cheung Sha Bridge
31			Upper Cheung Sha Beach	near Upper Cheung Sha Beach
32	Tong Fuk		Tong Fuk Beach
33			Tong Fuk Village	Section Fare begins here Stopping after u-turning at Tong Fuk Bus Terminus
34			Tong Fuk Beach
35	Cheung Sha		Upper Cheung Sha Beach
36			Cheung Sha Bridge
37			Butterfly Crest	Section Fare begins
38			Leyburn Villas
39			Cheung Sha Fire Station
40			Lower Cheung Sha Village
41			Cheung Sha Police Station
42			Upper Cheung Sha Village
43	San Shek Wan		San Shek Wan Roundabout
44			YWCA Sydney Leong Holiday Lodge
45			San Shek Wan Village
46			San Shek Wan 3 1/4 Milestone
47	Pui O		Lo Uk Tsuen	Section fare begins
48			Sun Wai Tsuen
49			Lo Wai Tsuen
50			Pui O Petrol Station
51			Swire Staff Holiday Home	Section Fare begins
52	Nam Shan		Nam Shan Campsite
53			Nam Shan Sam Uk Tsuen
54	Mui Wo		Lai Chi Yuen Cemetery
55			Lai Chi Yuen
56			Mui Wo Police Station
*	Mui Wo	Ngan Kwong Wan Road	Mui Wo Cooked Food Market	Applicable to Routing ②
			Ngan Wan Estate
		Ngan Shek Street	Mui Wo Market
		Ngan Kwong Wan Road	Ngan King Centre
57	Mui Wo		Mui Wo Ferry Pier
* Departure at 06:25 observes Mui Wo Old Town.

Ridership

The demand for travelling between South Lantau and the airport is on the low side, and the passenger base of this route is concentrated in the section between Mui Wo and Tung Chung, but it is more meandering than Route 3M with an overlapping catchment area, and it has been operating in the red for many years, and buses are often empty. As a result, the NLB has proposed a number of service reductions; firstly the proposal to merge with Route 13 (now Route 3M) and truncation to the old pier in Tung Chung in January 2001, but the District Council objected to the merger; and then the proposal to switch to using 19-seater buses during off-peak hours (from 09:30 to 15:30, and after 20:00) in March of the same year, but this proposal was not implemented in the end.

NLB changed the fare structure of this route on 29 September 2006 so that passengers travelling to Tung Chung or other areas in South Lantau only need to pay lower fares, in an attempt to attract short-distance passengers, but the overall fare is still higher than that of Routes 3M and 11, etc. The operation of this route continues to be poor, and even with the reduction in frequency and cost, it is still incurring losses. NLB had proposed cancelling the route, but opposition from residents and a motorcade at the Airport forced NLB to shelve the plan.

The Managing Director of NLB, Mr Wong Leung Pak (黃良柏), confirmed at the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Islands District Council on 17 March 2008 that the route was losing HK$3–4 million a year.

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

• 2008: There were 190 passengers travelling to and from the airport daily, which means that there are only five passengers on each bus.
• 2018: The total patronage of the nine "A Routes" franchised bus routes including this route, A11, A21, A22, A29, A31, A33X, A36, and A41, was 910,000 passenger trips (September); 1.103 million (October); and 1.383 million (November).
• 2020: The occupancy rate during the busiest hour was 64%.

Related Incidents

• 16 November 2008: About 100 residents of South Lantau, assisted by several district councillors, drove 60 vehicles slowly on the Airport Island to protest against the Transport Department and NLB's forced reduction of the headways of this route from the original 38 trips per day to 10 trips per day. NLB responded that this route was incurring an annual loss of $5 million and said that if the New Tung Chung Road was completed, this route would be cancelled in order to reduce the loss, but NLB had not cancelled this route after the completion of the New Tung Chung Road.

Gallery

A bus on Route A35 on its debut day was picking up passengers at Ground Transportation Centre Bus Terminus

Route A35 once terminated at Airport (Passenger Terminal)

A bus on Route A35 is passing through Pak Kung Au

More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:

NLB Route A35 (Edit)

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• NLB Route 3 (Cancelled)
• NLB Route 3M
• NLB Route N13 (Cancelled)
• NLB Route N35
• NLB Route X35 (Cancelled)

External Links

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• Adult Two-way Section Fare Chart of New Lantao Bus Route A35

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