The New Territories Green Minibus Route 105 is operated by Yau Man Investments Limited (友文投資有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 9427C). It runs between Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Garden) and To Kwa Wan (Ko Shan Theatre), via Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Kwun Tong Bypass, San Po Kong (Prince Edward Road East), Kowloon City and Ma Tau Wai.
History[]
- 6 June 1997: The Transport Department invited public tenders for the operating rights of 27 new green minibus routes in 19 groups, and this route was one of them. [1]
- 1 July 1998: Route 105 entered service.
- 10 June 2013: Trips bound for To Kwa Wan every Monday to Friday between 07:00-09:00 were rerouted to turn right at Po Hong Road after reaching Po Lam North Road and go straight to Tseung Kwan O Tunnel without passing through Ying Ming Court and Po Fung Road; at the same time, special services from Po Lam Fire Station to To Kwa Wan and Leung Kit Wah Primary School to To Kwa Wan were launched to serve the affected passengers. [2]
- 30 December 2017: Daily departures from To Kwa Wan (Ko Shan Theatre) from 17:30-20:00 were rerouted via Prince Edward Road East Flyover, and special trips were set up from Monday to Friday from 17:30-19:50 departing from Ma Tau Wai Road near Tin Kwong Road and following the original routing to Hong Sing Garden. [3]
- 24 January 2022: All special trip arrangements were reorganised:
- The special morning services from Po Lam Fire Station to To Kwa Wan and Leung Kit Wah Primary School to To Kwa Wan were cancelled;
- Afternoon special services from Ma Tau Wai Road near Tin Kwong Road to Hong Sing Garden were reduced to only depart at 17:50, 18:35 and 19:20 from Mondays to Fridays. [4]
- 30 March 2022: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. [5]
- 11 November 2023: The special service from Ma Tau Wai Road near Tin Kwong Road to Tseung Kwan O was cancelled. [6]
Service hours and headways[]
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- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department "HKeMobility" mobile app.
Fares[]
| Journey/boarding stop | Fares |
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| Full fare | $10.7 |
| Section fare (to To Kwa Wan) | |
| Prince Edward Road East (Rhythm Garden) | $4.8 |
| Section fare (to Tseung Kwan O) | |
| Po Hong Road (Verbena Heights) | $4.8 |
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Octopus interchange concessions[]
| Route 105 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 105 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 105 | ||
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route required a total of 17 minibuses to provide service. It has 8 of 19-seater minibuses. The two Routes carry a total of no less than 128 passengers in each direction in the busiest hour. Currently this route actually has a total of 15 of Toyota Coaster LPG minibuses, including 7 of 16-seater minibuses and 8 of 19-seater minibuses. All vehicles have individually numbers, some vehicles are even labeled with fleet numbers 1-22 with black letters on a white background. In the middle of 2017, three 19-seater 6th-generation Toyota Coaster minibuses (UY6543, UY6895 and UY6962) entered service on this route, and two 19-seater 7th-generation Toyota Coaster were introduced in the middle-2019, replaced with the old minibuses; however, UY6543 was transferred to the Extra Billion Investment New Territories 140M route in 2019.
| List of Route 105 minibuses | |||||
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| Plate No. | Type No.[Remark 1] | No of car | Seat | Sign Configuration | Remarks |
| CK3099 | 2004 5LS2 | 16-seater high back seat | Rollsign | 12 | Original plate no. LT3441 Former vehicle of Peak Scene's Kowloon Route 18M Plate originally belonged to a Wyman Development's engineering vehicle Joined in October 2019 Once shifted to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 310M during April 2021 |
| CL777 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Transfull EDS | 7 | Entered service in November 2020 Plate originally belonged to a private car of Yau Man Investment |
| 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high-back seat | Rollsign | 13 | Idled somewhere in New Territories | |
| GP1608 | 16 | Entered service in May 2005 Plate originally belonged to a 1995 3rd generation | |||
| GW2289 | 22 | Entered service in December 2005 Plate originally belonged to a 1996 3rd generation | |||
| KM8088 | 3 | Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation | |||
| KU442 | 2008 6LS | 8 | The front of the vehicle equipped with components from 4th generation, no fog lights installed Formerly a vehicle of Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 140M Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation of the route under Good View Maxicab's Entered service in August 2020 | ||
| MD8722 | 2005 5LS2 | 5 | Entered service in December 2005 | ||
| 2004 5LS2 | 17 | Idled at Hong Sing Garden Formerly a vehicle of Ping Tsuen Route | |||
| UY6895 | 2017 6LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | 11 | Entered service in September 2017 The rear of the car adopts a double emergency door design | |
| UY6962 | 6 | Entered service in September 2017 The rear of the car adopts a double emergency door design Once transferred to Extra Billion Investment New Territories Route 140M[Remark 2] | |||
| WD3084 | 2019 7LL | Patent Enterprises EDS | 20 | Entered service in May 2019 | |
| WD4318 | Transfull EDS[Remark 3] | 19 | |||
| XA5383 | 2020 7LL | 2 | Entered service in November 2020 | ||
| XC4027 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high-back seat | Rollsign | 10 | Original Plate number GC2105[Remark 4] Former vehicle on Wyman Development New Territories Route 26/26A Was also a formerly vehicle of Smart Champion Investment Kowloon Route 69 Entered service in March 2021 |
| XG1601 | 2021 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Transfull EDS | 4 | Entered service in April 2021 |
| XG4683 | Wait for check | ||||
| List of Former minibuses in Route 105 | ||||||
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| Plate No. | Type No. | Seat No. | Fleet No. | Date of Retirement/withdrawn | Fates | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| EH3273 | 4rd generation | 16 | Wait for check | June 2018 | Retired Plate is now applied to a 2018 7LL of Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A |
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| EK9153 | 2004 5LS | 21→15 | 2022 | Retired | ||
| FN6698 | 11 | November 2020 | CL777 (2020 7LL) | |||
| FS7218 | 1993 2nd generation | Wait for check | 2005 | 2005 5LS2 of the same plate | ||
| 2005 5LS2 | December 2017 | Sold to Good View Maxicab | ||||
| GP1608 | 1995 3rd generation | May 2005 | Retired | Same Plate 2005 5LS2 | ||
| GR7723 | 1996 3rd generation | December 2005 | ||||
| 2005 5LS2 | 1 | 2023 | Converted to Red Minibus idled Now retired |
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| GW2289 | 1996 3rd generation | 2 | December 2005 | Retired | 2005 5LS2 of the same plate | |
| JL7892 | 2002 5LS | 4 | 2021 | XG1601 (2021 7LL) | ||
| KK9620 | 9 | August 2020 | KU442 (2008 6LS) | |||
| KM6237 | 20→15 | November 2020 | XA5383 (2020 7LL) | |||
| KM8088 | 3rd generation | Wait for check | 2005 | 2005 5LS2 of the same plate | ||
| KP4793 | 2002 5LS | Unknown | ||||
| LD3793 | 2003 5LS | 10 | March 2021 | XC4027 (2005 5LS2) | ||
| LE1819 | 8→Wait for check | 2021 | XG4683 (2021 7LL) | |||
| LH8638 | 2004 5LS | Wait for check | 2019 | Transferred to Kowloon Route 66S and New Territories Route 99 Plate is now applying in 7LL of Kwun Tsuen Route, Tsuen Yau Route and Kowloon Bay - Tsuen Wan Route in November 2021 |
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| LL3978 | Unknown | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment New Territories Route 410 | ||||
| LM3945 | 14 | October 2019 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment New Territories Route 140M | CK3099 (2004 5LS2) | ||
| LN4735 | 13 | 2017 | ||||
| LU7014 | 2005 5LS2 | Wait for check | 2021 | Converted to Red Minibus idled Retired |
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| NK6721 | 2008 6LS | 19 | May 2019 | Transferred to New Territories Routes 46/46X | WD4318 (2019 7LL) | |
| TM7195 | 2015 6LS | Wait for check | September 2017 | Transferred to Foo Wo Public Light Bus' New Territories Route 71A | UY6895 (2017 6LL) | |
| UE8431 | 2016 6LS | 21→18 | May 2019 | Transferred to Foo Wo Public Light Bus' New Territories Route 71 | WD3084 (2019 7LL) | |
| UY6543 | 2017 6LL | 19 | Wait for check | 2019 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment' New Territories Route 140M | |
The information may not be complete and accurate, to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.
This section was last updated on 3/2025202503
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 15.7km, and the journey time is approximately 35mins. (The average speed is 26.9km/h.)
- The names listed in the table below under "Major Stop Locations" are the fixed pick-up/drop-off points for this route, and the part of the name with an underline refers to the name commonly used by passengers (including Cantonese transliterations of the commonly-used Chinese names)
- Passengers may be picked up and dropped off freely along the route outside the restricted area unless otherwise stated.
To To Kwa Wan (Ko Shan Theatre)[]
Via: Lam Shing Road, Po Lam Road North, Po Fung Road, Po Hong Road, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Tseung Kwan O Road, Kwun Tong Bypass, Prince Edward Road East, Prince Edward Road West, Ma Tau Chung Road, Ma Tau Wai Road (Westbound), Sheung Heung Road, To Kwa Wan Road, Ma Tau Wai Road (Ha Road), San Lau Street and Ko Shan Road
| New Territories GMB Route 105 (Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Garden) → To Kwa Wan (Ko Shan Theatre)) | ||||
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| 1 | Tseung Kwan O(Tsui Lam) |
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| 2 | Po Lam Road North |
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| 3 | Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam) | Po Lam Road North |
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| 4 | Po Fung Road |
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| 5 | Po Hong Road |
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| 6 | San Po Kong | Prince Edward Road East |
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| 7 | Kowloon City | Prince Edward Road West |
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| 8 | Kowloon City/Ma Tau Wai | Ma Tau Chung Road |
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| 9 | To Kwa Wan | Ma Tau Wai Road |
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| 10 | Sheung Heung Road |
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| 11 | To Kwa Wan Road |
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| 12 | San Lau Street |
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| 13 | Ko Shan Road |
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To Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Garden)[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
Ko Shan Road, Kiang Hsi Street, Ma Tau Wai Road, Ma Tau Chung Road, Prince Edward Road West, Prince Edward Road East, Kwun Tong Bypass, Tseung Kwan O Road, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Road, Po Shun Road, slip road, Po Hong Road, Po Fung Road, Po Lam Road North and Lam Shing Road |
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| ②＊ Omit Kowloon City and San Po Kong |
……, Ma Tau Wai Road, Ma Tau Chung Road, Kowloon City Bridge, Prince Edward Road East, Kwun Tong Bypass, …… |
| New Territories GMB Route 105 (To Kwa Wan (Ko Shan Theatre) → Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Gardens)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | To Kwa Wan | Ko Shan Road |
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| 2 | Kiang Hsi Street |
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| 3 | Ma Tau Wai Road |
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| 4 | Ma Tau Wai | Ma Tau Chung Road |
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| 5 | Kowloon City | Ma Tau Chung Road |
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| 6 | Kowloon City / San Po Kong | Prince Edward Road East |
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| 7 | Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam) | Po Hong Road |
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| 8 | Po Fung Road |
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| 9 | Tsuen Kwan O (Po Lam/Tsui Lam) | Po Lam Road North |
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| 10 | Tseung Kwan O (Tsui Lam) |
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Ridership[]
According to the data from Transport Department, the ridership of this route is as follows:
- 2021: During an on-site inspection at Po Hong Park on 1 April during 7am to 9am, the average occupancy rate was 97% for To Kwa Wan direction; and on 9 May during 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm at Po Fung Road, the average occupancy rate was 94%. Although some passengers were left behind, they were mostly able to board the next trip.[7]
- 2022: During an on-site inspection at Argyle Street Stadium from 2pm to 5pm, the average occupancy rate of the Tseung Kwan O-bound direction was about 49%.[8]
Related incidents[]
Traffic accidents[]
- 6 July 1999: All 12 minibuses had their tires punctured while they were parked overnight at Hong Sing Garden Terminus, and the emergency door glass of 4 of them was damaged; the person in charge of the operator came to the scene and found out that he suspected that the driver was seeking revenge due to issues with his driver's ethics, but said he would not pursue any further investigation. [9]
- 11 April 2016: At 1:59 pm, a police car and a Toyota Coaster minibus heading towards Template:Bmt collided with each other at Tseung Kwan OPo Lam North near Hong Sing Garden. A police officer, a minibus driver and a 50-year-old female passenger was injured and sent to the hospital. [10]
- 1 August 2017: At about 5pm, a Toyota Coaster minibus (LH8638) heading towards Hong Sing Garden caught fire at Prince Edward Road East near Choi Hung Estate bus stop. Firefighters arrived at the scene in time to deal with it, but the interior of the carriage was blackened by thick smoke. [11]
Online events[]
- November 2020: A 7th generation Toyota Coaster new minibus vehicle with the plate number CL777 was put into service. The plate number allegedly contained the English initials of then-Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor and the number of votes she received in the 2017 Chief Executive election, sparking discussion among netizens. [12]
- July 2022: A passenger reported to the online media that a male driver was suspected of dangerous driving and took his hands off the steering wheel many times while driving, even on the highway. According to the clip provided by the passenger, when the male driver was driving this route in the direction of Hong Sing Garden to the Kwun Tong entrance of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, his hands left the steering wheel three times in just ten seconds and put them on his neck to stretch his muscles, with one of which being four seconds long. [13]
Gallery[]
A Route 105 minibus LL3978 was passing through Kowloon City Roundabout
A Route 105 minibus WD4318 was departing from Hong Sing Garden
A Route 105 minibus GD8082 was passing through Po Lam Road North
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
Remarks[]
- ↑ Numbers placed after the model Toyota Coaster (if any) are only used within the transport enthusiasts, others (including the industry) does not use such names.
- ↑ In fact, this bus rarely operated on this line to carry passengers at that time.
- ↑ One of WD4318 was equioped with Patent Enterprises EDS, EDS changed in 2020.
- ↑ That plate number belonged to 1994 3rd generation of Perfect Gold's Hong Kong Island Route 25 and Sun Cheong Transportation's Hong Kong Island 22/23 series, that plate is now applied on 7LL of Wymen Development's New Territories Route 26/26A in December 2020.
Related articles[]
- New Territories GMB Route 105S
- KMB Route 93K
- KMB Route 297
References[]
- ↑ Gazette No. 2832, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 139, No. 23, 6 June 1997.
- ↑ "運輸署匯報西貢區各項公共交通服務的主要變動" (Transport Department's Report on Major Changes in Public Transport Services in Sai Kung District), Sai Kung District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Discussion Paper No. 94/13.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "N.T. GMB Route No. 105 (Hong Sing Garden – To Kwa Wan) Special Departures and Service Re-routeing in the Evening Peak Period" [Traffic Advice], 28 December 2017.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of N.T. GMB Route No. 105" [Traffic Advice], 17 January 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 391 routes" [News Bulletin], 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment for N.T. GMB Route No. 105 Package" [Traffic Advice], 10 November 2023.
- ↑ "Transport Department's written response to SKDC Paper No. 101/21 "Request for Addressing the Instability and Insufficient Frequency of Green Minibus (GMB) Trip No. 105 (Chinese Version only)", Sai Kung District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 136/21, May 2021.
- ↑ "Transport Department's response to follow-up actions relating to the minibuses (Chinese version only)", Sai Kung District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Sai Kung District Bus and Minibus Routes Working Group Paper No. 1/22.
- ↑ "專線開辦三個月疑司機行為惹禍 12輛將軍澳綠巴穿車胎" (Tyres of 12 GMBs in TKO punctured within just 3mths of launching; driver behaviour suspected to have caused incident), "Tin Tin Daily News", July 7, 1999.
- ↑ "【警長炒車】警車迎頭撼小巴 警長成身血被困 (Plice car hit the minibus head-on leaving police sergeant trapped with blood]", "Apple Daily", April 11, 2016.
- ↑ 太子道東綠小著火 (7 pics) (GMB caught fire at Prince Edward Road East (7 pics)), hkitalk.net.
- ↑ "CL777 @ 105" [Facebook post], 2 November 2020.
- ↑ "驚嚇！直擊載客小巴司機雙手狂離軚拉筋 被爆有前科 或犯危駕罪 營辦商熱線咁答｜將軍澳隧道觀塘入口｜Channel C HK", YouTube, 24 July 2022.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 105
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 105
| Green minibus (GMB) routes in Sai Kung District | |
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| Sai Kung Town routes | |
| Tseung Kwan O routes | <Within Tseung Kwan O New Town> 11A • 15 • 15A • 15M • 17A • 17M • 107 • 108A • 109M • 112A • 112M • 112S🌙 • 113 • 114A • 114B • 115 • 116 <To/from Sai Kung Town> 12 • 101M <To/from Clear Water Bay and Tai Po Tsai> 11M • 16 • 103M <To/from Tai Sheung Tok> 117A <To/from Kowloon> 10M • 11 • 11S🌙 • 12A • 13 • 17 • 102 • 102B • 102S🌙 • 105 • 106 • 110A • 111 |
| Rural routes | |
| Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only; 🌙 - overnight/late night service | |
| Green minibus (GMB) routes in Kowloon City District | |
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| Intra-district routes | |
| To/from Yau Tsim Mong District | |
| To/from Sham Shui Po District | |
| To/from Wong Tai Sin District | |
| To/from Kwun Tong District | |
| New Territories routes | <To/from Tseung Kwan O New Town> 105 <To/from Sha Tin District> 61M |
| Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only | |