New Territories GMB Route 301

New Territories Green Minibus Route 301 is operated by Loadwin Industrial Limited (路榮實業有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 6567C). It runs circular between Clague Garden Estate and Tsuen Wan Station.

History[]

29 March 1993: Route 301 entered service.
25 June 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.^[1]

Service hours and headways[]

The latest update is on 12/2019, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Clague Garden Estate
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Daily
06:30 - 23:15	15／20

This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department "HKeMobility" mobile app.

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding stop	Fare
Full fare	$4.6

Fare Remarks
Same fare regardless of age. Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Elderly Octopus 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 Concessionary Fare. Passengers are required to tender exact fare in cash or by Octopus card upon boarding. No change will be given. This route has no section fares.

Historical fares

Fare adjustment effective dates	Full fares
13 October 2024^[2]	$4.6
22 May 2022^[3]	$4.1
28 July 2019^[4]	$3.8^[5]
19 March 2017^[6]	$3.5^[7]
4 January 2015^[8]	$3.3^[9]
14 July 2013^[10]	$3.1^[11]
11 September 2011^[12]	$2.9
TBC	$2.7
TBC	$2.5
Fare history TBC
Circa 1995	$2.0
29 March 1993	$1.7

This route has no section fare.

Octopus interchange concessions[]

Route 301 and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
301	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	301	50￠	90 minutes
Notes: Passengers must use the same Octopus Card to pay the fare for both the minibus and MTR to enjoy the above-mentioned interchange concession. Passengers can enjoy the above interchange concession at any MTR station / minibus stop that connects to the second leg of the route. The MTR ride does not apply to Light Rail, Airport Express, High Speed Rail, MTR Bus and MTR Feeder Bus services. The MTR interchange concession only applies to paid rides. Unless otherwise specified, passengers using the Monthly Pass Enhanced or Disneyland Resort Line Monthly Pass (including those who have paid First Class Supplementary Fare) cannot enjoy this concession when taking the MTR at designated stations; however, if Enhanced Monthly Pass or Disneyland Resort Line Monthly Ticket holders take paid rides outside the designated stations, the concession still applies. If passengers have just used the same Octopus Card for the Airport Express "Free MTR Connection," they cannot simultaneously enjoy the MTR interchange concession. If both "MTR Fare Saver" and "MTR Interchange Concession" are applicable, passengers can only enjoy one of the higher discounts. Higher concession amounts are available for certain GMB routes at designated MTR stations. For more details, please refer to MTR Website. Edit

Minibus deployments[]

According to the Transport Department's "Schedule of Services", this route served by a total of 2 minibuses. The total number of passengers carried in each direction during the peakiest hour is not less than 64.

Currently this route, Routes 301M and 302 are served by a total of 14 Toyota Coaster LPG minibuses, including 10 16-seater minibuses and 4 19-seater minibuses. All vehicles can be dispatched away to non-scheduled routes when necessary.

List of Loadwin Industrial minibuses
Plate no.	Type ^{[Remark 1]}	Seats	Destination sign configuration	Scheduled route(s)	Remarks
DD2128	2005 5LS2	16-seater high back seat	Rollsign	302	Entered service in September 2005 Plate originally belonged to a 3th gen on Express Top Industries' Routes 44 series
FK7723				302	The body shell, dashboard and seaters are all adopted with 6th generation components Original plate no. FS8744 Current plate no. belonged to a 1993 3rd gen. and a 2004 5LS2
~~FR4393~~				Spare	Idled from December 2024 Plate originally belonged to a 1993 2nd gen.
~~FS2041~~				Spare	Idled from March 2025 Plate originally belonged to a 1993 2nd gen.
FT4407				302	Plate originally belonged to a 1993 2nd gen
FU9143				301/301M	Plate originally belonged to a 1993 2nd gen
HB4638				302	Plate originally belonged to a 1997 3th generation
HZ620	2024 7DL	19-seater original 3-point harness seat	Transfull EDS		The only diesel minibus in this series Equipped with 2.8 Litres engine Entered service in August 2024 Plate originally belonged to a 2002 5LS^{[Remark 2]}
LS7067	2004 5LS2	16-seater high adopt seat	Rollsign		Former vehicle on Big Union's New Territories Route 59S Was also once a vehicle on Brilliant Way's Kowloon routes 37A/37M Joined November 2023
LT5841	2004 5LS2
MA5823	2005 5LS2				Former vehicle of Fu Wan's New Territories Route 406/407 series Entered service in May 2024
NB112	2004 5LS2			302
PA3819	2009 6LS				Former vehicle on PLB Tsz Mong Route and Tsz Tsuen Route Joined in July 2024
WA7269	2019 7LL	19-seater Vogel seat	Transfull EDS		Entered service in April 2019
WB9174	2019 7LL				Entered service in April 2019
YF8429	2022 7LL				Entered service in October 2022

List of former Loadwin Industrial minibuses
Plate	Type	Date retired/withdrawn	Fate	Substituted vehicle(s)
EY6984	1992 2nd gen.	July 2005	Retired	2005 5LS2 of the same plate
EY6984	2005 5LS2	July 2024	Converted to Red Minibus idled Currently retired	PA3819 (2009 6LS)
FK7723	1993 2nd gen.	December 2004	Retired	2004 5LS2 of the same plate
FK7723	2004 5LS2	August 2024	Retired Plate is now applied to a 2005 5LS2^{[Remark 3]} on Route 302	HZ620 (2024 7DL)
FR4393	1993 3nd gen.	March 2005	Retired	2005 5LS2 of the same plate
FS2041				2005 5LS2 of the same plate
FS8744				2005 5LS2 of the same plate Then had it plate to change as FK7723 in March 2025
FT4407				2005 5LS2 of the same plate
FU9143		April 2005		2005 5LS2 of the same plate
HB4638	1997 3th gen	2005		2005 5LS2 of the same plate
HE8071		Unknown
HE8113		April 2016		LY8416 (2005 5LS2)
HE8236		Unknown
HF3469
HL6751
HS8393	1998 3th gen.	November 2015	Retired Plate now used on a 2015 6LS serving in AN Bus's PLB Route AN6/Route AN8	HZ620 (2002 5LS)
HZ620	2002 5LS	October 2022	Retired Plate is now used on a 2024 7DL serving on Route 302
KY5182	2003 5LS	April 2019	Retired	WA7269 (2019 7LL)
LK4348	2004 5LS	October 2022
LK4737	2004 5LS	April 2019		WB9174 (2019 7LL)
LV2259	2005 5LS2	August 2023	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59S
LW1849		August 2023	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59S
LW5499		April 2024	Retired	MA5823 (2005 5LS2)
LY8416		August 2023	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59S
MA8901		January 2022	Retired early due to a traffic accident	YF8429 (2022 7LL)
ME4010		August 2023	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59S

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 11/2025202511

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Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 3.0km, and the journey time is approximately 16mins. (The average speed is 11.3km/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.

Via: Hoi Shing Road, Tai Ho Road, Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan, Sai Lau Kok Road, Tai Ho Road, Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan, Tai Chung Road and Hoi Shing Road

New Territories GMB Route 301 (Clague Garden Estate ↺ Tsuen Wan Station)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Tsuen Wan Pier	Hoi Shing Road	Clague Garden Estate Minibus Terminus	Near Tsuen Wan Plaza
2	Tsuen Wan Town Centre	Tai Ho Road	Tai Ho Road (Hang Seng Bank)
3	Tsuen Wan Town Centre	Castle Peak Road - Tsuen Wan	Lik Sang Plaza
4	Sai Lau Kok	Sai Lau Kok Road	Tsuen Wan Station	Circular route return point
5	Chai Wan Kok	Tai Chung Road	Fuk Loi Estate Tai Chung Road Clague Garden Estate
6	Tsuen Wan Pier	Hoi Shing Road	Clague Garden Estate Minibus Terminus	Near Tsuen Wan Plaza

Ridership[]

According to Transport Department's data, the daily patronage of the route group to which this route belongs is as follows:

Early 2019: 7,900 passengers.^[13]

Gallery[]

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.
↑ The 5LS was originally a vehicle on PLB Tsz Mong Route and Po Mong Route, sold to Loadwin Industrial in November 2015, until October 2022 before retirement.
↑ Original plate no. of the 5LS2 FS8744.

References[]

↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 165 routes" [News Bulletin], 25 June 2021.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 16 May 2022.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 16 May 2022.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 19 July 2019.
↑ According to Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No. THB(T)147, the operator originally applied for a 14.9% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 5.7% increase (for the entire route group).
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 15 March 2017.
↑ According to Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2017-18 Reply No. THB(T)091, the operator originally applied for a 15.2% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 6.1% increase.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 23 December 2014.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16 Reply No. THB(T)162, the operator originally applied for a 16.1% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 6.5% increase.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 8 July 2013.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2013-14 Reply No. THB(T)139, the operator originally applied for a 20.7% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 6.9% increase.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 8 September 2011.
↑ Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No. THB(T)147

External links[]

[13] 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.

[14] The 5LS was originally a vehicle on PLB Tsz Mong Route and Po Mong Route, sold to Loadwin Industrial in November 2015, until October 2022 before retirement.

[15] Original plate no. of the 5LS2 FS8744.

[1] Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 165 routes" [News Bulletin], 25 June 2021.

[2] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 16 May 2022.

[3] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 16 May 2022.

[4] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 19 July 2019.

[5] According to Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No. THB(T)147, the operator originally applied for a 14.9% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 5.7% increase (for the entire route group).

[6] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 15 March 2017.

[7] According to Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2017-18 Reply No. THB(T)091, the operator originally applied for a 15.2% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 6.1% increase.

[8] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 23 December 2014.

[9] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16 Reply No. THB(T)162, the operator originally applied for a 16.1% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 6.5% increase.

[10] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 8 July 2013.

[11] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2013-14 Reply No. THB(T)139, the operator originally applied for a 20.7% fare increase and the Transport Department eventually approved a 6.9% increase.

[12] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 301, 301M and 302" [Traffic Advice], 8 September 2011.

[16] Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2019-20 Reply No. THB(T)147

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V · D · EGreen minibus (GMB) routes in Tsuen Wan District

Intra-district routes	<To/from Tsuen Wan East and Tai Mo Shan> 80 • 81 • 81M • 82M • 85 <To/from Chai Wan Kok> 84 • 95 • 95A • 95M <To/from Tsuen Wan West and Tsing Lung Tau> 96 • 96A • 96B • 96C • 96M • 96P <To/from Tsuen Wan West Station> 95K • 99 • 301 • 301M

Routes to/from Kwai Tsing District	<To/from North Kwai Chung> 81 (#) • 82 (#) • 83A • 86 • 86A ☾ • 86M • 94S (#) <To/from Kwai Fong> 87 • 87K • 302 • 404M <To/from Kwai Shing and Kwai Hing> 89 • 89A • 89B • 94 • 94A • 98 <To/from Lai King Hill and Tai Wo> 91 • 93 • 93A • 313 <To/from Tsing Yi> 308A • 308M • 310M • 312 • 402S ☾ • 409 • 409K • 409S

Routes to/from Sha Tin District	481 • 481A • 481B • 481X • 482 ☾

(#) The Shing Mun Reservoir terminus is located on the administrative boundary between Tsuen Wan District and Kwai Tsing District, and as the access to and from the terminus requires passing through Shing Mun Road, the administrative boundary, these routes are not considered to be intra-district routes. Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only; ☾ - overnight/late night service