The New Territories Green Minibus Route 313 is operated by King On Transportation Limited (廣安運輸有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 10749C) under Chiap Shing Motor. It runs between Tsuen Wan (Tso Kung Street) (near Fuk Loi Estate) and Princess Margaret Hospital (Block K), via Sha Tsui Road, Tai Wo Hau Estate, Kwai Chung Estate, Kwai Hing Estate, Kwai Fong and Lai King Estate.
History[]
- 16 February 2001: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for the right to operate nine new green minibus routes in seven groups, among which this route was grouped together with Route 312 as a single group. [1]
- 3 November 2001: Route 313 entered service, running between Tsuen Wan (Tak Hoi Street) and Princess Margaret Hospital at that time. [2]
- 3 December 2006: Changed to turn right to Hing Fong Road directly after reaching Kwai Fuk Road for Tsuen Wan direction, no longer passing through Hing Shing Road, Ko Fong Street and Wing Fong Road.
- 29 November 2011: Tsuen Wan terminus was relocated from Tak Hoi Street to Tso Kung Street. [3]
- 22 December 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. [4]
Service hours and headways[]
| From Tsuen Wan (Tso Kung Street) | From Princess Margaret Hospital (Block K) | Headways (mins) |
|---|---|---|
| Daily | ||
| 05:55 - 07:55 | 06:25 - 08:10 | 8/10 |
| 07:55 - 17:55 | 08:10 - 18:10 | 6/7 |
| 17:55 - 23:15 | 18:10 - 23:35 | 9/11 |
Fares[]
| Fare chart (to Princess Margaret Hospital) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boarding stop \ Alighting stop |
Tsuen Wan (Tso Kung Street) or after |
Tai Wo Hau Road or after |
Kwai Chun Court or after |
| Wo Tong Tsui Street or before |
$5.5 | ||
| Princess Margaret Hospital or before |
$9.2 | $6.8 | $5.5 |
| Fare chart (to Tsuen Wan) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boarding stop \ Alighting stop |
Princess Margaret Hospital or after |
Lai King Station or after |
Wo Tong Tsui Street or after |
| Lai King Station or before |
$5.5 | ||
| Fu On House Tai Wo Hau Estate or before |
$6.8 | $6.8 | $5.5 |
| Tsuen Wan (Tso Kung Street) or before |
$9.2 | ||
| Fare Remarks |
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Octopus interchange concessions[]
| Route 313 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 313 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 313 | ||
Notes:
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, a total of 12 minibuses are required to serve this route and has a total capacity of not less than 160 passengers in each direction during the peakiest hour.
Currently New Territories Routes 312 and 313 under King On Transportation is served by a total of 29 Toyota Coaster diesel minibuses, including 13 of 16-seater minibus and 16 of 19-seater minibuses. All of these vehicles can support other routes when in need. [5]
| List of King On Transportation minibuses | |||||
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| Plate No. | Type No.[Remark 1] | Seat | Sign Configuration | Route | Remarks |
| JR8291 | 2018 7DL | 19-seater Vogelseat | Patent Enterprises EDS | 313 | Entered service in June 2018 Plate Originally belonged to a 2000 4th generation |
| JS2808 | 2023 7DL | 19 seater factory 3-point seat belt seat | Transfull EDS | 312 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in September 2023 Plate Originally belonged to a 2000 4th generation and a 2018 7DL |
| RV7074 | 2013 6DS | 16-seater high adopt seat | Rollsign | 313 | Entered service in January 2013 |
| RX4882 | Entered service in March 2013 | ||||
| RY770 | |||||
| RZ588 | Originally was a vehicle on red minibus routes under Chiu Luen Was also a formerly vehicle on Ping Tsuen Route Joined in June 2013 | ||||
| RZ5943 | Entered service in April 2013 | ||||
| RZ7225 | |||||
| SA1896 | Entered service in May 2013 | ||||
| SB2747 | Entered service in June 2013 | ||||
| SF6407 | Entered service in September 2013 | ||||
| SW6785 | 2014 6DS | Entered service in August 2014 | |||
| TJ2387 | 2015 6DS | 16 seater factory 3-point seat belt seat | Entered service in April 2015 | ||
| TS1263 | Entered service in September 2015 | ||||
| TU4565 | Entered service in November 2015 | ||||
| VD9100 | 2017 7DL | 19-seater Vegaset | Patent Enterprises EDS | 312 | Equipped with automatic transmission, Sealed windows and output automatic door Joined in December 2017 |
| VE775 | |||||
| VF1478 | 2018 7DL | Equipped with automatic transmission, sealed windows and output automatic door Entered service in January 2018 | |||
| VF2968 | |||||
| VF7388 | |||||
| VG8947 | Equipped with automatic transmission, Sealed windows and output automatic door Entered service in February 2018 | ||||
| VJ8342 | Equipped with automatic transmission, Sealed windows and output automatic door Entered service in April 2018 | ||||
| VJ9203 | |||||
| WF5752 | 2019 7DL | 19 seater factory 3-point seat belt seat | 313 | Equipped with automatic transmission Entered service in July 2019 | |
| WF6616 | |||||
| WF8251 | |||||
| WJ2297 | Equipped with automatic transmission Entered service in September 2019 | ||||
| WJ2480 | 312/313 | ||||
| YD6570 | 2022 7DL | Transfull EDS | 312 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission The first entered service's Toyota CoasterEuro 6 diesel minibus (GDB70) Entered service in September 2022 | |
| List of former minibus under King On Transportation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate No. | Model | Type No. | Retirement/withdrawal date | Whereabouts | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| EG2205 | 2009 6LS | 16 | January 2018 | Transferred to Merry Dragon's New Territories Routes 11/12 series then changed the plate number as ET1662[Remark 2] | VF7388 (2018 7DL) |
| GF2773 | 2005 5LS2 | February 2018 | Transferred to Win Access Investment's Kowloon Route 72 | VG8947 (2018 7DL) | |
| HX1077 | 1998 4th generation | May 2013 | Changed to serve on Hop Fat Light Bus' Kowloon Routes 3/8 series | SA1896 (2013 6DS) | |
| JE1303 | 2005 5LS2 | 2018 | Transferred to Win Access Investment's Kowloon Route 72 | ||
| JJ7260 | 1999 4th generation | January 2013 | Transferred to Hop Fat Light Bus' Kowloon Route 3 then the plate applied in 2017 7DL from January 2018 | RV5202 (2013 6DS) | |
| JK965 | March 2013 | RX4882 (2013 6DS) | |||
| JL5596 | 2000 4th generation | June 2013 | Transferred to Central Venture's Kowloon Routes 12 series | SB2747 (2013 6DS) | |
| JM1429 | March 2013 | Transferred to Hop Fat Light Bus' Kowloon Route 3 | RY770 (2013 6DS) | ||
| JM2619 | April 2013 | RZ5943 (2013 6DS) | |||
| JR8291 | June 2018 | Retired | 2018 7DL of the same plate | ||
| JS2808 | January 2018 | ||||
| 2018 7DL | 19 | August 2023 | Retired earlier due to Burnt into fire | 2023 7DL of the same plate | |
| JT1655 | 2000 4th generation | 16 | April 2018 | Retired | |
| JW6135 | 2001 4th generation | December 2017 | VD9100 (2017 7DL) | ||
| JX7434 | Unknown | ||||
| KF2502 | January 2018 | VF4461 (2018 7DL) | |||
| KN3400 | 2002 5LS | Unknown | Transferred to Hon Wah Public Light Bus Association Plate is applied on a 7LL of Better Coin Investment's Kowloon Routes 54/54M in July 2018 |
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| KN4061 | April 2010 | Transferred to Red Minibus Kwun Tsuen Route | |||
| LK7488 | 2004 5LS | April 2018 | Transferred to Win Access Investment's Kowloon Route 72 | VJ9203 (2018 7DL) | |
| LV7180 | 2005 5LS2 | August 2013 | Transferred to Kam Jet New Territories Route 409 then changed as 7DL on October 2018 | ||
| PE1364 | 2010 6DS | July 2019 | Transferred to Asia Brighter's New Territories Route 87K | WF5752 (2019 7DL) | |
| PE9157 | Transferred to Hop Wo Investment's New Territories Route 88D | WF8251 (2019 7DL) | |||
| PJ8871 | WF6616 (2019 7DL) | ||||
| RV5202 | 2013 6DS | September 2019 | Transferred to Main River Transportation's Kowloon Route 73 | WJ2297 (2019 7DL) | |
| SJ3568 | November 2017 | Retired earlier due to Traffic accidents | VE775 (2017 7DL) | ||
| VF4461 | 2018 7DL | 19 | March 2022 | Retired earlier due to Burnt into fire | YD6570 (2022 7DL) |
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 12/2024202412
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 8.6km, and the journey time is approximately 32mins. (The average speed is 16.1km/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 Princess Margaret Hospital[]
Via: Tso Kung Street, Hoi Pa Street, Tai Ho Road, U-turn, Tai Ho Road, Sha Tsui Road, Texaco Road, Tai Wo Hau Road, Shek Tau Street, U-turn, Shek Tau Street, Tai Wo Hau Road, Wo Tong Tsui Street, Wo Kwai Lane, Kwai Chung Road, Cheung Wing Road Roundabout, Kwai Chung Road, Lai King Hill Road and Kwai Chung Hospital Road
| New Territories GMB Route 313 (Tsuen Wan (Tso Kung Street) → Princess Margaret Hospital (Block K)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Tsuen Wan Town Centre | Tso Kung Street |
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| 2 | Hoi Pa Street |
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| 3 | Tai Ho Road (northbound) |
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U-turns at the slip road in front of Castle Peak Road after stopping | |
| 4 | Tai Ho Road (southbound) |
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| 5 | Sha Tsui Road |
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| 6 | Tai Wo Hau | Tai Wo Hau Road |
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Section fare begins here |
| 7 | Shek Tau Street |
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| 8 | Kwai Chung San Kui | Tai Wo Hau Road |
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| 9 | Kwai Hing | Wo Tong Tsui Street |
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Two-way section fare ends here |
| 10 | Kwai Hing/Kwai Fong | Kwai Chung Road |
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Section fare begins here |
| 11 | Lai King Hill | Lai King Hill Road |
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| 12 | Kwai Chung Hospital Road |
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To Tsuen Wan (Tso Kung Street)[]
Via: Kwai Chung Hospital Road, Lai King Hill Road, Kwai Fuk Road, Hing Fong Road, Kwai Yik Road, Kwai Chung Road, Wo Kwai Lane, Wo Tong Tsui Street, Tai Wo Hau Road, Shek Tau Street, Tai Wo Hau Road, Texaco Road, Sha Tsui Road and Tso Kung Street
| New Territories GMB Route 313 (Tsuen Wan (Tso Kung Street) → Princess Margaret Hospital (Block K)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Lai King Hill | Kwai Chung Hospital Road |
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| 2 | Lai King Hill Road |
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Two-way section fare to Lai King Station ends here Section fare to Tsuen Wan begins here | |
| 3 | Kwai Fong | Hing Fong Road |
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| 4 | Kwai Hing | Wo Tong Tsui Street |
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Section fare begins here |
| 5 | Kwai Chung San Kui | Tai Wo Hau Road |
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| 6 | Tai Wo Hau | Shek Tau Street |
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| 7 | Tai Wo Hau Road |
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| 8 | Texaco Road |
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| 9 | Tsuen Wan Town Centre | Sha Tsui Road |
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| 10 | Tso Kung Street |
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Ridership[]
Although this route overlaps with KMB Route 32H, the frequency of that route is sporadic and the routing is circuitous. Moreover, the stop of this route at Princess Margaret Hospital is located outside the entrance of Block K, which is more convenient for the public to go to the clinic for follow-up consultation, and thus the seats are always full.
Related incidents[]
Gallery[]
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A Rlroute 313 minibus was passing through Wo Tong Tsui Street
A route 313 minibus was passing through Chau Kwai House Kwai Chung Estate
A route 313 minibus was passing through Lai King Hill Road
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 plate originally belonged to a 4th generation on Merry Dragon' s New Territories Routes 11/12 series
Related articles[]
- New Territories GMB Route 312
- KMB Route 32H
References[]
- ↑ Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap. 374) - "Packages of Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes on Hong Kong Island and in the New Territories", The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Volume 05, Issue 07, 16 February 2001.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "荃灣/葵青區內新專線小巴服務" (New GMB services in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing districts) [Traffic Advice], October 2001.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Terminal Relocation of New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route No. 313 from Tak Hoi Street to Tso Kung Street, Tsuen Wan" [Traffic Advice], 21 October 2011.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 313 routes" [News Bulletin], 22 December 2021.
- ↑ 新界綠小 312, 313 加班消息 (Service enhancement of NT GMB Routes 312 and 313), hkitalk.net.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 313
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 313
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