New Territories GMB Route 40

The New Territories Green Minibus Route 40 is operated by Extra Billion Investment Limited (均億投資有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 13178C) under Yau Man Investment. It runs between Siu Hang Tsuen and Tuen Mun Town Centre.

This route is officially a circular route as listed in the according to Transport Department's Schedule of Services, but under any circumstances, all passengers must alight after the vehicle has arrived at Tuen Mun Central, and there are separate departure times at the two termini, therefore it belongs to a fake circular route.

History[]

27 March 1998: The Transport Department invited open tenders for 15 sets of a total of 19 green minibus (GMB) routes, this route was among one of them.^[1]
1998: Route 40 entered service, running circular between Siu Hang Tsuen and Yau Oi Estate.
TBC: Rerouted via Shek Pai Tau Road (Chelsea Heights section) after Choy Yee Bridge following the opening of the road section.
20 December 2003: Detoured via Tuen Mun Station Public Transport Interchange.
1 July 2007: The original operator Tin Fai International Company Limited gave up the operating right of this route, which was taken over by Kiu Wan Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Service Company Limited under Ma Ah Muk after re-tendering.^[2]
4 March 2010: Rerouted via the covered public transport interchange at Tuen Mun Station and additionally observed Tak Ching Circuit.
9 September 2011: This route was re-tendered again as Ma Ah Muk gave up its operating rights.^[3]
1 January 2012: Taken over by Extra Billion Investment with fare increase and truncation to Tuen Mun Town Centre, no longer serving Yau Oi Estate.
22 December 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.^[4]

Service hours and headways[]

The latest update is on 12/2024, please refer to the link below for the official route information.

From Siu Hang Tsuen	From Tuen Mun Central	Headways (mins)
Daily
06:00 - 20:00	06:15 - 20:20	20
20:00 - 22:00	20:20 - 22:20	30
22:41	23:00	—————

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

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding stops	Fares
Full fare	$6.5
Fare chart (to Siu Hang Tsuen)
From Blossom Garden	$5.6

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.

Historical fares

Fare adjustment effective dates	Full fares	Section fares
23 January 2022^[5]	$6.5^[6]	From Blossom Garden to Siu Hang Tsuen: $5.6
4 April 2019^[7]	$6.3	From Blossom Garden to Siu Hang Tsuen: $5.4
3 April 2016^[8]	$6.0^[9]	From Blossom Garden to Siu Hang Tsuen: $5.1
1 April 2012	$5.5 Elderly: $4.7	From Blossom Garden to Siu Hang Tsuen: $4.7
1 January 2012 Commanced by Extra Billion Investment	$5.5 Elderly: $4.7	No section fares
17 October 2010^[10]	$4.7
7 December 2008^[11]	$4.4
1998	$4.0

Octopus interchange concessions[]

Route 40 and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
40	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	40	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 transfer discount 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, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong 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 Version or Disneyland Line Monthly Ticket (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[]

Extra Billion Investment era[]

According to the Transport Department's "Schedule of Services", a total of 3 16-seater minibuses are required to serve this route. The total number of passengers carried in each direction during the peakiest hour is not less than 48.

Currently this route has a 2; 16-seater Toyota Coaster LPG-minibuses. All the minibus will support on Yau Man Investment Routes 46 and 46X.

List of New Territories GMB Route 40
Plate No.	Type No.^{[Remark 1]}	Seat No.	Sign Configuration	No of minibus	Remarks
~~GY5261~~	2006 5LS2	16-setaer high adopt	Rollsign	3	Idled Front end equipped with Sichuan Toyota components Former vehicle on New Territories Route 140M Once exchanged with EZ3790 (2003 5LS)
MX2491	2007 5LS2			2	The front side of the car equipped with the 4th generation components Former vehicle on PLB Yau Jor Route
NS2136	2009 6LS			1	Once equipped with Fog lights Original was a vehicle on PLB Jor Tsuen Route

List of Former vehicle on New Territories Route 40
Plate No.	Type No.	Retirement/withdrawal date	Whereabouts	Substituted vehicle(s)
LS9868	2004 5LS2	September 2022	Exchanged with NK6721 (2008 6LS) that originally served on Yau Man Investment's New Territories Routes 46/46X Then the plate no. applied to a 7LL in June 2023
NK6721	2008 6LS	March 2024	Transferred to Local Royal's New Territories Route 41

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

Kiu Wan era[]

This route had a total of 7 16-seater Toyota Coaster LPG-minibuses before Kiu Wan ceased operations. If the vehicle breaks down, the driver will borrow a vehicle from C & W Mini Bus Service's New Territories Route 43 to serve on this route.

List of Kiu Wan minibus before closure
Plate no.	Type code ^{[Remark 2]}	Seat(s)	Destination sign config.	Remarks	Whereabout that after Kiu Wan closed
HM7363	1997 3rd generation	16-seater low adopt	Rollsign		Transferred to C & W Mini Bus Service's New Territories Routes 43 series
HT2189				Former vehicle on C & W Mini Bus Service's New Territories Routes 43/43D Was also a former vehicle on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 Joined in May 2010
HT4716				Former vehicle on C & W Mini Bus Service's New Territories Routes 43/43D Was also a former vehicle on Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33
KP709	2002 5LS			Former vehicle on PLB Kwun Tsuen Route Was also a former vehicle on Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 37M	Transferred to Luxe Form Investment's New Territories Routes 33/34 series/35 Plate is now applied to a 2018 7LL on that series
LD6084	2003 5LL	16-setaer high adopt		Former vehicle on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S Was also a Red Minibus	Transferred to C & W Mini Bus Service's New Territories Route 43
LD6366					Transferred to Better Coin Industrial's New Territories Route 28K
LD6395					Transferred to Express Top Industries' New Territories Route 44

List of former minibus before Kiu Wan Closure
Plate no.	Type no.	Date of Retired/Withdrawal	Fate	Substitute vehicle(s)
LD6333	2003 5LL	2010	Transferred to Express Top Industries' New Territories Route 44 Plate is now applied to a 2018 7LL on Fu Wan's New Territories Routes 407

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

Tin Fai International era[]

Routing[]

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.

The distance of this route is approx. 7.5km, and the journey time is approximately 31mins. (The average speed is 14.5km/h.) (Circular full trip)

To Tuen Mun Central[]

Via: Siu Hang Tsuen Access Road, Tong Hang Road, Yan Po Road, Hing Kwai Street, Tsun Wen Road, Pui To Road, Ho Pong Street, Tuen Mun Station Public Transport Interchange, Ho Pong Street, Yan Ching Street, Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Tuen Lung Street and Tuen Shun Street

New Territories GMB Route 40 (Siu Hang Tsuen → Tuen Mun Town Centre)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Siu Hang Tsuen		Siu Hang Tsuen Minibus Terminus
2	Siu Hang Tsuen	Tong Hang Road	Siu On Garden Po Wah Garden	Hail-and-ride section
3	Ching Tin	Yan Po Road	NOVO LAND
4	Leung Tin	Hing Kwai Street	Block 9 Po Tin Estate
5	Kin Sang/Tai Hing	Tsun Wen Road	Tai Hing Police Station Ching Chung Koon Hing Wai House Tai Hing Estate Chelsea Heights
6	Tuen Mun Industrial Centre	Tsun Wen Road	Tuen Mun Police Station
7	San Hui		Tuen Mun Station	No detours will be made when no passenger notifies the driver
8	San Hui	Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road	Yan Ching Street (V City)
9	Tuen Mun Central	Tuen Shun Street	Tuen Mun Central

To Siu Hang Tsuen[]

Via: Tuen Shun Street, Tuen Hop Street, Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Choi Yee Bridge Road, Shek Pai Tau Road, Tsun Wen Road, Hing Kwai Street, Yan Po Road, Tong Hang Road and Siu Hang Tsuen Access Road

New Territories GMB Route 40 (Tuen Mun Town Centre → Siu Hang Tsuen)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Tuen Mun Central	Tuen Shun Street	Tuen Mun Central
2	San Hui	Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road	SKH St. Simon's Lui Ming Choi Secondary School (V City)
Choy Yee Bridge Road
3	Tai Hing/Kin Sang	Shek Pai Tau Road	Stewards Ma Kam Ming Charitable Foundation Ma Ko Pan Memorial College (Chelsea Heights)
4	Tai Hing/Kin Sang	Tsun Wen Road	Hing Wai House Tai Hing Estate Kin Sang Estate Blossom Garden
5	Leung Tin	Hing Kwai Street	Block 9 Po Tin Estate
6	Ching Tin	Yan Po Road	NOVO LAND
7	Siu Hang Tsuen	Tong Hang Road	Po Wah Garden Siu On Garden	Hail-and-ride section
8	Siu Hang Tsuen		Siu Hang Tsuen Minibus Terminus

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 group of codes (if any) placed after the model name Toyota Coaster is used only by transport enthusiasts, and is not referred to as such by anyone else (including insiders).

References[]

↑ G.N. 1477, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Vol. 02, No. 13, 28 March 1998
↑ G. N. 1951: Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374)--Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in the New Territories, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 11 Issue No. 12, 23 March 2007.
↑ G. N. 5925: Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374)--Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 15 Issue No. 36, 9 September 2011.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 313 routes" [News Bulletin], 22 December 2021.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40" [Traffic Advice], 3 April 2019.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2021-22 Reply No. TLB(T)137, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 9.5% but the Transport Department eventually approved an increase of 3.2%.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40" [Traffic Advice], 3 April 2019.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Routes 40 and 41" [Traffic Advice], 30 March 2016.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2016-17 Reply No. THB(T)150, The operator originally applied for a fare increase of 9.1% and the Transport Department finally approved the same increase.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40 (Siu Hang Tsuen - Tuen Mun Town Plaza (Circular Route))" [Traffic Advice], 7 October 2010.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40 (Siu Hang Tsuen - Tuen Mun Town Plaza (Circular Route))" [Traffic Advice], 17 November 2008.

External links[]

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[12] 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.

[13] The group of codes (if any) placed after the model name Toyota Coaster is used only by transport enthusiasts, and is not referred to as such by anyone else (including insiders).

[1] G.N. 1477, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Vol. 02, No. 13, 28 March 1998

[2] G. N. 1951: Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374)--Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in the New Territories, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 11 Issue No. 12, 23 March 2007.

[3] G. N. 5925: Road Traffic Ordinance (Cap 374)--Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes on Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 15 Issue No. 36, 9 September 2011.

[4] Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 313 routes" [News Bulletin], 22 December 2021.

[5] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40" [Traffic Advice], 3 April 2019.

[6] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2021-22 Reply No. TLB(T)137, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 9.5% but the Transport Department eventually approved an increase of 3.2%.

[7] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40" [Traffic Advice], 3 April 2019.

[8] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Routes 40 and 41" [Traffic Advice], 30 March 2016.

[9] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2016-17 Reply No. THB(T)150, The operator originally applied for a fare increase of 9.1% and the Transport Department finally approved the same increase.

[10] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40 (Siu Hang Tsuen - Tuen Mun Town Plaza (Circular Route))" [Traffic Advice], 7 October 2010.

[11] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 40 (Siu Hang Tsuen - Tuen Mun Town Plaza (Circular Route))" [Traffic Advice], 17 November 2008.

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