The New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 406 is operated by Fu Wan Public Light Bus Company Limited (富運專線小巴有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 11315C) under Ma Ah Muk. It runs circular between Shek On House Shek Lei Estate and Kwai Shing Estate, with service only during peak hours in the morning and afternoon on Mondays to Fridays.
The terminus and circular points of this route are both located in the Kwai Tsing District, but it passes through Lei Muk Shue Estate, Cheung Shan Estate and Shing Mun Valley Park in the Tsuen Wan District for outbound direction. It is currently the only public transport service that passes through the section of Shing Mun Road between Texaco Road North and Cheung Shan Estate Road East. On the return journey, it directly takes Kwai Chung Road to Shek Yam Estate and Shek Lai Estate, becoming one of the GMB routes with a mixture of intra-district and cross-district routes.
History[]
- 6 June 1997: The Transport Department launched an open tender for 19 groups of 27 new minibus routes, in which this route was grouped with Route 407. [1]
- 17 April 1998: Route 406 entered service.
- 8 November 1998: Changed to provide service during weekdays, with departures after 5pm changed to be operated by short-working service 406A instead.
- 28 May 2007: Changed to observe Cheung Shan Estate and Lei Muk Shue Estate during morning and afternoon peak hours, with other times observing Wo Yi Hop Road, Cheung Wing Road and Castle Peak Road direct to Texaco Road.
- 3 June 2013: Changed to provide service during morning peak hours on Mondays to Saturdays as well as afternoon peak hours on Mondays to Fridays, with all trips resumed observing Cheung Shan Estate and Lei Muk Shue Estate. [2]
- 7 September 2013: Services on Saturdays were further reduced with only 2 departures at 06:45 and 08:15. [3]
- 6 April 2019: Services on Saturdays were cancelled with the low ridership for the two trips on Saturdays.[4][5]
- 28 June 2022: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. [6]
- 15 December 2024: Payment by AlipayHK "Easy Go" was accepted.[7]
Service hours and headways[]
| From Shek On House Shek Lei Estate | |
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| Mondays to Fridays | |
| 06:45, 07:45 | |
| 15:45, 16:30 | |
| No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays | |
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department“HKeMobility” mobile app.
Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stops | Fare |
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| Full fare | $9.6 |
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Octopus Interchange Concessions[]
| Route 406 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 406 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 406 | ||
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route requires a total of 2 minibuses to provide service. Alternatively, 2 19-seat minibuses from route 407 can be used as a replacement. The total passenger capacity in each direction during the peak hour is not less than 48 people.
Currently, this route and New Territories routes 407 series have a total of 23 Toyota Coaster minibuses, including 13 16-seater minibuses and 10 19-seater minibuses. All vehicles have unique numbers.
| List of New Territories Routes 406/407 series minibuses | |||||
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| Plate No. | Type No.[Remark 1] | Seat | Sign Configuration | No. of Minibus | Remarks |
| GS2223 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater High Back seat | Rollsign | 11 | |
| KM1116 | 2022 7LL | 19-seater Vogelseat | Transfull EDS | TBC | Entered service in 19 August 2022 |
| LD6333 | 2018 7LL | Patent Enterprises EDS | 18 | Entered service in Augusta 2018 Plate originally belonged to a 2003 5LL on Express Top Industries' New Territories Routes 44 series[Remark 2] | |
| LX8069 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back seat | Rollsign | 7 | |
| LY8053 | 9 | ||||
| LZ698 | 2018 7LL | 19-seater Vogelseat | Patent Enterprises EDS | 3 | Entered service in August 2018 Plate originally belonged to a 2005 5LS2 |
| MA2802 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back seat | Rollsign | 12 | Entered service in August 2005 |
| MB1267 | 21 | Former vehicle on Brilliant Way's Kowloon Routes 37A/37M Joined in November 2018 | |||
| MC390 | 8 | ||||
| MC2582 | 10 | ||||
| MC5930 | 1 | ||||
| MC6837 | 17 | ||||
| ME1406 | 13 | ||||
| ME3020 | 20 | ||||
| ME3176 | 16 | ||||
| NA220 | 2022 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Transfull EDS | 15 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in December 2022 Plate originally belonged to a 2004 5LS[Remark 3] on Brilliant Way's Kowloon Routes 37A/37M |
| NB7865 | 2007 6LS | 16-seater high back seat | Rollsign | 6 | The front of the car equipped with the fifth generation Sichuan Toyota components |
| VN2521 | 2018 7LL | 19-seater Vogelseat | Patent Enterprises EDS | 2 | Entered service in June 2018 |
| VP1463 | 22 | ||||
| WG6559 | 2019 7LL | Transfull EDS | 4 | Entered service in August 2019 | |
| XR1415 | 2021 7LL | TBC | Entered service in 15 October 2021 | ||
| YY7224 | 2023 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | 19 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in August 2023 | |
| ZH6037 | 2024 7DL | TBC | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in May 2024 | ||
| List of former minibuses in New Territories 406/407 series | |||||
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| Plate No. | Model code | No. of Minibus | Retirement/withdrawal date | Fate | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| HF2878 | 1997 3rd generation | TBC | Unknown | Transferred to Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series | |
| HT8531 | 1998 3rd generation | 25 | March 2010 | Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50/51 series | |
| HW3049 | 1998 4th generation | 9 | June 2005 | Transferred to Garrison's Hong Kong Island Routes 32/33 series | LZ698 (2005 5LS2) |
| LA8037 | 2003 5LS | TBC | Unknown | Retired | |
| LD6333 | 2003 5LL | Transferred to Express Top Industries' New Territories Routes 44 series | |||
| LV2773 | 2005 5LS2 | Transferred to Express Top Industries' New Territories Route 44A | |||
| LW2330 | 18 | October 2018 | Retired earlier due to traffic accident | LD6333 (2018 7LL) | |
| LZ698 | 21 | August 2018 | Retired | 2018 7LL of the same plate | |
| LZ7034 | 19 | August 2023 | YY7224 (2023 7DL) | ||
| MA5823 | 23 | May 2024 | Transferred to Loadwin Industrial's New Territories Route 302 | ZH6037 (2024 7DL) | |
| MC4308 | 1 | Unknown | Retired | ||
| MC5299 | 5 | July 2023 | Transferred to Success Transportation's Kowloon Routes 16 series | ||
| MC9500 | 4 | August 2019 | Transferred to Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series/111 Plate is now applied to a 2022 7LL on Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 47 |
WG6559 (2019 7LL) | |
| ME1458 | 15 | February 2023 | Transferred to Brilliant Way's Kowloon Routes 37A/37M | NA220 (2022 7DL) | |
| ME3129 | 14 | July 2023 | Transferred to Success Transportation's Kowloon Routes 16 series | ||
| ML3908 | 2002 5LS | TBC | Unknown | Transferred to Brilliant Way's Kowloon Routes 37A/37M | |
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 1/2025202501
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 14.6km, and the journey time is approximately 45mins. (The average speed is 19.5km/h.)
Via: Shek Pai Street, On Chuk Street, On Yam Bus Terminus, On Chuk Street, Shek Pai Street, Tai Pak Tin Street, Lei Muk Road, Wo Yi Hop Road, Wo Yi Hop Interchange, Cheung Shan Estate Road West, Cheung Shan Estate Road East, Shing Mun Road, Texaco Road North, Texaco Road, Kwai Fuk Road, Shing Fuk Street, Kwai Shing Circuit (Lower), Tai Wo Hau Road, Hing Fong Road, Kwai Hing Station l, Kwai Hing Road, Wo Tong Tsui Street, Wo Kwai Lane, Kwai Chung Road, Cheung Wing Road Gyratory, Cheung Wing Road, Wo Yi Hop Road, Lei Muk Road, Tai Pak Tin Street, Shek Pai Street, On Chuk Street, On Yam Bus Terminus, On Chuk Street, Shek Pai Street, Tai Pak Tin Street, Tai Loong Street, Wo Yi Hop Road, Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung and Shek Pai Street
| New Territories GMB Route 406 (Shek On House Shek Lei Estate ↺ Shing Lok House Kwai Shing Estate) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | North Kwai Chung | Shek Pai Street |
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| 3 | Shek Pai Street |
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| 4 | Tai Pak Tin Street |
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| 5 | Lei Muk Road |
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| 6 | Wo Yi Hop Road |
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| 7 | Shing Mun Valley | Cheung Shan Estate Road West |
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| 8 | Shing Mun Road |
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| 9 | Tai Wo Hau | Texaco Road |
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| 10 | Kwai Chung | Kwai Fuk Road |
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| 11 | Kwai Shing | Kwai Shing Circuit |
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| 14 | Kwai Hing | Tai Wo Hau Road |
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| 16 | Kwai Hing Road |
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| 17 | North Kwai Chung | Wo Yi Hop Road |
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| 18 | Lei Muk Road |
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| 19 | Tai Pak Tin Street |
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| 20 | Shek Pai Street |
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| 22 | Tai Pak Tin Street |
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| 23 | Tai Loong Street |
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| 24 | Shek Pai Street |
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Ridership[]
Gallery[]
A minibus on Route 406 was passing through Shek Lei Shopping Centre (May 2022)
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A minibus on Route 406 is departing Shek On House Shek Lei Estate
A minibus on Route 406 used the rollsign of Route 406A that was cancelled (August 2017)
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 5LL was originally a vehicle on Fu Wan's New Territories Routes 406/407 series, and was changed to serve on Express Top Industries, until August 2018 before retitement.
- ↑ That 5LS was originally a vehicle on Crown Score Industries' New Territories Routes 808/808P, and was changed to serve on Mingfame and Brilliant Way in April 2019 and May 2021 respectively, until December 2022 before retirement.
Related articles[]
- New Territories GMB Route 406A (Cancelled)
- New Territories GMB Route 407
References[]
- ↑ Notice No. 2832, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 139, No. 23, 6 June 1997.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of N.T. GMB Route No. 406 (Shek Lei - Kwai Shing (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 3 June 2013.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of N.T. GMB Route No. 406 (Shek Lei - Kwai Shing (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 3 September 2013.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "建議取消新界專線小巴第406號線於星期六上午的兩個班次服務" (Suggestion to cancel two trips on Saturdays of N.T. GMB Route No. 406), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport (Circulation) Paper No. 4/2019, 24 January 2019
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Cancellation of service on Saturdays of N.T. Green Minibus Route No. 406" [Traffic Advice], 4 April 2019.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System expanded to cover 453 Routes" [News Bulletin], 28 June 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Launch of a New Electronic Payment System on N.T. GMB Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 6 December 2024.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 406
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 406
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