New Territories GMB Route 407A

The New Territories Green Minibus Route 407A, is operated by Fu Wan Public Light Minibus Company Limited (富運專線小巴有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 8768C) under Ma Ah Muk. It runs between Kwai Fung (Metroplaza) and Princess Margaret Hospital. It is a short-working service of Route 407.

History[]

2000: Route 407A entered service.
28 June 2022: Real Time Arrival Information System service was introduced to this route. ^[1]

Service hours and headways[]

From Kwai Fong (Metroplaza)	From Princess Margaret Hospital	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Saturdays
08:15 - 20:15	08:30 - 20:30	7／13
Sundays and Public Holidays
13:45 - 20:15	14:30 - 20:30	10／15

Passengers can use Route 407 outside the service hours of this route.

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

Fares[]

Journey/Boarding stop	Fares
Full fares	$6.2

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

Effective dates	Full fares
20 November 2023 ^[2]	$6.2^[3]
10 May 2021 ^[4]	$5.8
22 April 2018 ^[5]	$5.4^[6]
8 June 2014 ^[7]	$4.7^[8]
22 January 2012 ^[9]	$4.4
15 June 2008 ^[10]	$4.1
2000	$3.8

This route has no section fares.

Octopus interchange concessions[]

Route 407A and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
407A	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	407A	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[]

According to the Schedule of Services of the Transport Department, this route requires the deployment of 3 minibuses from Route 407B which will provide services after the service hours of the route; three 19-seater minibuses from Route 407 can be deployed as a replacement. A total of not less than 64 passengers in each direction is expected during the peakiest hour.

Current this route and Route 406, 407 and 407B have a total of 23 TOYOTA Coaster minibuses, including 13 of 16-seater minibuses and 10 of 19-seater minibuses. All vehicles have unique numbers.

List of New Territories 406/407 series minibuses
Plate No.	Type No.^{[Remark 1]}	Seat	Sign Configuration	No. of Minibus	Remarks
GS2223	2005 5LS2	16-seater High Back	Rollsign	11
KM1116	2022 7LL	19-seater Vogelise	Transfull EDS	Wait for check	Entered service in 19/08/2022
LD6333	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelise	Patent Enterprises EDS	18	Entered service in Augusta 2018 Licence Plate belonged to 203 5LL of Express Top Industries' New Territories 44 series^{[Remark 2]}
LX8069	2005 5LS2	16-seater High Back	Rollsign	7
LY8053	2005 5LS2	16-seater High Back	Rollsign	9
LZ698	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelise	Patent Enterprises EDS	3	Entered service in August 2018 Licence Plate belonged to 2005 5LS2
MA2802	2005 5LS2	16-seater High Back	Rollsign	12	Entered service in August 2005
MB1267				21	Formerly vehicle of Brilliant Way's Kowloon Routes 37A/37M Entered service 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 Licence Plate belonged to 2004 5LS^{[Remark 3]} of Brilliant Way Kowloon Routes 37A/37M
NB7865	2007 6LS	16-seater High Back	Rollsign	6	The front of the car uses the fifth generation Sichuan Toyota components
VN2521	2018 7LL	19- seater Vogelise	Patent Enterprises EDS	2	Entered service in June 2018
VP1463	2018 7LL		Patent Enterprises EDS	22
WG6559	2019 7LL		Transfull EDS	4	Entered service in August 2019
XR1415	2021 7LL			Wait for check	Entered service in 15/10/2021
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	19-seater original 3-point harness seat		Wait for check	Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in May 2024

List of former minibuses in New Territories 406/407 series
Plate No.	Type No.	No. of Minibus	Retirement/withdrawal date	Whereabouts	Substituted vehicle(s)
HF2878	1997 3rd Generation	Wait for check	Unknown	Transferred to Garrison Hong Kong Island 32/33 series
HT8531	1998 3rd Generation	25	March 2010	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories 50/51 series
HW3049	1998 4th Generation	9	June 2005	Transferred to Garrison Hong Kong Island 32/33 series	LZ698 (2005 5LS2)
LA8037	2003 5LS	TBC	Unknown	Retired
LD6333	2003 5LL			Transferred to Express Top Industries' New Territories 44 series
LV2773	2005 5LS2			Transferred to Express Top Industries' New Territories Route 44A
LW2330		18	October 2018	Due to Traffic Accident then retired earlier	LD6333 (2018 7LL)
LZ698		21	August 2018	Retired	Same Licence (2018 7LL)
LZ7034		19	August 2023	Retired	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 Route 101M/102 series/Route 111 Licence Plate is belonging to 2022 7LL of Brilliant Way Kowloon Route 47	WG6559 (2019 7LL)
ME1458		15	February 2023	Transferred to Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 37A/37M	NA220 (2022 7DL)
ME3129		14	July 2023	Transferred to Success Transportation's Kowloon 16 series
ML3908	2002 5LS	Wait for check	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 11/2024202411

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Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 3.2km, and the journey time is approximately 10mins. (The average speed is 19.2km/h.)

To Princess Margaret Hospital[]

Via: Hing Ning Road, Kwai Yan Road, Kwai Yi Road (Northbound), turn around, Kwai Yi Road (Southbound), Kwai Fuk Road, Lai King Hill Road and Princess Margaret Hospital Road

New Territories GMB Route 407A (Kwai Fong (Metroplaza)→Princess Margaret Hospital)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Kwai Fong	Hing Ning Road	Kwai Fong (Metroplaza) Minibus Terminus
2	Lai King Hill	Lai King Hill Road	Wo King House Lai King Estate MTR Lai King Station (Yin Lai Court) Lai King Estate Lok King House Hong Chi Winifred Mary Cheung Morninghope School Kwai Chung Hospital Princess Margaret Hospital School of General Nursing & Quarters
3	Lai King Hill	Princess Margaret Hospital Road	Princess Margaret Hospital Terminus (Outside Block P)

To Kwai Fong (Metroplaza)[]

Via: Princess Margaret Hospital Road, Lai King Hill Road, Kwai Fuk Road, Kwai Yi Road, Kwai Fu Road, Hing Fong Road and Hing Ning Road

New Territories GMB Route 407A (Princess Margaret Hospital→Kwai Fong (Metroplaza))
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Lai King Hill	Princess Margaret Hospital Road	Princess Margaret Hospital Terminus (Outside Block P)
2	Lai King Hill	Lai King Hill Road	Kwai Chung Hill Road Hong Chi Winifred Mary Cheung Morninghope School The Salvation Army Lai King Home Lok King House Lai King Estate MTR Lai King Station (Yin Lai Court) Yat King House Lai King Estate Wo King House Lai King Estate Lingnan Dr. Chung Wing Kwong Memorial Secondary School
3	Kwai Fong	Kwai Fu Road	New Kwai Fong Gardens
4	Kwai Fong	Hing Ning Road	Kwai Fong (Metroplaza) Terminus

Related incidents[]

20 July 2020: 13:00, a Toyota Coaster (VN2521) heading towards Princess Margaret Hospital crashed with a Toyota Coaster (MA5823) running on Route 407 also heading to Princess Margaret Hospital that was setting off passengers at Lai King Hill Road near Hong Chi Winifred Mary Cheung Morninghope School, leaving 8 people injured. ^[11]^[12]

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.
↑ That 5LL formerly vehicle of Fu Wan's New Territories 406／407 series, then transferred to Express Top Industries, until August 2018.
↑ That 5LS formerly vehicle of Crown Score Industries New Territories Route 808／808P, then transferred to Mingfame and Brilliant Way in April 2019 and May 2021, until December 2022

References[]

↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green minibus real-time arrival information system expanded to 453 routes" [News Bulletin], 28 June 2022.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 6 November 2023.
↑ According to the Controlling Officer's Reply to Initial Written Question No. TLB113 of Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2023-24 of the Legislative Council, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 12.1%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 6.9%.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 29 April 2021.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 12 April 2018.
↑ According to Controlling Officer's Reply to Initial Written Question No. THB(T)091 of Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2017-18 of the Legislative Council, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 14.9% originally, and the Transport Department finally approved the amount of fare increase they applied for.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 3 June 2014.
↑ According to Controlling Officer's Reply to Initial Written Question No. THB(T)148 of Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2014-15 of the Legislative Council, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 11.4% originally, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 6.8%.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 11 January 2012.
↑ Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406,406A, 407, 407A and 407B, hkitalk.net
↑ 葵涌荔景山路兩小巴相撞　8人受傷 (Collision of 2 minibuses at Lai King Hill Road in Kwai Chung leaving 8 injured), Oriental Daily News, 20 Jul 2020.
↑ "葵涌兩綠van頭尾撞 8人受傷送院" (2 minibuses tail-collided in Kwai Chung injuring and hospitalising 8), "Apple Daily" Breaking News, 20 July 2020.

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[11] 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.

[12] That 5LL formerly vehicle of Fu Wan's New Territories 406／407 series, then transferred to Express Top Industries, until August 2018.

[13] That 5LS formerly vehicle of Crown Score Industries New Territories Route 808／808P, then transferred to Mingfame and Brilliant Way in April 2019 and May 2021, until December 2022

[1] Transport Department HKSARG, "Green minibus real-time arrival information system expanded to 453 routes" [News Bulletin], 28 June 2022.

[2] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 6 November 2023.

[3] According to the Controlling Officer's Reply to Initial Written Question No. TLB113 of Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2023-24 of the Legislative Council, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 12.1%, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 6.9%.

[4] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 29 April 2021.

[5] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 12 April 2018.

[6] According to Controlling Officer's Reply to Initial Written Question No. THB(T)091 of Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2017-18 of the Legislative Council, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 14.9% originally, and the Transport Department finally approved the amount of fare increase they applied for.

[7] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 3 June 2014.

[8] According to Controlling Officer's Reply to Initial Written Question No. THB(T)148 of Replies to supplementary questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2014-15 of the Legislative Council, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 11.4% originally, but the Transport Department finally approved an increase of 6.8%.

[9] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406, 407, 407A and 407B" [Traffic Advice], 11 January 2012.

[10] Fare Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 406,406A, 407, 407A and 407B, hkitalk.net

[14] 葵涌荔景山路兩小巴相撞　8人受傷 (Collision of 2 minibuses at Lai King Hill Road in Kwai Chung leaving 8 injured), Oriental Daily News, 20 Jul 2020.

[15] "葵涌兩綠van頭尾撞 8人受傷送院" (2 minibuses tail-collided in Kwai Chung injuring and hospitalising 8), "Apple Daily" Breaking News, 20 July 2020.

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