The New Territories Green Minibus Route 41 is operated by Eternal Loyal Limited (恒忠有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 11210C) under Yau Man Investment. It runs between Lung Mun Oasis and Tuen Mun Town Centre (Tuen Fat Road).
History[]
- 21 February 2003: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for 8 groups of a total of 13 green minibus (GMB) routes, this route was one of them.[1]
- 8 June 2003: Route 41 entered service, running between Lung Mun Oasis and Chi Lok Fa Yuen.[2]
- 4 April 2009: Daily departures from Chi Lok Fa Yuen at 09:00 - 16:30 were detoured via Tuen Yan Street, Tuen Fat Road and Tuen Shing Street for the convenience of passengers heading to Tuen Mun Eye Clinic and Yan Oi Polyclinic.
- 1 May 2011: The time periods detouring via Tuen Yan Street, Tuen Fat Road and Tuen Shing Street was extended to 17:00.[3]
- 8 January 2012: All trips detoured via Tuen Yan Street, Tuen Fat Road and Tuen Shing Street.[4]
- 4 October 2021: The terminus was officially changed to Tuen Mun Town Centre (Tuen Fat Road) with detours via Chi Lok Fa Yuen (Yan Oi Market) for Lung Mun Oasis direction.
- 22 December 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.[5]
- 3 July 2022: Changed to detour via Chi Lok Fa Yuen (Yan Oi Market) for Tuen Mun Town Centre direction and directly call at Handsome Court stop for Lung Mun Oasis direction on a trial basis.
- 22 July 2022: The arrangement of detouring via Chi Lok Fa Yuen (Yan Oi Market) for Lung Mun Oasis direction was resumed.
First generation Route 41[]
- 26 August 1994: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for 8 groups of a total of 21 GMB routes, among which the first generation Route 41 route was grouped together with routes 42, 608, 609 and 610S.[6]
- 8 November 1995: First generation Route 41 entered service, running between Golden Beach and Tuen Mun Ferry Pier.[7]
- 1998: Service was cancelled.
Service hours and headways[]
| From Lung Mun Oasis | From Tuen Mun Town Centre (Tuen Fat Road) | Headways (mins) |
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| Daily | ||
| 06:00 - 09:00 | 06:20 - 09:00 | 10 |
| 09:00 - 17:00 | 09:00 - 17:00 | 15 |
| 17:00 - 20:00 | 17:00 - 20:00 | 10 |
| 20:00 - 23:15 | 20:00 - 23:30 | 20 |
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department "HKeMobility" mobile app.
Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stop | Fares |
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| Full fares | $6.3 |
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Octopus interchange concessions[]
| Route 41 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 41 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 41 | ||
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department "Schedule of Services", a total of 4 minibuses are required to serve this route. The total number of passengers carried in each direction during the peakiest hour is not less than 96.
Currently this route has a 3 16-seater Toyota Coaster LPG-minibuses. All the minibuses will support on other routes when necessary.
| List of New Territories Route 41 minibuses | ||||
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| Plate No. | Type No.[Remark 1] | Seat(s) | Sign Configuration | Remarks |
| NK6721 | 2008 6LS | 16-seater high adopt | Rollsign | Former vehicle on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 40 Was also a former vehicle on Yau Man Investment's New Territories Routes 46/46X, 105／105S and PLB Fuk Tsuen Route Joined in March 2024 |
| 2009 6LS | Idled in Kowloon Bay (Enterprise Square) Former vehicle on PLB Ping Sha Route Was also a former vehicle on Extra Billion Incestment's New Territories Route 140M and PLB To Tsuen Route Joined in March 2022 | |||
| PE8829 | 2010 6LS | Door equipped with the component from the minibus EZ3790 (2004 5LS) Former vehicle on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 140M Was also a former vehicle on PLB Shau Shek Route and Ping Tsuen Route Once exchanged with GP7940 (2005 5LS2) Joined in December 2019 | ||
| WN6772 | 2005 5LS2 | Original plate no. GK8617 Former vehicle on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Routes 77 series Joined in March 2022 Shifted once to Triple Kind's New Territories Routes 106/107 during October 2024 | ||
| List of Former vehicle on New Territories Route 41 | ||||
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| Plate no. | Type no. | Retirement/Withdrawal date | Fate | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| AU1896 | 2003 5LS | March 2022 | Retired Plate is now applied to a 2022 7LL on PLB Crescent Green - Yuen Long Route |
WN6772 (2005 5LS2) |
| EZ3790 | 2004 5LS | Unknown | Transferred to Yau Man Investment's New Territories Routes 46 series | |
| GP7590 | 2005 5LS2 | 2011 | Transferred to PLB Jor Tsuen Route (Unregulated Route) | AU1896 (2003 5LS) |
| GP7940 | Unknwon | Exchanged with PE8829 (2010 6LS) that originally served on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 140M | ||
| HF1352 | 1997 3rd generation | April 2010 | Retired | 2010 6DS of the same plate |
| 2010 6DS | 2013 | Transferred to Yau Man Investment's Kowloon Route 66S and New Territories Route 99 | KY1024 (2003 5LS) | |
| HS2145 | 2006 5DL | December 2019 | Retired | PE8829 (2010 6LS) |
| KT9963[Remark 2] | 2003 5LS | July 2021 | XK1426 (2004 5LS) | |
| KY1024 | March 2022 | NS8189 (2010 6LS) | ||
| PH4728 | 2005 5LS2 | 2012 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 410 | KT9963 (2003 5LS) |
| XK1426[Remark 3] | 2004 5LS | February 2025 | Transferred to PLB Lam Jor Route | |
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 3/2025202503
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.
To Tuen Mun Town Centre[]
To Tuen Mun Town Centre: The distance of this route is approx. 5.0km, and the journey time is approximately 18mins. (The average speed is 16.7km/h.)
Via: Lung Mun Road, Wu Shan Road, Hoi Wong Road, Hoi Wing Road, Hang Fu Street, Hoi Wing Road, Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay, Tuen Yan Street and Tuen Fat Road
| New Territories GMB Route 41 (Lung Mun Oasis → Tuen Mun Town Centre (Tuen Fat Road)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | San Shek Wan |
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| 2 | Lung Mun Road (D4) |
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| 3 | Lung Mun Road |
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| 4 | Butterfly Beach | |||
| 5 | Wu Shan Road |
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| 6 | Tuen Mun (On Yau) | Hang Fu Street |
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| 7 | Mouse Island | Hoi Wing Road |
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| 8 | Chi Lok | Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay |
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| 9 | Tuen Mun Central |
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| 10 | Tuen Yan Street |
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| 11 | Tuen Fat Road |
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To Lung Mun Oasis[]
To Lung Mun Oasis: The distance of this route is approx. 5.6km, and the journey time is approximately 22mins. (The average speed is 15.3km/h.)
Via: Tuen Fat Road, Tuen Shing Street, Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay, Tsing Wui Street, Castle Peak Road – Castle Peak Bay, Tsing Hoi Court, Castle Peak Road – Castle Peak Bay, Hoi Wing Road, Hang Fu Street, Hoi Wing Road, Hoi Wong Road, Wu Shan Road and Lung Mun Road
| New Territories GMB Route 41 (Tuen Mun Town Centre (Tuen Fat Road) → Lung Mun Oasis) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Tuen Mun Central | Tuen Fat Road |
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| 2 | Chi Lok | Tsing Wui Street |
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| 3 | Tsing Hoi Circuit |
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| 4 | Castle Peak Road - Castle Peak Bay |
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| 5 | Sam Shing | Hoi Wing Road |
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| 6 | Tuen Mun (On Yau) | Hang Fu Street |
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Omits there if no passenger requests to alight when minibus is full |
| 7 | Butterfly Beach | Wu Shan Road |
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| 8 | San Shek Wan | Lung Mun Road | ||
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Gallery[]
Route 41 minibus PE8829 observes Ching Chung Hau Po Woon Secondary School
Route 41 minibus WN6772 observes Hang Fu Street
Information on stop sign of Route 41 (June 2022)
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
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.
- ↑ First enrolled in 25 February 2003
- ↑ Original plate no. SB9538, plate no. changed in June 2021, the former plate no. is now applied to a 2021 7LL on Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A.
Related articles[]
- New Territories GMB Route 43D (Cancelled)
References[]
- ↑ G. N. 1109: Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374)--Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in Kowloon and the New Territories, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 07 Issue No. 08, 21 February 2003.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of N.T. PLB (Scheduled) Service Route No. 41 Lung Mun Oasis – Chi Lok Fa Yuen" [Traffic Advice], 3 June 2003.
- ↑ "運輸署報告" (Transport Department Report), Tuen Mun District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 36 of 2011, 8 July 2011
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Revision and Service Adjustment of N.T. GMB Route No. 41 (Lung Mun Oasis - Chi Lok Fa Yuen)" [Traffic Advice], 3 January 2012.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 313 routes" [News Bulletin], 22 December 2021.
- ↑ G.N. 3204, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 136, No. 34, 26 August 1994.
- ↑ Cheung Lin Tai and Others v. Sun Power International Investment Ltd (District Court of the HKSAR December 5, 2003).
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 41" [Traffic Advice], 13 November 2023.
- ↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2024-25 Reply No. TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 11.1% and the Transport Department finally approved the same increase.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route No. 41" [Traffic Advice], 4 January 2022.
- ↑ 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 8.6% and the Transport Department finally approved the same increase.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route No. 41 (Lung Mun Oasis - Chi Lok Fa Yuen)" [Traffic Advice], 3 April 2019.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route Nos. 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 9.8% but the Transport Department eventually approved an increase of 7.8%.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route No. 41 (Lung Mun Oasis - Chi Lok Fa Yuen)" [Traffic Advice], 20 November 2013.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route No. 41 (Lung Mun Oasis - Chi Lok Fa Yuen)" [Traffic Advice], 17 November 2008.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 41
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 41
| Green minibus (GMB) routes in Tuen Mun District | |
|---|---|
| Intra-district routes | |
| Inter-district routes | <To/from Yuen Long District> 44B • 44B1 • N44B🌙 <To/from North District> 44 • 44A • 44A1 <To/from Kwai Tsing District> 140M <To/from Yau Tsim Mong District> 47S🌙 • 48S🌙 <To/from Wan Chai District> 49S🌙 |
| Remark: Italic - service during specified days/time periods only; 🌙 - overnight/late night service | |