New Territories GMB Route 412

The defunct New Territories Green Minibus Route 412 was operated by KC Investments Limited (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 13365C) under Min Kee Motors. It ran Circular between Kwai Chung Estate and Shek Lei Estate (referred to as "North-East Kwai Chung" by Transport Department) to serve the North Kwai Chung residents in Kwai Chung Estate in a clockwise direction.

Route 412 was a mixed intra-district and inter-district route, which needs to pass through the intermediate stop at "Cheung Wing Road" in Tsuen Wan District for Shek Yam and Shek Lei direction, while the Kwai Chung Estate direction belongs to the Kwai Tsing intra-district route.

History[]

Under the Housing Department's overcrowding mitigation measures, residents who have moved to Kwai Chung Estate were still close to their original North Kwai Chung Estate neighbours, and there is sufficient demand for a green minibus route between the two places. As a result, the Government launched a tender exercise for the new route and successfully launched it after lobbying by the residents and the District Councillors.

23 March 2007: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for five new green minibus (GMB) routes, of which this route was one of them.^[1]
26 August 2007: Route 412 entered service.^[2]
27 December 2015: Rerouted via Tai Wo Hau Road (Southbound), Kwai Hing Station lnterchange and Kwai Hing Road before returning to Wo Tong Tsui Street towards Shek Lei Estate.^[3]
14 September 2020: Departures from 10:00 daily were rerouted via Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung, Texaco Interchange, Texaco Road and Tai Wo Hau Road to Kwai Chung Estate for inbound journey, omitting Kin Chuen Street and Wo Tong Tsui Street.^[4]
1 February 2022: Service was ceased due to insufficient ridership and was replaced by KMB Route 31A, which operates during peak hours on school days only.^[5]

Service hours and headways[]

From Kwai Chung Estate
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Daily
06:15 - 10:00 ＊	12/13
10:00 - 16:00	18
16:00 - 19:00	15
19:00 - 22:00	18

Remark
Remarks: Trips marked with * reroute via Kin Chuen Street.

Fares[]

Historical fare of Route 412
Fare adjustment effective dates	Full fares
16 June 2019^[6]	$5.9
30 November 2014^[7]	$5.4^[8]
5 January 2014^[9]	$4.9^[10]
24 April 2011^[11]	$4.5
26 August 2007^[2]	$4.2

Fare Remarks
Same fare regardless of age. Passengers are required to tender exact fare in cash or by Octopus card upon boarding. No change will be given.Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Elderly Octopus or Personalised Octopus cards, 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. The expiry date of the fare concession for this route is as follows: $2 fare concession: From 29 March 2015 to the cancellation of this route This route has no section fares.

Octopus interchange concessions[]

Template:MTR and GMB Interchange Concession Scheme was once equipped

Minibus deployments[]

According to the Transport Department's "Schedule of Services", a total of 3 minibuses are required to serve this route. It has a total capacity of not less than 80 passengers in each direction during the peakiest hour.

This route was deployed by 3 16-seater Toyota Coaster LPG minibuses before the cancellation of the route.

List of New Territories Route 412 before cancellation
Plate No.	Type No.^{[Remark 1]}	Seat No.	Remark	Fate after route cancellation
DC1548	2005 5LS2	16		Transferred to Foo Wo Public Light Bus' New Territories Routes 72/72M
MB8954				Transferred to Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Route 65K
NT412			Original plate no. EU4124^{[Remark 2]} Former vehicle from 94 Licensed Mini-Bus' New Territories Routes 94 series Joined in July 2016 Once shifted to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M during April and July 2020	Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 308A/308M

List of former minibus before Route 412 cancellation
Plate no.	Type no.	Date of Retirement/Withdrawn	Fate	Substitute vehicle(s)
ME3260	2005 5LL	July 2020	Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S	NT412 (2005 5LS2)

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 5/2025202505

Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 8.4km, and the journey time is approximately 38mins. (The average speed is 13.3km/h.)

Routing	Road observed
① Regular	Tai Wo Hau Road, Hing Fong Road, Kwai Hing Station lnterchange, Kwai Hing Road, Wo Tong Tsui Street, Wo Kwai Lane, Kwai Chung Road, Cheung Wing Road, Wo Yi Hop Road, Lei Muk Road, Tai Pak Tin Street, Shek Pai Street, Wai Kek Street, Tai Loong Street, Wo Yi Hop Road, Cheung Wing Road, Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung, Texaco Interchange, Texaco Road and Tai Wo Hau Road
②＊ Daily before 10:00am reroute via Kin Chuen Street	……, Kwai Chung Road, Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung, Kin Chuen Street, Wo Tong Tsui Street and Tai Wo Hau Road

New Territories GMB Route 412 (Kwai Chung Estate ↺ Shek Lei Estate)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Kwai Chung Estate		Kwai Chung Estate Bus Terminus
2	Kwai Chung Estate	Tai Wo Hau Road	Chau Kwai House Kwai Chung Estate Kwai Hong Court
3	Kwai Hing		MTR Kwai Hing Station
4		Kwai Hing Road	Kwai Hing Estate Kwai Hing Road
5		Wo Kwai Lane	Wo Kwai Lane
6		Kwai Chung Road	Kwong Fai Circuit
7	North Kwai Chung	Cheung Wing Road	Cheung Wing Road
8		Lei Muk Road	Lei Muk Road Park Shek Yam Estate
9		Tai Pak Tin Street	Shek Yam East Estate
10		Shek Pai Street	Fung Yam House On Yam Estate Shek Kai House Shek Lei Estate (Shek Yi House)
11		Wai Kek Street	Shek Lei Shopping Centre	Circular route return point
12		Tai Loong Street	Kwai Loong Building Shek Pui Street
13		Wo Yi Hop Road	The Apex Regent Centre Shek Yi Road Riley House (Lam Tin Street) Victory Factory Building
14		Cheung Wing Road	Cheung Wing Road
15	Kwai Hing	Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung	Yiu Wing Lane
14	Tai Wo Hau	Castle Peak Road - Kwai Chung	MTR Tai Wo Hau Station	Not applicable to trips using routing ②
15	Tai Wo Hau	Tai Wo Hau Road	Fu On House Tai Wo Hau Estate Fu Kwai House Tai Wo Hau Estate
16	Kwai Chung Estate	Tai Wo Hau Road	Yan Kwai House Kwai Chung Estate
＊	Kwai Hing	Kin Chuen Street	Kerry Warehouse	Applicable for trips using Routing ②
	Kwai Chung Estate	Wo Tong Tsui Street	Kwai Chung Kai Fong Association
	Kwai Chung Estate	Tai Wo Hau Road	On Kwai House Kwai Fuk Court
17	Kwai Chung Estate		Kwai Chung Estate Bus Terminus

Gallery[]

Minibuses[]

Others[]

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 no. was originally belonged to a 1st generation from Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S.

References[]

↑ G.N. 1951: (Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374) - Public Light Bus (Scheduled) routes in Kowloon and the New Territories), The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Vol. 11, No. 12, 23 March 2007.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Transport Department HKSARG, "新界專線小巴第412號投入服務葵涌邨 - 東北葵涌(循環線) (Introduction of New Territories GMB No. 412 - Kwai Chung Estate - Northeast Kwai Chung (Circular Route)]" [Traffic Advice], August 2007.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Re-routeing of N.T. GMB Route No. 412 (Kwai Chung Estate - Northeast Kwai Chung (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 18 December 2015.
↑ Transport Department of the HKSAR Government, "Route changes of New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 412 (Kwai Chung Estate to Northeast Kwai Chung (Circular Route))" [Traffic Notice], 4 September 2020.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "有關新界專線小巴第412號線服務事宜" (Matters regarding service of New Territories GMB Route No. 412), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Committee (Circulation) Paper No. 1/2022, 7 January 2022.
↑ The Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 6 June 2019.
↑ The Transport Department HKSARG," Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 10 November 2014.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16 Reply No. THB(T)162, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 20.4% and the TD eventually approved a 10.2% increase.
↑ The Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 24 December 2013.
↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2014-15 Reply No. THB(T)148, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 22.2% and the TD eventually approved a fare increase of 8.9%.
↑ The Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 15 April 2011.

External links[]

Transport Department's (HKeMobility) Official information: New Territories GMB Route No. 412 (Archived 2022-02-01)
Transport Department's (HKeMobility) Official information: New Territories GMB Route No. 412 (AM via Kin Chuen Street) (File: 2022-02-01)
16seats.net: New Territories GMB Route No. 412 (File: 2022-02-01)

Template:List of cancelled NT GMB routes

[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 plate no. was originally belonged to a 1st generation from Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S.

[1] G.N. 1951: (Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374) - Public Light Bus (Scheduled) routes in Kowloon and the New Territories), The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Vol. 11, No. 12, 23 March 2007.

[begin-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Transport Department HKSARG, "新界專線小巴第412號投入服務葵涌邨 - 東北葵涌(循環線) (Introduction of New Territories GMB No. 412 - Kwai Chung Estate - Northeast Kwai Chung (Circular Route)]" [Traffic Advice], August 2007.

[3] Transport Department HKSARG, "Re-routeing of N.T. GMB Route No. 412 (Kwai Chung Estate - Northeast Kwai Chung (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 18 December 2015.

[4] Transport Department of the HKSAR Government, "Route changes of New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 412 (Kwai Chung Estate to Northeast Kwai Chung (Circular Route))" [Traffic Notice], 4 September 2020.

[5] Transport Department HKSARG, "有關新界專線小巴第412號線服務事宜" (Matters regarding service of New Territories GMB Route No. 412), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Committee (Circulation) Paper No. 1/2022, 7 January 2022.

[6] The Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 6 June 2019.

[7] The Transport Department HKSARG," Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 10 November 2014.

[8] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16 Reply No. THB(T)162, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 20.4% and the TD eventually approved a 10.2% increase.

[9] The Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 24 December 2013.

[10] According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2014-15 Reply No. THB(T)148, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 22.2% and the TD eventually approved a fare increase of 8.9%.

[11] The Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories Route No. 412" [Traffic Notice], 15 April 2011.

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