The New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 413 is operated by Wai Ching Industrial Company Limited (偉程實業有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 18376C). It runs between Tsing Yi Ferry Pier and Princess Margaret Hospital (Block K), via Tsing Yi Estate, Cheung On Estate and Kwai Tsing Theatre.
History[]
Introducing Background[]
As many housing estates within Tsing Yi Town Centre including Greenfield Garden, Tsing Yi Estate, Greenview Villa, Tivoli Garden, etc., lacked direct public transportation services to and from the Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH), the Transport Department (TD) issued a consulting document to Kwai Tsing District Council in November 2018 that a minibus route should be introduced to provide services to Tsing Yi housing estates that lacked direct public transportation to and from the PMH. [1]
Route Change History[]
- 4 July 2019: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for the operating rights of five groups of a total of 12 green minibus (GMB) routes, in which this route was grouped under the same group of tender as Routes 29, 806A and 806B.[2]
- 1 March 2020: Route 413 commenced service.[3]
- 24 February 2021: One low-floor minibus was additionally deployed on this route during Monday to Friday daytime and Saturday AM hours (except Public Holidays).[4]
- 25 June 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.[5]
Service Hours and Headways[]
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| Merceces-Benz Sprinter low-floor minibus Departure Timetable and Reservation Guidelines | ||
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| from Tsing Yi Ferry Pier | from Princess Margaret Hospital | Headways (mins) |
| Mondays to Fridays | ||
| 08:00 - 17:00 | 08:30 - 17:30 | 60 |
| Saturdays | ||
| 08:00 - 13:00 | 08:30 - 13:30 | 60 |
| No low-floor minibus service on Sundays and Public Holidays | ||
Remarks: Wheelchair users can reserve the wheelchair parking space on the low-floor minibus on this route by phone:
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Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding Stop | Fares |
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| Full Fare | $7.6 |
| Section Fare (to Princess Margaret Hospital) | |
| from Kwai Tsing Theatre | $4.1 |
The operator provides a section fare of $4.1 from Princess Margaret Hospital to Kwai Tsing Theatre despite not listed on the Transport Department's official route information.
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Octopus Interchange Concession Schemes[]
| Route 413 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 413 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 413 | ||
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Minibus Deployments[]
According to Transport Department's Schedule of Services, 4 minibuses are required to provide services on this route, with 3 of them being 19-seater minibuses and the minimum passenger capacity for each direction should not be less than 38.
In actual operations, 4 minibuses are deployed on weekdays and only 1 on holidays.
Currently a total of 35 minibuses are deployed on Routes NT GMB Routes 29, 413, 806A, 806B, 806C and 806M operated under Wai Ching Industrial, including 5 16-seater and 30 19-seater minibuses.
Among all these minibuses, those without commercial advertisements sticked on Route 806 series are affixed with route promotion advertisements of the set of routes; all minibuses running on the set of routes are equipped with intercoms for drivers and regulators to report on service conditions; vehicles of the set of routes not equipped with side electronic signs have plastic plates writing "806" sticked on windows.
| List of Wai Ching Industrial minibuses | ||||||
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| Plate No. | Model | Type No.[Remark 1] | Seat | Route Sign Configuration | Route(s) | Remarks |
| AY3318 | Mitsubishi Rosa | 2017 BE641G | 19-seater Vogelsitze seat | Lucky Yu EDS with wide front EDS |
29/806 series | Formerly vehicle of Chit Fai Motors' Kowloon routes 2/6 series[Remark 2] Plate originally belonged to the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter belonging to that set of routes, (2000 413CDi)[Remark 3] and a Toyota Coaster (2000 4th generation)b[Remark 4] Joined in November 2020, and at the same time side and rear EDS were removed |
| BE230 | Toyota Coaster | 2021 7LL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Transfull EDS with side display | Plate originally belonged to a 2nd generation of Tin Shing Motors' Kowloon routes 10A/10M and a 2008 6DS of routes under Chiu Luen and Hon Wah Public Light Bus Association [Remark 5] | |
| CG798 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Plate originally belonged to a Mitsubishi Rosa (2004 BE649E)) of Chit Fai Motors' Kowloon routes 2/6 series | |||
| DZ6281 | 2020 7LL | Transfull EDS | Original plate number WP8583[Remark 6] | |||
| EP987 | Transfull EDS with side display | Plate originally belonged to a 5LS from Red Minibus Lei Tsuen Route | ||||
| ET8426 | Plate originally belonged to a 1991 2nd generation from Red Minibus To Tsuen Route and a 2004 5DL from Wyman Development's Route 26 | |||||
| EV6428 | Mitsubishi Rosa | 2020 BE641G | 19-seater Vogelsitze seat | Lucky Yu EDS | Plate originally belonged to a Toyota Coaster (5DL) on Fine Luck's Kowloon Route 25M | |
| FF6620 | Toyota Coaster | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Transfull EDS with side display | Plate originally belonged to a 1992 2nd generation from Min Kee Motors' NT Route 401/402S and a 2004 5DL from Wyman Development's Route 26 | |
| FG6898 | Plate originally belonged to a 4th generation from Chit Fai Motors' Kowloon Routes 2/6 series | |||||
| GG213 | Plate originally belonged to a 5LS on Red minibus Yuen Jor Route[Remark 7] | |||||
| JV940 | 2004 5LL | 19-seater NewHarmony (NHR) seats | Rollsign | Originally part of Red Minibus Island North Trunk Route, Sheung Shui - Ping Yeung Route and Sham Sheung Route fleets[Remark 8] Original plate number LR3599 and NH5094 Plate now belonged to a 2002 5LS on 94 Licensed Mini-Bus' NT Route 94 series[Remark 9] and a 4th generation of Southern District branch fleet [Remark 10] Joined in February 2021, and was added to 19 seats | ||
| KE230 | 2019 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Patent Enterprises EDS | Original plate number WL5275 | ||
| LB6690 | 2020 7LL | Transfull EDS with side display | Plate originally belonged to a 2003 5DL of Good View Maxicab Service [Remark 11] | |||
| LK2040 | 2004 5LS | 16-seater low adopt | Not equipped with Rollsign | Currently parks in Wan Tau Tong Bus Terminus for use as the Terminus Supervisor Office Former vehicle of PLB Keun Yau Route and Lam Jor Route Was also a former vehicle on PLB Shek Tsuen Route, To Tsuen Route and Tsz Tsuen Route Joined in November 2024 | ||
| LL5771 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegas eat | Transfull EDS with side display | Plate originally belonged to a 2004 5DL of Good View Maxicab Service | ||
| LM4438 | 2004 5LS | 16-seater high adopt seat[7] | Rollsign | The body shell, dials and seats are equipped with the components of the 6th generation Former vehicle on PLB Yuen Jor Route and Yuen Mong Route Joined in January 2023 and entered service in November of the same year | ||
| MB2939 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Transfull EDS with side display | 413 | Plate originally belonged to a 2005 5LS2 from PLBPing Tsuen Route and Yuen Jor Route[Remark 12] Original plate number WP4967 | |
| MK 26 | 2021 7LL | 29/806 series | Plate originally belonged to a 6DS of Wyman Development's New Territories Route 26 [Remark 13] | |||
| NC 69 | 2013 6LS | 16-seater high-back seat | Route rollsign | 413 | Formerly a vehicle of Min Kee Motors' NT routes 401/402S [Remark 14] Original plate number NT412 [Remark 15] | |
| NG1926 | 2020 7DL | 19-seater Vogelise | Transfull EDS with side sign | 29/806 series | Plate originally was WP3440 Formerly vehicle of Red Minibus Mong Kok - Western District Route Entered service in July 2024 | |
| NT 412 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back seat | Route rollsign | Originally vehicle of Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M Was also a vehicle of KC Investments' Route 412 (defunct) and 94 Licensed Mini-Bus's Routes 94/94A/94S Original plate number EU4124 | ||
| TZ4313 | 2016 6LS | 16-seater original 3-point harness seat | 413 | Entered service in July 2023 Originally vehicle on Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Route 69 series before joining | ||
| VJ2292 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Transfull EDS with side display | 29/806 series | ||
| VL2892 | 2022 7LL | 19-seater Vogel seat | Formerly a vehicle of Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Route 69 series Plate originally belonged to a 2005 5LS2 of Wyman Development's New Territories Route 26[Remark 16] Joined in July 2022 | |||
| WC806 | Mitsubishi Rosa | 2016 BE641G | 19-seater Vogelsitze seat | Lucky Yu EDS | Formerly vehicle of Chit Fai Motors' Kowloon routes 2/6 series[Remark 17] Original plate number BX987[Remark 18] Joined in March 2021, and at the same time side and rear EDS were removed | |
| WP9187 | Toyota Coaster | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Transfull EDS with side display | ||
| WP9482 | ||||||
| WP9991 | ||||||
| WR451 | Patent Enterprises EDS | |||||
| XD8567 | Mercedes-Benz Sprinter | 2021 516CDi | 16-seater original 3-point harness seat[Remark 19] | Lucky Yu EDS With wide front EDS, side and rear EDS |
413 | Low-floor minibus, wheelchair-accessible Operates during Monday to Friday daytime and Saturday AM hours |
| YF5333 | Toyota Coaster | 2022 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Transfull EDS with side display | 29/806 series | Served on Smart Champion Investments' Route 69 before joining Joined in February 2023 |
| YR1312 | 2023 7LL | Once served on Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Route 69 series before joining Joined in June 2023 | ||||
| YU7666 | Once served on Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Route 69 series before joining | |||||
| YV3660 | Once served on Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Route 69 series before joining Entered service in January 2024 | |||||
| YV4094 | Once servced on Smart Champion Investments 'Kowloon Route 69 series before joining Entered service in June 2024 | |||||
| List of former vehicles of Wai Ching Industrial | ||||||
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| Plate No. | Model | Type No. | Seat No. | Retirement/withdrawal date | Whereabouts | Substituted vehicle(s) |
| CS9103 | Toyota Coaster | 2018 7LL | 19 | June 2024 | Exchanged with YV4094 (2023 7LL) that formerly vehicle of Smart Champion Investments's Kowloon Route 69A | |
| EN8801 | 2020 7LL | August 2021 | Transferred to Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A | MK 26 (2021 7LL) | ||
| EV944 | Mitsubishi Rosa | 2016 BE641G | 2022 | Retired | ||
| LB8219[Remark 20] | Toyota Coaster | 2020 7LL | March 2022 | Transferred to Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A | VL2892 (2022 7LL) | |
| LL7966 | 2005 5LS2 | 16 | June 2024 | Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S | ||
| MB8954 | 2005 5LS2 | August 2022 | ||||
| ME3260 | 2005 5LL | 19 | 2021 | Transferred to Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M | BE230 (2021 7LL) | |
| WM3087 | 2019 7LL | August 2023 | Transferred to Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A | YU7666 (2023 7LL) | ||
| WP871[Remark 21] | Mitsubishi Rosa | 2016 BE641G | 22th July, 2022 | Retired due to traffic accident | ||
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
Besides, for the convenience of passengers travelling to and from the Princess Margaret Hospital, the tender states that one low-floor minibus which is capable of loading and unloading wheelchairs must be deployed within a year starting from the date of commencement of this route. The minibus entered operations on 24 February 2021 and operates during daytime on Mondays to Fridays and morning hours during Saturdays. [4]
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 8.5km, and the journey time is approximately 30mins. (The average speed is 17km/h.)
- 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 Princess Margaret Hospital[]
Via: Fung Shue Wo Road, Tsing Yip Street, Tsing Luk Street, Tsing King Road, Tam Kon Shan Interchange, Tsing Tsuen Road, Tsuen Tsing Interchange, Tsuen Wan Road, Hing Fong Road, Kwai Fuk Road, Lai King Hill Road and Kwai Chung Hospital Road
| New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 413 (Tsing Yi Ferry Pier → Princess Margaret Hospital) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Tsing Yi Town Centre | Fung Shue Wo Road |
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| 2 | Tsing Yip Street |
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| 3 | Tsing Luk Street |
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| 4 | Tsing Yi Town Centre/Tsing Yi North | Tsing King Road |
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Tsing Tsuen Bridge;  Tsuen Wan Road
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| 5 | Kwai Fong | Kwai Fuk Road |
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Section Fare begins here |
| 6 | Lai King Hill | Lai King Hill Road |
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Located outside Kwai Chung Hospital Day Recovery Centre | ||
to Tsing Yi Ferry Pier[]
Via: Kwai Chung Hospital Road, Lai King Hill Road, Kwai Fuk Road, Hing Fong Road, Tsuen Wan Road, Tsuen Tsing Interchange, Tsing Tsuen Road, Tam Kon Shan Interchange, Tsing King Road, Tsing Luk Street, Tsing Yip Street and Fung Shue Wo Road
| New Territories GMB Route 413 (Princess Margaret Hospital → Tsing Yi Ferry Pier) | ||||
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| 1 | Lai King Hill |
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Located outside Kwai Chung Hospital Day Recovery Centre | |
| 2 | Lai King Hill Road |
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| 3 | Kwai Fong | Kwai Fuk Road |
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| Tsuen Wan Road; Tsing Tsuen Bridge
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| 4 | Tsing Yi North/Tsing Yi Town Centre | Tsing King Road |
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| 5 | Tsing Yi Town Centre | Tsing Luk Street |
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| 6 | Fung Shue Wo Road |
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Ridership[]
The commencement of Route 413 coincided with the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic, and hospitals suspended visits to patients, while outpatient services were maintained at a limited level, leading to reluctance to go to the outpatient clinics in person. In addition, the frequency of the service was sporadic, the actual operating schedule did not match with the official information, and it was difficult for the residents along the route to keep track of the frequency of the service, resulting in an average number of passengers, and sometimes even jeepneys would parade on the streets (especially during holidays); and its unstable frequency was also criticised by the public, and was often complained by neighbours and district councillors. However, with the easing of the epidemic, the gradual re-opening of hospital out-patient clinics, and the return of a stable frequency, the patronage of this route gradually improved, with an average occupancy rate of 60% to 70% during peak hours on weekdays. However, the situation of Saturday and holiday collection has not improved, and TD issued a warning letter to the operator in September 2020 after a field survey recorded that the average interval of Saturday trips was about 60 minutes.[8]
Gallery[]
A minibus on Route 413 is passing through Lai King Hill Road near Lai King (North) Bus Terminus
The minibus stop sign of Route 413 at Lai King Station
The terminus of Route 413 outside Greenfield Garden
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.
- ↑ After the closure of Chit Fai Motors, this vehicle once parked at Laguna Verde, Festival Walk and Kowloon Bay Vehicle Detention Pound.
- ↑ The original plate number of the was JX3935, replaced with MB9388 before retirement.
- ↑ The original plate number of the 4th generation was JV9567 and was originally a vehicle of Hung Kei Route.
- ↑ The original plate number of the 6DS was GG4189. After the cancellation of Tin Shing Motors' Kowloon routes 10A.10M, the vehicle was transferred to Heung Mong Route for service，and was transferred again to a vehicle of routes under Chiu Luen and Hon Wah Public Light Bus Association, and had its plate number changed to WR5822; later transferred to Tsz Mong Route in September 2021 until it was retired in December of the same year.
- ↑ Was once vehicle of NT Route 413
- ↑ That 5LS was originally a vehicle on Min Kee Motors' Route 401/402S and was changed to Foo Wo Public Light Bus' NT Routes 71/72, 94 Licensed Mini-Bus' NT Route 94 series, KC Investments' NT Route 412, Eternal Honest's Kowloon Route 89B and Red Minibus Yuen Jor Route before retirement.
- ↑ Was also once part of NT Route 612/612P fleets
- ↑ The 5LS was originally vehicle of Kwok Chung Motor Car's NT Route 803, sold to Min Kee Motors in January 2010.
- ↑ The 4th generation had its plate changed to KT3227 in 2002, until it was retired in 2018; the plate is now applied on a 2018 7LL on Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Route 69.
- ↑ The 5DL was once vehicle of Min Kee Motors' NT Routes 308A/308M, and was once temporarily shifted to Wyman Development's NT Route 26, and was shifted again to Good View Maxicab Service routes until it was retired in March 2019.
- ↑ That 5LS2 was transferred to PLB Route 9 Route and had its plate changed to VL2892, and was later changed to a vehicle of Wyman Development's New Territories Route 26 in 2020 and its plate was changed again in 2021 to DV1716; the plate was now applied on a 2022 7LL of Wai Ching Industrial's New Territories Route 29/806 series.
- ↑ The original plate number of the 6DS was FE6139 and was formerly a vehicle of Shek Mong Route; it was later transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M and had its plate changed to SF4849 in 2013; and was transferred to Wyman Development's New Territories Route 26 in 2016, and had its plate changed again to MK 26 in 2020, later left vacant at EdUHK until 2021 when it was retired.
- ↑ Was also formerly a vehicle of Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Route 69series, Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M and 806 series
- ↑ The plate is now applied on a 2005 5LS of Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M
- ↑ The original plate number of the 5LS2 was MB2939 and was formerly a vehicle on PLB Ping Tsuen Route and Yuen Jor Route, and was transferred to PLB Route 9 Route and had its plate changed to VL2892, and was transferred to Wyman Development's New Territories Route 26 and had its plate changed again to DV1716 in 2021.
- ↑ This vehicle was parked at the Container Terminals after the closure of Chit Fai Motors.
- ↑ The plate originally belonged to a Toyota Coaster (3rd generation) of Chit Fai Motors' Kowloon routes 2/6 series
- ↑ With 15 seats and one wheelchair parking bay
- ↑ The original plate number is WP5650, and its plate was changed in December 2020
- ↑ Plate originally was BK987
Related Articles[]
References[]
- ↑ "建議開辦青衣公眾碼頭與瑪嘉烈醫院的新界專線小巴服務" (Proposed introduction of New Territories green minibus service between Tsing Yi Ferry Pier and Princess Margaret Hospital), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 32/2018 (Circulated Paper), November 2018
- ↑ G.N. 4336: Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Ordinance (Cap. 374D) -- Packages of Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in the New Territories, Kowloon and on the Hong Kong Island, The HKSAR Government Gazette, Volume 23, Issue 27, 5 July 2019
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "開辦新界專線小巴第413號線(青衣公眾碼頭—瑪嘉烈醫院)" [Traffic Advice], 19 February 2020.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment on NT GMB Route No. 413" [Traffic Advice], 22 February 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 165 routes" [News Bulletin], 25 June 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustment of NT GMB Route No. 413" [Traffic Advice], 28 April 2023.
- ↑ Once equipped with low adopt seater
- ↑ 葵青區議會要求運輸署嚴肅跟進新界專線小巴413線脫班問題，並要求營辦商盡快按照服務承諾，為413線提供合理的服務及班次予居民；此外，本會亦要求落實青衣島內分段收費，改善島內交通。 (運輸署回覆) (Motion: That the Kwai Tsing District Council requests the Transport Department to seriously follow up the problem of lost trips of New Territories green minibus Route 413, and requests the operator to expeditiously provide reasonable services and frequencies for Route 413 for residents in accordance with the performance pledge; furthermore, this Council also requests the implementation of section fares on Tsing Yi Island to improve the traffic on the island. (Transport Department's reply), Kwai Tsing District Council Traffic and Transport Paper No. 44a/D/2020, October 2020
External Links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 413
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 413
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