The New Territories Green Minibus Route 46 is operated by Yau Man Investment Limited (友文投資有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 8937C). It runs netween Fu Tai Estate and Tuen Mun Town Centre, via Lingnan University, MTR Siu Hong Station, Prime View Garden and San Hui.
This route is officially a circular route as listed in the according to Transport Department's Schedule of Services, but under any circumstances, all passengers must alight after the vehicle has arrived at Tuen Mun Town Centre, therefore it belongs to a fake circular route.
History[]
To solve the worsening traffic congestion problem before the completion of the Tuen Mun Road Tai Lam section of the climbing route, Transport Department planned to introduce two green minibus routes in 1995 providing feeder services to the Tuen Mun Ferry Pier, of which this route was one.[1]
- 8 December 1995: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for operating rights of 12 groups with 17 new green minibus (GMB) routes, in which this route was placed in a single group.[2]
- 1997: Route 46 entered service, running between Tuen Mun Ferry Pier and Lingnan College (i.e. current Lingnan University; the terminus was located at Fu Tei Road at that time), and detoured via King Fung Path.
- July 1999: Truncated from Tuen Mun Ferry Pier to Tuen Mun Town Centre.
- 2001:
- The terminus was relocated from Lingnan University to Fu Tai Estate;
- Omitted King Fung Path and a supplementary Route 46A was introduced to serve the area.
- 20 December 2003: The Round trip detours via West Rail Line Siu Hong Station (South) Public Transport Interchange and additional Interchange Discount with Kowloon Canton West Railway was introduced.[3]
- 5 November 2008: An additional minibus will be introduces at an average frequency of 4 to 5 minutes during peak hours.[4]
- 2 October 2009: A new special departure from Lingnan University to Tuen Mun Town Centre was introduced with the service time from 07:00 to 10:00 and a 15-minute interval during Mondays to Fridays, following the cancellation of illegal resident bus service between Parkland Villas and Tuen Mun Town Centre with effect from 1 October.[5][6]
- The special departure was operated until 1 June 2010, when it ceased operations after the launching of Resident Bus Route NR763 by Sun Bus serving Parkland Villas.
- 28 October 2019: Departures from Tuen Mun Town Centre to Fu Tai Estate omitting San Hui were individually numbered 46X.[7]
- 30 March 2022: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.[8]
Service hours and headways[]
The latest update is on 10/2019, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
| From Fu Tai Estate | |
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| Service hours | Headways (mins) |
| Daily | |
| 05:00 - 06:30 | 30 |
| 06:30 - 10:00 | 7/8 |
| 10:00 - 14:00 | 10/12 |
| 14:00 - 21:30 | 7/8 |
| 21:30 - 23:00 | 10/12 |
| 23:00 - 00:30 | 20/30 |
Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stops | Fare |
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| Full fare | $5.0 |
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This route has no section fare. | ||||||||||||||
Octopus interchange concessions[]
Passenger may enjoy fare discounts for interchange between this route and MTR when using the Octopus card as follows:
| Route 46 MTR Interchange Concessions Scheme | |||||
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| First trip | Second trip | Concession amounts | Interchange point | Time limited | Remark |
| MTR | 46 | $1.0 | Siu Hong Station | TBC | |
| 46 | MTR | ||||
Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's "Schedule of Services", this route and route 46X are served by a total of 14 minibuses, of which 2 are 19-seater minibuses. The combined capacity of the two routes is not less than 230 passengers per direction during the peak hour.
Currently this route and New Territories routes 46A and 46X have a total of 16 Toyota Coaster LPG-minibuses, including 6 16-seater minibuses and 10 19-seater minibuses.
| List of New Territories Route 46 minibuses | |||||
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| Plate no. | Type [Remark 1] | Seats | Destination sign configuration | Scheduled route(s) | Remarks |
| AU8583 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high adopt | Newest design Rollsign | 46/46X | Former vehicle on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Routes 77 series fleets Plate originally belonged to a 2nd generation on Kowloon Route 66S fleets and New Territories Route 99 fleets Once shifted to Triple Kind's New Territories Routes 106/107 fleefs[Remark 2] during September and October 2024 |
| AY6630 | 2004 5LS | 16-seater low adopt | Once shifted to New Territories Route 105[Remark 3], Triple Kind's New Territories Routes 106/107 fleets and Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 410 fleets[Remark 4] during October and November 2024 | ||
| DC2818 | 2016 6LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Oldest design Rollsign | The first 19-seater minibus in this route The rear of the car adopts a double emergency door design Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation on Kowloon Route 66S fleets and New Territories Route 99 fleets Once shifted to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 40 fleets | |
| EJ792 | 2022 7LL | Transfull EDS | Entered service in August 2022 Plate originally belonged to a 1990 2nd generation and a 2003 5LS | ||
| EJ912 | Entered service in September 2022 Plate originally belonged to a 1990 2nd generation and a 2003 5LS | ||||
| ET9399 | 2021 7LL | Entered service in 3 July 2021 | |||
| FM8418 | 2004 5LS2 | 16-seater high adopt | Oldest design Rollsign | Originally was a vehicle on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Routes 77 series fleets | |
| FU266 | 2020 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | Entered service in 27 November 2020 | |
| HA8363 | 2010 6LS | 16-seater high adopt | Oldest design Rollsign | Former vehicle on routes under Good View Maxicab Was also a former vehicle on PLB Kwun Tsuen Route Joined in February 2023 | |
| LH6823 | 2022 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | Entered service in June 2022 Plate originally belonged to a 2004 5LS | |
| LS5147 | 2004 5LS2 | 16-seater high adopt | Newest design Rollsign | Once shifted to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 40, New Territories Route 410 and New Territories Route 105[Remark 5] during February 2019, July and August to December 2024 respectively | |
| LS9868 | 2023 7LL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Transfull EDS | Entered service in June 2023 Plate originally belonged to a 2004 5LS2[Remark 6] | |
| LV5755 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back seat | Oldest design Rollsign | Former vehicle on Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A fleets Joined in September 2018 | |
| VN2650 | 2018 7LL | 19-seater Vegas eat | Patent Enterprise EDS | Entered service in July 2018 Once shifted to Yau Ho Enterprise's New Territories Route 508 during September 2025 and October 2025 shortly | |
| YP1321 | 2023 7LL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Transfull EDS | 46A | Entered service in April 2023 |
| YV3701 | Entered service in September 2023 | ||||
| List of former Minibuses under Routes 46 series | ||||
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| Plate no. | Type no. | Retirement/Withdrawal Date | Fate | Substituted Vehicle(s) |
| AU1896 | 2003 5LS | July 2016 | Transferred to Eternal Loyal's New Territories Route 41 fleets Plate is now applied to a 2022 7LL on PLB Crescent Green - Yuen Long Route fleets |
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| CX1010 | 2005 5LS2 | June 2019 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 310M fleets | NK6721 (2008 6LS) |
| DG687 | Unknown | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 77 fleets | ||
| EJ792 | 1990 2nd gemeration | 2003 | Retired | 2003 5LS of the same plate |
| 2003 5LS | August 2022 | 2022 7LL of the same plate | ||
| EJ912 | 1990 2nd generation | 2003 | 2003 5LS of the same plate | |
| 2003 5LS | September 2022 | 2022 7LL of the same plate | ||
| EL2972 | 2004 5LS | February 2023 | HA8363 (2010 6LS) | |
| EM2653 | 2009 6DS | 2012 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 140M fleets | |
| April 2021 | Retired | |||
| EV1739 | 2004 5LS | August 2023 | YV3701 (2023 7LL) | |
| EZ3790 | July 2021 | ET9399 (2021 7LL) | ||
| GA9906 | 1999 4th genration | August 2017 | Retired Plate is now applied to a 2017 6LL on Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A fleets |
PL5976 (2010 6LS) |
| GW7752 | 2005 5LS2 | 2016 | Transferred to Kowloon Route 66S fleets and New Territories Route 99 fleets | DC2818 (2016 6LL) |
| KB125 | 2004 5LS | Unknown | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Routes 77 series fleets | |
| KM6237 | 2002 5LS | Transferred to New Territories Routes 105/105S fleets | ||
| KM8071 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 140M fleets | |||
| LD3599 | 2003 5LS | July 2018 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 310M fleets Plate is now applied to a 2022 7LL on fleets operated under Good View Maxicab |
VN2650 (2018 7LL) |
| LE8199 | 2010 | Exchanged with EM2653 (2009 6DS)that originally served on Kowloon Route 66S fleets and New Territories Route 99 fleets Plate is applied to a 7LL on Wyman Development's New Territories Routes 26/26A fleets from January 2022 | ||
| LF9985 | December 2019 | Retired | FU266 (2020 7LL) | |
| LH6823 | 2004 5LS | June 2022 | 2022 7LL of the same plate | |
| LL5726 | April 2023 | YP1321 (2023 7LL) | ||
| LS9868 | 2004 5LS2 | June 2023 | 2023 7LL of the same plate | |
| MK7110 | 2006 5DL | 2016 | Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 310M fleets | FM8418 (2004 5LS2) |
| NK6721 | 2008 6LS | September 2022 | Exchanged with LS9868 (2004 5LS2) that originally served on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 40 fleets | |
| PL5976 | 2010 6LS | February 2021 | Exchanged with EM2653 (2009 6DS) that originally served on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 410 fleets | |
The information may not be complete and accurate, and to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.
This section was last updated on 10/2025202510
Routing[]
Circular full trip: The distance of this route is approx. 8km, and the journey time is approximately 39mins. (The average speed is 12.3km/h.)
To Tuen Mun Town Centre[]
Via: Tuen Kwai Road, Castle Peak Road - Lingnan, Un-named road, Siu Hong Station South Public Transport Interchange, Un-named Road, Castle Peak Road - San Hui, Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Tuen Lung Street and Tuen Shun Street
| New Territories GMB Route 46 (Fu Tai Estate → Tuen Mun Town Centre) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Fu Tei |
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| 2 | Tuen Kwai Road |
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| 3 | Castle Peak Road - Lingnan |
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| 4 | Siu Hong |
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No detours will be made if no passengers notify the driver | |
| 5 | San Hui | Castle Peak Road - San Hui |
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| 6 | Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road |
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Passengers cannot alight at opposite S K H St. Simon's Lui Ming Choi Secondary School | |
| 7 | Tuen Mun Town Centre | Tuen Shun Street |
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Passengers must alight at this stop |
| Some trips will re-route to drop off passengers at Tuen Hop Street rather than Tuen Shun Street. | ||||
To Fu Tai Estate[]
| Routing | Road observed |
| ① Regular trip |
Tuen Shun Street, Tuen Hop Street, Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Castle Peak Road - San Hui, unnamed road, Siu Hong Station South Public Transport Interchange, unnamed road, Castle Peak Road - Lingnan and Tuen Kwai Road |
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| ② * Starting from S.K.H. St. Simon's Lui Ming Choi Secondary School en-route stop |
Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road, Castle Peak Road – San Hui, Un-named Road, …… |
| New Territories GMB Route 46 (Tuen Mun Town Centre → Fu Tai Estate) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Tuen Mun Town Centre | Tuen Shun Street |
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If the minibus is full at this stop, minibuses will re-route to run on Route 46X |
| 2 | San Hui | Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road |
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Trips using routing ② begin here |
| 3 | Castle Peak Road - San Hui |
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| 4 | Siu Hong |
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No detours will be made if no passengers notify the driver | |
| 5 | Fu Tei | Castle Peak Road - Lingnan |
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| 6 | Tuen Kwai Road |
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Remarks[]
Due to the heavy patronage at Tuen Mun Town Centre, the minibus is often full when it departs. In this connection, this route operates additional special trips to Tuen Mun Town Centre for diverting passengers, and such trips will return to the Town Centre Terminus directly after dropping off passengers at Fu Tai Estate.[16]For easier recognition of passengers and avoiding misunderstanding, the operators has enhanced the signage on special trips, such as placing cardboards indicating a special trip.
Signs on minibuses on prohibition on stopping at non-official stops and reminder on notifying the driver for alighting at Siu Hong Station
Some minibuses on this route had picked up and dropped off passengers at some unofficial stops. Due to safety reasons, the operator posted a notice "Drivers who pick up and drop off passengers at non-official stops resulting in enforcement actions are liable for their own responsibility" (非站頭上落客 抄牌司機自負) inside the minibus in 2009, requiring passengers and drivers to follow the stops for picking up and dropping off passengers.
Due to the large number of passengers, some trips (the notices indicate noon on weekdays and daytime on holidays) at Fu Tai Estate will reserve seats to facilitate boarding by passengers from Ying Tai House (4 seats for 16-seater minibuses and 5 seats for 19-seater minibuses), and the same restriction also applies to Route 46X.
As earlier lane-cutting is required for trips to and from MTR Siu Hong Station (South), due to the fact that some passengers often raise their voices to the driver at a later time and are unable to cut the lane, the operator has put up notices in the compartments reminding passengers to notify the driver well in advance for alighting at Siu Hong Station since 2011. Although these notices have disappeared with the transfer of some vehicles out of the series, the restriction is still in place.
Ridership[]
This route overlapped with MTR Bus Route K51 but attracted a high patronage due to its faster journey and more convenient stops in the town centre than buses.
Parkland Villas is also a major patronage source of this route, and a special service from Parkland Villas has been introduced to replace the illegal resident bus service between the estate and Tuen Mun Town Centre. Currently, the estate has successfully bid for Resident Bus Route NR763, and the demand for this route is lower than before.
Related incidents[]
Traffic accidents[]
- 10 June 2021: At 10:30am, a minibus on this route was hit by a van which failed to hold on to its brakes while leaving the Tuen Mun Town Centre terminus, but resulted no injuries.[17]
Gallery[]
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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.
- ↑ See Gallery Pages
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- ↑ The 5LS2 was originally a vehicle on Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 40 fleets, transferred to Yau Man Investment in September 2022, until June 2023 before retirement.
Related articles[]
- New Territories GMB Route 46A
- New Territories GMB Route 46X
- KCR Bus Route 521P
- MTR Bus Route K51
- MTR Bus Route K51A
- Resident Bus Route NR763
References[]
- ↑ 屯門公路運輸及交通問題 (Transportation and traffic issues in Tuen Mun), Legislative Council Task Force, November 1995.
- ↑ G.N. 5081, The Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 137, No. 49, 8 December 1995.
- ↑ 2003 Transport Department Environmental Report
- ↑ Request for improvement of minibus service and support facilities for No. 46, Minutes of the Sixth Meeting of the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Tuen Mun District Council in 2008-2009, 14 November 2008.
- ↑ hkitalk：新界46有特車 (New special departure for Route 46)
- ↑ 香港討論區：屯門疊茵庭住戶專區 (Discuss HK: Zone for Parkland Villas residents)
- ↑ Transport Department HKSAR Government, "Route splitting of New Territories Green Minibus Bus Route No. 46 – Introduction of a short-working route: Route No. 46X (Fu Tai Estate – Tuen Mun Town Centre (Circular))" [Traffic Notice], 2 October 2019.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 391 routes" [News Bulletin], 30 March 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Revisions of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 46, 46A and 46X" [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 Serial No. TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 8% and the TD eventually approved a 4% increase.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Revisions of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 46, 46A and 46X" [Traffic Advice], 5 January 2021.
- ↑ According to 新界 46, 46A, 46X 申請加價 (Applications for fare increase for New Territories Route Nos. 46, 46A, 46X), hkitalk.net, the operator originally applied for a 17% fare increase and the TD eventually approved a 6.4% increase.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Revision of N.T. GMB Route Nos 46 and 46A" [Traffic Advice], 30 June 2015.
- ↑ According to Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2015-16 Reply Serial No. THB(T)162, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 9.1% and the TD eventually approved a 6.8% increase.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Revision of N.T. GMB Route Nos 46 and 46A" [Traffic Advice], 8 October 2012.
- ↑ "屯門：小巴46線 被指常拒載 (Tuen Mun: Route 46 minibuses accused of often refusing to load passengers)", Sun Post, 10 August 2015.
- ↑ 【21年6月上旬 馬路奇景合集】炒車篇, from 1:38.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 46
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 46
| 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 | |