The New Territories Green Minibus Route 503 is operated by Marvel Wealth Holdings Limited (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 16640C) (興裕集團有限公司). It runs between Queen's Hill Estate and North District Hospital, passing through Luen Wo Hui, Tin Ping Estate and Shek Wu Hui. It is the first public transport route serving the Queen's Hill new development area.
History[]
- 6 November 2020: The Transport Department launched a public tender for the operation rights of two groups of three new GMB routes, with this route being in the same group as 504. [1]
- 30 August 2021: Route 503 entered service. [2]
- 22 December 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. [3]
- 10 May 2022: The first departure from Queen's Hill Estate from Monday to Friday was advanced from 07:00 to 06:15, and that from Queen's Hill Estate on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays was advanced from 07:00 to 06:30. [4]
- 31 October 2022: The discounted amount of adult Octopus interchange concession with MTR was increased from $0.3 to $1.0. [5]
- 29 May 2023: [6]
- The first departure from North District Hospital on Mondays to Fridays was advanced from 07:00 to 06:45;
- A Low-floor minibus was deployed to run four trips from Monday to Friday. The vehicle will only provide wheelchair pick-up services at the minibus stops at Shan Lai Court, Queen's Hill Estate and North District Hospital.
Service hours and headways[]
The latest update is on 5/2023, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department“HKeMobility” mobile app.
| Operation Schedule and Booking Details for Fiat Ducato Mellor Orion Low-floor minibus | |
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| From Queen's Hill Estate | From North District Hospital |
| Mondays to Fridays | |
| 08:40, 09:40 | 09:10, 10:10 |
| 14:00, 15:00 | 14:30, 15:30 |
| No low-floor minibus service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays | |
Note: Wheelchair users can make reservations by phone to use the Wheelchair Parking Area on the low-floor minibus on this route:
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Fares[]
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Queen's Hill Estate | Ma Sik Road |
| Ma Sik Road | $3.9 | |
| North District Hospital | $7.9 | $3.9 |
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Octopus Interchange Concessions[]
| 503 Line MTR Interchange Discount | |||
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| First Journey Transportation | Second Journey Transportation | Discount Amount | Time Limit |
| 503 | MTR | Adult Octopus: $1.0 Other Octopus: 50￠ (Designated interchange station at Sheung Shui Station) |
90 minutes |
| MTR | 503 | ||
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Service Details, this route and Route 503K require a total of 17 19-seat minibuses to operate, and this route requires 2 of these minibuses to operate, with a total passenger capacity of not less than 56 people in each direction during the busiest hour.
In addition, according to the terms of the tender documents, the operator must deploy no less than 5 public light buses to operate, and within one year of its opening, deploy a low-floor minibus that can accommodate wheelchair passengers to provide services.
Currently New Territories Routes 503, 503K and 504 under Marvel Wealth Holdings have a total of 29 of Toyota Coaster minibuses, including 8 16-seater minibuses and 21 19-seater minibuses.
Some 19-seater vehicles have seats equipped with a sensor system that will sound if passengers do not fasten their seat belts while the minibus is moving. All vehicles are equipped with a driver monitoring device to monitor the driver's driving conditions and once the driver shows signs of driving fatigue, an alarm will immediately sound to remind the driver.
| List of Marvel Wealth Holdings minibuses | |||||
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| Plate No. | Type No.[Remark 1] | Seat | Sign Configuration | Route | Remarks |
| GP9162 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high back | Rollsign | 503／503K | Formerly vehicle of Kwok Chung Motor Car New Territories Route 804 Plate originally belonged to 1995 3rd Generation Entered service in August 2023 |
| HF3820 | 2008 6LS | Formerly vehicle of Kwok Chung Motor Car New Territories Route 804 Plate originally belomged to 1997 3rd Generation Entered service in Septemner 2023 | |||
| JD1408 | 2013 6LS | Formerly vehicle of Kwun Tong - Castle Peak Road Route Was also a formerly vehicle of Wan Tsuen Route and Causeway Bay - Sai Kung Route Plate Originally belonged to 1999 4th Generation[Remark 2] of General Elite Hong Kong Island 28 series Entered service in March 2024 | |||
| LN7423 | 2021 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | Plate originaly belonged to 2004 5DL[Remark 3] of Red Minibus Causeway Bay - Sai Kung Route | |
| LT124 | Plate originally belonged to 2004 5LS2 of Shek Mong Route and Lee Mong Route | ||||
| LW1540 | 2005 5LS2 | 16-seater high adopt seat | Rollsign | Formerly a vehicle of Lee Mong Route Entered service in September 2023 | |
| LX1090 | 2021 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | 504 | Entered service in September 2021 Plate originally belonged to 2005 5LS2[Remark 4] of Belevalle Garden - Causeway Bay Route |
| NM9561 | 2008 6LS | 16-seater high adopt | Rollsign | 503/503K | Formerly a vehicle of Kwok Chong Motor Car New Territories Route 803K Was also a former vehicle of Mei To Route Entered service in August 2023 |
| PG1984 | 2021 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | Plate originally belonged to a Red Minibus 2004 5LS[Remark 5]of Central - Aberdeen Route | |
| PU304 | 2011 6LS | 16-seater high adopt | Rollsign | Originally was a part of PLB Kwun Tsing Route, Kwun Tsuen Route and Mei To Route Joined in March 2023 | |
| PZ3733 | 2021 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | Entered service in March 2022 Plate Originally belonged to a 2011 6LS on a part of PLB To Tsuen Route, Tsuen Wong Kau Route and Po Mong Route[Remark 6] | |
| RS6301 | 2012 6LS | 16-seater high adopt | Rollsign | Originally was a part on PLB Yau Jor Route Joined in June 2024 | |
| SY9151 | 2021 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS | Entered service in May 2022 Plate Originally belonged to a 2012 6LS on part of PLB Shek Tsuen Route[Remark 7] | |
| TM1034 | 2015 6LS | 16-seater original 3-point harness seat | Rollsign | Originally was a part of PLB Wong Tsing Route and Sham Sheung Route Joined in March 2023 | |
| VN1085 | 2018 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Patent Enterprises EDS | Originally was a Red Minibus Joined in September 2022 | |
| VV5117 | Originally was a part on PLB Kung Mong Route Joined in June 2022 | ||||
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| WN2475 | 2017 7LL | Original plate number DJ613[Remark 8], plate number changed on November 2019 due to burnt into fire Formerly a vehicle on Kellis' Kowloon 2/26 series Was also a part of PLB Tsz Mong Route and Castle Peak Road - Wong Tai Sin Route Joined in August 2022 | |||
| WT7786 | 2020 7LL | Transfull EDS | Formerly vehicle of Jetwide Kowloon Route 77M Entered service in February 2023 | ||
| WT9612 | Formerly vehicle of Kellis Kowloon 2/26 series Entered service in April 2022 then removed the side EDS | ||||
| WT9908 | |||||
| XA3509 | Formerly vehicle of Kellis Kowloon 2/26 series Entered service in September 2022 then removed the side EDS | ||||
| XB2342 | Formerly vehicle of Kellis Kowloon 2/26 series Entered service in November 2022 then removed the side EDS | ||||
| XF4382 | 2021 7LL | Formerly vehicle of Kwok Chung Motor Car New Territories Route 803 Entered service in March 2023 | |||
| YE9133 | 2022 7LL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Entered service in September 2022 | ||
| YF2122 | |||||
| YJ3742 | Entered service in December 2022 | ||||
| YM167 | 2023 7LL | Entered service in February 2023 | |||
| ZE2240 | 2024 7DL | Equipped with 2.8 litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in March 2024 | |||
| List of former minibuses under Marvel Wealth Holdings | ||||||
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| Plate no | Model | Type no | Seat no. | Date of Retired/Withdrawal | Going | Replacing vehicles |
| YN3020 | Fiat Ducato | 2023 Mellor Orion | 18 | May 2024 | Converted to red minibus, idled | |
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
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 North District Hospital: The distance of this route is approx. 6.8km, and the journey time is approximately 30mins. (The average speed is 13.6km/h.)
To Northern Hospital[]
Via: Lung Ma Road (eastbound), U-turn, Lung Ma Road (westbound), Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Ma Sik Road, Tin Ping Road, Lung Sum Avenue, Lung Wan Street, San Wan Road, San Fung Avenue, Po Wan Road, Po Shek Wu Road, Fan Kam Road, Po Kin Road and North District Hospital access
| New Territories GMB Route 503 (Queen's Hill Estate→North District Hospital) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Queen's Hill | Lung Ma Road |
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| 2 | Lung Yeuk Tau | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau |
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| 3 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Ma Sik Road |
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| 4 | Sheung Shui | Tin Ping Road |
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| 5 | Lung Sum Road |
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| 6 | San Wan Road | |||
| 7 | San Fung Road |
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| 8 | Fan Kam Road |
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To Queen's Hill Estate[]
To Queen's Hill Estate: The distance of this route is approx. 6.7km, and the journey time is approximately 30mins. (The average speed is 13.4km/h.)
Via: North District Hospital access, Po Kin Road, Fan Kam Road, Po Shek Wu Road, Po Wan Road, San Fung Avenue, Lung Sum Avenue, Tin Ping Road, Ma Sik Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau and Lung Ma Road
| New Territories GMB Route 503 (North District Hospital→Queen's Hill Estate) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Sheung Shui |
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| 2 | Fan Kam Highway |
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| 3 | San Fung Road |
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| 4 | Lung Sum Avenue |
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| 5 | Tin Ping Road |
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| 6 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Ma Sik Road |
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| 7 | Lung Yeuk Tau | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau |
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| 8 | Queen's Hill | Lung Ma Road |
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Ridership[]
Route 503 was originally intended to provide Queen's Hill residents with a connection to the North District Hospital service. Due to the lack of supporting facilities in the Queen's Hill community, residents need to go to Sheung Shui for shopping, medical treatment or transfer to other public transportation. This route passes through MTR Sheung Shui Station area, which is attracting to the residents[7][8]. In view of this, the operator added a short-distance service 503K on 19 June 2022 to divert the huge passenger flow on the main route.[9]
Gallery[]
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A Route 503 minibus was waiting for depart from Queen's Hill Estate (August 2021)
A Route 503 minibus was waiting for depart from Queen's Hill Estate (August 2021)
A Route 503 minibus towards Queen's Hill Estate was passing through Lung Sum Avenue
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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.
- ↑ That 4th Generation formerly vehicle of Red Minibus No. 1 Route, then entered service General Elite in November 2009, until July 2013.
- ↑ That 5DL formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Mong Kok - Western District Route, 2020Then entered service in Causeway Bay - Sai Kung Route, until July 2020, was the last 5DL with Euro 3 in Hong Kong.
- ↑ That 5LS2 formerly a vehicle of Yau Jor Route, first changed as Tsz Jor Route, No. 9 Route and Belevalle Garden - Causeway Bay Route, until 2020.
- ↑ That 5LS plate originally was FF7072, plate was changed in May 2010.
- ↑ That 6LS was originally served on Jetwide's Kowloon Routes 77M/78, current serves on Rock Smart Development's New Territories Route 812A then changed the plate number as XL1685.
- ↑ The 6LS was originally a vehicle on a part of PLB Wong Tsing Route and Ping Tsuen Route, currently serves on Rock Smart Development's New Territories Route 812A then changed the plate number as XL574.
- ↑ This Plate number was originally belonged to a Mitsubishi Rosa (1985 BE439E) and a Toyota Coaster (1999 4th generation) on a part of PLB Tsz Mong Route and Wong Tsing Route, The plate number changed due to burnt into fire in November 2019 then applied to a 2005 5LS2 (The 5LS2 original plate number LZ1585).
Related articles[]
- New Territories GMB Route 503K
- KMB Route 78B
- KMB Route 78K
References[]
- ↑ G. N. 6453: Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374D)--Packages of Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in the New Territories and Hong Kong Island, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 24 Issue No. 45, 6 November 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 503 (Queen's Hill Estate - North District Hospital)" [Traffic Advice], 25 August 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Real-time arrival information system for Green Minibuses extended to cover 313 routes" [News Bulletin], 22 December 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustments of New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 503 (Queen's Hill Estate – North District Hospital)" [Traffic Advice], 29 April 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Enhancements of New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 503 (Queen's Hill Estate – North District Hospital) and Route No. 503K (Queen's Hill Estate – Sheung Shui Hui)" [Traffic Advice], 28 October 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 503 with low-floor wheelchair access" [Traffic Advice], 25 May 2023.
- ↑ Related Cable News report, 26 July 2022.
- ↑ Jasper Law, "跟進皇后山往來上水交通之居民聯署" (Following up on residents’ joint statement on public transport services between Queen’s Hill and Sheung Shui) [Facebook post], 11 July 2022.
- ↑ Edward Lau, "劉國勳｜交通｜皇后山503加車設短途特別班 (New shortworking special trips of Queen’s Hill GMB route 503)" [Facebook post], 7 June 2022.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 503
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 503
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