The New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 505 is operated by Vantage Billion Development Limited (衍利發展有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 19038C). It runs between Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) and Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok), serving Tin Ping Estate, Luen Wo Hui and Cheung Wah Estate in North District, as well as Shek Mun and Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin District and passes through Fanling Highway, Tolo Highway and Tate's Cairn Highway.
This route has the highest fare among all daytime GMB routes.
History[]
- 24 December 2021: The Transport Department invited open tenders for the operating rights of two sets of a total of 3 new green minibus (GMB) routes, with this route being tendered as a separate group. [1]
- 9 October 2022: Route 505 entered service. [2]
- 15 May 2023: Trial run of shortworking trips at 07:00, 08:00, 09:00, 16:00, 17:00 and 18:00 on Mondays to Fridays from Luen Wo Hui (Wo Mun Street) to Prince of Wales Hospital was introduced for a period of six months to 11 November 2023. [3][4]
- 22 December 2024: New section fare from Jockey Club Road near Tong Hang to Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) was introduced to this route.[5]
Service hours and headways[]
| From Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) | From Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok) | Headways (mins) |
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| Daily | ||
| 06:30 - 07:00 | 06:30 - 07:00 | 30 |
| 07:00 - 09:00 | 07:00 - 09:00 | 15 |
| 09:00 - 17:00 | 09:00 - 17:00 | 30 |
| 17:00 - 19:00 | 17:00 - 19:00 | 15 |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | 19:00 - 22:00 | 30 |
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department "HKeMobility" mobile app.
Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stops | Fare |
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| Full fare | $19.1 |
| Fare chart (to Sheung Shui) | |
| From Tong Hang | 6.8 |
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Octopus interchange concessions[]
| Route 505 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 505 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 505 | ||
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Schedule of Services of the Transport Department (TD), a total of 10 19-seater minibuses are required to serve this route, with a total capacity of not less than 76 passengers in each direction during the peakiest hour.
At present, this route is actually served by 18 minibuses, including 2 16-seater minibus and 16 19-seater minibuses. The model distribution is as follows:
- 16 Toyota Coaster (1 2015 6DS, 10 2022 7LL, 4 2023 7DL and 1 2024 7DL)
- 1 Chongqing Suitong YST6700BEVG (2024)
| List of minibuses on NT Route 505 | |||||
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| Plate no. | Model | Type code [Remark 1] | Seat No. | Dest. sign configuration | Remark(s) |
| KF3722 | Toyota Coaster | 2015 6DS | 16-seater original 3-point harness seat | Rollsign | First 16-seater minibus on this route Former vehicle from PLB Route 1 Plate originally belonged to a 2001 4th generation from that route Joined in August 2024 |
| LT9636 | 2004 5LS2 | 16-seater high back seat | Former vehicle from Kellis' Hong Kong Island Route 50 Jouned in July 2025 | ||
| UH9110 | Chongqing Suitong YST6700BEVG | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | TBC | Low-floor minibus with wheelchair access[Remark 2] Entered service in November 2024 Plate originally belonged to a 2016 6DS on To Kwa Wan - Ho Man Tin Route | |
| VU6619 | Toyota Coaster | 2018 7LL | 19-seater Vegaseat | Patent Enterprise EDS | Initial a vehicle from PLB Kwun Tsing Route fleets Was also an initial a vehicle from PLB Kung Mong Route and Shek Mong Route fleets Joined in September 2025 |
| YF4536 | 2022 7LL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Transfull EDS | Entered service in 9 October 2022 | |
| YF4825 | 19-seater Vogel seat | ||||
| YF4874 | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | ||||
| YF4938 | |||||
| YF5367 | 19-seater Vogel seat | ||||
| YF5535 | |||||
| YF5537 | |||||
| YF5702 | |||||
| YG2129 | Original plate no. YF4532 Plate no changed in September 2025 Entered service in 9 October 2022 | ||||
| YM2511 | 2023 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Entered service in March 2023 | ||
| YN3577 | Entered service in April 2023 | ||||
| YS5148 | Entered service in June 2023 | ||||
| YS6035 | |||||
| ZF531 | 2022 7LL | 19-seater Vogel Seat | Original plate no. YF5181, plate no. changed in September 2023 due to traffic accident Entered service in 9 October 2022 | ||
| ZJ7426 | 2024 7DL | 19-seater Original 3-point harness seat | Equipped with 2.8-Litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in July 2024 | ||
This section was last updated on 9/2025202509
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 Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok)[]
To Sha Tin: The distance of this route is approx. 24.5km, and the journey time is approximately 55mins. (The average speed is 26.7km/h.)
Via: San Fat Street, Lung Sum Avenue, Jockey Club Road, Ma Sik Road, Wo Tai Street, Wo Mun Street, Luen On Street, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau , San Wan Road, Jockey Club Road, Fanling Highway, Tolo Highway, Tate's Cairn Highway, Shek Mun Interchange, Tai Chung Kiu Road, On Sum Street, On Yiu Street, On Ming Street, Chap Wai Kon Street and Ngau Pei Sha Street
| New Territories GMB Route 505 (Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) → Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Sheung Shui | San Fat Street |
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| 2 | Lung Sum Avenue |
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| 3 | Jockey Club Road |
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| 4 | Ma Sik Road |
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| 5 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) |
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| 6 | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau |
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| 7 | Fanling | San Wan Road |
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| 8 | Jockey Club Road |
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 Fanling Highway, Tolo Highway;  Tate's Cairn Highway
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| 9 | Sha Tin (Shek Mun) | On Yiu Street |
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| 10 | On Ming Street | |||
| 11 | Yuen Chau Kok | Chap Wai Kon Street |
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| 12 | Ngau Pei Sha Street | Eastbound | ||
To Sheung Shui (San Fat Street)[]
To Sheung Shui: The distance of this route is approx. 26.0km, and the journey time is approximately 55mins. (The average speed is 28.4km/h.)
Via: Ngau Pei Sha Street, Sha Tin Wai Road, Ngan Shing Street, Chap Wai Kon Street, On Ming Street, On Yiu Street, On Sum Street, Tai Chung Kiu Road, Shek Mun Interchange, Tate's Cairn Highway, Tolo Highway, Fanling Highway, Pak Wo Road, Jockey Club Road, San Wan Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Ma Sik Road, Wo Tai Street, Wo Muk Road, Fan Leng Lau Road, Ma Sik Road, Jockey Club Road, Fu Hing Street and San Fat Street
| New Territories GMB Route 505 (Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok) → Sheung Shui (San Fat Street)) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Yuen Chau Kok | Ngau Pei Sha Street | Eastbound | |
| 2 | Ngan Shing Street | |||
| 3 | Chap Wai Kon Street |
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| 4 | Sha Tin (Shek Mun) | On Ming Street |
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| 5 | On Yiu Street |
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| 6 | Fanling | Jockey Club Road |
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| 7 | San Wan Road |
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| 8 | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau |
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| 9 | Ma Sik Road |
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| 10 | Wo Tai Street |
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| 11 | Wo Muk Road |
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| 12 | Fan Leng Lau Road |
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| 13 | Sheung Shui | Ma Sik Road |
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| 14 | Jockey Club Road |
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| 15 | Fu Hing Street |
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| 16 | San Fat Street |
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Related incidents[]
- 16 May 2023: At around 8:00 p.m., a Toyota Coaster (YM2511) heading for Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) collided head-on with a private car that was suspected to have lost control and crossed the line due to the driver's drunkenness at Wo Muk Road, resulting in injuries to seven people. [7]
- 25 September 2023: A Toyota Coaster (YF5181) heading for Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) hit an old woman at the junction of Wo Tai Street and Wo Muk Road at about 3:00 p.m., who was suspected to have failed to comply with the traffic light signal, and the victim was sent to the hospital where she was pronounced deceased. [8]
Gallery[]
A minibus on Route 505 just arrived at Sheung Shui (San Fat Street)
Route 505 terminates at Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok) (October 2022)
Route 505 passes through Fanling Town Centre (June 2023)
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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.
- ↑ If a wheelchair is used, the front seat must be folded to avoid overloading.
Related articles[]
- KMB Route 73A
References[]
- ↑ G. N. 8041: Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374D)--Packages of Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in the New Territories and Kowloon, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 25, Issue 51, 24 December 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of New Territories Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Service Route No. 505 (Sheung Shui San Fat Street – Sha Tin Yuen Chau Kok)" [Traffic Advice], 5 October 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Trial of Short-working Departures of New Territories Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Service Route No. 505 (Fanling Wo Mun Street En-route Stop to Chap Wai Kon Street near Shatin Prince of Wales Hospital)" [Traffic Advice], 12 May 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Extension of the Trial of Short-working Departures of New Territories Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Service Route No. 505 (Fanling Wo Mun Street En-route Stop to Chap Wai Kon Street near Shatin Prince of Wales Hospital)" [Traffic Advice], 28 July 2023.
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedTD78548 - ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare adjustment of New Territories GMB Route 505 (From Sheung Shui (San Fat Street) to Sha Tin (Yuen Chau Kok))" [Traffic Advice], 19 December 2024.
- ↑ "粉嶺波子越線撞綠van 司機推開救護車門狂爆粗﹕波仔我吹都無吹" (Porsche car slammed into green minibus on opposite lane; minibus driver), HK01, 16 May 2023.
- ↑ "粉嶺過路婦捱撞死亡 小巴司機涉危駕被捕" (Woman hit to death by minibus in Fanling, minibus driver arrested for dangerous driving), Oriental Daily News, 25 September 2023.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 505
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 505
| Green minibus (GMB) routes in North District | |
|---|---|
| Intra-district routes | <Within New Town> 52A • 54A • 56A • 59A • 501A • 501C • 501K • 503 • 503K • 506 • 507 <To/from Castle Peak Road> 50A • 50K • 51B • 51K <To/from Fan Kam Road> 57K • 58K <To/from Sha Tau Kok Road> 52B • 52K • 54K • 55K • 56B • 56C • 56K <To/from Ta Kwu Ling and Lin Ma Hang> 59K • 59S <To/from Wa Shan Tsuen> 504 |
| Inter-district route | <To/from Tuen Mun District> 44 • 44A • 44A1 <To/from within district via Yuen Long District> 605 <To/from Tai Po District> 20R • 502 <To/from Sha Tin District> 505 <Overnight to/from Kowloon> 501S 🌙 |
| Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only; 🌙 - overnight/late night service | |
| Green minibus (GMB) routes in Sha Tin District | |
|---|---|
| Sha Tin New Town routes | <Within Sha Tin New Town (Town Centre)> 60K • 60P • 60R • 62K • 65A • 67A • 67K • 68K • 69K • 809K <Within Sha Tin New Town (Tai Wai)> 61M • 63A • 63B • 63K • 64A • 64K • 68S • 803K <Within Sha Tin New Town (Fo Tan and Shing Mun River East)> 65K • 65M • 804 • 811 • 811A • 811K • 811P • 812 • 812A • 813 • 813A <To/from Ma Liu Shui and Science Park> 27 • 66K • 814 <To/from Ma On Shan> 803 • 808 • 808P • 810 • 810A • 811B • 811S <To/from Tai Po District> 27A • 27B • 28K • 28S • 806A • 806B • 806M <To/from Kowloon> 61M • 61S 🌙 • 63S 🌙 • 65S 🌙 <To/from Kwai Tsing District> 403 • 403A • 403P • 403X <To/from Tsuen Wan District> 481 • 481A • 481B • 481X • 482 🌙 <To/from North District> 505 |
| Ma Liu Shui and Science Park routes | |
| Ma On Shan routes | |
| Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only; 🌙 - overnight/late night service; 🕑 - 24-hour service | |