New Territories GMB Route 56K

A route 56K minibus was passing through Fanling Station Road
Route Info
Termini	Fanling Station ↔ Luk Keng ●
via	Luen Wo Hui, Sha Tau Kok Road, Nam Chung
Distance	To Luk Keng: 11.8 km To Fanling Station: 12.5km
Journey Time	To Luk Keng: 22mins To Fanling Station: 29mins
Operational information
Current operator	Golden Way
Main Vehicles	Toyota Coaster
Fare Info
Full Fare	$9.8
No. of Section Fare(s)	3 (Two-way section fare)
Service hours
Service Hours (Outbound)	06:00 - 19:30
Service Hours （Inbound)	Mondays to Fridays: 06:30 - 19:30 Saturdays and Public Holidays: 06:30 - 20:10
Headways	10 - 30mins
Special Trips	Man Uk Pin → Fanling Station ●

The New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 56K is operated by Golden Way P.L.B. (Scheduled) Service Company Limited (金運專線小巴有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 7067C). It runs between Fanling Station and Luk Keng. It is the sole whole-day public transport service at Luk Keng Road.

History

• 1 February 1984: The Transport Department invited public tenders for 11 groups of 20 new green minibus routes, among which this route was grouped with Route 55.
  • The tender for this group of routes was not accepted by the drivers of public light buses (PLBs) operating in the district. Dissatisfied with the takeover of the operation of the North District routes by people from other districts, nearly 40 PLBs went on strike from the morning to 1:00 p.m. on 7 July of the same year, and then 50 PLBs went on strike on 24 July, demanding that more prohibited zones be opened up for their operation. TD finally agreed that PLBs could operate to Sha Tau Kok Fishermen's Children School and Ping Yeung, and the incident was temporarily resolved.
• 25 August 1984: Route 56K entered service.
• 17 January 1985: As Luen Hing Street in Luen Wo Hui was no longer accessible to Sha Tau Kok Road, Fanling KCR Station-bound trips were diverted via Wo Fung Street and Luen Shing Street to return to Sha Tau Kok Road.
• 21 February 1987: Two special trips between Fanling KCR Station and Tan Chuk Hang and between Fanling KCR Station and Wo Hang/Man Uk Pin were introduced.
• 27 September 1987: Entirely replaced KMB Route 69K which ceased service on the same day.
• 23 April 1990: New whole-day special trips between Fanling KCR Station and Luen Wo Hui were introduced.
• 7 June 1991: Additional short-working trips between Luk Keng and Sha Tau Kok Market were introduced during morning peak hours.
• 1 October 1991: The routes between Fanling KCR Station and Wo Hang/Man Uk Pin into two separate routes, namely Wo Hang and Man Uk Pin services.
• 22 August 1992: As Luen Hing Street and Luen Shing Street could no longer access Sha Tau Kok Road, a diversion was implemented in the vicinity of Luen Wo Hui:
  • Towards Sha Tau Kok: Rerouted to return to Sha Tau Kok Road via L8 road, Wo Tai Street, Luen Hing Street, Luen Wo Road, Luen Shing Street, Wo Tai Road, Luen On Street.
  • To Sheung Shui KCR Station: Rerouted via Luen On Street, Luen Wo Road, Luen Shing Street, Wo Fung Street, Luen Hing Street, Luen Wo Road, Luen Shing Street, Wo Fung Street, Luen Fat Street, Wo Tai Street and L8 road back to Sha Tau Kok Road.
• 12 June 1993: Rerouted via Wo Lung Street after Luen Hing Street without passing through Luen Wo Road for Luk Keng direction.
• 4 October 1993: Rerouted to go straight to Luen Fat Street to Wo Tai Street after Luen Wo Road for Fanling KCR Station direction, omitting Luen Shing Street, Wo Fung Street, Luen Hing Street, Luen Wo Road, Luen Shing Street, Wo Fung Street.
• 9 April 1995: The following new arrangements on the special trips of this route were implemented:
  • Combined with Route 52K to operate daytime service between Fanling KCR Station and Siu Hang Tsuen (now Route 56C);
  • the terminus of special departure between Luen Wo Hui and Fanling KCR Station was relocated to Wo Mun Street Minibus Terminus, and were split intot two routes - Luen Wo Hui service and Wing Fok Centre service:
  • The Luen Wo Hui service would depart from Fanling KCR Station to Sha Tau Kok Road and rerouted via Luen On Street, Wo Tai Street and Wo Mun Street; the return journey would start from Wo Mun Street and would head to Fanling KCR Station via Luen On Street, Wo Tai Street, Luen Cheong Street, Luen Wo Road, Luen Fat Street, Wo Tai Street and Fan Leng Lau Road;
  • The Wing Fok Centre service would depart from Fanling KCR Station and would go via Sha Tau Kok Road to access Fan Leng Lau Road, Wo Muk Road, Wo Tai Street and Wo Mun Street; the return journey would depart from Wo Muk Street to Fanling KCR Station via Luen On Street, Wo Muk Road and Fan Leng Lau Road.
• 28 August 1995: The Wing Fok Centre service was independently numbered as Route 56A.
• 8 January 2006: Tan Chuk Hang and Siu Hang Tsuen special trips were renumbered as Routes 56B and 56C respectively.
• Early 2010s: No longer passed through Luen Hing Street, Wo Lung Street and Luen Shing Street for Luk Keng direction, and the original intermediate stop at Wo Lung Street was relocated to the opposite of 39 Wo Tai Street.
• 26 September to 11am on 27 October 2018: Due to the serious road damage caused by Typhoon Mangkhut, the road had to be closed for emergency repairs. Luk Keng terminus was temporarily relocated to the road junction at Yim Tso Ha, and at the same time a temporary route T20R was also introduced to supplement the external traffic of Luk Keng.
• 3 April 2020: The Luk Keng terminus was relocated to the roadside lay-by at Bride's Pool Road from 10am onwards.
• 25 March 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.
• 5 April 2021: Routing at Luen Wo Hui was further simplified for Luk Keng direction by heading straight via Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau and omitting Wo Tai Street, Luen On Street and Wo Muk Road.
• 23 January 2022: Fare payment by AlipayHK "EasyGO" was accepted.

Service hours and headways

From Fanling Station	From Luk Keng	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
06:00 - 19:30	06:30 - 19:30	30
Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays
06:00 - 08:00	06:30 - 08:10	20
08:00 - 11:00	08:10 - 11:00	10
11:00 - 15:20	11:00 - 15:20	20
15:20 - 18:00	15:20 - 18:00	10
18:00 - 19:30	18:00 - 20:10	20／30

Special trips

Man Uk Pin → Fanling Station ●
Daily
07:10

This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department“HKeMobility” mobile app.

Fares

Fare chart
From \ To	Fanling Station	Luen Wo Hui	Sha Tau Kok and  Ping Che Road junction	Sha Tau Kok and  Luk Keng Road junction
Luen Wo Hui	$3.9
Sha Tau Kok and  Ping Che Road junction	$6.3	$5.6
Man Uk Pin/Loi Tung/Ma Mei Ha	$7.6	$6.3
Sheung Wo Hang	$9.2	$7.6	$5.6
Sha Tau Kok and  Luk Keng Road junction			$6.3
Luk Keng	$9.8	$9.2		$5.6

Fare Remarks

Same fare regardless of age. 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. Passengers are required to tender exact fare in cash or by Octopus card upon boarding. No change will be given. ＊ Passengers who wish to pay the two-way section fares by Octopus card should press the "Section Fare" button on the Octopus fare processor to adjust the fare to the appropriate amount before tapping. This route accepts payments with AlipayHK "EasyGo", but interchange concessions and the $2.0 flat fare per trip are not entitled with this payment method.

Octopus Interchange Concessions

Route 56K and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
56K	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	56K
Notes: Passengers must use the same Octopus Card to pay the fare for both the minibus and MTR to enjoy the above-mentioned interchange concession. Passengers can enjoy the above transfer discount at any MTR station / minibus stop that connects to the second leg of the route. The MTR ride does not apply to Light Rail, Airport Express, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong High-Speed Rail, MTR Bus and MTR Feeder Bus services. The MTR interchange concession only applies to paid rides. Unless otherwise specified, passengers using the Monthly Pass Enhanced Version or Disneyland Line Monthly Ticket (including those who have paid First Class Supplementary Fare) cannot enjoy this concession when taking the MTR at designated stations; however, if Enhanced Monthly Pass or Disneyland Resort Line Monthly Ticket holders take paid rides outside the designated stations, the concession still applies. If passengers have just used the same Octopus Card for the Airport Express "Free MTR Connection," they cannot simultaneously enjoy the MTR interchange concession. If both "MTR Fare Saver" and "MTR Interchange Concession" are applicable, passengers can only enjoy one of the higher discounts. Higher concession amounts are available for certain GMB routes at designated MTR stations. For more details, please refer to MTR Website. Edit

Minibus deployments

According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route, as well as Routes 56B and 56C are served by a total of 8 minibuses, of which 1 is a 19-seater.

Currently this route, as well as New Territories Routes 55K, 56A, 56B and 56C have a total of 48 Toyota Coaster, including 22 16-seater minibuses and 26 19-seater minibuses

List of Golden Way minibuses
Plate No.	Type No.	Seat	Sign Configuration	Route	Remarks
CW8889	2016 6DL	19-seater Vegaseat	Rollsign	55K	Entered service in March 2016 Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50A/50K
DB2282	2005 5LS2	16-seater high-back seat
DY1200	2016 6DL	19-seater Vegaseat			Entered service in March 2016 Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50A/50K
EK2208	2004 5LS2	16-seater high adopt seat		56C	Plate originally belonged to a 1991 2nd generation
EY8148				56K
FP7772	2005 5LS2				Former vehicle on Hong Kong Maxicab's Hong Kong Island Routes 10/31 series Plate originally belonged to a 1993 3rd generation of that series
FP8222				56A	Former vehicle on Success Transportation's Kowloon Routes 16 series WA also a former vehicle on Hong Kong Maxicab's Hong Kong Island Routes 10/31 series, PLB Ngau Mong Route and Treasure Up's Hong Kong Island Route 113 Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation on Hong Kong Maxicab's Hong Kong Island Routes 10/31 series Joined in December 2023
GD3222				55K
HB162	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelseat	Patent Enterprises EDS		Entered service in August 2018 Plate originally belonged to a 1991 2nd generation on Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 37M and a 2005 5LS2 on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Route 51K
KG550	2016 6DL	19-seater Vegaseat	Rollsign	56B	Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series Plate originally belonged to a Taxi Joined in August 2019
LS8940	2004 5LS2	16-seater high adopt seat		56A	Former vehicle on Hong Kong Maxicab's Hong Kong Island Routes 10/31 series
LT7934
LV1950	2005 5LS2
LV2695				55K
LV4721				56A
LV8260				Spare	Once shifted on Big Union's New Territories Route 59S during November and December 2023
LW3445				56A
LX6361
LY7912
LY7929				55K
LZ4030				56A
LZ7073				56C	Former vehicle on Success Transportation's Kowloon Routes 16 series Was also a former vehicle on Brilliant Way's Kowloon Routes 37A／37M Joined in June 2024
MA5801				56A	Former vehicle on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Route 51B Was also a former vehicle on Golden Way's New Territories Route 55K Joined in December 2023
MA9178				56K	Former vehicle on Fully Mint's New Territories Route 807K Was also a former vehicle on Hong Kong Maxicab's Hong Kong Island Routes 10/31 series Joined in September 2019
MB1030				56A/56C
MC6961				55K/56K
NY6837	2009 6LS			56A	Former vehicle on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Route 51K Was also a former vehicle on Express Top Industries' New Territories Route 44A Joined in August 2023
TY5449	2016 6DL	19-seater Vegaset		55K/56K	Entered service in February 2016
TY5510
TZ3545					Entered service in March 2016
UA8125					Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102series Joined in June 2019
UB1677
UD6290				56B	Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102series Joined in June 2019
UD8307				55K/56K	Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102series Joined in November 2019
UE6621				55K	Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102series Joined in August 2019
UJ5729					Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series Joined in July 2019
UK8860					Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series Joined in August 2019
UL2947					Former vehicle on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102series Joined in November 2019
VZ7632	2019 7LL	19-seater Vogelset	Patent Enterprises EDS		Entered service in June 2019
YH4717	2022 7DL	19-seater original 3-point harness seat	Transfull EDS		Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission Entered service in November 2022
YH5916
YJ7003					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission Entered service in December 2022
YK6736	2023 7DL			Mondays to Fridays: 55K/56K Saturdays and Sundays: 56A	Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission Entered service in February 2023
YK8152				55K
YM1086					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission Entered service in March 2023
YM2064
ZA2241					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission Entered service in December 2023
ZA7101	2024 7DL				Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission Entered service in January 2024
ZB7265

List of former vehicles under Golden Way
Plate No.	Type No.	Seat No.	Retirement/withdrawal date	Whereabouts	Substituted vehicle(s)
BG2899	2005 5LS2	16	August 2018	Retired	VP6427 (2018 7LL)
DC2788			September 2018		VS9483 (2018 7LL)
EB9358	1991 2nd generation		Unknown
EK2208			2004		2004 5LS2 of the same plate
EP3543	TBC		Unknown
ER3999	2005 5LS2		November 2018	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB New Territories Route 57K	VU8458 (2018 7LL)
EW8544	1991 2nd generation		Unknown	Retired
EX7547
EY8148			2004		2004 5LS2 of the same plate
FE1813	TBC		Unknown
FM9794
GU2879	2nd generation
LD5326	2003 5LL
LL9741	2004 5LS		December 2022		YJ7003 (2022 7DL)
LS9242	2004 5LS2		Unknown
LT2971			January 2024	Converted to Private Light Bus for training	ZB7265 (2024 7DL)
LT4266					ZA7101 (2024 7DL)
LT4301			Unknown	Retired
LT9550
LU5266	2005 5LS2		2019
LU7096			September 2018	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB New Territories Route 57K	VT1554 (2018 7LL)
LU7342			Unknown	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50A/50K
LU8445			December 2023	Retired	MA5801 (2005 5LS2)
LV3126			November 2018	Retired earlier due to traffic accident
LV5796			October 2018	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB New Territories Route 57K	VV3583 (2018 7LL)
LW2493			March 2016	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50A/50K	CW8889 (2016 6DL)
LW6502			September 2023	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59S
LW6817			February 2016	Transferred to Sheung Shui P.L.B.'s New Territories Routes 50K/51K	TY5510 (2016 6DL)
LX157					TY5449 (2016 6DL)
LX7872			November 2018	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB New Territories Route 57K	VV9149 (2018 7LL)
LY1650			Unknown	Retired
LZ217			July 2019	Retired Plate is now applied on a 2019 7LL on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series	UD6290 (2016 6DL)
LZ7965			Unknown	Retired
MA982			August 2019	Retired Plate is now applied on a 2019 7LL on Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Routes 101M/102 series	UK8860 (2016 6DL)
MA1319			August 2023	Retired	NY6837 (2009 6LS)
MA1579			March 2016	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50A/50K	DY1200 (2016 6DL)
MA8371			December 2023	Retired	ZA2241 (2023 7DL)
MB4681			June 2019		UB1677 (2016 6DL)
MB9367				Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB New Territories Route 57K	VZ7632 (2019 7LL)
MB9805			November 2019	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB New Territories Route 58K	UL2947 (2016 6DL)
MC3335			August 2018	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50K/51K	HB162 (2018 7LL)
MD2526			August 2019	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59K	KG550 (2016 6DL)
VP6427	2018 7LL	19	February 2023	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59A
VS9483			December 2022	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59S
VT1554			November 2022	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50K/51K	YH4717 (2022 7DL)
VU8458			December 2022	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59K
VV3583			November 2022	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50/51 series	YH5916 (2022 7DL)
VV9149			December 2022	Transferred to Big Union's New Territories Route 59K

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 12/2024202412

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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 Luk Keng

To Luk Keng: The distance of this route is approx. 11.8km, and the journey time is approximately 22mins. (The average speed is 32.2km/h.)

Via: Fanling Station Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha, Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au, Luk Keng Road and Bride's Pool Road

New Territories GMB Route 56K (Fanling Station → Luk Keng)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Fanling		Fanling Station Minibus Terminus
2	Fanling (Luen Wo Hui)	Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau	Luen Wo Hui Playground	Hail-and-ride section
3	Fanling (Lung Yeuk Tau)		Lung Yeuk Tau San Wai Barracks Kwan Tei Lau Shui Heung
4	Ma Mei Ha	Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha	Ko Po Hung Leng (Ping Che Road) Ma Mei Ha Tai Tong Wu Chun Yiu
5	Wo Hang	Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang	Loi Tung Man Uk Pin Wo Hang Tai Long
6	Shek Chung Au	Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au	Ma Tseuk Leng Shek Kiu Tau Yim Tso Ha Nam Chung
7	Luk Keng	Luk Keng Road	Pok Tau Ha Hoi Pui Leng Nam Chung Yeung Uk (Tai Wan/Tin Hau Temple) Nam Chung Lee Uk (Nam Chung Cheung Uk)
8		Bride's Pool Road	Luk Keng Minibus Terminus (Luk Keng Wong Uk)

To Fanling Station

To Fanling Station: The distance of this route is approx. 12.5km, and the journey time is approximately 29mins. (The average speed is 25.9km/h.)

Via: Bride's Pool Road, Luk Keng Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au, Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang, Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau, (Luen On Street, Luen Wo Road, Lun Fat Street, Wo Tai Street, Fan Leng Lau Road, Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau) #, San Wan Road and Fanling Station Road

# If the minibus is full and no passenger requests to alight at Luen Wo Hui, the driver may choose to head straight along Sha Tau Kok Road.

New Territories GMB Route 56K (Luk Keng → Fanling Station)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Luk Keng	Bride's Pool Road	Luk Keng Minibus Terminus (Luk Keng Wong Uk)
2		Luk Keng Road	Nam Chung Lee Uk (Nam Chung Cheung Uk) Nam Chung Yeung Uk (Tai Wan/Tin Hau Temple) Hoi Pui Leng Pok Tau Ha	Hail-and-ride section
3	Shek Chung Au	Sha Tau Kok Road - Shek Chung Au	Nam Chung Yim Tso Ha Shek Kiu Tau Ma Tseuk Leng
4	Wo Hang	Sha Tau Kok Road - Wo Hang	Ha Wo Hang Wo Hang Man Uk Pin Loi Tung
5	Ma Mei Ha	Sha Tau Kok Road - Ma Mei Ha	Chun Yiu Tai Tong Wu Ma Mei Ha Hung Leng (Ping Che Road) Ko Po
6	Fanling (Lung Yeuk Tau)	Sha Tau Kok Road - Lung Yeuk Tau	Lau Shui Heung Kwan Tei San Wai Barracks Lung Yeuk Tau On Lok Tsuen (Grand Regentville)
7	Fanling (Luen Wo Hui)	Luen Wo Road	Luen Wo Road (Luen Wo Market)
8	Fanling	San Wan Road	Cheung Wah Estate
9			Fanling Station Minibus Terminus

Ridership

According to Transport Department's data, the daily patronage of the route group to which this route belongs is as follows:

• Early 2019: 21,800 passengers.

Gallery

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New Territories GMB Route 56K (Edit)

Route 55K minibus UD8307 on Route 56K

Route 56K terminates at Luk Keng

Route 56K towards Fanling Station observes Luen Wo Road

Related articles

• KMB Route 69K (Cancelled)
• New Territories GMB Route 55K
• New Territories GMB Routes 52A/54A/56A
• New Territories GMB Route 56B
• New Territories GMB Route 56C

External links

• Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 56K
• 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 56K

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