New Territories GMB Route 59A

The New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 59A is operated by Big Union Limited (大強發展有限公司) under Ma Ah Muk (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 4761C). It runs circular between Sheung Shui Station and Sheung Shui Heung, which is an auxillary service to Route 59K.

According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, the route of this terminus is located at Sheung Shui Heung with circular point at Sheung Shui Station; however both are reversed in actual operations, and generally minibuses will wait for a while at Sheung Shui Wai Car Park before departing again.

History[]

6 February 2023: Route 59A entered service. ^[1]

Service hours and headways[]

From Sheung Shui Heung
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Saturdays
07:00 - 10:00	20
10:00 - 16:00	30
16:00 - 20:00	20
Sundays and Public Holidays
07:00 - 10:00	30
10:00 - 16:00	60
16:00 - 20:00	30

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

Fares[]

Journey	Fares
Full fare	$5.3

Fare Remarks
Same fare regardless of age. Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Elderly Octopus or Personalised Octopus cards, Hong Kong residents aged 60 to 64 using JoyYou Card, 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. This route has no section fares.

Historical fares

Fare adjustment effective date	Full fare
1 June 2024 ^[2]	$5.6^[3]
6 February 2023	$5.3

This route has no section fares.

Octopus Interchange Concessions[]

Route 59A and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
59A	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	59A	50￠	90 minutes
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 requires the use of four minibuses to provide service, with the capacity of the main route and Heung Yuen Wai special trips each carrying not less than 32 passengers per hour at the busiest hour.

Currently a total of 44 minibuses are deployed on Routes NT GMB Routes 59A, 59K and 59S operated under Big Union, include 9 16-seater minibuses and 35 19-seater minibuses.

List of Big Union minibuses
Plate No.	Type No.^{[Remark 1]}	Seat	Sign Configuration	Route	Remarks
ER3999	2005 5LS2	16-seater high adopt seat	Rollsign	59S	Former vehicle on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 57K/58 series Was also a former vehicle on Golden Way's New Territories Route 55K Plate originally belonged to a 1990 2nd generation on Hong Kong Maxicab's Hong Kong Island Routes 10/31 Joined in December 2024
GL5600	2016 6DL	19-seater Vegaset	Rollsign		Equipped with automatic transmission and Pushing Door Formerly vehicle of The Mills Free Shuttle Bus Wafs also a formerly vehicle of Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Route 101M/102 series Licence Plate belonged to 1995 (3rd Generation) of Mingfame New Territories Route 801 Entered service in March 2024
LN526	2024 7DL	19-seater Original 3-point harness seat	Transfull EDS		Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Licence Plate belonged to 2004 5LS of Red Minibus Lee Mong Route Entered service in July 2024
LX157	2005 5LS2	16-seater High adopt seat	Rollsign		Formerly vehicle of Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Route 50K/51K Was also a formerly vehicle of Golden Way New Territories Route 55K Entered service in March 2024
LX6321					Formerly vehicle of Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 37A/37M Entered service in November 2023
LY8416					Formerly vehicle of Loadwin Industrial New Territories Route 302 Was also a formerly vehicle of Yan Yan HoNew Territories Route 101M/102 series Entered service in August 2023
LZ3120					Formerly vehicle of Ngau Mong Route Was also a formerly vehicle of Yan Yan Ho New Territories Route 101M/102 series Entered service in February 2023
MA723	2024 7DL	19-seater original 3-point harness seat	Transfull EDS		Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in September 2024
MA1579	2005 5LS2	16-seater high adopt seat	Rollsign	59A	Former vehicle on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 57K/58K Was also a former vehicle on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 50/51 series and Golden Way' s New Territoires Routes 55 series/56 series Joined in November 2024
MB7909				59S	Formerly vehicle of Ngau Mong Route Was also a formerly vehicle of Brilliant Way's Kowloon Route 37A/37M and Yan Yan Ho New Territories Route 101M／102 series Entered service in February 2023
MB9805					Former vehicle on Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Routes 57K/58 series Was also a former vehicle on Golden Way's New Territories Route 55K Joined in December 2024
MC3335					Formerly vehicle of Sheung Shui PLB New Territories Routes 50K/51K Was also a formerly vehicle of Golden Way New Territories Route 55K Entered service in March 2024
NB326	2024 7DL	19-seater Original 3 point harness seat	Transfull EDS		Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in October 2024 Plate Originally belonged to a 2004 5LS2^{[Remark 2]}
TJ965	2023 7DL	19-seater original 3-point harness seat	Transfull EDS		Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in November 2023 Licence Plate belonged to Taxi
VP6427	2018 7LL	19-seater Vogelise	Patent Enterprises EDS	59A	Formerly vehicle of Golden Way's New Territories Route 55K Entered service in February 2023
VR2834				59K	Entered service in August 2018 One of the first 19-seater minibus in this series of Route
VS9483				59S	Formerly vehicle of Golden Way New Territories Route 55K Entered service in December 2022
VU8458				59K
VV9149
WC7247	2019 7LL		Transfull EDS		Entered service in May 2019
YK5472	2023 7DL	19-seater original 3-point harness seat		59S	Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in February 2023
YK5989
YK6128
YL9766
YM3285					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in March 2023
YP9925					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in May 2023
YR3281
YT5110					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in July 2023
YT6037
YY4102					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in November 2023
YZ5080					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in December 2023
YZ5619
YZ6185
YZ7069					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in December 2023 Licence Plate Originally was YZ6128
ZA1705					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in December 2023
ZA3141
ZE5350	2024 7DL				Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in April 2024
ZF3009
ZF3437
ZH6156					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in May 2024
ZH8201					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in June 2024
ZJ4896
ZJ6044
ZL8972					Equipped with 2.8-litre engine and automatic transmission Entered service in September 2024

List of former vehicles on Big Union minibuses
Plate No.	Type No.	Seat no.	Retirement/withdrawal date	Whereabouts	Substituted vehicle(s)
FC3292	2005 5LS2	16	April 2024	Transferred to Luxe Form Investment's New Territories Route 35/79S	ZE5350 (2024 7DL)
GL2150	1995 3rd Generation		February 2016	Retired	MB4181 (2005 5LS2)
GW6883	2006 5LS2		January 2023	Transferred to Success Transportation Kowloon Route 16 series
HF1930	1997 3rd Generation		May 2016	Retired	KN4317 (2002 5LS)
HF2240	1997 3rd Generation		May 2016		LT3109 (2004 5LS2)
HP3490	1998 3rd Generation		February 2016		MA5597 (2005 5LS2)
KN4317	2002 5LS		May 2019		WC7247 (2019 7LL)
KP3475	2002 5LS		October 2010	Exchanged with GL2150 (1995 3rd Generation) that formerly vehicle of Fully Mint New Territories Route 501A/501K
LS7067	2004 5LS2		November 2023	Transferred to Loadwin Industrial's New Territories Routes 301/301M	LT3918 (2004 5LS2)
LS9835			April 2023	Transferred to Sheung Shui PLB's New Territories Route 57K
LT751			June 2024	Transferred to Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Route 101M/102 series/Route 111	ZH8201 (2024 7DL)
LT3918			December 2024	Retired	MB9805 (2005 5LS2)
LT6147			June 2024	Transferred to Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Route 101M/102 series/Route 111	LN526 (2024 7DL)
LT3109			Unknown	Retired
LV2259	2005 5LS2		December 2023	Retired	ZA3141 (2023 7DL)
LW1837			June 2024	Transferred to Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Route 101M/102/111	ZJ6044 (2024 7DL)
LW1849			March 2024	Retired	ZE9719 (2024 7DL)
LW6149			December 2023		YZ6185 (2023 7DL)
LW6502			March 2024		LT751 (2004 5LS2)
MA3818			August 2019	Retired Licence Plate is now belonging to 2019 7LL of Yan Yan Ho's New Territories Route 101M/102 series/Route 111	MD2526 (2005 5LS2)
MA5390			May 2024	Transferred to Luxe Form Investment's New Territories Route 33/35/79S	ZH6156 (2024 7DL)
MA5597			March 2024	Retired	LT6147 (2004 5LS2)
MA5685			August 2023		TJ965 (2023 7DL)
MA6929			June 2024		ZJ4896 (2024 7DL)
MB3718			September 2023	Transferred to Peak Scene's Kowloon Route 19M	YZ6128 (2023 7DL) Then the plate number converted to YZ7069
MB4181			September 2022	Retired
MB4989			August 2023		YY4102 (2023 7DL)
MC4086			October 2023		YZ5619 (2023 7DL)
MD2526			November 2023	Transferred to Loadwin Industrial's New Territories Routes 301/301M/302	LX6321 (2005 5LS2)
ME4010			December 2023	Retired	ZA1705 (2023 7DL)
NB326	2004 5LS2		October 2024	Retired	2024 7DL of the same plate
ZE9719	2024 7DL	19	December 2024	Retired due to traffic accidents	ER3999 (2005 5LS2)

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

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Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 4.8km, and the journey time is approximately 20mins. (The average speed is 14.4km/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.

Via: San Wan Road, San Fung Avenue, Po Wan Road, Po Shek Wu Road, Jockey Club Road, Po Wan Road, Man Kok Village access, U-turn, Man Kok Village access, Po Wan Road, Sheung Shui Tung Hing Road, Carpark (beside Wai Loi Tsuen), Sheung Shui Tung Hing Road, Po Wan Road, San Fung Road, Lung Sum Avenue and Lung Wan Street

New Territories GMB Route 59A (Sheung Shui Station ↺ Sheung Shui Heung)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Sheung Shui		Sheung Shui Station Minibus Terminus
2		San Fung Avenue	Shek Wu Hui Post Office
3		Jockey Club Road	Fung Kai No.1 Secondary School (Sheung Pak Tsuen/ Ha Pak Tsuen)
4			Man Kok Village
5		Po Wan Road	Sheung Shui Heung Minibus Terminus	Circular route return point
6		Sheung Shui Tung Hing Road	Wai Loi Tsuen (Po Sheung Tsuen/ Village Office)	Drivers may stop for a while at this stop
7		Po Wan Road	Tung Hing Tong (Alpha Appliances Building)
8		San Fung Avenue	Shek Wu Hui Post Office
9			Sheung Shui Station Minibus Terminus

Gallery[]

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 5LS2 was originally a vehicle on Fully Mint's New Territories Routes 807 series, and was changed to serve on Mingfame's New Territories Route 801 in July 2019; Was also changed as Red Minibus idled after the closure of Mingfame in September 2020, then solded to Big Union, until October 2024 before retirement.

References[]

↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of Auxillary New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route No. 59A (Sheung Shui Heung - Sheung Shui Station (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 3 February 2023.
↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories GMB Route No. 59S (Sheung Shui Station - Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point) and Route No. 59A (Sheung Shui Heung - Sheung Shui Station) (Circular)" [Traffic Advice], 24 May 2024.
↑ According to the Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2004-05 Reply Serial No. TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 11.3% and the Transport Department eventually approved a 5.7% increase.

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[4] 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.

[5] That 5LS2 was originally a vehicle on Fully Mint's New Territories Routes 807 series, and was changed to serve on Mingfame's New Territories Route 801 in July 2019; Was also changed as Red Minibus idled after the closure of Mingfame in September 2020, then solded to Big Union, until October 2024 before retirement.

[1] Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of Auxillary New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route No. 59A (Sheung Shui Heung - Sheung Shui Station (Circular))" [Traffic Advice], 3 February 2023.

[2] Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Adjustments of New Territories GMB Route No. 59S (Sheung Shui Station - Heung Yuen Wai Boundary Control Point) and Route No. 59A (Sheung Shui Heung - Sheung Shui Station) (Circular)" [Traffic Advice], 24 May 2024.

[3] According to the Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2004-05 Reply Serial No. TLB146, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 11.3% and the Transport Department eventually approved a 5.7% increase.

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