The New Territories Green Minibus Route 618 is operated by Yield Team Limited (天祐有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 15998C). It runs between Tin Shui Wai (Tin Yan Estate) and Shenzhen Bay Port, passing through Hong Kong Wetland Park, Kingswood North, Tin Shui Wai Town Centre and Ha Tsuen.
History[]
- 23 March 2007: The Transport Department invited open tender for the operating rights of five green minibus routes, of which this route is one of them. [1]
- 1 July 2007: The Shenzhen Bay Port was officially opened at 6:00 pm on that day, and Route 618 was put into service immediately, which at that time took Yuen Long Highway and Hung Tin Road to and from Tin Shui Wai. [2]
- Unknown: Route 618 was rerouted to return to Tin Shui Wai via Ha Tsuen Road and Tin Ha Road instead of Yuen Long Highway.
- 8 February 2020: In response to the epidemic of novel coronavirus pneumonia, the Government implemented further anti-epidemic control measures to compress the cross-boundary passenger flow, and this route was suspended from that date until 7 January 2023. [3][4]
- 27 October 2022: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route. [5]
- 21 April 2024: Special departures were introduced, in which departures from Tin Yan Estate at 06:20 - 10:00 and 16:00 - 19:00 on Mondays to Fridays, as well as all trips on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays were changed to return to the original routing at Tin Wah Road via Tin Ying Road after crossing Tin Chak Estate for Shenzhen Bay Port direction. [6]
- 2 December 2024: The original special trips omitting Wetland Park and Tin Shui Wai Town Centre was renumbered as 618A.[7]
Service hours and headways[]
The latest update is on 4/2024, please refer to the link below for the official route information.
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Fares[]
| Journey/Boarding stop | Fares |
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| Full fare | $14.4 |
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Octopus Interchange Concessions[]
| Route 618 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 618 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 618 | ||
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Minibus deployments[]
According to the Transport Department's Schedule of Services, this route and routes 618A and 618B requires a total of 12 19-seater Toyota Coaster minibuses to provide service, with a total passenger capacity of no less than 133 people in each direction during the peak hour.
Currently this route and routes 618A and 618B have a total of 15 of 19-seater Toyota Coaster minibuses.
| List of Yield Team minibuses | ||||
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| Plate no. | Type code [Remark 1] | Seat(s) | Destination sign config. | Remarks |
| AU1428 | 2017 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Patent Enterprises EDS | Plate originally was VD7216 Current plate no originally belonged to a 5LS[Remark 2] |
| AZ3266 | ||||
| DX9578 | 2018 7LL | Plate originally belonged to a 4th Generation on PLB 17 Route | ||
| NL950 | Entered service in June 2018 Plate originally belonged to 2004 5LS[Remark 3] | |||
| VB5490 | 2017 7LL | |||
| VB7849 | ||||
| VC1207 | ||||
| VD1834 | ||||
| VE7169 | Once shifted to Rich Success Transportation's New Territories Routes 60 series during May 2021 and August 2023 | |||
| VE8465 | ||||
| VF6230 | 2018 7LL | Once shifted to Rich Success Transportation's New Territories Routes 60 series during November 2021 and May 2023 | ||
| VW1883 | 2019 7LL | Entered service in September 2019 Original plate no. WJ9463 | ||
| ZD8286 | 2024 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Transfull EDS | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission and seat occupancy and seat belt status detection system Entered service in March 2024 |
| ZJ7499 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission, seat occupancy and seat belt status detection system Entered service in April 2024 | |||
| ZR8498 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission and seat occupancy and seat belt status detection system Entered service in September 2024 | |||
| List of former Yield Team vehicles | |||||
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| Plate no | Type no | Seat No | Date of Retired/Withdrawal | Fate | Substituted Vehicle(s) |
| AX1580 | 2004 5LS | 16 | 2017 | Transferred to PLB Yuen Mong Route and 17 Route | AZ3266 (2017 7LL) |
| EB8299 | 5LS2 | May 2017 | Retired earlier due to traffic accident | ||
| EL1849 | 2005 5LS2 | 2017 | Transferred to PLB Kwun Tsuen Route | ||
| FT5100 | December 2017 | Transferred to PLB To Tsuen Route | |||
| KP1966 | 2002 5LS | Unknown | Transferred to Red Minibus 17 Route and Hong Kong Island Northern Trunk Route Route | ||
| KY8815 | 2003 5LS | December 2017 | Converted to Red Minibus Plate is now applied to a 2020 7LL on Manhattan Resources' Hong Kong Island Routes 16 series/18M |
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| KY8923 | Unknown | Transferred to Red Minibus 17 Route | |||
| LB3900 | Concerted to Red Minibus | ||||
| LT195 | 2004 5LS2 | December 2017 | Transferred to Chew Luen PLB Kwun Mong Route | ||
| LW8671 | 5LS | Converted to Red Minibus | |||
| NL950 | 2004 5LS | June 2018 | Transferred to PLB Kwun Tsing Route and changed the licence Plate as VN4509 | 2018 7LL of the same plate | |
| NU3343 | 2008 6LS | December 2017 | Transferred to PLB Shau Shek Route | ||
| SU6582 | 2014 6LS | Unknown | Transferred to PLB Kwun Tsing Route and Yau Tsing Route | ||
| SX2208 | |||||
| VB1808 | 2017 7LL | 19 | September 2019 | Retired earlier due to traffic accident | WJ9463 (2019 7LL) Then the plate number changed as VW1883 |
The information may not be complete and accurate, and are to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.
This section was last updated on 12/2024202412
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 17.8km, and the journey time is approximately 47mins. (The average speed is 22.7km/h.)
To Shenzhen Bay Port[]
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
Tin Shui Road, Wetland Park Road, Tin Kwai Road, Tin Lung Road, Tin Yan Road, Ka Yan Street, Tin Yan Road, Tin Shing Road, Tin Wah Road, Ping Ha Road, Tin Ha Road, Ha Tsuen Road, Kong Sham Western Highway and Shenzhen Bay Bridge |
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| ② * Omit Tin Shui Wai Town Centre |
Tin Shui Road, Tin Ying Road, Tin Wah Road, Ping Ha Road, ... |
| New Territories GMB Route 618 (Tin Yan Estate → Shenzhen Bay Port) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Tin Shui Wai North |
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| 2 | Tin Shui Road |
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| 3 | Wetland Park Road |
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Not applicable to trips using routing ② | |
| 4 | Tin Kwai Road |
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| Tin Shui Wai |
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| 5 | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Ka Yan Street |
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| 6 | Tin Shui Wai | Tin Wah Road |
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| 7 | Ha Tsuen | Ping Ha Road |
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Hail-and-ride section |
| 8 | Tin Ha Road |
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| 9 | Ha Tsuen Road |
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Hail-and-ride section | |
| All stops beyond this point are within the Frontier Closed Area (FCA). Passengers who do not possess a valid Closed Area Permit or travel documents (e.g. "Entry and Exit Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents" (Home Return Permit), passport, etc.) must alight at all stops before this point | ||||
 Kong Sham Western Highway, Shenzhen Bay Bridge
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| 10 | Shenzhen (Shekou) | |||
| The Shenzhen Bay Port Hong Kong Port Area (including the bus terminus) is a Frontier Closed Area (FCA). Passengers boarding, alighting or staying at this area must have a valid travel document (e.g. "Entry and Exit Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents" (Home Return Permit), passport, etc.) or a Frontier Closed Area Permit, otherwise it is an offence. Passengers should enter the Joint Inspection Building as soon as possible after alighting from the bus to complete the departure formalities. | ||||
To Tin Yan Estate[]
Via: Shenzhen Bay Bridge, Kong Sham Western Highway, Ha Tsuen Road, Tin Ha Road, Ping Ha Road, Tin Wah Road, (Tin Shing Road, Tin Lung Road) #, Tin Kwai Road, Wetland Park Road and Tin Shui Road
# Drivers may head straight to Tin Kwai Road if no passenger requests to alight at Kingswood North.
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It is suggested to view the map in satellite mode due to the roads in Mainland China in the normal map version not aligning with the actual location. |
| New Territories GMB Route 618 (Shenzhen Bay Port → Tin Yan Estate) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Shenzhen (Shekou) | |||
| Shenzhen Bay Bridge, Kong Sham Western Highway
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| All stops before this point are within the Frontier Closed Area. Passengers without a Closed Area Permit or travel documents (e.g. "Entry and Exit Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents" (Home Return Permit), passport, etc.) are not allowed to go there | ||||
| 2 | Ha Tsuen | Ha Tsuen Road |
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Hail-and-ride section |
| 3 | Tin Ha Road |
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| 4 | Ping Ha Road |
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Hail-and-ride section | |
| 5 | Lau Fau Shan/Tin Shui Wai | Tin Wah Road |
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| 6 | Tin Shui Wai | Tin Shing Road |
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| 7 | Tin Lung Road |
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| 8 | Tin Kwai Road |
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| 9 | Tin Shui Wai North |
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| 10 | Wetland Park Road |
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| 11 | Tin Shui Road |
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| The Shenzhen Bay Port Hong Kong Port Area (including the bus terminus) is a Frontier Closed Area (FCA). Passengers boarding, alighting or staying at this area must have a valid travel document (e.g. "Entry and Exit Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Residents" (Home Return Permit), passport, etc.) or a Frontier Closed Area Permit, otherwise it is an offence. | ||||
Ridership[]
Related incidents[]
Gallery[]
A Route 618 minibus was passing through Tin Shui Road
Route 618 passes through Tin Shui Wai Town Centre
Most of the minibus on Route 618 are 19-seater Toyota Coaster minibuses
More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:
Remarks[]
- ↑ The group of codes (if any) placed after the model name Toyota Coaster is used only by transport enthusiasts, and is not referred to as such by anyone else (including insiders).
- ↑ That 5LS once shifted to PLB 17 Route
- ↑ The 5LS was changed to serve on PLB Kwun Tsing Route then changed the plate number as VN4509
Related articles[]
References[]
- ↑ G. N. 1951: Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374D)--Packages of Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in Kowloon and the New Territories, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 11 Issue No. 12, 23 March 2007.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "More Links, More Convenience (with photo)" [News Bulletin], 25 June 2007.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Land-based cross-boundary special transport arrangements" [News Bulletin], 6 February 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "PUBLIC TRANSPORT ARRANGEMENTS AT BOUNDARY CONTROL POINTS AFTER FULL RESUMPTION OF NORMAL TRAVEL" , 5 January 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System covers all routes" [News Bulletin], 27 October 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare and Services Adjustments of New Territories GMB Route No. 618 (Tin Shui Wai (Tin Yan Estate) – Shenzhen Bay Port)" [Traffic Advice], 5 April 2024.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of New Territories Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Service Supplementary Route No. 618A (Tin Shui Wai (Tin Yan Estate) to Shenzhen Bay Port) and No. 618B (Tin Shui Wai (Wetland Park Road) to Shenzhen Bay Port)" [Traffic Advice], 18 November 2024.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 618
- 16SEATS.net - Ne Green Minibus Route 618
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