The New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 621 is operated by Power Crown Limited (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 15462C) under Transport International. It runs circular between Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road and Tin Shui Wai North, via MTR Tin Shui Wai Station, Tin Shui Estate and Tin Shui Wai Hospital.
History[]
- March 2019: The Transport Department issued a paper to the Traffic and Transport Committee of the Yuen Long District Council to consult members on the introduction of a green minibus route between Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Fuk Estate) and Tin Shui Wai (Tin Tan Street).[1]
- 5 July 2019: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for the right to operate five groups of 12 green minibus routes, which were grouped in the same group of tenders as routes 622 and 623. [2]
- 15 March 2020: Route 621 entered service.[3]
- 25 June 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.[4]
- 1 January 2023: The following service arrangements were implemented on a trial basis, originally until 31 March 2023[5] which was eventually converted to a permanent arrangement:[6]
- The terminus was relocated from Tin Tan Street to inside Tin Shui Wai Hospital;
- A new special departure at 07:15 on Mondays to Fridays directly heading towards Hung Tin Road via Hung Shui Kiu Tin Sam Road from Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road, omitting Hung Shui Kiu Main Street and Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu was added.
- 28 January 2024: Service area was extended to Tin Shui Wai North and converted to circular operation, with a new $4.8 section fare between Tin Shui Wai Hospital and Tin Shui Wai North introduced.[7]
- 1 May 2024: Interchange concessions with 16 KMB routes were introduced.[8]
Service hours and headways[]
| From Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road | |
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| Service hours | Headways (mins) |
| Daily | |
| 06:00 - 07:00 | 30 |
| 07:00 - 07:20 | 20 |
| 07:20 - 08:10 | 25 |
| 08:10 - 18:30 | 20 |
| 18:30 - 22:00 | 30 |
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Special service[]
| Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road → Tin Shui Wai North (omit Hung Shui Kiu Main Street) |
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| Mondays to Fridays |
| 07:15 |
| No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays |
Additional services may be operated from Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road or Hung Shui Kiu Station towards Tin Shui Wai during weekday before and after school hours.
- This route provides Real-time Arrival Information on the Transport Department "HKeMobility" mobile app.
Fares[]
| Fare chart (to Tin Shui Wai North) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Boarding stop \ Alighting stop
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Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road or after |
Tin Yiu Road or after |
Tin Shui Wai Hospital or after |
| Tin Shui Wai Hospital or before |
$6.1 | $3.1 | |
| Hong Kong Wetland Park or before |
$6.1 | $6.1 | $4.8 * |
| Fare chart (to Hung Shui Kiu) | ||
|---|---|---|
Boarding stop \ Alighting stop
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Hong Kong Wetland Park or after |
Tin Shui Wai Station or after |
| Tin Shui Wai Hospital or before |
$4.8 * | |
| Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road or before |
$6.1 | $3.1 |
| Fare Remarks |
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Octopus Interchange Concessions[]
MTR and GMB Interchange Concession Scheme[]
| Route 621 and MTR Interchange Concessions | |||
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| 1st leg | 2nd leg | Discounted amount | Time limit |
| 621 | MTR | 50￠ | 90 minutes |
| MTR | 621 | ||
Notes:
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New Territories GMB Route 621 Interchange Concession Scheme[]
Template:New Territories GMB Route 621 Interchange Concession Scheme
Minibus deployments[]
According to the Schedule of Services of the Transport Department, this route is served by five 19-seat minibuses with a total capacity of not less than 57 passengers in each direction during the peakiest hour.
Currently New Territories routes 621 and 623 under Power Crown share a total of 8 19-seater Toyota Coaster diesel minibuses.
| List of Power Crown Minibuses | |||||
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| Plate no. | Type[Remark 1] | Seat | Sign configuration | Route | Remarks |
| VM9480 | 2018 7DL | 19-seater Vegaset | Transfull EDS[Remark 2] | 621 | Equipped with push-out doors and automatic transmission Originally was a part of PLB Sau Jor Route and Hon Wah Commercial Public Light Bus Sau Mong Route |
| VN5825 | Spare | Equipped with push-out doors and automatic transmission Former vehicle on the routes under Southern District Community Was also a part of PLB Belvedere Garden - Causeway Bay Route | |||
| VP2621 | 621 | Equipped with push-out doors and automatic transmission | |||
| VP3495 | |||||
| VP3796 | 623 | Equipped with push-out doors and automatic transmission Originally was a part of PLB Shek Mong Route Was also a part of Chiu Luen PLB Sau Mong Route, Tsz Mong Route and AN Bus PLB AN1／AN2 Route/Route AN8 Joined in August 2023 | |||
| VP3839 | 621 | Equipped with push-out doors and automatic transmission | |||
| VP3964 | |||||
| VW994 | |||||
| List of former minibuses under Power Crown | ||||
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| Plate No. | Type No. | Retirement/withdrawal date | Whereabouts | Substituted(s) Vehicles |
| VE8483 | 2017 7LL | August 2023 | Transferred to PLB Shek Mong Route | VP3796 (2018 7DL) |
| VG6176 | 2018 7LL | September 2024 | ||
| VG6452 | ||||
| VP3147 | 2018 7DL | June 2020 | Transferred to AN Bus PLB Route AN1/AN2 and Route AN8 | |
The information may not be complete and accurate, and is to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.
This section was last updated on 11/2024202411
Routing[]
The distance of this route is approx. 13.0km, and the journey time is approximately 51mins. (The average speed is 15.3km/h.)
| Routing | Roads observed |
| ① Regular |
Hung Yuen Road, Hung Shui Kiu Tin Sam Road, Hung Shui Kiu Main Street, Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu, Hung Tin Road, Ping Ha Road, Tin Yiu Road, Tin Wu Road, Tin Shui Road, Tin Tan Street, Tin Shui Wai Hospital access road, Tin Tan Street, Tin Shui Road, Wetland Park Road, Tin Kwai Road, Tin Wah Road, Tin Shui Road, Tin Tan Street, Tin Shui Wai Hospital access road, Tin Tan Street, Tin Shui Road, Tin Wu Road, Tin Yiu Road, Ping Ha Road, Hung Tin Road, Hung Chi Road and Hung Yuen Road |
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| ② Omit Hung Shui Kiu Main Street |
Hung Yuen Road, Hung Shui Kiu Tin Sam Road, Hung Tin Road, …… |
| New Territories GMB Route 621 (Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road ↺ Tin Shui Wai North) | ||||
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| No. | Area | Road | Major stop locations | Remarks |
| 1 | Hung Shui Kiu | Hung Yuen Road |
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| 2 | Hung Shui Kiu Main Street |
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Trips using routing ② omit this stop | |
| 3 | Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu |
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| 4 | Hung Tin Road |
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| 5 | Tin Shui Wai | Ping Ha Road |
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| 6 | Tin Yiu Road |
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Section fare begins here | |
| 7 | Tin Wu Road |
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| 8 | Tin Shui Road |
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| 9 |
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Two-way section fare begins here | ||
| 10 | Tin Tan Street |
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| 11 | Tin Shui Road |
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| Tin Shui Wai North |
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| 12 | Wetland Park Road |
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Circular route return point | |
| 13 | Tin Kwai Road |
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| 14 | Tin Shui Wai | Tin Wah Road |
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| 15 | Tin Shui Road |
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| 16 |
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Two-way section fare ends here | ||
| 17 | Tin Tan Street |
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| 18 | Tin Shui Road |
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| 19 | Tin Wu Road |
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| 20 | Tin Yiu Road |
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| 21 | Ping Ha Road |
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Section fare begins here | |
| 22 | Hung Shui Kiu | Hung Tin Road |
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| 23 | Hung Yuen Road |
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Gallery[]
A Route 621 minibus was parking at Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road
Route 621 once terminated at Tin Shui Wai Hospital
A Route 621 minibus was parking at Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road
A Route 621 minibus was parking at Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road
Route 621 once terminated at Tin Shui Wai Hospital
A Route 621 minibus was waiting for passengers at Tin Shui Wai Hospital (March 2020)
Minibuses on Route 621 would stop first at Caritas Lok Kan School before U-turning back to Tin Shui Wai Hospital terminus
Route 621 passes through Hong Kong Wetland Park
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.
- ↑ The minibuses on this route once equipped with Patent Enterprises EDS, excepted for VP3796, other sign of minibuses were changed from late 2022 to 2023.
Related articles[]
- New Territories GMB Route 619 (Cancelled)
- New Territories GMB Route 622 (Cancelled)
- MTR Bus Route K75 (Cancelled)
- MTR Bus Route K75A
- MTR Bus Route K75P
- MTR Bus Route K75S
References[]
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "建議的公共小巴（專線）服務 洪水橋(洪元路) — 天水圍(天壇街)" (Suggested GMB service (Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) - Tin Shui Wai (Tin Tan Street)), YLDC(TTC) Paper No. 29/2019.
- ↑ G. N. 4336: Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Regulations (Cap 374D)--Packages of Public Light Bus (Scheduled) Routes in the New Territories, Kowloon and on the Hong Kong Island, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 23, Issue 27, 5 July 2019.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Introduction of N.T.PLB (Scheduled) Service Route Nos. 621 (Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) – Tin Shui Wai (Tin Tan Street)) 622 (Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) – Long Ping Station (Circular)) 623 Yuen Long (Fung Cheung Road)- Kong Tau Tsuen" [Traffic Advice], 2 March 2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 165 routes" [News Bulletin], 25 June 2021.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Arrangement of N.T. Green Minibus Route No. 621" [Traffic Advice], 19 December 2022.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Arrangement of N.T. Green Minibus Route No. 621" [Traffic Advice], 30 March 2023.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Service Adjustment of N.T. GMB Route No. 621 and Service Cancellation of N.T. GMB Route No. 622" [Traffic Advice], 12 January 2024.
- ↑ "Progress report from the Transport Department (April to May 2024)", YLDC(TTC) Paper No. 49/2020.
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Revision of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 621, 622 and 623" [Traffic Advice], 7 January 2021.
- ↑ According to the Reply Serial No. THB(T)137 of the Replies to initial written questions raised by Finance Committee Members in examining the Estimates of Expenditure 2021-22, the operator originally applied for a fare increase of 19% but the Transport Department eventually approved a fare increase of 5.2%.
External links[]
- Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 621
- 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 621
| Green minibus (GMB) routes in Yuen Long District | |
|---|---|
| Yuen Long Town routes | <To/from Lau Fau Shan and Deep Bay> 33 • 35 <To/from Ping Shan, Hung Shui Kiu and Tin Shui Wai> 31 • 31A • 32 • 74 • 74A • 604 <To/from Shap Pat Heung and Au Tau> 39 • 39A • 73 • 73A • 609 • 609B • 609S • 611 • 611A • 611B • 611P • 611S • 623 • 624 <To/from Kam Tin and Pat Heung> 71 • 72 • 601 • 601C • 602 • 603 • 608 • 608S • 620 <To/from San Tin> 36 • 37 • 38 • 75 • 76 <Overnight to/from Kowloon> 606S ☾ |
| Tin Shui Wai routes | |
| Lok Ma Chau routes | |
| Other routes | |
| Remark: Italic - service during specified days/periods only; ☾ - overnight/late night service | |