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New Territories GMB Route 622

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The defunct New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 622 was operated by Power Crown Limited (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 15462C) under Transport International. It ran circular between Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road and Long Ping Station, via Ping Shan and Shui Pin Wai Estate.

History[]

  • 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 621 and 623. [1]
  • 15 March 2020: Route 622 entered service.[2]
  • 25 June 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.[3]
  • 28 January 2024: Service was cancelled.[4]

Service hours and headways[]

From Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road
Service hours Headways (mins)
Daily
06:00 - 07:00 20
07:00 - 09:00 15
09:00 - 16:30 30
16:30 - 18:30 15
18:30 - 21:00 30
Detailed timetable
Departure times from Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road
Hrs Mins
Daily
06 00, 20, 40
07 - 08 00, 15, 30, 45
09 - 15 00, 30
16 00, 30, 45
17 00, 15, 30, 45
18 00, 15, 30
19 - 20 00, 30
21 00

Fares[]

Historical fare changes of Route 622
Fare adjustment effective date Full fare Section fare
16 January 2022[5] $7.0[6] Ma Wang Road near Long Ping Station to Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road: $5.3
15 March 2020 $6.7 Ma Wang Road near Long Ping Station to Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road: $5.0
Fare Remarks
  • Same fare regardless of age.
  • Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Elderly 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.
  • The validity of the fare concessions for this route are as follows:
    • $2 fare concession:
      • The entire service period (Elderly persons aged 65 or above using Elderly or Personalised Octopus cards and eligible persons with disabilities using Personalised Octopus cards with "Persons with Disabilities Status")
      • 27 February 2022 to route cancellation (JoyYou Card holders)
    • "Student Status" Personalised Octopus concession: The entire service period

Octopus interchange concessions[]

Route 622 - KMB Interchange Concessions
1st leg route 2nd leg route Discount for the 2nd leg Time limit
622
(from Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road) 		69
(to Yuen Long (Tak Yip Street)) 		$1.0 150mins
69
(from Yuen Long (Tak Yip Street)) 		622
(to Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road)

Points to Note:

  • Passengers are required to use the same Octopus card to enjoy the above interchange concession.
  • Passengers can enjoy the above interchange discount at any bus stop/minibus stop where they can connect to a second route.
  • The interchange concession is not applicable to children under the age of 12 and seniors aged 65 or above, or passengers already benefiting from the Public Transport Fare Concession Scheme for the Elderly and Eligible Persons with Disabilities.
  • This scheme is valid from 18 December 2022 until the cancellation of this route.
  • See KMB website for details.
Route 622 - MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg 2nd leg Discounted amount Time limit
622 MTR $0.3 90 mins
MTR 622
Attention:
  • 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 interchange concession 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 Extra or Disneyland Resort Line Monthly Pass (including those who have paid First Class Premium) 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.
  • The concession period was effective from 15 March 2020 until the cancellation of this route.

Minibus deployments[]

According to the Schedule of Services of the Transport Department, this route was required to be operated by 4 19-seater minibuses before cancellation, with the capacity during the peakiest hour on each direction not less than 76.

For the details of the minibuses on this route before cancellation, see list of Power Crown minibuses.

Routing[]

The distance of this route is approx. 9.4km, and the journey time is approximately 32mins. (The average speed is 17.6km/h.)

Via: Hung Yuen Road, Hung Shui Kiu Tin Sam Road, Hung Shui Kiu Main Street, Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu, Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan, Ma Miu Road, Wang Tat Road, Long Yip Street, Yuen Long On Lok Road, Ma Wang Road, Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan, Hung Tin Road, Hung Chi Road and Hung Yuen Road

New Territories GMB Route 622 (Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road ↺ Long Ping Station)
No. Area Road Major stop locations Remarks
1 Hung Shui Kiu Hung Yuen Road
  • Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road
2 Hung Shui Kiu Main Street
  • Hung Shui Kiu Main Street
3 Castle Peak Road - Hung Shui Kiu
  • Hung Shui Kiu Light Rail Stop
4 Ping Shan Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan
  • Tai Tao Tsuen
  • Fui Sha Wai
  • Tong Fong Tsuen Light Rail Stop
  • LR Ping Shan Stop
5 Yuen Long Town
6 Wang Tat Road Circular route return point
7 Long Yip Street
  • The Spectra
8 Yuen Long On Lok Road
  • Tai Kiu Tsuen
Passengers boarding at or before Villa by The Park near Castle Peak Road who wish to continue to travel to Ma Wang Road near Long Ping Station or stops thereafter should repay the fare at Tai Kiu Tsuen.
9 Yuen Long Town Ma Wang Road
  • Ma Wang Road near Long Ping Station
  • San Shui House
  • Villa by The Park near Ma Wang Road
 Section fare begins here
10 Ping Shan Castle Peak Road - Ping Shan
  • Long Bin
  • Ping Shan
  • San Hei Tsuen
  • Fui Sha Wai
  • Tai Tao Tsuen
11 Hung Shui Kiu Hung Tin Road
  • Hung Fuk Estate Hung Tin Road
12 Hung Yuen Road
  • Hung Fuk Estate Hung Yuen Road

Ridership[]

Along Route 622, numerous Light Rail and Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) routes, which charged lower fares, shared out the source of its passengers, rendering a very low patronage for a long time with its operating condition even being the worst among the three routes operated by Power Crown at that time.[7]

Gallery[]

Remarks[]

Related articles[]

References[]

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Green Minibus Real-time Arrival Information System extended to cover 165 routes" [News Bulletin], 25 June 2021.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Fare Revision of New Territories Green Minibus Route Nos. 621, 622 and 62" [Traffic Advice], 7 January 2021.
  6. ↑ 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 19.4% but the Transport Department eventually approved a fare increase of 4.5%.
  7. ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Rationalisation of N.T. GMB Route Nos. 621 (Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road)－Tin Shui Wai Hospital) and 622 (Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road)－Long Ping Station (Circular))" (Chinese only), YLDC(TTC) Paper No. 37/2023, September 2023.

External links[]

Template:List of Cancelled New Territories GMB Routes

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