New Territories GMB Route 72

Route 72 detours via Kam Sheung Road Station Public Transport Interchange for both directions
Route Info
Termini	Yuen Long (Yuen Long Tai Hang Street) ↔ Lui Kung Tin ●
via	Au Tau, Kam Sheung Road Station, Kam Sheung Road
Commencement date	1986/8/16
Operational information
Current operator	Foo Wo Public Light Bus
Main Vehicles	Toyota Coaster
Fare Info
Full Fare	$8.2
No. of Section Fare(s)	2 (Two-way section)
Service hours
Service Hours (Outbound)	05:30 - 21:30
Service Hours （Inbound)	06:00 - 22:00
Headways	10 mins

The New Territories Green Minibus Route 72 is operated by Foo Wo Public Light Bus Limited (富和小巴有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 12403C) under Min Kee Motors. It runs between Yuen Long Tai Hang Street and Lui Kung Tin Tsuen, via Au Tau, MTR Kam Sheung Road Station, Kam Sheung Road and Sheung Tsuen.

Due to the restrictions under the licensing conditions, this route must detour via Kam Sheung Road Station even if it is fully loaded and no passenger requests to alight there, and the notice inside has been displayed to remind the drivers and the passengers. A special short-working trip 72M running between Kam Sheung Road Station and Lui Kung Tin Tsuen is also provided by the operator to facilitate passengers transferring to Tuen Ma Line, but it is only classified by the Transport Department (TD) as a special trip of Route 72.

History

After KMB Route 51M was shortened to Kam Tin in 1983, Lui Kung Tin Tsuen had to walk to Sheung Tsuen Bus Terminus or Kam Sheung Road for the trip to/from Yuen Long Town and this had aroused the villagers' dissatisfaction. In view of this, the Transport Department (TD) proposed to introduce this route in 1984 to address the villagers' demand and to supplement the heavily patronised Route 64K that ran through Kam Sheung Road.

• 15 November 1985: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for 11 groups of 24 new green minibus (GMB) routes, with this route being grouped with Route 71.
• 16 August 1986: Route 72 entered service.
• 23 February 1988: Omitted Tung Lok Street and re-routed via Kak Yeung Road for Yuen Long (Tai Hang Street) direction due to construction work of Light Rail.
• 5 August 1988: Detoured via Road L1 (i.e. the present Long Yat Road) for Lui Kung Tin Tsuen direction.
• 26 January 1992: Due to the traffic change of the road near Yuen Long (Tai Hang Street) terminus, departures from Yuen Long Terminus were re-routed via Yuen Long Tung Tai Street, Tai Lee Street, Wang Chau Road and Yuen Long On Ning Road to Sai Tai Street.
• 16 December 2003: Detoured via Kam Sheung Road Station Public Transport Interchange for both directions.
• 27 October 2022: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.

Service hours and headways

From Yuen Long (Tai Hang Street)	From Lui Kung Tin Tsuen	Headways (mins)
Daily
05:30 - 21:30	06:00 - 22:00	10

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

Fares

Fare chart
From ＼ to	Yuen Long (Tai Hang Street)	Kam Sheung Road Station	Sheung Tsuen Playground
Kam Sheung Road Station
Lui Kung Tin Tsuen	$8.2		＃

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. Please notify the driver before paying the fare, otherwise a full fare will be charged instead. ＃Cash-only section fare.

Historical fares

Fare adjustment effective dates Full fare Section fare 14 April 2024 $8.7 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street/Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road Station: $7.0 Sheung Tsuen Playground to/from Lui Kung Tin Tsuen: $4.9 (Cash only) 12 December 2021 $8.2 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Mung Yeung School: $6.6 Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road: $6.6 Sheung Tsuen Playground to/from Lui Kung Tin Tsuen: $4.6 (Cash only) 10 December 2017 $7.8 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Mung Yeung School: $6.3 Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road: $6.3 Sheung Tsuen Playground to/from Lui Kung Tin Tsuen: $4.4 (Cash only) 3 May 2015 $7.4 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Mung Yeung School: $5.9 Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road: $5.9 Sheung Tsuen Playground to/from Lui Kung Tin Tsuen: $4.1 (Cash only) 18 November 2012 $6.8 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Mung Yeung School: $5.5 Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road: $5.5 Sheung Tsuen Playground to/from Lui Kung Tin Tsuen: $3.8 (Cash only) 1 May 2011 $6.2 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Mung Yeung School: $5.0 Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road: $5.0 Sheung Tsuen Playground to/from Lui Kung Tin Tsuen: $3.8 (Cash only) 17 June 2007 $5.8 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Mung Yeung School: $4.8 Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road: $4.8 TBC $5.5 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Mung Yeung School: $4.5 Lui Kung Tin Tsuen to/from Kam Sheung Road: $4.5 Fare history TBC Circa 1995 $4.5 Kam Tin Road/Kam Sheung Road Junction to/from Yuen Long Tai Hang Street or Lui Kung Tin: $3.5 Circa 1993 $4.0 Kam Tin Road/Kam Sheung Road Junction to/from Yuen Long Tai Hang Street or Lui Kung Tin: $3.0 Circa 1992 $4.0 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Kam Tin: $2.5 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen): $3.5 Kam Tin to/from Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen): $2.5 Kam Tin to/from Lui Kung Tin: $3.0 Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen) to/from Lui Kung Tin: $2.5 22 April 1990 $3.5 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Kam Tin: $2.0 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen): $3.0 Kam Tin to/from Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen): $2.5 Kam Tin to/from Lui Kung Tin: $2.5 Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen) to/from Lui Kung Tin: $2.0 16 August 1986 $3.0 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Kam Tin: $2.0 Yuen Long Tai Hang Street to/from Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen): $2.5 Kam Tin to/from Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen): $2.0 Kam Tin to/from Lui Kung Tin: $2.5 Kam Sheung Road (Sheung Tsuen) to/from Lui Kung Tin: $2.0

Octopus interchange concessions

Route 72 and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
72	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	72
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 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, 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 or Disneyland Resort Line Monthly Pass (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, a total of 9 minibuses are required to serve this route. 2 minibuses will be deployed to serve Route 72M during peak hours from Mondays to Saturdays. 2 routes have a combined capacity of not less than 96 passengers per direction during the peak hour.

Currently this route and New Territories Routes 71, 71A and 72M have a total of 19 minibuses, including 13 16-seater minibuses and 6 19-seater minibuses. List:

• 19 Toyota Coaster (1 2003 5LL, 1 2004 5LL, 2 2005 5LS2, 1 2009 6LS, 5 2010 6LS, 1 2011 6LS, 3 2015 6LS, 2 2016 6LS and 3 2017 6LL)
• 1 2017 Golden Dragon XML6701J18

List of Foo Wo Public Light Bus minibuses
Plate No.	Model	Type No.	Seat	Route Sign Configuration	Route(s)	Remarks
DC1548	Toyota Coaster	2005 5LS2	16-seater high back seat	Rollsign	72／72M	Former vehicle on KC Investments' New Territories Route 412 Joined in June 2023 Shifted once to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S
DX1869		2010 6LS			71	Former vehicle on Wyman Development's New Territories Route 26 Was also a former vehicle on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M Plate originally belonged to a 3rd generation on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S Shifted once to Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Routes 69/69A
EC7798					72/72M	Former vehicle on PLB Yuen Mong Route and Yuen Tuen Route Plate originally belonged to a 1989 2nd generation of PLB Cheung Tsuen Route
FW 71					71	Shifted once to Eternal Honest's Kowloon Route 89B shortly
GZ6042		2009 6LS			72/72M	Plate originally belonged to a 2nd generation on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S Shifted once to Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Routes 69/69A
HA5836		2010 6LS				Plate originally belonged to a 1997 3rd generation on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S
HH4045		2003 5LL	19-seater NewHarmony (NHR) seats			Equipped with the sixth generation bodyshell and driving compartment Original plate no. LD7113 Former vehicle on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S Was also a former vehicle on Fully Mint's New Territories Route 501K and 94 Licensed Mini-Bus' New Territories Routes 94 series Current plate no. was originally belonged to a 1997 3rd generation on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S and a 2009 6DS on New Territories Route 308M
JU2793	Golden Dragon XML6701J18		19-seater Fainsa seat	Lucky Yu EDS		The first range entered service green minibuses produced in Mainland China in Hong Kong Former vehicle on Chit Fai Motors' Kowloon Routes 2/6 series Plate originally belonged to a Mitsubishi Rosa BE639E belonged to that set of routes
LR3378	Toyota Coaster	2004 5LL	19-seater NewHarmony (NHR) seats	Rollsign		Sixth-generation components for the bodyshell and driving compartment Former vehicle on Sky Team Transportation's Kowloon Route 76B Was also a former vehicle on New Territories Routes 612/612P and PLB Po Mong Route
LT3241		2015 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat			Original plate no. KX943 Former vehicle on Crown Step Investment's New Territories Route 84 Current plate no. was originally belonged to a 2004 5LS2
MB9006		2005 5LS2	16-seater high back seat			Former vehicle on PLB Kwun Jor Route Joined in October 2024 Shifted once to Wai Ching Industrial's New Territories Route 413 during October 2024
PZ4247		2011 6LS			71	Former vehicle on Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Routes 69/69A Was also a former vehicle on PLB Wan Tsuen Route
TJ1980		2015 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat		71A	Original a part of PLB Wong Mong Route fleet
TM7195						Former vehicle on Yau Man Investment's New Territories Routes 105/105S Was also an original part of PLB Kwun Tsuen Route fleet
TN869		2010 6LS	16-seater high back sear		72/72M	Former vehicle on Smart Champion Investments' Kowloon Routes 69/69A Was also a former vehicle on Eternal Honest's Kowloon Route 89B Shifted once to Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Routes 65 series/66K/67 series during October 2021
UE8431		2016 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat		71	Former vehicle on Yau Man Investment's New Territories Routes 105/105S
US2599		2017 6LL	19-seater Vegaseat		72/72M	Former vehicle on Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Route 67A
US5811						Former vehicle on Crown Step Investment's New Territories Route 84 Was also a former vehicle on Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Route 67K
VN7172						Original plate no. JF5304, plate no. changed in July 2018 Former vehicle on Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Route 67K
VZ3753		2016 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat		71	Former vehicle on Crown Step Investment's New Territories Route 84

List of Former minibuses on Foo Wo Public Light Bus
Plate No.	Type No.	Seat No.	Retirement/withdrawal date	Whereabouts	Substituted vehicle(s)
AV1028	5LS	16	Unknown	Retired
DC2302	2009 6LS		April 2022	Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Routes 401/402S
DD2811	2005 5LS2		Not later than 2013	Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M
DL5190			Not later than May 2018	Transferred to Eternal Honest's Kowloon Route 89B
EK9926	5LS		Unknown	Unknown
EM3893	2004 5LS			Transferred to PLB 23 Route then the plate no. was once changed as VE1813 in 2018
FF2435	2009 6LS			Retired
FP9321	2005 5LS2			Transferred to 94 Licensed Mini-Bus's New Territories Routes 94 series
FW532
GG213	5LS		October 2012	Transferred to 94 Licensed Mini-Bus's New Territories Routes 94 series Plate is now applied to a 2020 7LL on Wai Ching Industrial's New Territories Routes 29/806 series
JE2689	1999 4th generation		March 2018	Retired Plate is now applied to a 2018 7LL on Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Routes 65A/65K	US2599 (2017 6LL)
KY2024	2003 5LS		February 2019	Transferred to Good View Maxicab's New Territories Route 93 then the plate no. was once changed as NS2889 in June 2019
LB2113	2007 5DL	19	December 2022	Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M
LD6084	2003 5LL			Transferred to Min Kee Motors's New Territories Routes 401/402S
LM4263	2004 5LS	16	2019	Transferred to Yau Man Investment's Kowloon Route 66S and New Territories Route 99
LM8048			July 2016	Transferred to Tsuen Wan Route No.86's New Territories Route 86
LT2706	2004 5LS2		May 2019	Transferred to Extra Billion Investment's New Territories Route 140M
MA3855	2005 5LS2		Unknown	Transferred to the routes operates under Kwai Tsing United
MG802			October 2017	Transferred to Crown Step Investment's New Territories Route 84
MK7172	2004 5LS2		March 2016	Transferred to Min Kee Motors's New Territories Routes 401/402S then the plate no. was once changed as WA7783 in March 2019 Plate is now applied to a 2014 6LS on Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M
PB2850	2009 6LS		April 2021	Transferred to Easy Well Industrial's New Territories Route 65K and the plate no. changed as JG8222 when it was transferred	PJ5507 (2010 6DS)
PJ5507	2010 6DS		June 2022	Retired
PP9213	2004 5LS2		September 2018	Transferred to Tsuen Wan Route No.86's New Territories Routes 83A/86 series	LD6084 (2003 5LL)
RA308	2008 6DS		March 2021	Transferred to Min Kee Motors' New Territories Route 308M	DX1869 (2010 6LS)

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 2/2025202502

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Routing

The distance of this route is approx. 11.8km, and the journey time is approximately 38mins. (The average speed is 18.6km/h.)

To Lui Kung Tin Tsuen

Via: Yuen Long Tai Hang Street, Yuen Long Tung Tai Street, Yuen Long On Lok Road, Long Yip Street, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long, Kam Tin Road, Kam Sheung Road, Tung Wui Road, Kam Sheung Road Station Public Transport Interchange, Tung Wui Road, Kam Sheung Road, Kam Tin Road and Route Twisk

New Territories GMB Route 72 (Yuen Long (Yuen Long Tai Hang Street) → Lui Kung Tin Tsuen)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Yuen Long Town	Yuen Long Tai Hang Street	Yuen Long (Yuen Long Tai Hang Street) Minibus Terminus
2	Au Tau	Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long	Tung Shing Lei (Poi Oi Hospital)
3	Kam Tin	Kam Tin Road	Au Tau Petrol Station Ha Ko Po Tsuen Ko Po Tsuen Kam Tin Mung Yeung Public School
4	Kam Tin Town	Kam Sheung Road	Tsz Tong Tsuen Po Tei Road
5	Kam Tin		Kam Sheung Road Station Public Transport Interchange	Located outside Exit C of MTR Kam Sheung Road Station
6	Pat Heung	Kam Sheung Road	Ng Ka Tsuen San Ma Lo Pat Heung Kam Tsin Wai Shek Wu Tong Tin Sam Village Yuen Kong Tsuen Shui Tsan Tin Shui Lau Tin Lin Fa Tei Lai Uk Tsuen Dao Uk Tsuen Shek Sheung Road Cheung Uk Tsuen Sheung Tsuen Park	Hail-and-ride section
7		Route Twisk	Woolwich Road, Shek Kong Barracks Lui Kung Tin Tsuen (Village Entrance)

To Yuen Long Tai Hang Street

Via: Route Twisk, Kam Tin Road, Kam Sheung Road, Tung Wui Road, Kam Sheung Road Station, Tung Wui Road, Kam Sheung Road, Kam Tin Road, Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long, Kik Yeung Road, Yuen Long On Ning Road and Yuen Long Tai Hang Street

New Territories GMB Route 72 (Lui Kung Tin Tsuen → Yuen Long (Yuen Long Tai Hang Street))
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Pat Heung	Route Twisk	Lui Kung Tin Tsuen (Village Entrance) Woolwich Road, Shek Kong Barracks
2		Kam Sheung Road	Sheung Tsuen Park Sheung Tsuen San Tsuen Shek Sheung Road Tse UK Tsuen Lai UK Tsuen Lin Fa Tei Ngau Keng Shui Tsan Tin Yuen Kong Tsuen Tin Sam Village Shek Wu Tong Kam Tsin Wai San Ma Lo Pat Heung Ng Ka Tsuen San Ma Lo Pat Heung	Hail-and-ride section
3	Kam Tin		Kam Sheung Road Station Public Transport Interchange	Located outside Exit C of MTR Kam Sheung Road Station
4	Kam Tin Town	Kam Sheung Road	Po Tei Road Tsz Tong Tsuen
5	Kam Tin	Kam Tin Road	Kam Tin Mung Yeung Public School Ko Po Tsuen Ha Ko Po Tsuen Au Tau Petrol Station
6	Au Tau	Castle Peak Road - Yuen Long	Yeung Uk Tsuen (Pok Oi Hospital)
7	Yuen Long Town		YOHO Mall Hang Heung Cake Shop Tai Tong Road	Alighting only
8		Kik Yeung Road	Yuen Long (West)
9		Yuen Long On Ning Road	Tai Kiu Market
10		Yuen Long Tai Hang Street	Yuen Long (Yuen Long Tai Hang Street) Minibus Terminus

Related incidents

• 19 March 2014: At around 12pm, a Toyota Coaster (EK9926) towards Yuen Long Tai Hang Street crashed into a planter at the junction of Yuen Long Po Yip Street and Hong Yip Street and went over a planter after colliding with a private car which plunged into the cycle track and hit the planter, and a male passenger in the private car injured.
• 17 March 2024: At around 12pm, a Toyota Coaster (HA5836) towards Lui Kung Tin Tsuen was hit by a minibus with the same model (VS9184) running on New Territories GMB Route 39 at a roundabout, and the latter did not stop and continued to a garage for maintenance. The accident caused 3 injuries to the passengers of the minibus. The driver of the minibus involved in the incident, a 64-year-old male driver surnamed Chong, was arrested on suspicion of "dangerous driving", "failing to stop after an accident" and "failing to report to the police after an accident".
• 27 April 2024: At around 3pm, a Toyota Coaster (US5811) towards Lui Kung Tin Tsuen was hit an overturned by a light truck near Four Seasons Garden on Kam Sheung Road. Passengers were trapped inside the vehicle for a while and had to be rescued by firefighters; the light truck involved in the incident ran away and was eventually recovered near the scene of the incident. The light vehicle was eventually recovered from near the scene and six passengers were injured in the accident.

Gallery

Route 72 detours via Kam Sheung Road Station

Route 72 detours via Kam Sheung Road Station Public Transport Interchange for both directions

The newest design Rollsign was installed on a minibus on Route 72

More pictures, photos and related information about this article are available in the following Gallery Page:

New Territories GMB Route 72 (Edit)

Related articles

• New Territories GMB Route 71
• New Territories GMB Route 72M
• KMB Route 64S
• KMB Route 251A
• PLB Yuen Long - Sheung Tsuen Route

External links

• Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 72
• 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 72