New Territories GMB Route 812

A Route 812 minibus was stopping at Hin Tin Village stop
Route information
Termini	Shui Chuen O ↔ Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road) ●
via	Sha Tin Wai, Chun Shek Estate, Lung Hang Estate
Distance	5.0km
Journey time	21mins
Commencement date	30 August 2015
Operational information
Current operator	Rock Smart Development
Main vehicles	Toyota Coaster
Fare information
Full fare	$5.9
No. of section fare(s)	2 (Two-way section fare)
Service hours
Origin service time	06:30-23:05
Destination service time	06:30-23:05
Headways	8-20 mins
Special trip(s)	Shui Chuen O Public Transport Interchange → Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road) ●

The New Territories Green Minibus (GMB) Route 812 is operated by Rock Smart Development Limited (樂聰發展有限公司) (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 14452C). It runs between Shui Chuen O and Hin Keng, via Sha Tin Wai Station, Jat Min Chuen, Chun Shek Estate, Tai Wai Station and Lung Hang Estate.

History

• 6 June 2014: The Transport Department (TD) invited open tenders for the right to operate eight new GMB routes in six groups, this route and Route 813 was grouped as a same series.
• 30 August 2015: Route 812 entered service.
• 4 July 2016: The last departure time was delayed from 22:30 to 23:05.
• 13 March 2017: Special trips to Hin Keng omitting Yan Chuen House between 06:30-08:30 from Shui Chuen O Public Transport Interchange on Mondays to Fridays were introduced, with 20-minute intervals.
• 1 December 2017: Detoured via Tin Sam Street and Hung Mui Kuk Road for Hin Keng direction, omitting the section of Che Kung Miu Road outside Festival City.
• 22 December 2021: Real-time Arrival Information System was introduced to this route.
• 9 January 2023: Departures between 06:30-08:30 and 11:50-16:30 on Monday to Friday school days detoured via Pok Chuen Street near TWGHs Tsoi Wing Sing Primary School.

Service hours and headways

From Shui Chuen O Estate (Yan Chuen House)	From Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road)	Headways (mins)
Daily
06:30 - 09:30	06:30 - 09:30	8 - 10
09:30 - 20:30	09:30 - 20:30	10 - 15
20:30 - 23:05	20:30 - 23:05	15 - 20
Departures between 06:30-08:30 and 11:50-16:30 on Monday to Friday (except school holidays and public holidays) will be detoured via TWGHs Tsoi Wing Sing Primary School.

Special trips

Shui Chuen O Public Transport Interchange → Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road) ●
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
06:30 - 08:30	20
No service on Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays

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

Fares

Fare chart
From \ To	Shui Chuen O	Sha Tin Wai Station
Sha Tin Wai Station	$4.1
Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road)	$5.9	$4.1

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 Scheme. Passengers are required to tender exact fare in cash or by Octopus card upon boarding. No change will be given. ＊ Passengers who wish to pay two-way section fares by Octopus card should notify the driver to adjust the fare processor.

Historical fares

Fare adjustment effective date Full fare Section fare 20 February 2022 ||$5.9||MTR Sha Tin Wai Station to/from Shui Chuen O or Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road): $4.1 24 March 2019 $5.6 MTR Sha Tin Wai Station to/from Shui Chuen O or Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road): $3.9 30 August 2015 $4.8 Fares for students in uniforms: $3.8 MTR Sha Tin Wai Station to/from Shui Chuen O or Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road): $3.5

Octopus Interchange Concessions

Route 812 and MTR Interchange Concessions
1st leg	2nd leg	Discounted amount	Time limit
812	MTR	50￠	90 minutes
MTR	812
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, this route and Route 812A are served by a total of 12 minibuses with 16 or 19 seats. The combined capacity of the two routes is not less than 96 passengers per direction during the peakiest hour.

Currently New Territories 812/813 series under Rock Smart Development have a total of 23 of Toyota Coaster LPG minibuses, including 14 of 16-seater minibuses and 9 of 19-seater minibuses.

List of Rock Smart Development minibuses
Plate no.	Type	Seats	Destination sign configuration	Scheduled route(s)	Remarks
EG6620	2015 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat	Rollsign	812	Formerly a vehicle of Kwa Tsing Route Plate number once applied in a 5LS
ET2591				Peak hours: 812A Normal hours: 812/813 series	Formerly a vehicle of Cheung Tsuen Route and Tsz Tsuen Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Lam Jor Route Plate number once applied in a 5LS2 of Lam Jor Route
ET5666	2005 5LS2	16-seater high adopt			Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Jor Tsuen Route and Causeway Bay - Sai Kung Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Mong Kok - Cheung Shan Route Entered service in January 2023
KJ8604	2015 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat		812A	Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Kwa Tsing Route Was also a formerly vehicle of Red Minibus Wong Tsing Route and Jor Tsuen Route Plate once applied in a 2002 5LS of Kwa Tsing Route Entered service in July 2015
KT2644				812	Originally was a Red minibus Plate once applied in a 2002 5LS of Tsuen Wong Kau Route
KW8342				813	Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Yuen Jor Route Plate once applied in a 2003 5LS of an above of this route
LB3912	2003 5LL	19-seater Vegaset		812A	Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Kwun Chai Route and Chai Wan - Kowloon Bay Route Entered service in March 2020
LG7057	2015 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat		813A	Formerly a vehicle of Kwa Tsing Route Plate once applied in a 2003 5LS of an above of this route
LN886	2004 5LL	19-seater Vegaset		812A	Original plate number LJ9093 Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Oi Mong Route Current Plate number once applied on a 2004 5LS Entered service in June then changed the number
LV3624	2005 5LS2	16-seater high adopt		Peak hours: 812A Other time: 812/813 series	Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Tsz Tsuen Route and Cheung Tsuen Route Entered service in February 2023
MN7282	2006 5LS2			812	Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Shek Mong Route Was also a formerly vehicle of Champion Legends New Territories Route 810/810A Entered service in November 2021
TP3253	2015 6LS	16-seater original 3-point harness seat			Originally was Red Minibus
TP4686				Afternoon: 812A Other Time: 812/813 series
VD8406	2017 7LL	19-seater Vegaset	Patent Enterprises EDS	Peak hour :812A Other time: 812/813 series	The first 19-seater minibus in this series
WH5096	2004 5LL	19-seater NewHarmony (NHR) seats	Rollsign	812A	Original plate number LH1182, Plate number changed in May 2019 Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Oi Mong Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Red Minibus Lam Mong Route
WL8150	2019 7LL	19-seater Vegaset	Patent Enterprises EDS		Formerly a vehicle of Po Sheung Route, Jor Sheung Route, Sham Sheung Route and Mong Sheung Route Entered service in October 2023
WW8625	2004 5LL		Rollsign		Original plate number LM9290 Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Oi Mong Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Wong Tsing Route, Kwun Tsing Route and Lam Mong Route Entered service in September 2020 then changed the plate number
WW9215					Original plate number LM7004 Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus Oi Mong Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Wong Tsing Route, Kwun Tsing Route and Lam Mong Route Entered service in September 2020 then changed the plate number
WY9713	2008 6LS	16-seater high adopt			Original plate number FW8004 Formerly a vehicle of Wong Tsing Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Mong Kok - Belevadere Garden Route, Kwun Jor Route and Lam Jor Route Entered service in June 2021
XL574	2012 6LS			813	Original plate number SY9151 Formerly a vehicle of Shek Tsuen Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Wong Tsing Route and Ping Tsuen Route Entered service in December 2021
XL1685	2011 6LS			812A	Original plate number PZ3733 Formerly a vehicle of Red Minibus To Tsuen Route, Tsuen Wong Kau Route and Po Mong Route Was also a formerly Vehicle of Jetwide Kowloon Route 77M/78 Entered service in December 2021
YD1323	2022 7LL	19-seater Original 3-point harness seat	Transfull EDS		Entered service in August 2022
YH3221					Entered service in November 2022

List of former minibuses under Rock Smart Development
Plate No.	Type No.	Date retired/withdrawn	Fate	Replacing vehicle
FA8001	2005 5LS2	June 2020	Transferred to Red Minibus Oi Man Estate - Mong Kok Route then changed the plate number as LJ9093	LN886 (2004 5LL)
KS2717	2015 6LS	2017	Transferred to Hong Wah Community Red Minibus 16 floor Route and Block 45 Route then changed the plate number as JY9711	VD8406 (2017 7LL)
KS4404	2002 5LS	August 2022	Retired Currently idled in Shui Tsuen O
KT9060		December 2021	Changed as Red Minibus idled Currently retired	XL574 (2012 6LS)
KU8409		2020	Retired	LB3912 (2003 5LL)
LM5199	2004 5LS	September 2020	Transferred to Red Minibus Oi Mong Route then changed the plate number LM9290	WW8625 (2004 5LL)
TK9259	2002 5LS	December 2021	Converted to Red Minibus idled Currently retired	XL1685 (2011 6LS)
TK9507		September 2020	Retired	WY9713 (2008 6LS)
TK9681	2004 5LS		Transferred to Oi Mong Route with plate number changed to LM7004	WW9215 (2004 5LL)

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 8/2025202508

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Routing

The distance of this route is approx. 5.0km, and the journey time is approximately 21mins. (The average speed is 14.3km/h.)

• Trips via TWGHs Tsoi Wing Sing Primary School: The distance of this route is approx. 5.9km, and the journey time is approximately 23mins. (The average speed is 15.4km/h.)

To Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road)

Routing	Roads observed
① Regular	Pok Chuen Street, Shui Chuen Au Street, Sha Kok Street, Tai Chung Kiu Road, Che Kung Miu Road, Hung Mui Kuk Road, Tin Sam Street, Fu Kin Street, Hin Keng Street and Che Kung Miu Road
②* Weekday AM special trips	To Shek Street, Pok Chuen Street, Shui Chuen Au Street, ......

New Territories GMB Route 812 (Shui Chuen O → Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road))
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Shui Chuen O	Pok Chuen Street	Yan Chuen House Shui Chuen O Estate Long Chuen House Shui Chuen O Estate
*	Shui Chuen O		Shui Chuen O Public Transport Interchange	Special trips ② begin here Other trips omit this stop
2	Shui Chuen O	Pok Chuen Street	Yuet Chuen House Shui Chuen O Estate
3	Sha Tin Wai	Sha Kok Street	MTR Sha Tin Wai Station Tin Ka Ping Primary School	Section fare begins at MTR Sha Tin Wai Station
4	Sha Tin Tau	Che Kung Miu Road	Chun Shek Estate
	Tai Wai		Che Kung Temple Sun Ming House Sun Chui Estate
5		Tin Sam Street	Wing Sam House Lung Hang Estate (Market) Lung Hang Estate
6	Hin Tin	Hin Keng Street	Ha Keng Hau Village (Fire Station) Hin Tin Village
7		Che Kung Miu Road	Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road) Minibus Terminus	Stops on the roadside of northbound Che Kung Miu Road opposite to Hin Keng Shopping Centre

To Shui Chuen O

Via: Che Kung Miu Road, Tin Sam Street, Hung Mui Kuk Road, Che Kung Miu Road, Tai Chung Kiu Road, Sha Kok Street, Yat Tai Street, Shui Chuen Au Street, and Pok Chuen Street

New Territories GMB Route 812 (Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road) → Shui Chuen O)
No.	Area	Road	Major stop locations	Remarks
1	Hin Tin	Che Kung Miu Road	Hin Keng (Che Kung Miu Road) Minibus Terminus	Stops on the roadside of northbound Che Kung Miu Road opposite to Hin Keng Shopping Centre
2	Tai Wai	Tin Sam Street	Carado Garden Tin Sam Village (Lung Hang Estate)
3		Che Kung Miu Road	MTR Tai Wai Station Che Kung Temple
	Sha Tin Tau		Chun Shek Estate
4	Sha Tin Wai	Sha Kok Street	Immaculate Heart of Mary College (Jat Min Chuen)
5		Yat Tai Street	MTR Sha Tin Wai Station	Section fare begins here
6	Shui Chuen O	Pok Chuen Street	Shing Chuen House Shui Chuen O Estate (Under bridge) Pok Chuen Path (Road junction) Ling Chuen House Shui Chuen O Estate
#	Shui Chuen O	Pok Chuen Street	TWGHs Tsoi Wing Sing Primary School	Observes only on designated time periods on school days Boarding available from this stop to Hin Keng
7	Shui Chuen O	Pok Chuen Street	Yan Chuen House Shui Chuen O Estate

Ridership

This route passes through many schools and thus has the nature of a school route with good patronage during peak hours, but it is competed by the minibus routes 803 and 804 and the MTR Tuen Ma Line, and the frequency is low, thus the patronage is low during other period.

Lost trips

Long queues at en-route stops are common during peak hours due to the low frequency of service

After the occupation of the additional 18 buildings in Shui Chuen O Estate, the Transport Department (TD), considering that this route was approaching saturation during peak hours, approved in February 2016 the operation of short-working trip Route 812A towards and from Sha Tin Wai Station, in order to accommodate the heavy patronage towards and from the MTR station.

However, the low capacity of green minibuses cannot alleviate the traffic pressure in the area at all. Some residents have even found that the operator has reduced the frequency of this route in order to use vehicle-wave tactics on this route, coupled with the fact that the drivers of this route often drive with a slower speed, and have to wait for nearly an hour during off-peak hours, and the situation has worsened after this route has been upgraded to a whole-day service, and complaints about the inaccurate frequency of this route have been posted in the discussion centres frequently.The situation improved slightly until December 2017 after this route was re-routed via Tin Sam Street on the outbound direction to take in more passengers.

Related incidents

• 21 August 2019: At around 12pm, a Hin Keng-bound Toyota Coaster (TP3253) hit an out-of-service KMB bus driver near Hin Hing House Hin Keng Estate opposite Hin Keng Street, and he was later hospitalised.

Gallery

Route 812 observes Pok Hong Estate (January 2024)

Route 812 passes through outside Sung Chuen House (November 2023)

A Route 812 minibus TP4686 (Before the rollsign changed)

A Route 812 minibus KW8342 was going downhill at Shui Chuen Au Street along Pok Chuen Street (After the rollsign changed)

A Route 812 minibus was parking at Shui Chuen O

Route 812 observes Hin Tin Village

Related articles

• New Territories GMB Route 803
• New Territories GMB Route 803K
• New Territories GMB Route 804
• New Territories GMB Route 812A
• New Territories GMB Route 813
• New Territories GMB Route 813A
• KMB Route 288
• KMB Route 288C

External links

• Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 812
• Official information on Transport Department (HKeMobility website): New Territories Green Minibus Route No. 812 (Shui Chuen O Public Transport Interchange special trip)
• 16SEATS.net - New Territories Green Minibus Route 812