Western Harbour Tunnel BBI - Nga Cheung Road (西隧轉車站－雅翔道) bus stop is located on southbound Nga Cheung Road, Kowloon Station Commercial and Residential Area, Yau Tsim Mong District, near the Cullinan II and outside the Hong Kong W Hotel and International Commerce Centre, and Kowloon Station. The stop is a alighting area and is opposite to the Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza, which is a roadside halfway stop.
This stop is split into 2 with a junction in the middle:
- The front-end stop (Coordinates: 22.3036N, 114.1598E; location see map:
) is located outside the International Commerce Centre; - The back-end stop (Coordinates: 22.3047N, 114.1603E; location see map: ) is located outside Cullinan II, Hong Kong W Hotel and Harbourside.
Citybus currently calls the front-end stop "Nga Cheung Road" (雅翔道); the rear-end stop is called "Nga Cheung Road (Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza))" (雅翔道 (西隧)). In terms of the back-end stop, When the Citybus Stop Announcement System announces this stop, the screen displays "
Nga Cheung Road (Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza)" (雅翔道（西區海底隧道收費廣場）), and at the same time when freeze displaying , due to insufficient space of display screen, only " 雅翔道（西隧
）" is displayed.
Excluding KMB Routes 280X and T270, all routes that stop at this station have Kowloon Station as their terminus, and this stop is the first or last intermediate stop on the relevant route[Remark 1]. These routes stop at the rear end of the station in the direction of Kowloon Station and U-turn at the roundabout ahead heading northbound on Nga Cheung Road[Remark 2], then make a U-turn at the Jordan Road roundabout and return southbound to enter the public transport interchange; when leaving Kowloon Station, buses stop at the front end and then proceed to their destinations.
The West Kowloon Cultural District Green Minibus' "Kowloon Station" terminus is located behind the bus station and is also described in this article.
History[]
In the millennium, the back end was the last stop on most bus routes to Kowloon Station. Affected by the High Speed Rail West Kowloon Terminus Project, these routes will no longer stop at this stop from 2 January, 2011[1]. Instead, it entered and exit Nga Cheung Road from Wui Man Road and Austin Road West to Kowloon Station, and as a result the stop was abandoned for a period of time.
With the opening of KMB Route T270 on 25 August 2014, the rear end station was reused and served as a proposed interchange station for this route to transfer to the Western Harbor Crossing route. Subsequently, Route 280X, which was put into service on 24 January 2015, also passes through this stop and also functions as an interchange stop.
Due to the closure of southbound Wui Man Road due to the construction of West Kowloon Station Bus Terminus, the original route from Jordan Road to Kowloon Station Bus Terminus resumed stopping at this stop on 2 February 2016.[2]
The rear end of the stop was formerly known as "Nga Cheung Road" (雅翔道). On 15 July 2017, KMB changed the name to "Nga Cheung Road (Western Harbour Crossing)" (雅翔道 (西區海底隧道)). In order to highlight its function of connecting to the Western Harbour Crossing routes, the bus stop announcement system did not add the relevant words, and the stop sign did not add the relevant words until the end of 2022.
On 18 October 2021, the front-end stop was renamed "Nga Cheung Road (International Commerce Centre)" (雅翔道 (環球貿易廣場)) to distinguish it from the rear-end stop. However, KMB unified the two stop names to their current names in early 2023.
Surrounding Facilities[]
This stop is located the Western Harbour Crossing Toll Plaza, Kowloon Station, Kowloon Station Public Transport Interchange, Elements, Cullinan II, International Commerce Centre, The Ritz-Carlton Hong Kong, and the West Kowloon Cultural District.
Route Information[]
Please note that the stop may be temporarily or permanently altered at any time due to other factors (e.g. road works).
| List of Franchised Bus Routes observing Nga Cheung Road Southbound "Western Harbour Tunnel BBI - Nga Cheung Road" stop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
Stop Sign 1
| ||||
| Citybus | 50 | Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station) | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) | Inbound Mondays to Fridays during Afternoon Peak Hours hours to nighttime, Saturdays and holidays during afternoon to nighttime ● |
| Citybus | H2 | Tsim Sha Tsui | Central (Star Ferry) | Inbound Mondays to Fridays during nighttime, Saturdays and holidays during Afternoon Peak Hours hours to nighttime, HK City Sightseeing Cultural Route, via Nathan Road ● |
| Citybus | N50 | Tsim Sha Tsui (Kowloon Station) | Tuen Mun (Ching Tin and Wo Tin) | Outbound daily overnight ● |
| Platform C1 | ||||
Stop Sign 2
| ||||
| KMB | 8 | Kowloon Station | Star Ferry | Service daily, via Ho Man Tin ● |
| KMB | 11 | Kowloon Station | Diamond Hill Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 95 | Kowloon Station | Tsui Lam | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 203E | Kowloon Station | Choi Hung | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 215X | Kowloon Station | Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 230R | Kowloon Station | Ma Wan (Pak Yan Road) | Outbound Saturdays and holidays during daytime non-peak hours ● |
| KMB | 281A | Kowloon Station | Kwong Yuen | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 296D | Kowloon Station | Sheung Tak | Service daily ● |
| Junction | ||||
| Platform D1 | ||||
Stop Sign 3
| ||||
| KMB | 8 | Star Ferry | Kowloon Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 11 | Diamond Hill Station | Kowloon Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 95 | Tsui Lam | Kowloon Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 203E | Choi Hung | Kowloon Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 230R | Ma Wan (Pak Yan Road) | Kowloon Station | Inbound Saturdays and holidays during afternoon ● |
| KMB | 280X＃ | Fo Tan (Sui Wo Court) | Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 296D | Sheung Tak | Kowloon Station | Service daily ● |
| KMB | T270 | Fanling (Cheung Wah) | Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) | Outbound Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours ● |
| Remarks: # Section fares start here. | ||||
| List of Green Minibus (GMB) Routes observing Southbound Nga Cheung Road near the International Commerce Centre | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| Max Power | 74 | Kowloon Station | Mong Kok (Sai Yeung Choi Street South) (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
| Max Power | 74S | Kowloon Station | Ho Man Tin Hill Road (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
| Jetwide | 77M | Kowloon Station | East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
| Kellis, Max Power | CX1 | Austin Station | Hong Kong Palace Museum (Circular) |
Service daily, Merge Route of 26D and 74D, observed in one direction only ● |
| Kellis, Max Power | CX1 Special Trips |
Austin Station | West Kowloon Cultural District West Gate (Circular) |
Service daily, Merge Route of 26D and 74D, observed in one direction only ● |
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
- ↑ Even though Route 296D terminates at Kowloon Station, but because it goes via Museum Drive, it has 3 more mid-way bus stops.
- ↑ Route 296D will turn around at the Museum Drive loop.
Related Articles[]
References[]
- ↑ Transport Department of the HKSAR, "Traffic and Transport Arrangements in West Kowloon" [Traffic Notice], 30 December 2010
- ↑ Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Ltd., "Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link Works - Temporary Bus Diversions and Bus stop Arrangements" [Customer Notice], 26 January 2016.
External Links[]
- KMB website: Photo of the bus stop (No. NG06-S-1000-0)(Note: stop view may not be updated) (Rear-half stop)
- KMB website: Photo of the bus stop (No. NG06-S-1050-0)(Note: stop view may not be updated) (Front-half stop)
- Citybus website: Photo of the bus stop 3533 (Note: The site view may not be updated) (Front-half stop)
| Adjacent bus stops (Nga Cheung Road Southbound) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Road ends) Connects to Jordan Road |
Western Harbour Tunnel BBI - Nga Cheung Road | Next stop: M+（Museum Drive）↘ | ||