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This text is about the public transport interchange near Sai Kung Public Pier in Sai Kung Town Centre:
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Sai Kung Public Transport Interchange (西貢公共運輸交匯處) is located to the east of the junction of Fuk Man Road and Wai Man Road in Sai Kung Town Centre, Sai Kung District, New Territories, close to the Sai Kung Public Pier and the Sai Kung New Public Pier, and is served by an open-air parallel-platform bus terminus and a green minibus (GMB) terminus.
The public transport interchange bordering the Sai Kung waterfront is bisected by Fuk Man Road. The bus terminus is located in the north opposite to the Sai Kung Waterfront Park (commonly known as "Paper Boat Park", 紙船公園), while the minibus terminus is located in the south adjacent to the many seafood restaurants in the Sai Kung Waterfront Plaza. At present, most of the external franchised bus and green minibus routes in Sai Kung Town use this terminus, and it is also the home base of Sai Kung P.L.B. (Maxicab) (No. 1 & 2) Company Limited, a major minibus operator in the area, which is called "Sai Kung Pier", reflecting the geographical location of the terminus.
History[]
Bus service in Sai Kung was first introduced in 1948 with Route 22 running between Sai Kung and Kowloon City. The bus terminus was located outside the Sai Kung Public School [1] at the existing public car park; the side of the car park on Ordinary Road opposite to Tsung Tsin Primary School, which was relocated in around the early seventies, has been converted into Sai Kung Garden nowadays.
The existing Sai Kung Public Pier was completed and opened in the 1980s [2] as a result of the reclamation works carried out by the Government in the 1970s to expand the Sai Kung Town Centre. The Sai Kung Town Bus Terminus (西貢市巴士總站) [3] for franchised buses, the Sai Kung Town Public Light Bus (Scheduled Service) Terminus (西貢市公共小型巴士（專線服務）總站) [4] at Fuk Man Road for green minibuses, as well as the Wai Man Road public light bus terminus at its present location near the public pier were opened on 21 October 1986. [5]
The location of a PLB terminus is closely related to fung shui. In the 1970s, Man Yee New Village was built on the beach in front of Tin Hau Temple in Sai Kung by reclamation to resettle villagers who had lost their homes due to the construction of Man Yee Reservoir. Sai Kung residents, who believe in fung shui, considered that this move would not allow Tin Hau to look at the sea anymore and would be detrimental to the fung shui of Sai Kung, so they requested the Administration to designate a reserve zone prohibiting the construction of high-rise buildings, which stretches from the Tin Hau Temple to the northeast to the Yeung Chau Island, which is located at the sea front of Sai Kung, and is known as the "Yeung Chau Road". The present site of the GMB terminus is the seaward end of Yeung Chau Road, which is used as the terminus of the GMB because of the unavailability of high-rise buildings. [6]
Surrounding Facilities[]
The Public Transport Interchange (PTI) is situated at the northeast waterfront of Sai Kung Town Centre, with the minibus terminus connected to the waterfront. The "Sai Kung Seafood Street", which is made up of a whole row of restaurants, is well known in the neighbourhood and attracts many people and tourists to come here to taste seafood delicacies, especially during holidays. Adjacent to the bus terminus and the minibus terminus are the Sai Kung Public Pier and the Sai Kung New Public Pier, which are served by a number of ferries and kaito routes travelling to the outer islands of Sai Kung such as Kau Sai Chau, Sharp Island (Half Moon Bay) and Yim Tin Tsai.
To the northwest of the bus terminus is the Sai Kung Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground, and the Sai Kung Waterfront Park is next to the terminus, which is known as the "Paper Boat Park" because of the sculpture of a paper boat in the pond there, and the Volcano Exploration Centre of the UNESCO World Geopark in Hong Kong is also located in the Park.
Route Information[]
Franchised buses[]
Terminating routes[]
| List of Franchised Bus Routes terminating at Sai Kung | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| KMB | 92 | Sai Kung | Diamond Hill Station | Service daily ● |
| Template:KMB 92R doesn't exist! | ||||
| KMB | 94 | Sai Kung | Wong Shek Pier | Service daily ● |
| Template:KMB 99 doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KMB 292P doesn't exist! | ||||
| Template:KMB 299X doesn't exist! | ||||
| Citybus | 792M | Sai Kung | Tseung Kwan O Station | Service daily ● |
Intermediate stop routes[]
| List of Franchised Bus Routes observing "Sai Kung Bus Terminus" stop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| KMB | 96R | Diamond Hill Station | Wong Shek Pier | Service Saturdays and holidays daytime, section fare begins here[Remark 1] ● |
| Template:KMB 99R doesn't exist! | ||||
Green minibuses (GMBs)[]
| List of Green Minibus (GMB) Routes terminating at Sai Kung | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
| Sai Kung P.L.B. | 1 | Sai Kung Pier | Telford Gardens | Service daily ● |
| Sai Kung P.L.B. | 1A | Sai Kung Pier | Choi Hung (Rhythm Garden) | Service daily ● |
| Template:NTGMB 1S doesn't exist! | ||||
| Sai Kung P.L.B. | 7 | Sai Kung Pier | Hoi Ha | Service daily daytime ● |
| Sai Kung P.L.B. | 9 | Sai KungPier | Lady MacLehose Holiday Village | Service daily ● |
| Sai Kung P.L.B. | 9A Special Trips |
East Dam of High Island Reservoir | Sai Kung Pier (One-way) |
Service holidays during afternoon, Last 2 departures will run directly with Route 9 back to Sai Kung Pier ● |
| Merry Dragon | 12 | Sai Kung | Po Lam | Service daily ● |
Routes previously using this stop[]
The termini of the following routes are based on the date of relocation. For the current termini, please refer to the relevant route articles.
| List of Bus Routes once terminating at Sai Kung | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Destination at that time | Terminus changed to | Date no longer using this terminus |
| KMB | 28 | Tai Mong Tsai | Renumbered as 93 | 16 July 1973 |
| KMB | 92P | Choi Hung | Route discontinued | 21 December 2006 |
| KMB | 93 | Tai Mong Tsai | Route discontinued | 3 April 1978 |
| KMB | 299 | Sha Tin Central | Renumbered as 299X | 11 January 2014 |
| NWFB | 792 | Tseung Kwan O Station | Renumbered as 792M | 18 August 2002 |
| List of Bus Routes once using "Sai Kung Bus Terminus" stop | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route No. | Origin at that time | Destination at that time | Date of cancellation of this stop |
| KMB | 93R | Choi Hung | → Pak Tam Chung | 5 August 1990 |
| Pak Tam Chung | → Choi Hung | |||
| KMB | 96R | Wong Shek Pier | → Diamond Hill Station | 3 February 2008 |
| KMB | 293 | Kowloon City Ferry | → Tai Mong Tsai | 21 March 1982 |
| Tai Mong Tsai | → Kowloon City Ferry | |||
| Citybus | 698R | Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) | → Sai Kung (Wong Shek Pier) | 16 November 2014 |
| Sai Kung (Wong Shek Pier) | →Siu Sai Wan (Island Resort) | |||
| KMB | T6 | Aberdeen (Shek Pai Wan) | → Sai Kung (Pak Tam Chung) | 21 May 2006 |
| Sai Kung (Pak Tam Chung) | → Aberdeen (Shek Pai Wan) | |||
Stop layout[]
Please note that the stop may be temporarily or permanently altered at any time due to other factors (e.g. road works).
Bus terminus[]
| Lay-by layout (from the ;eftmost one near the entrance) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| No. | Width | Route(s) | Stop pole no. |
| 1 | Single | 92 | SA01-T-1000-0 |
| 2 | Single | 92R, 292P | SA01-T-1050-0 |
| 3 | Single | 99 | SA01-T-1100-0 |
| 4 | Single | 299X | SA01-T-1150-0 |
| 5 | Triple | 94, 96R | SA01-T-1200-0 |
| 6 | Single | 792M | 2109B |
| Outside | West side near exit |
99R (to Sai Kung (North)) | SA01-T-1300-0 |
| 99R (to University Station) | SA01-T-1250-0 | ||
GMB terminus (Fuk Man Road)[]
| 車坑分佈（以入口最左邊起計） | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Width | GMB route(s) |
| 1 | Single | 1A (Daily before 20:00) |
| 1a | Roadside (near exit) | 1 |
| 2 | Single | 1A (Daily before 20:00) |
| 3 | Single | 7 |
| 4 | Single | 9, 9A (Alighting stop for special trips) |
| 5 | Single | 1A (Daily after 20:00), 1S |
| 6 | Single | 12 |
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
- ↑ Stops at Sai Kung North Public Transport Interchange for Diamond Hill Station direction.
Related Articles[]
- Sai Kung Tang Shiu Kin Sports Ground
- Sai Kung North Public Transport Interchange
- Sai Kung (Wai Man Road) Minibus Terminus
- Sai Kung (Yi Chun Street) Minibus Terminus
- Kau Sai Chau Pier Bus Terminus
References[]
- ↑ 消失了的巴士總站舊貌回顧 (Review of the old images of the disappeared bus termini) (#228), Uwants
- ↑ "西貢新公眾碼頭落成啟用" (Opening of Sai Kung New Public Pier), Sing Tao Daily, 13 March 2009.
- ↑ Gazette No. 3597, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 128, No. 42, 17 October 1986.
- ↑ G.N. 3598, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 128, No. 42, 17 October 1986
- ↑ "西貢大小巴新總站啟用" (New bus and minibus termini at Sai Kung opened), Ta Kung Pao, 21 October 1986.
- ↑ Choi Tsz-kit, 西貢風貌 (The windscape of Sai Kung) (Hong Kong: Sai Kung District Council, January 1995), p.12.
External Links[]
- Citybus website: Photo of the bus stop 2109 (Note: The site view may not be updated)
- Tobacco and Liquor Control Office, Department of Health: Designation of No Smoking Areas - Sai Kung Public Transport Interchange
- Volcano Discovery Centre website
- Hong Kong Tourism Board website: Sai Kung Seafood Street
Sai Kung Bus Terminus, Sai Kung Pier, Sai Kung Ferry Pier and Sai Kung Pier Minibus Terminus
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