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Sun Bus Holdings Group (陽光巴士集團), abbr. SUNB, comprising Sun Bus Holdings Ltd (陽光巴士控股有限公司) and its subsidiaries, is a major non-franchised bus operator in Hong Kong and a member of the Sun Hung Kai Properties' Transport International Group.

The Group has more than 10 subsidiaries, led by Sun Bus Company Limited, which provides coach services to large residential estates, shopping centres, large corporations, schools and travel agencies, as well as hire services.

History[]

Sun Bus Logo

The new logo adopted by Sun Bus from 2020 onwards [1]

In 1998, the KMB Group established Sun Bus Company Limited to expand into the non-franchised bus market. Sun Bus has acquired a number of non-franchised bus and cross-boundary bus service operators in just a few years, and is now one of the major non-franchised bus operators in Hong Kong, with a fleet of 386 buses as at the end of 2016, in addition to being the preferred estate bus operator for a number of housing estates under its parent company, Sun Hung Kai Properties.[2]

Sun Bus launched a new double-decker open-top bus rental service in January 2016 to cater for sightseeing, weddings, parties and commercial promotions. From April, Sun Bus took the lead in providing Estimtaed Time of Arrival System on Resident Bus Route NR956, the first non-franchised bus operator in Hong Kong to provide such service.

In August 2020, Sun Bus started to adopt a newly designed logo, which is similar to that of KMB and LWB, both of which are subsidiaries of Transport International.

Group members[]

Business scope[]

Sun Bus currently operates a number of resident buses, free shopping mall feeder buses, staff buses, school buses, hotel shuttle buses, sightseeing and cross-boundary bus routes throughout the territory.

Resident bus services[]

The company operates dozens of resident bus routes, many of which are in housing estates developed by its parent company, Sun Hung Kai Properties.

Unless otherwise specified, the following routes are operated under the name of Sun Bus Ltd (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 8675A).

List of resident bus routes operated under Sun Bus Holdings Group
Route no. Termini Fares Remarks
HR49 Template:HR49
HR69 Template:HR69
HR73 Template:HR73 Operated under name of Sau Luen P.L.B. Co, Ltd (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 10524A)
HR82 Template:HR82
HR84 Template:HR84 Operated under name of Hoi Tai Tours Ltd (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 3771A)
HR96 Template:HR96
KR12 Template:KR12
KR51 Template:KR51 Operated under name of Hoi Tai Tours Ltd (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 3771A)
NR05 Template:NR05
NR117 Template:NR117
NR326 Template:NR326
NR331 Ma Wan ↔ Tsuen Wan Station ● $13.6
NR331S Ma Wan ↔ MTR Tsuen Wan West Station ● $14.3 Auxillary service of Route NR331
NR336 Template:NR336
NR412 Template:NR412
NR517 Template:NR517 Operated under name of Hoi Tai Tours Ltd (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 3771A)
NR530 Template:NR530
NR531 Template:NR531
NR533 Template:NR533
NR758 Template:NR758
NR817 Template:NR817
NR831 Template:NR831
NR834 Template:NR834
NR838 Template:NR838
NR841 Template:NR841
NR917 Template:NR917
NR918 Lam Kam Road ↔ Wan Chai ● $37.0
NR945 Template:NR945
NR965
Template:NR965
NR972 Template:NR972 Operated under name of Hoi Tai Tours Ltd (Passenger Service Licence (PSL) No. 3771A)
NR975 Template:NR975

Shopping mall shuttle buses[]

Information of shopping mall free shuttle buses once operated by Sun Bus
Route Termini Remarks
MegaBox Free Shuttle Bus MTR Kowloon Bay Station ↔ MegaBox Changed to operate by Kwoon Chung Motors from 1 March 2020
The Whampoa Shuttle Bus Chun Seen Mei Route The Whampoa ↺ Chun Seen Mei Estate Changed to operate by Keung Kee Tours and Transportation from 16 January 2021
The Whampoa Shuttle Bus Ho Man Tin Route The Whampoa ↺ Ho Man Tin Changed to operate by Keung Kee Tours and Transportation from 16 January 2021
The Whampoa Shuttle Bus To Kwa Wan Route The Whampoa ↺ To Kwa Wan Service terminated on 16 January 2021

Hotel shuttle services[]

  • Royal View Hotel Shuttle Bus Route A
  • Royal View Hotel Shuttle Bus Route B

Theme park shuttles[]

  • Ark Express

Employees Service[]

  • Airport Freight Forwarding Centre Shuttle Bus
  • Lu Plaza Shuttle Bus
  • Next Media
  • Calbee
  • Four Seas
  • Billion Centre
  • Hang Seng Tower
  • Regent Centre
  • HKEX Data Centre, Tseung Kwan O
  • HSBC (Shek Mun)

Student Service[]

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
  • Cheng Chek Chee Seconday School
  • Kowloon Tong School
  • Canadian International School
  • King George V School
  • Tak Nga Primary School
  • Ma Tau Chung Government Primary School

Cross-boundary coach services[]

  • Shenzhen Western Express
  • East Kowloon Express
  • Mong Kok All China Express

Recreational routes[]

  • Pet Bus
  • Leisure Bus

Red minibus (RMB)/Public light bus (PLB) routes[]

  • YOHO Mall Express Line

Other shuttle bus routes[]

  • West Kowloon Circular Route
  • Matilda International Hospital Shuttle Bus (Operated under name of Hoi Tai Tours Ltd, Passenger Service Licence No. 3771A)
  • Harbour North Free Shuttle Bus
  • Hong Kong Sports Institute - Wai Wah Centre
  • Park Central - TVB City
  • Sha Tin Racecourse/Penfold Park Carpark - Sha Tin Racecourse HKJC Clubhouse
  • K. Wah International Centre Shuttle Bus

Open Top Sun Bus[]

Sun Bus entered the open-top bus market in 2015 by introducing two Dennis Trident double-decker buses (ATR356/HN2195; ATR357/HN3158), which were retired due to reaching the upper age limit of franchised buses and were originally introduced by LWB, from its sister company KMB.

Both buses were officially delivered to Sun Bus on 21 December 2015, with HN3158 carrying passengers on 28 December 2015 for tour service. Initially presented with an all-white body, it was later framed with hand-painted graphics of Hong Kong's tourist attractions in early March 2016 and packaged as "Open Top Sun Bus", the bodywork was drawn by Flyingpig, a local illustrator who is also a family member of KMB staff.[3] The Open Top Sun Bus is mainly used as a charter bus for tour groups, but also accepts public hire.

Sun Bus announced on 23 May 2018 that it would stop accepting open-top buses for hire from 15 June of the same year.[4]

Related incidents[]

  • 31 August 2019: A bus enthusiast joyriding group "Prawncracker Bus Tours" organised the Sun Bus Neoplan Centroliner (KR6160) bus joyride, which was stopped at Hung Lung Hang for the participants to film the bus, was surrounded and detained by the Police in 11 police vehicles for two and a half hours for questioning and detention of the bus and the participants. They were not given a reason for their detention and were finally asked to leave the area in an impolite manner.[5]
  • 27 December 2019: A Neoplan Centroliner (KR6768) overturned at KMB Lai Chi Kok Depot, with no one injured or trapped.[6][7][8] As the vehicle would soon reach the retirement deadline for Euro III diesel non-franchised buses, it was not repaired and was retired early.[9]
  • 12 October 2020: A Neoplan Centroliner (KR6160) hit a staff member while reversing at Lai Chi Kok Depot, and Police officers attended the scene. According to preliminary information, the driver of the vehicle and the injured were both directors of Sun Bus and the injured had to be sent to hospital for treatment. [10]

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Dennis Trident[]

Others[]

Related Articles[]

Notes and references[]

  1. ↑ Appeared as early as the first quarter of 2020 in the staff application Force1933.
  2. ↑ Transport International Holdings Limited Annual Report 2016, p.41
  3. ↑ "「飛天豬」畫開篷巴 車長爸爸親駕" (Flyingpig draws bodywork of open-top bus, driven by bus captain dad), Oriental Daily News, 6 March 2016.
  4. ↑ 【最後機會】開篷巴士將於六月十五日起截止租賃。 ([Last chance] Hire services for open-top bus will end on 15 June.), Sun Bus 陽光巴士 Facebook page.
  5. ↑ Post by "巴士台 HK Bus Channel" facebpok page, 31 August 2019.
  6. ↑ 九巴荔廠反巴士 陽光「老闆」瞓地先, 巴士台 HK Bus Channel, 27 December 2019.
  7. ↑ 九巴荔枝角車廠瞓低　車頭上層玻璃飛脫 (KMB bus overturned at Lai Chi Kok Depot, with upper deck front end glass loosened), on.cc, 27 December 2019
  8. ↑ 【巴士翻側】「超時代巴士」車廠翻側　九巴車長疑駕車玩樂被停職 ([Bus overturning] "Centroliner" bus overturned at Lai Chi Kok depot, KMB bus captain suspended on suspicion for driving for fun), HK01, 27 December 2019.
  9. ↑ 小道消息 Centroliner KR6768將不予維修 (Tidbits: Neoplan Centroliner KR6768 will not be repaired), HKiTalk.net
  10. ↑ 陽光 AP 荔廠撞到人 (SUNB AP crashed onto a person at LCKD), HKiTalk.net

External Links[]

To facilitate quoting and enquiries, the following redirect page(s) will direct to this page:

SUNB, ChoMang Travel Transport, ChoMang, Fung Choi Bus, Fung Choi Travel, Bun Tang Bus Service, Sau Luen P.L.B., Sau Luen PLB, CAG, King Yip Travel, Country Coach and Hoi Tai Tours

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