The Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange (天后站公共運輸交匯處, Citybus Location Code TIH)[1] is located on the ground floor of Park Towers, a property above the MTR Tin Hau Station at 1 King's Road, Causeway Bay, Wan Chai District, i.e. Inland Lot No. 8560, and is an indoor parallel-platform bus terminus and green minibus (GMB) terminus.
Citybus currently names this stop as "Tin Hau Station" (天后站), while KMB follows the practice of former China Motor Bus (CMB) and names it as "Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) Bus Terminus" (銅鑼灣(天后)總站). As for Citybus, the electrionic destination sign towards Tin Hau Station will display "Causeway Bay" and "Tin Hau " alternately, which is in line with the naming of the stop by both sides.
The resident KMB Regulator is responsible for the operation of the jointly operated Route 914 in addition to the management of the solely operated Route 968, contrary to the general practice that the operation of jointly operated cross-harbour routes at the Hong Kong Island end terminus is managed by another company. Routes 307P and 948 continue to be managed by the Citybus Regulator.
History[]
Park Towers (栢景臺), formerly known as the Causeway Bay Magistracy, is a 10-storey classical building with 19th century colours. Since April 1973, the car park outside the Magistracy has been designated as a bus terminus, named Causeway Bay Magistracy Bus Terminus.
In conjunction with the construction of the Tin Hau Station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) Island Line and the Lau Sin Street Flyover (later shelved), the car park and the adjacent petrol filling station were demolished to make way for the construction of the bus terminus. The Tin Hau MTR station opened on 31 May 1985 and the Magistracy was not demolished until about 1987. In March 1989, "Park Towers", a property development above Tin Hau Station jointly developed by New World, Hang Lung and the MTR Corporation, was occupied. The bus terminus, then known as the "MTR Tin Hau Station Transport Interchange" (天后地鐵站交通交滙處), was opened on 7 October of the same year. [2]
In 2009, the terminus was refurbished with improved lighting, aluminium wall panels and station name signs. Towards the end of the year, an NWFB Enviro500 11.3m (4001/NW9472) running on Route 25 accidentally entered the green minibus lay-by on the south side of the terminus which has a lower ceiling, resulting in serious damage to the front end of the vehicle on the upper floor. [3][4][5]
The Government introduced the District Councils Ordinance (Amendment of Schedules 1 and 3) Order 2013 into the Legislative Council on 22 October 2013 to transfer the Tin Hau Constituency (C16) and the Victoria Park Constituency (C18) from the Eastern District to the Wan Chai District to give effect to the adjustment of the boundaries of the geographical constituencies of the Eastern and Wan Chai Districts in the Fifth Term District Council [6]. The amendment was passed by the Legislative Council on 22 January 2014 and came into effect when the Fifth Term District Council came into operation in 2016 [7], resulting in the reclassification of this terminus to the Wan Chai District.
Route Information[]
Franchised Buses[]
Terminating routes[]
List of Franchised Bus Routes terminating at Tin Hau Station | ||||
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Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
KMB, Citybus | 307P | Tai Po (Ting Tai Road) | Tin Hau Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours ● |
Tin Hau Station | Tai Po (Ting Tai Road) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during Afternoon Peak Hours ● | ||
KMB, Citybus | 914 | Tin Hau Station | Cheung Sha Wan (Hoi Lai Estate) | Service daily ● |
KMB, Citybus | 914P | Hoi Lai Estate | Tin Hau Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
KMB, Citybus | 914X | Hoi Lai Estate | Tin Hau Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
KMB, Citybus | 948 | Tsing Yi (Cheung On Estate) | Tin Hau Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during daytime non-peak hours, Saturdays and holidays during daytime after Morning Peak Hours ● |
Tin Hau Station | Tsing Yi (Cheung On Estate) | Inbound service daily during afternoon to nighttime ● | ||
KMB, Citybus | 948A | Tsing Yi (Cheung On Estate) | Tin Hau Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
KMB, Citybus | 948B | Greenfield Garden | Tin Hau Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
KMB, Citybus | 948P | Tsing Yi (Cheung On Estate) | Tin Hau Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
KMB, Citybus | 948X | Tsing Yi (Cheung Wang Estate) | Tin Hau Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
KMB | 968 | Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) | Yuen Long (West) | Service daily ● |
KMB | 968 Special Trips |
Yuen Long Park | Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
KMB | 968A | Yuen Long (West) | Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, no return trip ● |
Citybus | E11 | Tin Hau Station | SKYCITY | Outbound service daily during morning ● |
SKYCITY | Tin Hau Station | Inbound service daily during early morning and afternoon to nighttime ● | ||
Citybus | E11A | SKYCITY | Tin Hau Station | Outbound service daily during morning to afternoon, via Tung Chung North ● |
Tin Hau Station | SKYCITY | Inbound service daily during afternoon to nighttime, via Tung Chung North ● | ||
Citybus | E11B | Tung Chung (Mun Tung Estate) | Tin Hau Station | Outbound service daily during morning to afternoon ● |
Tin Hau Station | Tung Chung (Mun Tung Estate) | Inbound service daily during afternoon to nighttime ● | ||
Citybus | E11S | Tung Chung (Mun Tung Estate) | Tin Hau Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours, omit Tung Chung Town Centre, no return trip ● |
KMB | P968 | Yuen Long (West) [Remark 1] | Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning ● |
Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) | Yuen Long (West) | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon to nighttime ● |
Intermediate sstop routes[]
List of Franchised Bus Routes observing "Tin Hau Station" stop | ||||
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Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
Citybus | 25 | Central (Pier 3) [Remark 2] | Braemar Hill (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
Green Minibuses (GMB)[]
List of Green Minibus (GMB) Routes terminating at Tin Hau Station | ||||
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Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type |
Template:HKGMB 39M doesn't exist! | ||||
Kellis | 49M | Tin Hau Station | Braemar Hill (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
Template:HKGMB 56A doesn't exist! | ||||
Template:HKGMB 56B doesn't exist! |
Routes previously using this stop[]
List of Bus Routes once terminating at Tin Hau Statiin | ||||
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Operator | Route No. | Destination at that time | Terminus changed to | Date no longer using this terminus |
NWFB | 15B | The Peak | Wan Chai (HKCEC Extension) | 16 August 2015 |
CMB | 19M | Happy Valley Racecourse | Route discontinued | 27 May 1989 |
CMB | 23B | ↺ Park Road | Lai Tak Tsuen | 16 September 1992 |
CMB | 25M Special trip |
Braemar Hill | Route discontinued | 1 September 1998 |
CMB | 38A | Chi Fu Fa Yuen | Route discontinued | 1 September 1998 |
CMB | 525 Special trip |
Braemar Hill → | Route discontinued | 14 February 1994 |
Citybus | 962 | Tuen Mun (Lung Mun Oasis) | Causeway Bay (Moreton terace) | 20 December 1998 |
Citybus | A11 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | North Point Ferry Pier | 2 April 2001 |
NWFB | N42 | Wah Fu (South) | North Point Ferry Pier | 12 September 2000 |
KMB | N968 | Yuen Long (West) | Route discontinued | 13 September 2008 |
Stop Layout and Facilities[]
The PTI is located on the ground floor of Park Towers above Tin Hau Station, with the vehicular entrance at Hing Fat Street and the exit at King's Road. The four lay-bys to the north of the PTI (to the left of the entrance) are for franchised buses, while the southernmost lay-by is designated as a terminus for green minibuses.
Lay-by Allocation (from the leftmost one from the entrance) | |||
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No. | Width | Route | Stop Pole No. |
1 | Single | E11, E11A, E11B E11S (Alighting stop)< |
1363A |
2 | Double | 914, 948 914P, 914X, 948A, 948B, 948P, 948X (Alighting stop)< |
1363B |
3 | Single | 968, P968 968A (Alighting stop) |
CA01-T-1100-0 |
4 | Double | 25 307P |
1363D 1363E |
5 | Triple | GMB 39M GMB 56A, 56B GMB49M |
N/A |
Related Incidents[]
- December 2009: An Enviro500 (4001/NW9472) running on Route 25 towards Braemar Hill sustained damages to its upper deck front end after mistakenly entering the minibus lay-by with a lower ceiling. [8][9][10]
Gallery[]
Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- Tai Hang (Causeway Bay Magistracy) Bus Terminus
- Tai Hang Bus Terminus
- Causeway Bay (Whitfield Road) Terminus
- Hing Fat Street
- Ngan Mok Street (Ngan Mok Street)
- Ngan Mok Street (King's Road)
References[]
- ↑ G. N. 7765: Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap 374) --Prohibited Zone at Tin Hau Station Public Transport Interchange, HKSAR Government Gazette Vol. 11 No. 48, 30 Nov 2007.
- ↑ Notices 3487 and 3488, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vol. 131, No. 40, 6 October 1989
- ↑ 新巴4001喺天后開頂? (NWFB 4001 opened its top at Tin Hau?), hkitalk.net.
- ↑ NWFB4001車頂損毀後的近況 (NWFB 4001 after damage to its top), hkitalk.net。
- ↑ (多相) 4001復出後之內籠照 ((Multiple pictures) Interior photos of 4001 after resuming revenue service), hkitalk.net.
- ↑ Boundary changes broached, Hong Kong Government Press Release, 22 October 2013.
- ↑ 立會通過東區及灣仔區再劃界 (LegCo passes boundary change between Eastern District and Wan Chai District), Yahoo News, 22 January 2014.
- ↑ 新巴4001喺天后開頂? (NWFB 4001 opened its top at Tin Hau?), hkitalk.net.
- ↑ NWFB4001車頂損毀後的近況 (NWFB 4001 after damage to its top), hkitalk.net。
- ↑ (多相) 4001復出後之內籠照 ((Multiple pictures) Interior photos of 4001 after resuming revenue service), hkitalk.net.
External Links[]
- Citybus website: Photo of the bus stop 1363 (Note: The site view may not be updated)
- KMB website: Photo of the bus stop (No. CA01-T-1100-0)(Note: stop view may not be updated)
- 銅鑼灣總站歷史問題 (Historical issues of Causeway Bay Bus Terminus), hkitalk.net
- 北角及鰂魚涌懷舊(1), Uwants (photo during mid-1990s)
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