Tsing Yi Station Public Transport Interchange (青衣站公共運輸交匯處, Citybus Location Code TSY, whereas KMB and LWB Location Code 青鐵), also named "Tsing Yi Station B/T" (青衣站總站), is located near MTR Tsing Yi Station and Maritime Square, adjacent to Tierra Verde and Villa Esplanada on 33 Tsing King Road, Tsing Yi, Kwai Tsing District, New Territories.
The Tsing Yi Station Public Transport Interchange is divided into 4 parts:
- Podium bus terminus (Coordinates: 22.3602N, 114.1075E; location see map:
) : Located at the podium of Tsing Yi Town Lot No. 135, which is connected to Tsing Yi Station Exit A and Maritime Square by a footbridge. The bus terminus adopts an enclosed sawtooth platform design, and due to the large size of the platform, some of KMB's Tsing Yi routes are also parked here for standby purposes; - Ground transport interchange at Tsing King Road (Coordinates: 22.3599N, 114.1064E; location see map: ) : A green minibus (GMB) terminus and public vehicle drop-off/pick-up area with parallel platforms is located between the ground level exit and entrance of the podium bus terminus access ramp and serves as a drop-off/pick-up point for MTR Emergency Feeder Buses;
- Extended part underneath Tierra Verde Phase II: An indoor stop located beside Exit C at the ground floor of Tierra Verde Phase II, 33 Tsing King Road. There are several long parallel platforms for residents' buses, coaches, urban taxis and New Territories taxis to pick up and set down passengers;
- Public Light Bus (Scheduled Services) Terminus in TYTL 135: A GMB terminus equipped with several parallel platforms located underneath the Tsing Tsuen Road bridge, south of the Tsing King Road ground transport interchange.
Each section has a distinct design and a clear division of functions.
History[]
Podium bus terminus[]
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Stop view of bus terminus before reduction of size
When the MTR Tung Chung Line opened on 22 June 1998, the Tsing Yi Station Public Transport Interchange between the Tierra Verde and Villa Esplanada was opened at the same time, with a giant platform serving as a bus terminus for franchised buses only, which the Government called "Airport Railway Tsing Yi Station Bus Terminus" (機場鐵路青衣站巴士總站)[3] and KMB named it "Tsing Yi AR Station B/T" (青衣機鐵巴士總站), while New Lantao Bus named it "Tsing Yi MTR Station" (青衣地鐵站). In the early years of the Tung Chung Line, not many routes used the Tsing Yi AR Station bus terminus, with only KMB's new routes 63M[Remark 1], 248M and 249M, as well as Shing Mun Tunnels routes 49X and 49P in both directions detouring via the stop.[4]
In late 1998, KMB introduced Route 251M which ran circular between this stop and Kam Tin and Pat Heung[Remark 2], and in the following years, a number of Tai Lam Tunnel bus routes were introduced, many of which terminate at Tsing Yi Station. At the same time, some of the longer GMB routes connecting various districts to Tsing Yi Station were also relocated to the podium bus terminus at Tsing Yi Station.
Ground transport interchange at Tsing King Road[]
Ground transport interchange at Tsing King Road
This part was commissioned upon the commissioning of the Tung Chung Line and is located between the at-grade entrance ramp of the Podium Bus Terminus and On Po House, Cheung On Estate. The Government gazetted the PTI as "Tsing Yi Town Lot No. 135 Ground Level Public Transport Interchange" (青衣市地段135號地面公共交通轉車處).[5]
The at-grade PTI is designed with parallel platforms for green minibuses (GMBs), urban taxis and public vehicles to facilitate loading and unloading of passengers. All green minibus routes using the at-grade station are internal Tsing Yi Island routes. There is also a pick-up/drop-off area at the exit of the PTI underneath the Tsing Tsuen Road bridge, next to the exit of the Podium Bus Terminus, where a number of residents' bus routes pick up and drop off passengers.
Extended part underneath Tierra Verde Phase II[]
Transport interchange at Tierra Verde
The indoor extension outside Exit C of the MTR Tsing Yi Station was commissioned in 1999 with the intake of the superstructure property, the Tierra Verde, which is managed by the MTR Corporation Limited in accordance with the Transport Interchange By-laws for use by urban taxis, New Territories taxis[remark 1] and coaches.
As residents' buses cannot use the platform bus terminus for franchised buses, the terminus of Routes NR330, NR330A and NR412 has to be located at the indoor extension. When the hourly average wind speed exceeds 65 km/h, the Tsing Ma Control Area (TMCA), of which the Tsing Ma Bridge is a part, will implement strong wind traffic management to prohibit vehicles exceeding 1.6 metres in height from travelling on the upper deck of the bridge[6]; and KMB will arrange for single-decker buses to operate the temporary Route Y41.
Development of the superstructure at podium bus terminus[]
Since the opening of the podium bus terminus to the public, MTR has been eyeing the site at Tsing Yi Town Lot No. 135 for residential development. Prior to the completion of Maritime Square, MTR had applied to the Town Planning Board (TPB) for the construction of a 44 to 45-storey residential building providing 960 flats on the site, but the application (A/TY/40) was rejected by the TPB on 24 January 1997, and MTR has since made a number of applications to the TPB for the construction of residential buildings. Since then, MTR has made several applications to the TPB for the development of the site:
| Planning Application for Public Transport Interchange at Tsing Yi Station submitted by the MTR Corporation to the TPB |
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Considering the satisfactory operating performance of Maritime Square since its opening in April 1999, the MTRCL has implemented a $2 billion project to expand the Tsing Yi Station PTI into a four-storey shopping arcade, providing about 130,000 square feet of commercial floor space.[11] Subsequently, MTR completed the premium payment process in January 2014, with the premium amounting to more than $1.2 billion, and the project was expected to be completed by the end of 2017 to early 2018 at that time.[12]
Relocation of bus terminus[]
Closed area of bus terminus
According to the development plan, half of the covered lorry park on the ground level of the podium bus terminus would be converted into a shopping arcade. The area of the bus terminus would be reduced accordingly, with the regulator's room on the western side of the terminus and the stops of Routes 248M and 249M converted into a shopping arcade, with an additional two floors above and a cinema relocated to the site, and a sky garden above the central parking area of the terminus.[13]
The MTR Corporation held a "Ground Breaking Ceremony for Maritime Square Extension Project" on 12 June 2015[14], where the contractor firstly reprovisioned the KMB regulator's room at the south-eastern end of the bus terminus podium next to the drop-off point and opened it on 17 June; and from 10:00am on 7 August, the terminus area was reduced and the platforms for various routes were reprovisioned.[15]
Public Light Bus (Scheduled Services) Terminus in TYTL 135[]
New terminus located beneath Tsing Tsuen Road
Due to the reduction in the number of waiting platforms at the bus terminus as a result of the podium decking project, the original GMB stops on the northern side have to be made available for use by franchised buses.
To this end, a GMB terminus with five parallel platforms has been constructed underneath the Tsing Tsuen Road Bridge to the south of the Tsing King Road at-grade PTI to accommodate the GMB routes using the podium bus terminus. The new terminus, named "Public Light Bus (Scheduled Services) Terminus in TYTL 135" (青衣市地段135號公共小型巴士（專線）總站), was commissioned on 25 July 2015.[16][17]
In addition to the above, the GMB terminus and the public pick-up/set-down area at the Tsing King Road at-grade interchange were switched on 26 January[18] and 12 June 2015[19] respectively.
Opening of Maritime Square 2[]
After two and a half years of construction, the Maritime Square extension was opened to the public on 16 December 2017 and opened on 7 February the following year as Maritime Square 2[20], while the original Maritime Square was renamed Maritime Square 1.
Maritime Square 2 has a 5,000 square metre outdoor podium and rooftop garden, and the central parking area of the bus terminus is almost completely covered by the outdoor podium.[21]
Route information[]
Franchised buses[]
| Franchised bus routes terminating at Tsing Yi Station | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route no. | Origin | Destination | Service type |
| KMB | 44M | Tsing Yi Station | Kwai Chung Estate | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 49M | Tsing Yi (Ching Fu Court) (Circular point here) | Service daily ● | |
| KMB | 68A | Tsing Yi Station | Long Ping Estate | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 68E | Tsing Yi Station | Yuen Long Park | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 248M | Tsing Yi Station | Cheung Wang (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
| KMB | 249M | Tsing Yi Station | Mayfair Gardens (Circular) |
Service daily ● |
| KMB | 249X | Tsing Yi Station | Pok Hong | Service daily ● |
| KMB | 249X Special Trips |
Tsing Yi Station | Tai Wai Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| KMB | 279A | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Tsing Yi Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, via Tin Ping Estate, no return trip ● |
| KMB | 279X | Tsing Yi Station | Fanling (Luen Wo Hui) | Service daily ● |
| KMB, Citybus | 948E | Tsing Yi Station | Tai Koo (Kornhill Plaza) | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Tai Koo (Kornhill Plaza) | Tsing Yi Station | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| KMB | X42P | Tsing Yi Station | Lam Tin Station (One-way) |
Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours, no stops along Lung Cheung Road ● |
Green minibuses[]
| Green minibus (GMB) routes using Tsing Yi Station Public Transport Interchange | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route no. | Origin | Destination | Service type |
| Transport interchange at Tsing King Road | ||||
| Kwai Ching United Green Public Light Bus | 88A | Tsing Yi Station | Tam Kon Shan Road (Circular) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays during daytime after morning peak hours, holidays daytime ● |
| Kwai Ching United Green Public Light Bus | 88A | Tam Kon Shan Road | ↺Mayfair Gardens | Service Mondays to Saturdays during morning peak hours, observes this stop in both directions ● |
| ↺Mayfair Gardens | Tam Kon Shan Road | |||
| Kwai Ching United Green Public Light Bus | 88A | Mayfair Gardens | Cheung On (Circular) |
Service Mondays to Saturdays after morning peak hours, holidays whole-day ● |
| Kwai Ching United Green Public Light Bus | 88A Special Trips |
Tsing Yi Station | Tsing Yi Ferry | Service Mondays to Saturdays during morning peak hours ● |
| Kwai Ching United Green Public Light Bus | 88F | Tsing Yi Station | Rambler Crest | Service daily ● |
| Public Light Bus (Scheduled Services) Terminus in TYTL 135 (below Tsing Tsuen Road bridge) | ||||
| Extra Billion Investment | 140M | Tsing Yi Station | Hanford Garden | Service daily ● |
| Min Kee Motors | 308A | Tsing Yi Station | Bellagio | Service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Min Kee Motors | 308M | Tsing Yi Station | Sham Tseng (Sea Crest Villa) | Service daily ● |
| Extra Billion Investment | 310M | Tsing Yi Station | Riviera Gardens | Service daily ● |
| King On Transportation | 312 | Maritime Square | Lei Muk Shue | Service daily ● |
Non-franchised buses[]
| Non-franchised bus routes using Tsing Yi Station | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route no. | Origin | Destination | Service type |
| Tsing Yi Station Exit C | ||||
| PITCL | NR330 | MTR Tsing Yi Station | Park Island | Service daily ● |
| PITCL | NR332 | Park Island | MTR Kwai Fong Station | Service daily overnight, observed in one direction only, timing point ●[Remark 3] |
| Sun Bus | NR412 | Tsing Yi Station | Mount Haven | Service daily ● |
| CTBus | Goodman Interlink Shuttle Bus | MTR Tsing Yi Station | Goodman Interlink | Service on Mondays to Saturdays |
| Below Tsing Tsuen Road bridge | ||||
| New World Transport | NR754 | Lung Mun Oasis | Tsing Yi Station (One-way) |
Outbound Mondays to Saturdays during morning peak hours, terminus with no return trip ● |
| Kwoon Chung Motors | NR948 | Fairview Park | Tsing Yi Station | Outbound service Mondays to Fridays during morning peak hours ● |
| Tsing Yi Station | Fairview Park | Inbound service Mondays to Fridays during afternoon peak hours ● | ||
| Kwoon Chung Bus | SP7 | Hong Kong Science Park | → Kwai Fong (Container Port Road) | Return service during Monday to Friday PM peak hours, employee shuttle service |
| SP7A | Tsing Yi (Tsing King Road) | → Hong Kong Science Park | Outbound service during Monday to Friday AM peak hours, employee shuttle service | |
| SP7B | Tsing Yi Station | → Hong Kong Science Park | Outbound service during Monday to Friday AM peak hours, employee shuttle service | |
| N-SP7 | Hong Kong Science Park | → Tsing Yi Station | Return service during Monday to Friday nighttime, employee shuttle service | |
| Argos Bus | Mapletree Logistics Hub Tsing Yi Shuttle Bus | MTR Tsing Yi Station | Mapletree Logistics Hub Tsing Yi | Daily service |
Previously served routes[]
The termini of the following routes are based on the date of relocation. For the current termini, please refer to the relevant route articles.
| Bus routes once terminating at Tsing Yi Station | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | Route no. | Destination at that time | Terminus changed to | Date no longer using this terminus |
| KMB | 63M | Yuen Long (East) | Route discontinued | 22 April 2004 |
| KMB | 234S | Sham Tseng (Bellagio) → | Route discontinued | 22 April 2014 |
| KMB | 243R | Lantau Link Visitors' Centre | Route discontinued | 1 October 1999 |
| KMB | 251M | Sheung Tsuen | → Tsuen Wan Station | 4 October 2014[Remark 4] |
| KMB | 263M | Fu Tai Estate | Route discontinued | 28 September 2013 |
| KMB | 263P | Fu Tai Estate → | Route discontinued | 13 June 2005 |
| KMB | 264M | Tin Yan Estate | Route discontinued | 22 November 2014 |
| KMB | 279P | Luen Wo Hui → | Route discontinued | 3 August 2002 |
| NLB | P1 | Penny's Bay | Route discontinued | 21 August 2005 |
Lay-by layout[]
Please note that the stop may be temporarily or permanently altered at any time due to other factors (e.g. road works).
Podium bus terminus[]
| Platform layout of the podium bus terminus (from the one nearest to exit) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| No. | Direction | Route(s) | Stop pole no. |
| 1 | Southside | Alighting stop | TS21-T-1050-0 |
| 2 | Southside | 49M 249X, 279A, 279X (alighting stop) |
TS21-T-1000-0 |
| 3 | Southside | 248M | TS21-T-1150-0 |
| 4 | Southside | 249M | TS21-T-1160-0 |
| 5 | Westside | 279X | TS21-T-1175-0 |
| 6 | Northside | 68A, X42P | TS21-T-1200-0 |
| 7 | Northside | 44M, 68E | TS21-T-1250-0 |
| 8 | Northside | 249X, 948E | TS21-T-1300-0 |
| History of platform allocation |
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At-grade transport interchange at Tsing King Road[]
| Lay-by layout (from the leftmost stop from entrance) | ||
|---|---|---|
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| No. | Width | Route(s) (from front to back, ";" for divided locations, "," for same location) |
| 1 | Double | Vacant |
| 2 | Triple | GMB routes 88A, 88F |
| 3 | Triple | Vacant |
| 4 | Triple | Vacant |
| Outside | Beneath Tsing Tsuen Bridge | Taxi stand; NR754; NR948 |
Public Light Bus (Scheduled Services) Terminus in TYTL 135[]
| Lay-by layout of the GMB terminus (from the leftmost stop from entrance) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| No. | Width | Route(s) (from front to back, ";" for divided locations, "," for same location) | |
| 1 | Triple | 312 | |
| 2 | Single | Public carriageway | |
| 3 | Single | 308M | |
| 4 | Single | 308A | |
| 5 | Single | 310M | |
| 6 | Triple | 140M | |
Extended part underneath Tierra Verde Phase II[]
The pick-up and drop-off points of Routes NR330, NR332, NR412 and Goodman Interlink Shuttle Bus are located at the second lay-by from Exit C with dedicated stop locations; the pick-up and drop-off point of typhoon special route Y41 is the same as Route NR330.
Gallery[]
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Remarks[]
- ↑ KMB Route 63M was discontinued on 22 February 2004 and was replaced by the extension of KMB Route 68A.
- ↑ KMB Route 251M was extended to Kam Sheung Road Station on 14 December 2003 and converted to two-way service, shortened to Sheung Tsuen in 2012, and curtailed again in 2014 to a one-way service to Tsuen Wan Station during the morning peak hours.
- ↑ During overnight hours, passengers travelling from Tsing Yi to Park Island may travel on Route NR332 towards Kwai Fong, stay on the bus after arriving there and wait for the scheduled departure time back to Park Island.
- ↑ Converted to one-way service from Sheung Tsuen to Tsuen Wan Station on Monday to Friday AM peak hour onwards and no longer using this stop from the same day onwards.
Related articles[]
- Villa Esplanada Public Transport Interchange
- Villa Esplanada
- Cheung On Public Transport Interchange
- Tierra Verde
- Tsing Yi Swimming Pool
References[]
- ↑ "青衣市中心公共交通交匯處改善及青衣城擴展計劃（青衣市鎮地段135號貨車場現址）" (Improvement to Public Transport Interchange in Tsing Yi Town Centre and Extension of Maritime Square (Existing site of Goods Yard at Tsing Yi Town Lot No. 135)), Kwai Tsing District Council Paper No. 23/2005, January 2005
- ↑ Government of the HKSAR, "Public Transport Interchange improvement works in Tsing Yi gazetted" [Press Release], 22 May 2009.
- ↑ G.N. 2934, Gazette of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Vol. 02, No. 25, 19 June 1998.
- ↑ Government of the HKSAR, "Transport arrangements for MTR new extension" [Press release], 19 June 1998.
- ↑ G.N. 2935, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Volume 02, Issue 25, 19 June 1998
- ↑ Transport Department HKSARG, "Driving in the Tsing Ma Control Area".
- ↑ "地鐵青衣建44萬呎酒店" (4.4kft hotel to be built above Tsing Yi MTR), Apple Daily, 23 October 2002.
- ↑ "九龍塘樓高度限制不變" (No change in height restrictions of buildings in Kowloon Tong), Apple Daily, 15 July 2006.
- ↑ "青衣巴士總站批建商場" (Shopping centre proposal at Tsing Yi bus terminus approved), Apple Daily, 30 September 2006.
- ↑ "擬Proposed Shop and Services, Eating Place, Place of Entertainment and Private Club (Amendments to Approved Scheme) in “Government, Institution or Community (1)” zone, Tsing Yi Town Lot 135, No. 31 Tsing King Road, Tsing Yi", 419th Meeting of the Metro Planning Committee of the Town Planning Board, 28 May 2010
- ↑ "青衣城公交交滙處 改建商場" (PTI at Maritime Square to be rebuilt into shopping mall), Hong Kong Economic Times, 10 December 2014.
- ↑ "港鐵青衣項目補價逾12億" (1.2b HKD compensated for MTR project in Tsing Yi), Apple Daily, 15 March 2014.
- ↑ AGC Design, "Maritime Square Expansion Project"
- ↑ MTR Corporation Limited, "Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Maritime Square Extension Project" [Press Release], 12 June 2015.
- ↑ The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, "68A.68E.248M.249M.249X.279X Permanent Relocation of Bus Stops" [Passenger Notice], 30 July 2015.
- ↑ G.N. 5516: Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374) - Prohibited Zone at Public Light Bus (Scheduled Services) Terminus in TYTL 135, Tsing Yi, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Volume 19, Issue 30, 24 July 2015
- ↑ "青衣站地面新小巴總站（北橋底）啟用" (Opening of new at-grade GMB terminus at Tsing Yi Station (beneath North Bridge), "Tsing Yi 青衣" Facebook page, 25 July 2015.
- ↑ G.N. 1139: Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374) - Prohibited zone at the Ground Floor Transport Interchange in TYTL 135, Tsing Yi, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Volume 19, Issue 04, 23 January 2015.
- ↑ G.N. 4235: Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations (Cap. 374) - Prohibited zone at the Ground Floor Transport Interchange in TYTL 135, Tsing Yi, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Volume 19, Issue 24, 12 June 2015
- ↑ MTR Corporation Limited, "Grand Opening of Maritime Square 2 Creating Value for the Community" [Press Release], 7 February 2018.
- ↑ "青衣城擴建 天台特設休憩綠草地" (Maritime Square expanded with new specially made rest area with grass coverings), Apple Daily, 7 February 2018
External links[]
- KMB website: Photo of the bus stop (No. TS21-T-1050-0)(Note: stop view may not be updated)
- Citybus website: Photo of the bus stop 3609 (Note: The site view may not be updated)
- Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office website: Designated Non-Smoking Areas - Tsing Yi Station Public Transport Interchange (before reconstruction)
- Tobacco and Alcohol Control Office website: Designated Non-Smoking Areas - Tsing Yi Station Public Transport Interchange
Tsing Yi MTR Station Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi AR Station B/T, Tsing Yi AR Station Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi Railway Station Bus Terminus, Tsing Yi Railway Station B/T, Tsing Yi Station B/T, Tsing Yi Station Bus Terminus and Tsing Yi Railway Station
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