The Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI (屯門赤鱲角隧道轉車站) is a pair of closed interchange stops on the northbound and southbound lanes, located at Pillar Point, Tuen Mun District, New Territories, near the site of the original toll plaza of the Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road:
- The southbound stop (Coordinates: 22.3689N, 113.9490E; location see map:
) is located above Lung Mun Road; - The northbound stop (Coordinates: 22.3687N, 113.9477E; location see map: ) is located opposite to the AECOM Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link site office.
When the Long Win Bus (LWB) LWB bus stop announcement system broadcasts this stop, as the space of old model of stop reporter lacks space for displaying the entire stop name, therefore only "TUEN MUN CHEK LA" and "TUNNEL INTERCHAN" is displayed.
History[]
In 2007, the Government decided to construct the Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link (TM-CLKL), which connects Pillar Point in Tuen Mun District in the New Territories with Tai Ho in Islands District (connecting with the North Lantau Highway), with a toll plaza and a bus interchange at the Tuen Mun Entrance/Exit.
The plan includes diverting daytime Airbus routes (or airport bus routes, i.e. "A" Routes) and overnight Airbus routes ( or Overnight Airport Bus Routes, i.e. "NA" routes) from the Northwest New Territories to and from the airport via the Link Road; and arranging for the daytime North Lantau external routes (i.e. "E" Routes) and overnight routes (i.e. "N" Routes) from the Northwest New Territories to divert via the Link Road and Shun Long Road, so that they can continue to provide bus services mainly to/from Tung Chung and the Airport Logistics Area and to make use of the bus interchanges near the Tuen Mun portal of the Link road tunnel to provide Octopus interchange concessions. [1]
In mid-2020, the Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Link was substantially completed. In October of the same year, the road was gazetted as Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road, and in November, it was announced that it would open to traffic at 8:00 a.m. on 27 December, with the existing LWB routes A33, A33X, E33, E33P and NA33 diverted to run via the road on the following day, as well as the commencement of the new route A34, this interchange was opened at the same time.
The vacant land next to the interchange is the original location of the toll booth. The Government proposed in the 2019 Policy Address to exempt the tolls of two new uncompleted tunnels (Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Tunnel and Tseung Kwan O - Lam Tin Tunnel) from toll collection, and therefore demolished the facilities of the toll booths that had already been constructed. To optimise the use of unused land, the Government has earmarked part of the land formerly used as toll booths in April 2020 for use as franchised bus depots and parking in the short to medium term. [2] KMB then invited tenders for the construction of an all-electric bus depot facility on the site in November of the same year. [3]
The site in front of the Tuen Mun Tunnel Administration Building was the first to be commissioned on 10 September 2021 and is named "Depot A", which is currently used for parking a number of new unlicensed buses of KMB and LWB, while the site opposite to the Lantau-bound interchange is also demarcated for parking and is named "Depot C". [4]
Facilities[]
Both the northbound and southbound interchanges are equipped with toilets and footbridges connected by staircases and lifts. The interchange is of a closed design with no access to the Pillar Point area at ground level, which can accessible by MTR Bus Routes K52 or K52A, and a security guard booth at the end of the southbound station to prevent unauthorised walking along the kerb-side to and from the interchange.
Route Information[]
To Chek Lap Kok[]
| List of Franchised Bus Routes observing Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI (Chek Lap Kok direction) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type | Fares |
| Platform A1 | |||||
Stop Pole 1
| |||||
| LWB | A33X | Tuen Mun (Fu Tai) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Service daily ● | $15.7 |
| LWB | A34 | Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Outbound daily, via Leung Tin ● | |
| LWB | A36＃ | Kam Sheung Road Station | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Service daily ● | |
| LWB | A37＃ | Long Ping Station | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Outbound daily ● | |
| LWB | NA33 | Tuen Mun (Fu Tai) | Cathay Pacific City | Outbound daily during early morning ● | $28.0 |
| LWB | NA36# | Kam Sheung Road Station | Cathay Pacific City | Outbound daily during early morning ● | |
| LWB | NA37# | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Cathay Pacific City | Outbound daily during early morning ● | |
| Platform A2 | |||||
Stop Pole 2
| |||||
| LWB | A33 | Tuen Mun Road BBI | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Service daily, via Tuen Mun Pier Head ● | $15.0 |
| Platform A3 | |||||
Stop Pole 3
| |||||
| LWB | E33 | Tuen Mun Central | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Service daily ● | $12.4 |
| LWB | E33P | Siu Hong Station (South) | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Outbound daily daytime ● | |
| LWB | E36# | Pat Heung Road | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Service daily ● | |
| LWB | E37# | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Service daily ● | |
| LWB | N30 | Yuen Long Station | Airport (Cheong Tat Road) | Outbound daily during early morning ● | $29.0 |
| Platform A4 | |||||
Stop Pole 4
| |||||
| LWB | E36A# | Yuen Long (Tak Yip Street) | Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate) | Inbound daily, via Tuen Mun Town Centre and Tin Yiu Estate ● | |
| LWB | E37C | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Aircraft Maintenance Area | Outbound Mondays to Fridays during early morning, via Tuen Mun Central and On Yau ● | $14.3 |
| LWB | E43# | Fanling (Wah Ming) | Tung Chung Development Pier | Outbound Mondays to Fridays during Morning Peak Hours ● | $12.0 |
| LWB | R33 | Tuen Mun Station | Disneyland | Outbound Mondays to Fridays during morning, Saturdays and holidays during morning to noon ● | $21.1 |
| Note: # Section fare begins at this stop. | |||||
To Tuen Mun[]
| List of Franchised Bus Routes observing Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel BBI (Tuen Mun direction) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||
| Operator | Route No. | Origin | Destination | Service Type | Fares |
| Platform T1 | |||||
Stop Pole 1
| |||||
| LWB | A33 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Tuen Mun Road BBI | Service daily, via Tuen Mun Pier Head ● | $15.0 |
| LWB | E43 | Tung Chung Development Pier | Fanling (Wah Ming) | Inbound Mondays to Fridays during Afternoon Peak Hours ● | $14.3 |
| Platform T2 | |||||
Stop Pole 2
| |||||
| LWB | A33X | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Tuen Mun (Fu Tai) | Service daily ● | $15.7 |
| LWB | A34 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Yuen Road) | Inbound daily after Morning Peak Hours, via Leung Tin ● | |
| LWB | E33 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Tuen Mun Central | Service daily ● | $12.4 |
| LWB | E33P | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Siu Hong Station (South) | Inbound daily during afternoon to nighttime ● | |
| LWB | NA33 | Cathay Pacific City | Tuen Mun (Fu Tai) | Inbound daily overnight ● | $28.0 |
| LWB | R33 | Disneyland | Tuen Mun Station | Inbound daily PM peak and night time during Disneyland open days ● | $21.1 |
| Platform T3 | |||||
Stop Pole 3
| |||||
| LWB | A36 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Kam Sheung Road Station | Service daily ● | $19.8 |
| LWB | E36 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Pat Heung Road | Service daily ● | $14.4 |
| LWB | E36A | Tung Chung (Yat Tung Estate) | Yuen Long (Tak Yip Street) | Outbound Mondays to Fridays whole-day, Saturdays and holidays during morning to nighttime, via Tuen Mun Town Centre and Tin Yiu Estate ● | |
| LWB | N30 | Airport (Cheong Tat Road) | Yuen Long Station | Inbound daily overnight, via Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun ● | $29.0 |
| LWB | NA36 | Cathay Pacific City | Kam Sheung Road Station | Inbound daily overnight, via Tuen Mun Central ● | $33.0 |
| Platform T4 | |||||
Stop Pole 4
| |||||
| LWB | A37 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Long Ping Station | Inbound daily after Morning Peak Hours, via Tin Shui Wai ● | $18.9 |
| LWB | E37 | Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Service daily ● | $14.4 |
| LWB | E37C | Aircraft Maintenance Area | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Inbound Mondays to Fridays during Afternoon Peak Hours hours to nighttime, via Tuen Mun Central and On Yau ● | $14.3 |
| LWB | NA37 | Cathay Pacific City | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Inbound daily overnight ● | $33.0 |
Interchange Concession Details and Arrangements[]
Template:TMCLK Tunnel Interchange Concessions
Gallery[]
_27-11-2021(2).jpg "KMB Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange Bus Depot (A Depot) 27-11-2021(2).jpg (3.22 MB)")
_18-09-2023.jpg "KMB Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Interchange Bus Depot (C Depot) 18-09-2023.jpg (2.46 MB)")
Remarks[]
Related Articles[]
- Tuen Mun Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Road
- Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link
- Pillar Point (Lung Mun Road)
- Pillar Point Bus Terminus
References[]
- ↑ "運輸署2020-2021年度交通及運輸工作計劃" (Transport Department Traffic and Transport Work Programme for 2020-2021), Tuen Mun District Council Traffic and Transport Committee Paper No. 21 of 2020, 27 April 2020
- ↑ 政府豁免4條隧道及幹線收費 每年額外支出逾6億港元 (Gov't to exempt tolls of 4 tunnels and highways, extra 600 thousand HKD to be spent), Oriental Daily News, 15 Apr 2020.
- ↑ 九巴招標興建屯赤連接路車廠設施 (KMB opened tender for TMCLK depot facility construction), hkitalk.net.
- ↑ 屯赤隧道原收費廣場 九巴新車廠「A廠」啟用 (KMB's new "Depot A" at former TMCLK Tunnel Toll Plaza opens), hkitalk.net.
External Links[]
- Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Link Project Website
- Transport Department - Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Tunnel
- Tobacco and Liquor Control Office, Department of Health: Designated No Smoking Areas - Tuen Mun - Chek Lap Kok Tunnel Bus Interchange
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