Yield Team Limited (天祐有限公司) is a green minibus operator operating New Territories GMB Route 618 series under the Passenger Service Licence number 15998C.
The company's hotline number is 6600 8246.
History[]
Yield Team was formed by 9 former owners of red minibuses. The shareholders were unanimously optimistic about the future development prospects of Shenzhen Bay Port and decided to raise $60 million to bid for New Territories GMB Route 618[1], which they later won the operating right for the route and entered service on 1 July 2007 when Shenzhen Bay Port was opened.
On 2 December 2024, Yield Team launched Routes 618A and 618B.
Minibus routes[]
| Green minibus routes under Yield Team Limited | ||
|---|---|---|
| Route number | Termini | Remarks |
| 618 | Tin Yan Estate ↔ Shenzhen Bay Port ● | Daily service |
| 618A | Tin Yan Estate → Shenzhen Bay Port ● | Weekday peak hour and holiday whole-day service |
| 618B | Tin Shui Wai (Wetland Park Road) → Shenzhen Bay Port ● | Weekday peak hour and holiday whole-day service |
Minibus fleets[]
Currently Yield Team under Routes 618 series have a total of 15 of 19-seater Toyota Coaster minibuses.
| List of Yield Team minibuses | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate no. | Type code [Remark 1] | Seat(s) | Destination sign config. | Remarks |
| AU1428 | 2017 7LL | 19-seater Vegaset | Patent Enterprises EDS | Plate originally was VD7216 Current plate no originally belonged to a 5LS[Remark 2] |
| AZ3266 | ||||
| DX9578 | 2018 7LL | Plate originally belonged to a 4th Generation on PLB 17 Route | ||
| NL950 | Entered service in June 2018 Plate originally belonged to 2004 5LS[Remark 3] | |||
| VB5490 | 2017 7LL | |||
| VB7849 | ||||
| VC1207 | ||||
| VD1834 | ||||
| VE7169 | Once shifted to Rich Success Transportation's New Territories Routes 60 series during May 2021 and August 2023 | |||
| VE8465 | ||||
| VF6230 | 2018 7LL | Once shifted to Rich Success Transportation's New Territories Routes 60 series during November 2021 and May 2023 | ||
| VW1883 | 2019 7LL | Entered service in September 2019 Original plate no. WJ9463 | ||
| ZD8286 | 2024 7DL | 19-seater original 3-point harness seat | Transfull EDS | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission and seat occupancy and seat belt status detection system Entered service in March 2024 |
| ZJ7499 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission, seat occupancy and seat belt status detection system Entered service in April 2024 | |||
| ZR8498 | Equipped with 2.8-litre engine, automatic transmission and seat occupancy and seat belt status detection system Entered service in September 2024 | |||
| List of former Yield Team vehicles | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plate no | Type no | Seat No | Date of Retired/Withdrawal | Fate | Substituted Vehicle(s) |
| AX1580 | 2004 5LS | 16 | 2017 | Transferred to PLB Yuen Mong Route and 17 Route | AZ3266 (2017 7LL) |
| EB8299 | 5LS2 | May 2017 | Retired earlier due to traffic accident | ||
| EL1849 | 2005 5LS2 | 2017 | Transferred to PLB Kwun Tsuen Route | ||
| FT5100 | December 2017 | Transferred to PLB To Tsuen Route | |||
| KP1966 | 2002 5LS | Unknown | Transferred to Red Minibus 17 Route and Hong Kong Island Northern Trunk Route Route | ||
| KY8815 | 2003 5LS | December 2017 | Converted to Red Minibus Plate is now applied to a 2020 7LL on Manhattan Resources' Hong Kong Island Routes 16 series/18M |
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| KY8923 | Unknown | Transferred to Red Minibus 17 Route | |||
| LB3900 | Concerted to Red Minibus | ||||
| LT195 | 2004 5LS2 | December 2017 | Transferred to Chew Luen PLB Kwun Mong Route | ||
| LW8671 | 5LS | Converted to Red Minibus | |||
| NL950 | 2004 5LS | June 2018 | Transferred to PLB Kwun Tsing Route and changed the licence Plate as VN4509 | 2018 7LL of the same plate | |
| NU3343 | 2008 6LS | December 2017 | Transferred to PLB Shau Shek Route | ||
| SU6582 | 2014 6LS | Unknown | Transferred to PLB Kwun Tsing Route and Yau Tsing Route | ||
| SX2208 | |||||
| VB1808 | 2017 7LL | 19 | September 2019 | Retired earlier due to traffic accident | WJ9463 (2019 7LL) Then the plate number changed as VW1883 |
The information may not be complete and accurate, and are to be updated and modified by those who are willing to do so.
This section was last updated on 12/2024202412
Gallery[]
New Territories GMB Route 618S operated by Yield Team Limited is the only GMB route serving Shenzhen Bay Port at present
Remarks[]
- ↑ The group of codes (if any) placed after the model name Toyota Coaster is used only by transport enthusiasts, and is not referred to as such by anyone else (including insiders).
- ↑ That 5LS once shifted to PLB 17 Route
- ↑ The 5LS was changed to serve on PLB Kwun Tsing Route then changed the plate number as VN4509
Related articles[]
Notes and References[]
- ↑ "兆康苑上車15分鐘抵達" (15mins from Siu Hong Court to Shenzhen Bay Port), Apple Daily, 2 July 2007.
External links[]
Yield Team Limited