Long Win Bus
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| Parent | Transport International |
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| Founded | March 21, 1997 |
| Headquarters | 9 Po Lun Street, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon |
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| Service type | Bus services |
| Alliance | Kowloon Motor Bus |
| Routes | 42 (2023)[1] |
| Depots | 1 (Owned by LWB Themselves) + 3 (Owned by Kowloon Motor Bus) |
| Fleet | 257 (2021)[2] |
| Daily ridership | 118,000 (2023)[1] |
| Annual ridership | 42,938,000 (2023)[1] |
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| Website | www |
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| Traditional Chinese | 龍運巴士 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 龙运巴士 | ||||||||||
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Long Win Bus Company Limited (LWB; Chinese: 龍運巴士) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It provides bus service between Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau New Town and the New Territories. It is a subsidiary of Transport International.
History
[edit]Long Win Bus started operations on 22 May 1997 to operate peak-hour services after the opening of the Tsing Ma Bridge.[3][4]
The first route operated by Long Win Bus was route E31 (Tung Chung to Tsuen Wan Pier when newly introduced), served by Volvo Olympians. But later on, Volvo Olympians have been retired from the bus fleet, and were transferred to its parent company, Kowloon Motor Bus.
The company's franchise was extended from June 2003 to May 2013. In April 2012, it was extended again until May 2023.[5][6] In July 2022, it was further extended for another 10 years until 30 April 2033.[7]
Services
[edit]As of December 2023, Long Win Bus operated 42 routes which cover the Airport, Tung Chung, Hong Kong Disneyland and AsiaWorld–Expo.[1][8][9] The current letter assignments are in place to identify the type of bus service provided:
Numbering system
[edit]- A30-A39, E30-E39: Routes serving the Western New Territories, including Kwai Tsing District, Tsuen Wan District, Tuen Mun District and Yuen Long District
- A40-A49, E40-E49: Routes serving the Eastern New Territories, including Sha Tin District, Tai Po District and the North District, does not serve Sai Kung District due to the franchise currently being with Citybus
Prefixes
[edit]- A: Airport routes. Provides deluxe bus services to and from the Hong Kong International Airport and in some cases, the Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge Hong Kong Port
- E: External routes. Provides regular bus services serving the Airport Logistics Area and Tung Chung.
- R: Routes serving Hong Kong Disneyland.
- S: Shuttle routes. Provides regular bus services running between Tung Chung and the general Airport area.
- N: Overnight routes. Same class as E-prefix routes
- NA: Overnight airport routes: Same class as A-prefix routes
Suffixes
[edit]- A: Branch of the main route (e.g., E36A)
- C: Routes serving the Airport Logistics Area only, with all routes terminating at the Aircraft Maintenance Area. Same class as E-prefix routes.
- P/S: Peak hour routes, although route E33P provides services beyond peak hours. (Except A41P)
Fleet
[edit]As of December 2021, Long Win Bus operated a fleet of 257 including 252 air-conditioned low floor double-decker buses and 4 air-conditioned single-decker battery electric buses.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Long Win Bus Company (c. 2024). 龍運透視2023 / More About LWB 2023 (PDF) (Report) (in Chinese and English).
- ^ a b 龍運透視2021: More About LWB (PDF) (Report). Long Win Bus Company. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
- ^ "About LWB". Long Win Bus Company. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Company Overview". Transport International Holdings. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
- ^ Government of Hong Kong (24 April 2012). "Grant of new franchises to three bus companies" (Press release). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 – via info.gov.hk.
- ^ [Long Win Bus Company Limited franchise] (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2018.
- ^ "3 new bus franchises granted". news.gov.hk. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "search.kmb.hk". Retrieved 24 August 2024.
- ^ Transport International Holdings (c. 2024). 2023 Annual Report (PDF) (Report).
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