New bus interchange opens at Tseung Kwan O Tunnel on 2 October

^{The new bus interchange at Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Photo: Transport Department}

The Transport Department (TD) announced yesterday )23/9) that the Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Bus-Bus Interchange (BBI) located at the Tseung Kwan O Tunnel Toll Plaza (Tseung Kwan O bound) will be commissioned in the morning on 2 October.

A total of 25 bus routes, comprising 15 whole-day bus services, four early morning-only bus services and six peak-only bus services, will start calling at the BBI upon its commissioning. Details are as follows:

(a) Whole-day bus services:

• CTB A29 (Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam) – Airport)
• CTB E22A (Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Garden) – AsiaWorld-Expo)
• CTB/KMB 690 (Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Garden) – Central (Exchange Square))
• KMB 98 (Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate – Ngau Tau Kok) (Circular)
• KMB 98D (Hang Hau (North) – Tsim Sha Tsui East)
• KMB 296A (Sheung Tak – Ngau Tau Kok Station) (Circular)
• KMB 296C (Sheung Tak – Cheung Sha Wan (Hoi Ying Estate))
• KMB 296D (Sheung Tak – Kowloon Station)
• KMB 297 (Hang Hau (North) – Hung Hom (Hung Luen Road))
• NWFB 694 (Tiu Keng Leng Station – Siu Sai Wan)
• NWFB 796C (Oscar by the Sea – So Uk)
• NWFB 796P (Lohas Park – Tsim Sha Tsui East)
• NWFB 796X (Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate/Tseung Kwan O Station – Tsim Sha Tsui East)
• NWFB 797 (Lohas Park – Kowloon Bay) (Circular)
• NWFB 798 (Tiu Keng Leng Station – Fo Tan (Chun Yeung Estate))

(b) Early morning-only bus services:

• CTB N29 (Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Garden) – Tung Chung Station)
• CTB NA29 (Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam) – Airport/Hong Kong Port of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge)
• NWFB 796S (Tseung Kwan O Station – Ngau Tau Kok Station) (Circular)
• NWFB N796 (Lohas Park (Wan Po Road)/Tseung Kwan O Station – Mong Kok)

(c) Peak-only bus services:

• CTB E22S (Tseung Kwan O (Po Lam) – Tung Chung (Mun Tung Estate)
• KMB 98S (Lohas Park – Mei Foo)
• KMB 296P (Sheung Tak – Mong Kok) (Circular)
• NWFB 796E (Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate – So Uk)
• NWFB 798A (Tseung Kwan O (Hong Sing Garden) – Sha Tin Station)
• NWFB 798B (Lohas Park – Sha Tin Station)

When passengers enter Tseung Kwan O in the future, when they transfer to designated bus routes at the interchange station, they can enjoy interchange discounts on the second journey. For example, you can save up to $5.1. NWFB and Citybus also offer free or premium interchange discounts, covering 16 routes in total.

The Transport Department stated that the newly completed tunnel interchange station will be equipped with restrooms, waiting covers, seats and display screens showing the expected bus arrival time to facilitate passengers transferring. The Transport Department will closely monitor the operation of the interchange station after its opening with the bus company.