Please note my reply to the above passages above:
Tung Chung to be precise...
Well, A633? was at Tung Chung Citybus Depot. It is not the
remote one I said. I said the O 305 was hidden in countryside,
although it was not any in the SBS fleet.
From various travel guides, I have gathered that the
following buses can get me to Stanley Market: 6, 6A, 6X,
260, 73 & 973 (did I miss out any
others?)
You missed 14 and 314 from the east.
After that u decide first, you want to spot some bus models
to try>??? or you want to joyride bus routes (like some
suggested in earlier posts)? List down what you want to
joyride bus route or what bus photots u want or what bus models u
wanna ride on.
ok great. you are ready to plan.
you need a decent bus guide from hong Kong. not jsut any
lousy one listing bus rotues only. u need well detailed
maps.
The book must contain the following
1) Bus routes from all operators including minibus
2) Bus stop names. these are important as bus stops in Hong Kong
are always staggered type. u wun find all your bus routes at one
bus stop pole. another bus stop pole might be 100m nearby
obnly
3) Listing of bus route an prciing of the STEP
fare.
4) most improtant thing maps . u need the book also to walk
around using the detialed maps.
sadly the KMB bus guide cannot offer the above. So what i
propsoe is the
HOng Kong Bus
Atlas (HK$ 98) low in stock in major book stores and some
say 7-11.
Only problem is, the route detials are in Chinese . In this
case you will find the NWFB/CTB and KMB bus websites useful for
transalations. Also the maps on KMB blow up to bigger size and u
can plan in more detials.
Sadly the NWFB and CTB website does not show out in map
form.
for MTRbus and NLB, the book is reliable enough in Chiense
chracters. There are english words on the map so its OK.
lets go thru an example...
EXAMPLE
You wish to walk the mid levles escalators and yet take a
trident on CTB 13 at Caine Rd (Dr Sun yat Sen Villa) .
planning:
Internet research shows pcitures of how this mid levels
escalators look like,. Using google maps, u can roughly find the
start point. Its opposite some Central market building along Queens
Rd. U trace the route out on <Hong Kong Bus Atlas>. u note
the walking path to Caine Rd.
At Caine Rd u find a bus stop listing bus 13. that is the
bus stop u wait for 13 to try Dennis trident.
EXAMPLE (DISTRICT PLANNING - West side towns)
You want to ride Enviro 200 and yet also want to ride
Noeplan Centroliner and the ASU series of bus.U realsie all are
found in Nothern territories. west side.
u know they have a Nam Cheong Day pass for HK$20 for
unlimited rides on West Line MTR, LRT and the MTRBus feeder
services up west there.
planning:
using
http://www.1005.idv.hk/index.php?page=11&p=291 you
note that there is ASU on 60X and 69X and also neoplan centroliner
on 60X. Also u reckon 268C is a nice route to try to go ride.
Internet youtube searches say that Enviro 200 Dart can be found on
A73, K68 and K75.
next step find out where these bus routes go. piece them up
like a jigsaw.
Example -
campe at Ntahn rd for 60X or 69X ASU if cannot wait so long,
hop on any 60X Neoplan Centorliner. u neeed to cater for a back up
plan. that is later how are u gonna spot the ASU or Neoplan that u
missed. Some though clearly indicates u have two chances of
Neoplan on a possible route so u shd really camp it out for a ASU
on 60X or 69X.
U end up at teun Mun lets say on a 60X. Alright MTR station
go control offwick buy the day pass for west area.
u realise its over peak hours. drat. A73 runs only during
peak hours and it has Enviro 200. how how how...
U know K75 ends at Tin Shui Wai or TSW. using the free pass,
take the MTR down to TSW. campe for K74. take the bus round to its
end pt. there got LRT. ok good can try LRT. take to Yuen Long.
using the map can find the 269C bus int.
269C layover at this open int . good cna see what is the
enxt bus of 269C. its a neoplan woopee.
end-
er.. note of coruse with the Nam Cheong-Tuen Mun Day pass,
we highly suggest u spend the entire day riding LRT or spotting
other MTRBus services uopp west there.
Happy planning
The transport guide should also include tram, MTR... You also
need to compare the fare, the distance and the operation period. A
bus guide ("Bashi Guido" in Japanese :D )should be a person instead
as I am not contented in any book / website currently offering if
you are going for bus spotting.
Not 100m, but 10m.
Hong Kong Route 13 is operated by NWFB instead.
U means "Un Long" (Yuen Long) depot. But not necessarily be all
buses in NT West. The "U" in ASU does not have this meaning.
What ZYX does in HK is just like what I usually do in SG. But I
would ask some local people as I plan my trip, with time and places
for confirmation.
Pls note on HK Island, even with a suffix X, it does not
mean the bus services on HK Main island itself are express. i got
fooled once before.
On Kowloon however, X services charge higher fares but are
real express.
I think you must have taken the slow part of 5X, 8X or
X962.
"X" in Hong Kong / Kowloon / NT would somehow refer to an
express route from one district to another, but it usually is
circuituous within the area. e.g. Observe many parts of Boon
Lay and Express through AYE and observe many parts of Bukit Merah.
I think this can give you a better idea.
S1 bus stop is outside the departure area i think, it
doesn't serve the GTC
S1 bus stop is under the departure area. It does not serve GTC.
You can take the bus opposite to GTC on the slip road.
Anthony Lui
