KMB Route 91M
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91M | |
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Overview | |
Operator | Kowloon Motor Bus |
Garage | Kowloon Bay (K) |
Vehicle | Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC 11.3m (E6M) |
Peak vehicle requirement | 12 |
Route | |
Start | Diamond Hill station |
Via | Choi Hung station Choi Wan Estate Tseng Lan Shue The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Hang Hau |
End | Po Lam |
Competition | NT Green Minibus routes 11 and 11M |
Service | |
Level | Daily |
Air-Conditioned New Territories Route No. 91M is a Hong Kong bus route operated by Kowloon Motor Bus, plying between Diamond Hill station in New Kowloon and Po Lam in Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, via Clear Water Bay Road and The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).
To cater the demand of HKUST passengers, short-working trips by the number of 91P are provided on weekdays (except HKUST student holidays), during the morning peak from Diamond Hill to HKUST (North), and PM peak from HKUST (South) to Choi Hung station.
History
Located at the eastern edge of the present-day
Route 91A, the first bus route serving Hang Hau Town, was introduced on 1 April 1976, serving between Hang Hau and Chuk Yuen (now known as Wong Tai Sin). After the city's Mass Transit Railway system commenced operation, the route was renamed 91M and truncated to Diamond Hill MTR station with effect from 16 December 1979; it was further curtailed to Choi Hung MTR station just 4 years later, on 3 November 1983. The Kowloon-side terminus of route 91M would return to Diamond Hill 14 years later, on 2 November 1997, this time to tie in with the opening of Diamond Hill Station Public Transport Interchange inside Plaza Hollywood shopping centre.
The development of
The establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 1991 also changed the prospect of route 91M. Peak-hour departures of the route started serving the newly founded university in March 1992, and by 1994, all 91M departures throughout the day would call at HKUST's bus station on University Road. The major group of passengers served by this route gradually shifted from Hang Hau inhabitants to HKUST faculty and students since then.
Route 298M, serving between Po Lam and HKUST, was cancelled with effect from 19 June 2004 due to low patronage. Route 91M was extended from Hang Hau (On Ning Garden) to Po Lam effective from the same day as a replacement.
Vehicles
This route uses 11 buses.
Vehicles used in route 91M | |||
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Fleet number | License plate number of the bus | Depot | Remarks |
E6M6 | WU3555 | Kowloon Bay Depot (K) | Serves this route full day |
E6M19 | WU4342 | Serves this route full day | |
E6M27 | WU6335 | Serves this route full day | |
E6M49 | WV820 | Serves this route full day | |
E6M52 | WV1435 | Serves this route full day | |
E6M53 | WV3430 | Only serves this route on peak hours | |
E6M55 | WV2856 | Serves this route full day | |
E6M56 | WV3037 | Only serves this route on peak hours | |
E6M60 | WV6805 | Only serves this route on peak hours | |
E6M61 | WV8002 | Only serves this route on peak hours | |
E6M63 | WV8370 | Serves this route all day |
There will be an extra bus from route 690 at 17:45 serving this route from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (the running schedule is S01) .
Route
The route serves the following locations:
- Diamond Hill station Bus Terminus Plaza Hollywood
- San Po Kong
- Choi Hung Estate
- Choi Hung station
- Choi Wan Estate
- Shun Lee Estate(Po Lam direction only)
- Good Hope School
- Tseng Lan Shue
- Pik Uk
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
- Po Lam bound journeys calls at North Gate of HKUST; Diamond Hill bound journeys at South Gate
- Tai Po Tsai
- Hang Hau Road
- Hau Tak Estate / Tseung Kwan O Hospital
- Hang Hau station (Nan Fung Plaza)
- King Lam Estate
- Po Lam station Metro City II
See also
References
- ^ 坑口區人口趨流失 九一M綫決將取消 改以專綫小巴士取代 有兩新綫接受申請, Wah Kiu Yat Po, 10 October 1987.