KMB Route 91M

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E6M53 KMB 91M 14-07-2020.jpg
A handful of Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMCs (E6M) were scheduled to route 91M in mid-2020s, including E6M53 (WV3430).
Overview
Operator Kowloon Motor Bus
Garage Kowloon Bay (K)
Vehicle Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC 11.3m (E6M)
Peak vehicle requirement12
Route
Start Diamond Hill station
ViaChoi Hung station
Choi Wan Estate
Tseng Lan Shue
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Hang Hau
End Po Lam
CompetitionNT Green Minibus routes 11 and 11M
Service
LevelDaily

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).

Contents

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 Tseung Kwan O New Town, the district of Hang Hau was a collection of traditional villages with a market town facing Junk Bay before the 1970s. Transportation to and from Hang Hau then relied on kai-to ferries.

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 Tseung Kwan O New Town (TKO) has changed route 91M a lot, as Hang Hau became part of the new town in the early 1990s. 91M was no longer the only route serving Hang Hau with the advent of the Tseung Kwan O Tunnel, which brought residents numerous new routes connecting TKO with the urban area. As the population of Hang Hau district was initially expected to dwindle during the development, KMB once proposed the withdrawal of this route in 1988 and obtained permission from the Government's Transport Department. The latter responded by inviting tenders to the operation rights of a new green minibus route running almost the same route with 91M. [1] However, plans of cancelling route 91M was ultimately shelved, and the green minibus route (present route 11) went into operation anyway. It was eventually extended to On Ning Garden inside the newly reclaimed and -developed part of Hang Hau in 1991.

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
Fleet numberLicense plate number of the busDepotRemarks
E6M6WU3555Kowloon Bay Depot (K)Serves this route full day
E6M19WU4342Serves this route full day
E6M27WU6335Serves this route full day
E6M49WV820Serves this route full day
E6M52WV1435Serves this route full day
E6M53WV3430Only serves this route on peak hours
E6M55WV2856Serves this route full day
E6M56WV3037Only serves this route on peak hours
E6M60WV6805Only serves this route on peak hours
E6M61WV8002Only serves this route on peak hours
E6M63WV8370Serves 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:

See also

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References

  1. ↑ 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.
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