KMB Routes 290 and 290A

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Overview
Operator Kowloon Motor Bus
Garage Kowloon Bay (K) - Tseung Kwan O
Lai Chi Kok (L) - Tsing Yi
Vehicle Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC (ATENU,3ATENU)
Peak vehicle requirement21 (for both routes)
Route
Start Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming Court)
ViaHang Hau and Po Lam
Sau Mau Ping and Sze Shun (route 290A only)
Wong Tai Sin
Kwai Chung
End Tsuen Wan West station
Service
LevelDaily
Frequencyevery 20 minutes for each individual route
combined headway of 10-minute intervals for both routes
Operates05:30 until 23:50 (290)
06:00 until 00:20 (290A)

Air-Conditioned New Territories Route No. 290 and 290A are Hong Kong bus routes operated by Kowloon Motor Bus, plying between Choi Ming Court in Tseung Kwan O and Tsuen Wan West station.

Contents

Routeings of the two routes are roughly the same, save for a section within the neighbourhoods of Sau Mau Ping and Sze Shun in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, whereas route 290 passes through without any stops, while 290A call at various stops along the way.

History

Residents of the new town of Tseung Kwan O in New Territories East have been fighting for a direct bus connection to Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan in New Territories West for many years, [1] citing the reason that travelling by MTR between the two places requires a number of transfers in between. It was under such demand that the Transport Department suggested the introduction of such routes, then unnumbered and proposed to operate between Hang Hau (North) and Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower), in the 2013–2014 Bus Route Development Programme. It was put forward that the route would utilize buses spared by cancelling Cross-Harbour Bus Route 692, which suffered heavy losses in terms of profit for both the KMB and New World First Bus. [2]

The Transport Department confirmed in June 2014 that the route would operate via Sau Ming Road in Sau Mau Ping, and tendering exercise would take place at the end of that month. Such decision sparked opposition from the Sai Kung District Council, which believed that resources spared from the district should not be used to cater for the needs of other districts like Kwun Tong.

The Government thus gave in to the council's demands and offered that the route would be amended to take a more direct routeing via Kwun Tong Bypass, so that it would not serve Sau Mau Ping.

This in turn resulted in the disapproval of Kwun Tong District Council, which threatened that actions would be taken by residents of the districts if such amendments take place. [3]

In October 2014, the Government announced that two variants would be available for the Tseung Kwan O to Tsuen Wan bus route, one skipping the whole of Sau Mau Ping and Sze Shun and one calling at stops within the two neighbourhoods, with the total journey time of 63 and 80 minutes respectively. [4]

Tenders were invited from the existing franchised bus operators for the operation rights of the route a month later. Transport Department confirmed in February 2015 that the then-unnumbered route was awarded to Kowloon Motor Bus, [5] and the company started to operate the two variants, numbered 290 and 290A, on 28 March 2015. [6]

Fare

290(A)

From Tsuen Wan West Station: $11.3

From Beacon Heights: $9.3

From Pak Hong House Choi Wan Estate $6.6

From Anderson Road $5.4

From Choi Ming Terminus: $11.3

From Po Tat Estate: $9.3

From Lai King Estate Kwai Chong House: $6.0

Route

290(A)
From Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming)From Tsuen Wan West Station
No.Bus Stops NameLocationNo.Bus Stops NameLocation
1#Choi MingBus Terminus1Tsuen Wan West StationBus Terminus
2#Tong Ming Street ParkTong Ming Street2Tai Ho Road
3#Tseung Kwan O PlazaPo Yap Road3Chung On StreetCastle Peak Road Tsuen Wan
4#Ngan O Road4Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station（A1）Castle Peak Road Kwai Chung
5#Pui Shing Road5Cheung Wing Road Gyratory
6#Hau Tak EstatePo Ning Road6Kwai Chun Court Kwai Chung RoadKwai Chung Road
7#King Lam EstatePo Lam North Road7Sun Kwai Hing Garden
8#Yan Kong Road8Kwai Fong Estate
9#Leung Kit Wah Primary SchoolPo Fung Road9Lai King Estate Kwai Chung Road
10#Serenity PlacePo Hong Road10Beacon HeightsLung Cheung Road
11#Tsui Lam EstatePo Lam North Road11Phoenix House
12#Hong Shing Garden12*Lung Cheung Government School
13#Ma Yau Tong VillagePo Lam Road13Wong Tai Sin BBI - Wong Tai Sin Station（B5）
14#Po Tat BBI - Po Tat Estate（H2）14Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Ngau Choi Wan Village（G2）
15#*Upper Sau Mau PingHiu Kwong Street15Pak Hong House Choi Wan EstateNew Clear Water Bay Road
^Bus Terminus16*Kei Shun School
16*Sau Fai House Sau Mau Ping EstateSau Ming Road17*Lee Hong House Shun Lee EstateShun Lee Tsuen Road
17*Sau Fu House Sau Pau Ping Estate18*On Yat House Shun On EstateLee On Road
18*Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre19*Tin Wan House Shun Tin EstateShun On Road
19*Sau Lok House Sau Mau Ping Estate20*Sau Lok House Sau Mau Ping EstateSau Ming Road
20*Shun TinBus Terminus21*Sau Yat House Sau Mau Ping Estate
21*Shun On EstateLee On Road22*Sau On House Sau Mau Ping Estate
22*Lee Yip House Shun Lee Estate23*Upper Sau Mau PingHiu Kwong Street
23*Lee Hang House Shun Lee Estate24Po Tat BBI - Po Tat Estate（N2）Po Lam Road
24*Shun Lee Fire Station25Anderson Road
25Pak Hong House Choi Wan EstateNew Clear Water Bay Road26Ma Yau Tong Estate
26Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Choi Hung Station (K6)Ping Shek Terminus27Ma Wu Tsai
27Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Hong Ngok House（H2）Lung Cheung Road28Hong Shing GardenPo Lam North Road
28Wong Tai Sin BBI - Shatin Pass Road（D1）29Tsui Lam Estate
29*Wing Kwong College30Finery ParkPo Hong Road
30Phoenix House31Po Kim House Po Lam EstatePo Fung Road
31Beacon Heights32Yan King Road
32Lai King Estate Kwai Chung RoadKwai Chung Road33King Lam EstatePo Lam North Road
33Kwai Fong Plaza34Hau Tak EstatePo Ning Road
34Kwong Fai Circuit35Chung Wa Road
35Kin Tsuen StreetCaste Peak Road Kwai Chung36Yuk Ming CourtNgan O Road
36Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station (B2)37Bauhinia GardenPo Yap Road
37Chung On StreetCastle Peak Road Tsuen Wan38Tseung Kwan O StationTong Chun Street
38Tai Ho Road39Tong Ming Street ParkTong Ming Street
39Tsuen Wan West StationBus Terminus40Choi Fu House Choi Ming CourtKing Leng Road
41Choi MingBus Terminus


The routings of 290 and 290A differ in Sau Mau Ping and Sze Shun. Between Po Tat Estate and Choi Wan Estate, route 290 adopts a direct routing via Sau Mau Ping Road and Shun Lee Tsuen Road, bypassing and not making any stop at the two public housing estates; route 290A enters and makes stops at both Sau Mau Ping and the Sze Shun area, operating via Sau Ming Road, Shun On Road and Lee On Road.


Apart from the above-mentioned section, the routings of the aforementioned routes, as well as their arrangement in stops, are identical to each other.

Bus Interchange

Like other routes operated by KMB, this route offers a set of bus-bus interchange fare reductions. These fare reductions are applicable for passengers changing from 290 or 290A to other bus routes in Choi Hung, Choi Wan, Wong Tai Sin and Tsuen Wan. This interchange scheme is also applicable to interchanging with routes operated by Long Win Bus in the Tsuen Wan and Kwai Chung section, as well as NR331 and NR331S, which are non-franchised bus routes providing transportation to Park Island, of which both are operated by Sun Bus.

Vehicles

This route uses 36 buses.

Vehicles used in routes 290 and 290A
Fleet numberLicense plate number of the busDepotRemarks
ATENU85SF3707Teueng Kwan O Depot (K)Serves this route full day
ATENU821TV3510Serves this route full day
ATENU999UB8122Serves this route full day
ATENU1232UU2854Serves this route full day
ATENU1235UU4207Serves this route full day
ATENU1236UU4341Serves this route full day
ATENU1237UU3857Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1425VL4763Serves this route full day
ATENU1427VL5753Serves this route full day
ATENU1435VL694Serves this route full day
ATENU1438VL7098Extra bus
ATENU1469VM5491Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1472VM5663Serves this route full day
ATENU1496VN2313Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1517VP8980Serves this route full day
ATENU1518VP9099Serves this route full day
ATENU1519VP9485Serves this route full day
ATENU1521VR270Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1522VP9226Serves this route full day
ATENU1523VR147Serves this route full day
ATENU1549VR4151Serves this route full day
ATENU1550VR6208Serves this route full day
ATENU1594VS4191Serves this route full day
ATENU1597VS4448Serves this route full day
3ATENU102UF4283Serves this route full day
3ATENU108UF5597Serves this route full day
3ATENU116UF7898Serves this route full day
ATENU1000UB8222Kowloon Bay Depot (K)Extra bus
ATENU665TP3362Tsing Yi Depot (L)Serves this route full day
ATENU671TP5332Serves this route full day
ATENU672TP6099Serves this route full day
3ATENU91UE9290Serves this route full day
3ATENU152UE9558Serves this route full day
3ATENU148UJ1646Lai Chi Kok DepotServes this route full day
3ATENU195VR5799}Serves this route full day
3ATENU197VR6564Serves this route full day

Previous route 290 in Hong Kong

Prior to the introduction of the current route 290, the same number has been applied to a Rennie's Mill – Choi Hung route operated during between 1989 and 1996. Rennie's Mill is the name of Tiu Keng Leng before the area was incorporated into the Tseung Kwan O New Town.

Coincidentally, the routeings of the 1989–1996 and 2015- versions of 290 are the same between Ma Yau Tong Village and Choi Hung station.

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "將軍澳692線過海巴月底取消". The Sun . 2013-11-09.
  3. ↑ "Minutes of the 17th Meeting, Traffic and Transport Committee, The 4th Session of the Kwun Tong District Council" (PDF). Districtcouncils.gov.hk. Retrieved 2015-09-25.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-14. Retrieved 2015-09-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ "九巴擬開辦將軍澳至荃灣巴士線服務". Oriental Daily News . 2015-02-03.
  6. ↑ "KMB Introduces Routes 290 and 290A to Connect Tseung Kwan O and Tsuen Wan" (Press release). Hong Kong: The Kowloon Motor Bus (1933) Company, Limited. 2015-03-26. Retrieved 2015-09-26.
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