• New ferry pier opens at WestK
• Kwoon Chung 60th anniversary carnival
• New Citybus routes for Sai Sha

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On 10 November 2025, WestK Quay, part of the West Kowloon Cultural District (WKCD), was opened for service, with the formal opening scheduled on 15 November 2025 alongside the new ferry route, operated by Fortune Ferry, to Central Ferry Piers. This adds a new way to access WestK by ferry, further attracting visitors on the other side of the harbour.

This pier, located at the southwesterly tip of Kowloon, was originally a proposed new replacement of the old Jordan Road ferry pier when the peninsula was reclaimed from the 1970s to the 1990s. WKCD plans to develop the dock as a means to make visitors more accessible by water transport and also to bolster visitor flow in and out of WKCD, especially M+. The pier was also available for other public ferries to berth, on a pre-booked basis using their online portal, which is free of charge.

The pier was designed to be accessible to people with disabilities, and therefore, a ramp-and-platform design was used. This design, which was used by the Star Ferry, Sun Ferry, and HKKF at most of their piers, featured a platform that could lift and lower according to water levels. A ramp connects the platform to provide step-free access between the pier entrance and the ferry. What was unique to this platform was a single-deck design rather than the double-deck found in most ferry piers, as most ferries contain only one main deck access for passengers. Other amenities of the dock include an information booth for enquiries about the ferry services and all other information about WKCD.

The ferry service was operated by Fortune Ferry under a contract with WKCD, which complements the opening of WestK Quay, and was put into service on the same day as the pier. The ferry service is pet-friendly, making it one of the few ferry services in Hong Kong that allows pets to accompany their owners on ferries. The journey takes approximately eight minutes, with a ticket price of HK$20 per passenger and for each piece of freight. The vessel used for this service, MV Fortune, has 200 seats available and is fully air-conditioned. The service operates at 30-minute intervals, operating between 8:00 and 22:00 on weekdays, and 8:00 to 23:00 on weekends and public holidays.

WKCD and Fortune Ferry will also distribute 3,500 free ferry tickets on this route, so that many people can come to Pier 8 of Central Ferry Piers to redeem them. These tickets are only valid on 15 and 16 November 2025, the first weekend of operation. There are also monthly tickets available for HK$560 which allow unlimited rides on the ferry route for one month.

Additionally, there will also be Hong Kong Water Taxi services that call at the pier, offering destinations around Victoria Harbour, adding a spot of sightseeing and attracting tourists alike.

Kwoon Chung Bus, established in 1965, celebrated its 60th anniversary with a carnival at Chater Road in Central from 11:30 am to 6:00 pm on 16 November 2025. In the carnival, Kwoon Chung Bus displayed a Volvo B13R bus with Old Master Q livery and a CRRC EU12 (TEG6125EUBEV01) single-decker low-floor bus. The event also includes game booths and performances, sharing the pleasure of the event with the people of Hong Kong.

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  A Volvo B13R of Kwoon Chung Bus exhibited in the carnival
 
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  A CRRC EU12 of Kwoon Chung Bus exhibited in the carnival
 
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  Game booths at the carnival
 
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  Soccer field at the carnival

Enhanced Services for Sai Sha: New Citybus Routes to Tsuen Wan and Kowloon

On 1 December 2025, Citybus started operating three bus routes to and from Sai Sha of Ma On Shan. At the same time, bus route 580, which serves Sha Tin Station, will increase frequencies to a daily service to meet growing passenger demand. At this point, Citybus has six routes serving the new development in Sai Sha by Sun Hung Kai Properties, including GO PARK, which opened a year ago.

Also, Long Win Bus route A41P will add services starting from Sai Sha, and all routes serving Sai Sha will move into the new terminus at Sai Sha Residences, featuring an air-conditioned lounge for bus-waiting, and other amenities.

Route details

The three bus routes, 586, 587, and 589, would serve Cheung Sha Wan and Tsuen Wan, Tsim Sha Tsui, and Kwun Tong, respectively. These three routes will initially operate during peak hours on weekdays, then be expanded to frequent service as demand increases.

586

This route calls at Tai Wai and Cheung Sha Wan before terminating at Tsuen Wan Station, utilizing Tsing Sha Highway and Tsuen Wan Road. The initial service departs from Sai Sha at 7:50 am and returns from Tsuen Wan at 6pm. The Full adult fare is HK$13.8.

587

Similar to route 586, this bus route also calls at Tai Wai but differs by traversing Nathan Road to the Mody Road public transport interchange in Tsim Sha Tsui. Services initially depart from Sai Sha at 7:50 am and from Mody Road at 6:15 pm, with the full adult fare at HK$13.6.

589

This east Kowloon express route uses Tate's Cairn Tunnel as a direct journey to Kwun Tong and Kowloon Bay business areas. However, during the route planning phases, many stakeholders, such as local groups and district councillors, blamed the reversing route that makes a U-turn to Kwun Tong before calling at Kowloon Bay. The Transport Department explains that the routes were designed to reach the Kwun Tong business areas more quickly. Initially, services depart Sai Sha at 8:05 am and from Kowloon Bay at 6 pm. Full adult fares cost HK$11.2, the cheapest among the three routes.

All bus routes serving Sai Sha will be moved into the covered public transport interchange at Sai Sha Residences. Citybus claimed that the increased frequency of routes 580 and 581 can be as low as 10-minute intervals, providing convenience to the residents of Sai Sha. Citybus is also preparing to operate special services of the cross-harbour bus route 980X that departs and terminates at Sai Sha Residences, depending on the requirements.

This issue makes the end of year 2025 — a year full of challenges, but also discovered many new dimensions, such as KMB's route 13 began operations on March 30, 2025, broadening new horizons of Sau Mau Ping and Anderson Road, as well as nurturing the development of the area, and the tourist bus route HK1 was changed to open-top operations in late August 2025. Unfortunately, because there is less news about public transport throughout most of the year, the Journal can publish a new issue only every two to three months. The editor would apologise for this inconvenience and hope that fellow readers would accept.

It has been two years since this Journal began publishing articles in February 2025, documenting the debut of the hydrogen bus. Since then, the Journal has grown to 13 issues, with additional content to be added, including the experimental Reader's Corner, featuring articles from online forums, written by bus enthusiasts. We look forward to adding more content that benefits not only the Journal but also its readers. As always, we record much of the news of public transport that most mainstream media in Hong Kong often overlook.

The current situation the Journal is facing is a lack of editors to provide more content, and help with corrections and other types of editing. Interested individuals can apply using the forms below. We appreciate your participation.

As always, the Journal wishes everybody a happy Christmas and a new year 2026.

Note: This Journal is published a month earlier for technical purposes. Other updates will follow in the coming weeks since the publication of this issue.

• At 3:53 am on 20 October 2025, a Boeing 747-400 freighter (registered as TC-ACF) skidded into the sea while hitting a car with two people on board during landing at Hong Kong International Airport. Both occupants in the vehicle were drowned in the accident, and the crews on board the aircraft were safely evacuated through slides without injuries.
• KMB, Citybus, Star Ferry, and MTR offer free rides to all athletes and other related personnel during the 2025 National Games held in Guangdong, China, Hong Kong, and Macau.

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  Citybus expands bus route 55 to an everyday service on 17 November 2025. The newly added weekend service will use Kwun Tong Road instead of going through Kowloon Bay. The service frequency was also increased, and the service hours were extended accordingly. Citybus also offers free interchange between the bus route with B3X, in an effort to attract East Kowloon passengers to Shenzhen Bay Port.

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  The Light Rail Voyager Yuen Long Sightseeing Route was launched on 28 September 2025, alongside the Tuen Mun route, which debuted as a tourist route seven months prior. The routes are designed to let riders discover Yuen Long and Tuen Mun through specially curated routes, promoting tourism in the New Territories' northwest.

• Citybus started operating a special open-top bus route, H20, on 19–20 November 2025, to cater to tourists visiting by cruise. This is the first time that open-top buses have served Kai Tak Cruise Terminal, which opened in 2013.

• On 9 November 2025, major public transport services offered free rides to people with disabilities and their companions in observance of the International Rehabilitation Day. On 16 November, the elderly were offered free travel on most public transport services in Hong Kong in observance of Elderly Day.
• The Legislative Council General Election will be held on 7 December 2025. Contrary to the 2021 elections, no public transport concessions will be offered. What do you think? Use the form below to share your thoughts.
• In the evening on 26 November 2025, a level 5 fire occurred in Wang Fuk Court, Tai Po. Many bus routes were rerouted as the only passage to Tai Po Road from Tolo Highway was closed. The Journal sincerely expresses condolences to those who lost their lives in this tragedy.