Hundreds of bus staff illegally smoke in no-smoking public transport interchanges despite many warnings and a pledge from bus firms to resolve the problem, a Transit Jam investigation has found. A survey […]
“BUSY HK ISLAND ROADS, PEDESTRIANS AND KERBSIDE ACTIVITIES” EXCUSE HIGH CITYBUS/NWFB CRASH RATE: GOVT
The government has excused higher-than-average crash rates for Citybus and its sister firm New World First Bus (NWFB), claiming the buses operate on “busier roads” and that pedestrian and “kerbside activities” – […]
BUILDINGS DEPT REFUSES TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AFTER CONSTRUCTION SITE I-BEAM SLICES THROUGH DOUBLE-DECKER
The department responsible for building site safety has refused to respond to questions about a construction beam striking a packed-out morning commuter bus in a wreck that injured four people, including a […]
NO ARRESTS AFTER KMB DRIVER LOSES CONTROL, INJURING SEVEN PASSENGERS AND A 14-YO GIRL AT BUS STOP
Police say there have been no arrests after a bus smash that injured nine people – the driver, seven passengers and a 14-year-old girl waiting at a bus stop – in Wong […]
HORRIFIC BUS CRASH KILLS DRIVER: BUS PLOUGHS INTO ILLEGALLY PARKED COACH
A bus driver died last night after his bus smashed into a stationary coach illegally parked in the outside lane of a road leading to the KMB Cheung Sha Wan depot. Mr […]
OFFICIALS TO WELCOME HK’S FIRST ELECTRIC DOUBLE-DECKER
The new Wisdom bus on Hong Kong soil for the first time last October Hong Kong’s first electric double-decker bus will be launched this afternoon, according to a source at bus operator […]
ROUTE QUARREL DELAYS ELECTRIC BUS PROMISE
New electric buses promised for major Kowloon routes for after the Lunar New Year remain warehoused as the government and bus operator have failed to reach an agreement on the routes they […]
KMB ORDERS 72 NEW DIESEL BUSES FROM UK
Hong Kong’s largest franchised bus operator KMB has placed an order for 72 diesel-powered Enviro500 double-decker buses from Alexander Dennis in the UK, with no word on the timeframe for delivery. The […]
CITYBUS/NWFB 12% BUS FARE HIKE “ESSENTIAL FOR SURVIVAL”, WHILE LONGWIN’S FARE HIKE REQUEST REJECTED
The government has approved four out of five fare hike applications from bus companies, granting both New World First Bus (NWFB) and CityBus a 12% increase, New Lantao Bus a 9.8% rise […]
GOVT’S POINT PERSON ON BUS FRANCHISE RENEGOTIATION WINS JOB AT KMB
A top transport official responsible for renegotiating KMB’s franchise in 2017 and investigating KMB’s deadly Tai Po bus crash in 2018 has taken a senior role at KMB two years after leaving […]