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KMB Routes 290 and 290A

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290 / 290A
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Overview
OperatorKowloon Motor Bus
GarageKowloon Bay (K) - Tseung Kwan O
Lai Chi Kok (L) - Tsing Yi
VehicleAlexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC (ATENU,3ATENU)
Peak vehicle requirement21 (for both routes)
Route
StartTseung Kwan O (Choi Ming Court)
ViaHang Hau and Po Lam
Sau Mau Ping and Sze Shun (route 290A only)
Wong Tai Sin
Kwai Chung
EndTsuen 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.

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

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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

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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

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290(A)
From Tseung Kwan O (Choi Ming) From Tsuen Wan West Station
No. Bus Stops Name Location No. Bus Stops Name Location
1# Choi Ming Bus Terminus 1 Tsuen Wan West Station Bus Terminus
2# Tong Ming Street Park Tong Ming Street 2 Tai Ho Road
3# Tseung Kwan O Plaza Po Yap Road 3 Chung On Street Castle Peak Road Tsuen Wan
4# Ngan O Road 4 Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station(A1) Castle Peak Road Kwai Chung
5# Pui Shing Road 5 Cheung Wing Road Gyratory
6# Hau Tak Estate Po Ning Road 6 Kwai Chun Court Kwai Chung Road Kwai Chung Road
7# King Lam Estate Po Lam North Road 7 Sun Kwai Hing Garden
8# Yan Kong Road 8 Kwai Fong Estate
9# Leung Kit Wah Primary School Po Fung Road 9 Lai King Estate Kwai Chung Road
10# Serenity Place Po Hong Road 10 Beacon Heights Lung Cheung Road
11# Tsui Lam Estate Po Lam North Road 11 Phoenix House
12# Hong Shing Garden 12* Lung Cheung Government School
13# Ma Yau Tong Village Po Lam Road 13 Wong Tai Sin BBI - Wong Tai Sin Station(B5)
14# Po Tat BBI - Po Tat Estate(H2) 14 Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Ngau Choi Wan Village(G2)
15#* Upper Sau Mau Ping Hiu Kwong Street 15 Pak Hong House Choi Wan Estate New Clear Water Bay Road
^ Bus Terminus 16* Kei Shun School
16* Sau Fai House Sau Mau Ping Estate Sau Ming Road 17* Lee Hong House Shun Lee Estate Shun Lee Tsuen Road
17* Sau Fu House Sau Pau Ping Estate 18* On Yat House Shun On Estate Lee On Road
18* Sau Mau Ping Shopping Centre 19* Tin Wan House Shun Tin Estate Shun On Road
19* Sau Lok House Sau Mau Ping Estate 20* Sau Lok House Sau Mau Ping Estate Sau Ming Road
20* Shun Tin Bus Terminus 21* Sau Yat House Sau Mau Ping Estate
21* Shun On Estate Lee On Road 22* Sau On House Sau Mau Ping Estate
22* Lee Yip House Shun Lee Estate 23* Upper Sau Mau Ping Hiu Kwong Street
23* Lee Hang House Shun Lee Estate 24 Po Tat BBI - Po Tat Estate(N2) Po Lam Road
24* Shun Lee Fire Station 25 Anderson Road
25 Pak Hong House Choi Wan Estate New Clear Water Bay Road 26 Ma Yau Tong Estate
26 Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Choi Hung Station (K6) Ping Shek Terminus 27 Ma Wu Tsai
27 Ngau Chi Wan BBI - Hong Ngok House(H2) Lung Cheung Road 28 Hong Shing Garden Po Lam North Road
28 Wong Tai Sin BBI - Shatin Pass Road(D1) 29 Tsui Lam Estate
29* Wing Kwong College 30 Finery Park Po Hong Road
30 Phoenix House 31 Po Kim House Po Lam Estate Po Fung Road
31 Beacon Heights 32 Yan King Road
32 Lai King Estate Kwai Chung Road Kwai Chung Road 33 King Lam Estate Po Lam North Road
33 Kwai Fong Plaza 34 Hau Tak Estate Po Ning Road
34 Kwong Fai Circuit 35 Chung Wa Road
35 Kin Tsuen Street Caste Peak Road Kwai Chung 36 Yuk Ming Court Ngan O Road
36 Tai Wo Hau BBI - Tai Wo Hau Station (B2) 37 Bauhinia Garden Po Yap Road
37 Chung On Street Castle Peak Road Tsuen Wan 38 Tseung Kwan O Station Tong Chun Street
38 Tai Ho Road 39 Tong Ming Street Park Tong Ming Street
39 Tsuen Wan West Station Bus Terminus 40 Choi Fu House Choi Ming Court King Leng Road
41 Choi Ming Bus Terminus
  • Only 290A stops at * station.


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

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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

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This route uses 36 buses.

Vehicles used in routes 290 and 290A
Fleet number License plate number of the bus Depot Remarks
ATENU85 SF3707 Teueng Kwan O Depot (K) Serves this route full day
ATENU821 TV3510 Serves this route full day
ATENU999 UB8122 Serves this route full day
ATENU1232 UU2854 Serves this route full day
ATENU1235 UU4207 Serves this route full day
ATENU1236 UU4341 Serves this route full day
ATENU1237 UU3857 Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1425 VL4763 Serves this route full day
ATENU1427 VL5753 Serves this route full day
ATENU1435 VL694 Serves this route full day
ATENU1438 VL7098 Extra bus
ATENU1469 VM5491 Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1472 VM5663 Serves this route full day
ATENU1496 VN2313 Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1517 VP8980 Serves this route full day
ATENU1518 VP9099 Serves this route full day
ATENU1519 VP9485 Serves this route full day
ATENU1521 VR270 Only serves this route on peak hours
ATENU1522 VP9226 Serves this route full day
ATENU1523 VR147 Serves this route full day
ATENU1549 VR4151 Serves this route full day
ATENU1550 VR6208 Serves this route full day
ATENU1594 VS4191 Serves this route full day
ATENU1597 VS4448 Serves this route full day
3ATENU102 UF4283 Serves this route full day
3ATENU108 UF5597 Serves this route full day
3ATENU116 UF7898 Serves this route full day
ATENU1000 UB8222 Kowloon Bay Depot (K) Extra bus
ATENU665 TP3362 Tsing Yi Depot (L) Serves this route full day
ATENU671 TP5332 Serves this route full day
ATENU672 TP6099 Serves this route full day
3ATENU91 UE9290 Serves this route full day
3ATENU152 UE9558 Serves this route full day
3ATENU148 UJ1646 Lai Chi Kok Depot Serves this route full day
3ATENU195 VR5799} Serves this route full day
3ATENU197 VR6564 Serves this route full day

Previous route 290 in Hong Kong

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Prior to the introduction of the current route 290, the same number has been applied to a Rennie's MillChoi 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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  1. ^ "西貢區會交運會遞運署四千簽名 促闢巴士綫通荃灣". 華僑日報. Hong Kong. 1991-08-17.
  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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