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Long Win Bus

Bus operator in Hong Kong

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Long Win Bus
Traditional Chinese龍運巴士
Simplified Chinese龙运巴士
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLóng Yùn Bā​shì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglung4 wan6 baa1 si6*2

Long Win Bus Company Limited (LWB; Chinese: 龍運巴士) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It provides bus service between Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau New Town and the New Territories. It is a subsidiary of Transport International.

01History

Long Win Bus began operations on 22 May 1997, operating peak-hour services after the opening of the Tsing Ma Bridge.

The first route operated by Long Win Bus was route E31 (Tung Chung to Tsuen Wan Pier when newly introduced), served by Volvo Olympians. But later on, Volvo Olympians have been retired from the bus fleet, and were transferred to its parent company, Kowloon Motor Bus.

The company's franchise was extended from June 2003 to May 2013. In April 2012, it was extended again until May 2023. In July 2022, it was further extended for another 10 years until 30 April 2033.

ALX500 bodied Dennis Trident 3 in November 2009
ALX500 bodied Dennis Trident 3 in November 2009

02Services

As of December 2023, Long Win Bus operated 42 routes which cover the Airport, Tung Chung, Hong Kong Disneyland and AsiaWorld-Expo. The current letter assignments are in place to identify the type of bus service provided:

Numbering system

Prefixes

Suffixes

    • A: Branch of the main route (e.g., E36A)
    • C: Routes serving the Airport Logistics Area only, with all routes terminating at the Aircraft Maintenance Area. Same class as E-prefix routes.
    • P/S: Peak hour routes, although route E33P provides services beyond peak hours. (Except A41P)
Enviro500 MMC in February 2019
Enviro500 MMC in February 2019

03Fleet

As of December 2021, Long Win Bus operated a fleet of 257 including 252 air-conditioned low floor double-decker buses and 4 air-conditioned single-decker battery electric buses.

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