In this issue

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

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New Way to Get to WKCD: WestK Quay commenced service

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.

About the pier

This pier, which is 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.

New ferry service

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 come to Pier 8 of Central Ferry Piers to redeem the tickets. 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.

“Keep on Movin'”: Kwoon Chung Bus 60th Anniversary Carnival

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 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.

A Volvo B13R of Kwoon Chung Bus exhibited in the carnival
A CRRC EU12 of Kwoon Chung Bus exhibited in the carnival
Game booths at the carnival
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 Ma On Shan Station, will boost frequencies to cater to the growing demand for passengers. At this point, Citybus now has six routes serving the new development of Sai Sha by Sun Hung Kai Properties, including GO PARK, which opened a year ago.

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, and then they will be expanded to frequent service owing to the demand.

Editor's note

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, as there is less news regarding public transport happening in most of the year, the Journal can only publish a new issue every two to three months. The editor would apologise for this inconvenience and hope that fellow readers would accept.

It's been two years since this Journal started making 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 included, such as the experimental Reader's Corner, featuring articles from online forums, written by bus enthusiasts. We look forward to adding more content that would benefit not only the Journal but also fellow 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, as well as help with corrections and other types of editing. Interested individuals can apply using the forms below, and 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.

Other highlights for September—December 2025

At 3:53 am in the early morning of 20 October 2025, a Boeing 747-400 freighter (registered as TC-ACF) skidded into the sea while hitting a car with two people on it 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.
Citybus expands the services of 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 will also be increased, and the service hours will be extended accordingly. Citybus will also offer free interchange of the bus route with B3X, in an effort to attract East Kowloon passengers to Shenzhen Bay Port.
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 as part of the International Rehabilitation Day. Also 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 opinions.