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KMB Route 1A
Operator Kowloon Motor Bus Garage Kowloon Bay depot Vehicle
Alexander Dennis Enviro500 MMC
Volvo B9TL Start
Star Ferry Via
Prince Edward Road ,
Boundary Street (eastbound),
Kwun Tong Road End
Sau Mau Ping (Central) Length 14.8 km Other routes KMB Route N216, N293 Red minibus Competition KMB Routes 9, 13D, 13X, 14X, 16, 93K, 95, 203E, 213D, 213X, 215X Citybus Route 20A (Nathan Road to Boundary Street/ Prince Edward Road West to Nathan Road) Routes via
Nathan Road
MTR Mong Kok ←→ Kwun Tong Red Minibus Level 0600-0050 Alt. level 0530-2340 Frequency 5 - 10 mins. Journey time 84 mins.
Preserved
AEC Regent V bus with Route 1A signboard
KMB Route 1A is a bus route operated by
Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) in
Hong Kong . It runs between
Star Ferry and
Sau Mau Ping (Central) and provides air-conditioned service. The route runs via
Tsim Sha Tsui ,
Yau Ma Tei ,
Mong Kok ,
Kowloon City ,
San Po Kong ,
Ngau Tau Kok ,
Kwun Tong , and Sau Mau Ping.
This route holds the record for the longest time of running a mix of non-air-conditioned and air-conditioned buses, from 1991 to 2012, this despite it being one of the earliest routes to introduce air-conditioned bus service.
History
4 June 1968: Route introduced with the terminus at
Yue Man Square , replaces first generation Route 2B.
15 September 1971: Route extended to Sau Mau Ping (Central)..
10 February 1991: Ten air-conditioned buses introduced to the route.
7 May, 2012: Converted into a fully air-conditioned bus service.
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Bus route information
This route goes past
Yau Ma Tei ,
Mong Kok ,
Ho Man Tin ,
Ma Tau Wai ,
Kowloon Bay ,
Ngau Tau Kok and
Kwun Tong .
The districts this route goes past is
Yau Tsim Mong District ,
Kowloon City District ,
Wong Tai Sin District and
Kwun Tong District .
Nathan Road ,
Prince Edward Road West ,
Prince Edward Road East ,
Boundary Street (Eastbound only) and
Kwun Tong Road are major roads that this bus route goes past.
Sau Mau Ping (Central) to Star Ferry
Sau Mau Ping (Central)
Sau On House
Sau Ming House
Leung Shek Chee College
Hiu Lai Court
Cheung Wo Court
Wo Lok Estate
Yue Man Square
Millennium City
Ting Fu Street, Kwun Tong
Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate
Telford Gardens
Kowloon Bay Railway Station
Kai Yip Estate
Richland Gardens
Rhythm Garden
The Latitude
Regal Oriental Hotel
Hau Wong Road
La Salle Road
Earl Street
Knight Street
Diocesan Boys' School
Heep Wo Primary School
Prince Edward Railway Station
Nelson Street, Mong Kok
Soy Street, Mong Kok
Wing Sing Lane, Yau Ma Tei
Cheong Lok Street, Yau Ma Tei
Tak Shing Street, Tsim Sha Tsui
Cameron Road
Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong Cultural Centre
Star Ferry
Star Ferry to Sau Mau Ping (Central)
Star Ferry
Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Kimberley Road
Bowring Street, Yau Ma Tei
Kowloon Central Post Office
Man Ming Lane, Yau Ma Tei
Changsha Street, Mong Kok
Nelson Street, Mong Kok
HK & KLN Chiu Chow School
Queen Elizabeth School
Prince Edward Railway Station
Fa Hui Park
Caritas Lodge
Beverly Villas
St Teresa's Hospital
Hau Wong Road
Regal Oriental Hotel
The Latitude
Rhythm Garden
Ping Shek Estate
Kai Yip Estate
Kowloon Bay Railway Station
Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate
Kwun Tong Road Sitting-Out Area
Millennium City
Kwun Tong Town Centre
Wo Lok Estate
Sau Nga Road Playground
Hiu Lai Court
Hiu Kwong Street Recreational Ground
Leung Shek Chee College
Sau Fu House
Sau Mau Ping (Central)
See also
1a space , an independent art space named after the route
References
Subsidiaries Former subsidiaries
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