MTR Feeder Bus
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The MTR Corporation (MTRC) operates the MTR Feeder Bus (previously known as KCR Feeder Bus) routes in order to complement its rail systems. Currently, MTRC operates 20 feeder bus routes.
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[edit] Operation
MTRC provides feeder bus services for the convenience of passengers using MTR rail networks. The routes provide access to and between many MTR stations for thousands of passengers everyday. The MTRC's integrated fare system also allows East Rail, West Rail and Light Rail passengers who use Octopus cards to enjoy the free feeder bus services that link many housing estates to East Rail Line, West Rail Line and Light Rail stations.
The Corporation operates a total of 15 routes, including West Rail Line and Light Rail feeder bus services, residential routes and express routes, as well as an additional 5 East Rail Line feeder routes operated under Kowloon Motor Bus's franchise. Most of these routes are located in the New Territories.
[edit] Franchaised routes
These routes are operated by KCR feeder buses, but the franchise goes to KMB.
| No. | Route | Remarks |
| K12 | Tai Po (Eightland Garden) ↔ Tai Po Market Station | No free interchange on Sundays and Public Holidays (Inculding the East Rail Line monthly pass) |
| K14 | Tai Po Central → Tai Po Market Station | Peak hours only |
| K16 | East Tsim Sha Tsui Station ↔ Nam Cheong Station | Free interchange is applicable only to passengers exiting and entering either the Nam Cheong Station of the West Rail Line or East Tsim Sha Tsui Station of the East Rail Line |
| K17 | Fu Shin Estate ↔ Tai Po Market Station | No service on Sundays and public holidays |
| K18 | Kwong Fuk Estate ↔ Tai Po Market Station | No service on Sundays and public holidays |
It should be noted that passengers who take the West Rail Line or East Rail Line to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station or Nam Cheong Station can enjoy a free interchange to either station on route K16.
[edit] Non-franchaised routes
These routes are not franchaised routes, but other bus companies were not allowed to run similar local routes in the northwestern New Territories. The restriction was lifted in 2006.
| No. | Route | Remarks |
| 506 | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier ↔ Yau Oi | Circular Route. It was an LRT route before, so it has the prefix 5, rather than K for other routes. |
| A73 | Tin Fu ↔ Tuen Mun Ferry Pier | Peak hours only, Auxiliary Route, No free interchange from LRT or West Rail. (Except using West Rail Line Monthly Pass.) |
| K51 | Fu Tai Estate ↔ Tai Lam | |
| K52 | Tuen Mun Station ↔ Lung Ku Tan | |
| K53 | Tuen Mun Station ↔ So Kwun Wat | Circular Route, Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K58 | Fu Tai Estate ↔ Castle Peak Bay | Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K65 | Yuen Long East ↔ Lau Fau Shan | |
| K66 | Tai Tong ↔ Long Ping | |
| K68 | Yuen Long Industrial Estate ↔ Yuen Long Town Park | Circular Route |
| K73 | Tin Heng ↔ Yuen Long West | Circular Route |
| K74 | Tin Shui ↔ Yuen Long East | Circular Route, Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K75 | Hung Shui Kiu ↔ Tin Shui Wai Station | Circular Route |
| K75P | Tin Shui ↔ Hung Shui Kiu | Circular Route, Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K76 | Tin Heng ↔ Tin Shui Wai Station |
[edit] Fleet
The MTR Bus fleet comprises 143 buses, which provide service for 19 hours every day.
The current fleet is all composed of air-conditioned buses, types include:
Between 2002 and 2003, KCRC hired 8 buses from Citybus, and 35 from New World First Bus between 2003 and 2004, for rail replacement services due to the suspension of Light Rail routes 505 and 506. In late 2004, KCRC acquired 53 Dennis Tridents from New World First Bus.
Further 20 new buses will be arrived in the fourth quarter of 2007 and 2008, which will see 9 Alexander Dennis Enviro 500s[1] and 11 Enviro 200 Darts. The 11 Enviro 200 Darts will be the first order to be exported and serve outside the United Kingdom.
[edit] Rivals
- Kowloon Motor Bus - although also operates the MTR East Rail Line Feeder Bus routes
- Public Light Bus
