HK Kennedy Town Catchick Street n Bus No 5 a

HK Sheung Wan MTR Station E3 Exit Bus Route 5

Route 5 was a bus route on Hong Kong Island operated by

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, between Felix Villas (Mount Davis) (摩星嶺) and

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(Whitfield Road) (銅鑼灣威非路道).

Timeline

* 1928: started by

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between

and

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. * 11 June 1933: taken over by

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as part of the Hong Kong Island bus franchise, and given the number 5. The route then served between

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and Kennedy Town by way of Queen's Road and

Belcher's Street Belcher's Street is a main street in Kennedy Town of Hong Kong. It connects east Victoria Road and joins west Queen's Road West. A small section in its west end built a ''turn around'' for Hong Kong Tramways. The street was named after E ...

. * Service suspended during

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. * April 1946: service resumed between Royal Pier, Central and Tai Hang * 13 May 1946: service extended to Central Ferry Piers. * 6 July 1946: service extended to Possession Point, and 1948-11-01 to Kennedy Town. Patronage increased with the flow of refugees into Hong Kong fleeing the then raging civil war in mainland China, and the role borne by the route as a feeder route for ferries. * April 1962: service was extended to 02:00. * July 1962: route diverted to pass through Happy Valley. * 10 April 1973: eastern terminus was changed to the magistrate in Causeway Bay (present day Park Towers). * 1 May 1980: route cut back to

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( Centre Street), and service was reduced to weekday mornings until evenings. * 8 January 1982: eastern terminus moved to Whitfield Road. * 1 September 1993: route taken over by Citybus among a total of 26 routes taken over at the same time, with air-conditioned services added, but initially with the same service time. * 9 December 1996: on request by residents and district councillors, the route returned to Kennedy Town, but not with all services due to lack of space at the terminus; morning services terminated in Sai Ying Pun. * 20 January 1997: holiday services added, all terminating in Kennedy Town. * 22 August 1998: since this date, all services terminated in Kennedy Town, by way of

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instead of Queen's Road East. * 31 May 2004: service was further extended to Mount Davis to take over 5A services west of Kennedy Town. Patronage remains high with the lack of MTR services in Western District. * 10 May 2015: route cancelled and will have

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take over the Felix Villas section.

References

{{Hong kong bus routes Bus routes in Hong Kong