KMB Route 1A is a bus route operated by

Kowloon Motor Bus The Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited (KMB) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It is the largest bus company in Hong Kong by fleet size and number of bus routes. It is a subsidiary of Transport International. ...

(KMB) in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta i ...

. It runs between Star Ferry and Sau Mau Ping (Central) and provides air-conditioned service. The route runs via

Tsim Sha Tsui Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsi ...

Yau Ma Tei Yau Ma Tei is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong. Name ''Yau Ma Tei'' is a phonetic transliteration of the name (originally written as ) in Cantonese. It can also be spelt as Yaumatei, ...

Mong Kok Mong Kok (also spelled Mongkok, often abbreviated as MK) is an area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The Prince Edward subarea occupies the northern part of Mong Kok. Mong Kok is one of the major shopping areas in Hong Kong. The area is characterised ...

Kowloon City Kowloon City is an area in New Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is part of Kowloon City District. Compared with the council area of Kowloon City District, the Kowloon City area is History As early as in the Qin dynasty (221 BCE – 206 BCE), ...

San Po Kong San Po Kong () is an area in New Kowloon in Hong Kong. It is largely industrial and partly residential. Administratively, it belongs to Wong Tai Sin District. Location San Po Kong is located south of Wong Tai Sin and Diamond Hill, north of th ...

Ngau Tau Kok Ngau Tau Kok is an area of eastern Kowloon in Hong Kong, in the north of Kwun Tong District east to Kowloon Bay. Largely residential, Ngau Tau Kok has a population in excess of 210,000. Geography In Chinese, Ngau Tau Kok means ''ox horn'' ...

, 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 Yue Man Square () is the town centre of Kwun Tong in Kowloon of Hong Kong. It is also the commercial centre in the area. History Located in the town centre, in late 1950s and early 1960s, the street attracted shops of various trades, including ...

, 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.Full Air-conditioned Bus Service of KMB Route 1A
KMB Press Release, 3 May, 2012

Bus route information

* This route goes past

, Ho Man Tin,

Ma Tau Wai Ma Tau Wai (, originally , historically ) is an area in the Kowloon City District, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was originally a walled village (Cantonese: ''Wai'') between present-day Argyle Street and Prince Edward Road West, east of present-d ...

Kowloon Bay Kowloon Bay is a body of water within Victoria Harbour and an area within Kowloon, Hong Kong. The bay is located at the east of the Kowloon Peninsula and north of Hong Kong Island. It is the eastern portion of Victoria Harbour, between ...

and Kwun Tong. * The districts this route goes past is

Yau Tsim Mong District Yau Tsim Mong District is one of 18 districts of Hong Kong, located on the western part of Kowloon Peninsula. It is the core urban area of Kowloon. The district has the second highest population density of all districts, at . The 2016 By ...

Kowloon City District Kowloon City District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in the city of Kowloon. It had a population of 381,352 in 2001, and increased to 418,732 in 2016. The district has the third most educated residents while its resi ...

Wong Tai Sin District Wong Tai Sin District is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is the only landlocked district in Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the northernmost district in Kowloon. It borders the districts of Kwun Tong to its southeast, Ko ...

and

Kwun Tong District Kwun Tong is one of the 18 districts of Hong Kong. It is located in Kowloon, and is the easternmost and southernmost district in Kowloon. It had a population of 648,541 in 2016. The district has the second highest population in Hong Kong, af ...

. *

Nathan Road Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden ...

Prince Edward Road West Prince Edward Road East and Prince Edward Road West are roads in Kowloon, Hong Kong, going in an east-west direction and linking Tai Kok Tsui, Mong Kok, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon City and San Po Kong (outside the retired Kai Tak Airport). The r ...

, Prince Edward Road East,

Boundary Street Boundary Street is a three-lane one-way street in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It runs in an easterly direction from its start at the intersection with Tung Chau Street in the west, and ends at its intersection with Prince Edward Road West in t ...

(Eastbound only) and

Kwun Tong Road Kwun Tong Road () is a major thoroughfare in Kwun Tong District, New Kowloon, Hong Kong. Location Kwun Tong Road starts at the junction with Prince Edward Road East, Clear Water Bay Road and Lung Cheung Road in Ngau Chi Wan. It runs along the c ...

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)

References

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History

Bus route information

Sau Mau Ping (Central) to Star Ferry

Star Ferry to Sau Mau Ping (Central)

See also

References