Long Win Bus

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Long Win Bus Company Limited (龍運巴士) provides bus services for northern Lantau Island (Tung Chung new town and Hong Kong Disneyland) and the Hong Kong International Airport. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB).

Many of the Long Win Bus routes pass through the famous Tsing Ma Bridge.

Long Win Bus in Sha tin.

1 History
2 Fleet
3 Difference between buses for Long Win's Airbus service and Cityflyer service
4 Rivals
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] History

Long Win Bus Company started operation in May 1997 after the opening of the Tsing Ma Bridge. The first route operated by Long Win Bus was route E31, served by Volvo Olympians. But later on, Volvo Olympians have been retired from the bus fleet, and were transferred to its parent company, KMB.

It is a rival to the Cityflyer service provided by Citybus (Hong Kong). It operates Airbus routes to the Airport, some of those routes include A33, A34, A41, and A41P. Long Win Bus is also operating Disneyland routes and have recently introduced 3 new Transbus Enviro 500's for the Hong Kong Disneyland routes.

In 2002, there were an average of 56,000 passengers per day. The company's franchise has been extended from 1 June 2003 to 1 May 2013.

[edit] Fleet

Now Long Win Bus operates 20 routes with a fleet of 139 double-deck and 9 single-deck air-conditioned buses.

Buses in the Long Win fleet includes:

Dennis Trident
Dennis Lance (single-decker)
TransBus Enviro 500

Long Win Bus has only one Duple Metsec-bodied Trident which serves the route S64, along with other Dennis Tridents. It was the only Long Win's bus with an exterior electronic destination display until the advent of the TransBus Enviro 500's.

Although this is rare, it is also worth mentioning that Long Win's buses also serve some KMB routes during times of bus shortages. Once a Long Win Dennis Trident catered Kowloon Motor bus' route 960 for a day.

[edit] Difference between buses for Long Win's Airbus service and Cityflyer service

Long Win's buses for Airbus routes are generally alike compared to Cityflyer buses, but there are differences.

First, the buses used is the Alexander ALX500-bodied Trident, instead of the Duple Metsec Trident for Cityflyer. Second, the seats are similar to the citybuses in Hong Kong, with no foot rest provided. Third, the luggage racks are not as wide as those in Cityflyer buses, bus still sturdy, and there is no security camera.

But similar to the Cityflyer buses, a destination screen provides information of the next stop and Hong Kong scenery sites.