The MTR Corporation (MTRC) is a Hong Kong railway company which also operates the MTR Bus (Northwest New Territories) and MTR Feeder Bus (previously known as KCR Feeder Bus) routes in order to complement its rail systems. Currently, MTRC operates 17 bus routes.
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A feeder bus is a bus service that picks up and delivers passengers to a rail rapid transit station or express-bus stop or terminal.
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 Line, West Rail Line 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 stations and Light Rail stops.
The Corporation operates a total of 13 routes, including West Rail Line and Light Rail feeder bus services, as well as an additional 4 East Rail Line feeder routes between Tai Po Market Station operated under Kowloon Motor Bus's franchise.
These routes are operated by MTR Feeder Bus, but the franchise goes to KMB.
| No. | Route | Routemap | Remarks |
| K12 | Tai Po (Eightland Garden) ↔ Tai Po Market Station | [1] | No free interchange on Sundays and Public Holidays[1] |
| K14 | Tai Po Centre → Tai Po Market Station | [2] | Peak hours only |
| K17 | Fu Shin Estate ↔ Tai Po Market Station | [3] | No service on Sundays and public holidays |
| K18 | Kwong Fuk Estate ↔ Tai Po Market Station | [4] | No service on Sundays and public holidays |
These routes are not franchised routes, but the areas served by the LRT is a franchised area of the KCR Corporation / MTR Corporation Limited, and that other bus companies were not allowed to run similar local routes in the northwestern New Territories. The restriction was lifted in 2006.
| No. | Route | Routemap | Remarks |
| 506 | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier ↺ Siu Lun | [5] | Circular Route. It was a Light Rail route before, so it has the prefix 5, rather than K for other routes. |
| K51 | Fu Tai ↔ Tai Lam | [6] | |
| K52 | Tuen Mun Station ↔ Lung Ku Tan | [7] | |
| K53 | Tuen Mun Station ↺ So Kwun Wat | [8] | Circular Route, Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K58 | Fu Tai ↔ Castle Peak Bay | [9] | Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K65 | Yuen Long East ↔ Lau Fau Shan | [10] | |
| K66 | Tai Tong ↔ Long Ping | [11] | |
| K68 | Yuen Long Industrial Estate ↺ Yuen Long Town Park | [12] | Circular Route |
| K73 | Tin Heng ↺ Yuen Long West | [13] | Circular Route |
| K74 | Tin Shui ↺ Yuen Long East | [14] | Circular Route, Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K75 | Tin Shui Wai Station ↺ Hung Shui Kiu | [15] | Circular Route |
| K75P | Tin Shui ↺ Hung Shui Kiu | [16] | Circular Route, Peak hours only, No service on Sundays and Public Holidays |
| K76 | Tin Heng ↔ Tin Shui Wai Station | [17] |
The MTR Bus fleet comprises 143 buses, which provide service for 19 hours every day.
The current fleets are all air-conditioned. They 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.
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