Long Win Bus

Long Win Bus
MCV EvoSeti bodied Volvo B8L in August 2022
ParentTransport International
FoundedMarch 21, 1997; 29 years ago (1997-03-21)
Headquarters9 Po Lun Street, Lai Chi Kok, Kowloon
Locale
Service typeBus services
AllianceKowloon Motor Bus
Routes42 (2023)
DepotsSiu Ho Wan (T)
Fleet313 (2026)
Daily ridership
118,000 (2023)
Annual ridership
42,938,000 (2023)
Fuel type
Websitewww.kmb.hk Edit this at Wikidata
Long Win Bus
Traditional Chinese龍運巴士
Simplified Chinese龙运巴士
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinLóng Yùn Bā​shì
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinglung4 wan6 baa1 si6*2

Long Win Bus Company Limited (LWB; Chinese: 龍運巴士) is a bus company operating franchised services in Hong Kong. It provides bus service between Hong Kong International Airport, North Lantau New Town and the New Territories. It is a subsidiary of Transport International.

History

ALX500 bodied Dennis Trident 3 in November 2009
Enviro500 MMC in February 2019

Long Win Bus began operations on 22 May 1997, operating peak-hour services after the opening of the Tsing Ma Bridge.

The first route operated by Long Win Bus was route E31 (Tung Chung to Tsuen Wan Pier when newly introduced), served by Volvo Olympians. But later on, Volvo Olympians have been retired from the bus fleet, and were transferred to its parent company, Kowloon Motor Bus.

The company's franchise was extended from June 2003 to May 2013. In April 2012, it was extended again until May 2023. In July 2022, it was further extended for another 10 years until 30 April 2033.

As of 2026,Long Win has only one depot Located in Siu Ho Wan,which sits near the North Lantau Highway next to Citybus's depot.The company also borrows depot space from KMB if the depot doesn't have enough parking space.

Services

As of December 2023, Long Win Bus operated 42 routes which cover the Airport, Tung Chung, Hong Kong Disneyland and AsiaWorld–Expo. The current letter assignments are in place to identify the type of bus service provided:

Numbering system

Prefixes

Suffixes

Fleet

As of October 2026, Long Win Bus operated a fleet of 313 buses including 313 air-conditioned low floor double-decker buses and 4 air-conditioned single-decker battery electric buses,which have been given back to Kowloon Motor Bus under a new fleet number (BDE).In addition,Long Win has purchased a total of 77 Volvo B8Ls,65 were MCV bodied and the other 10 were Wright Gemini bodied,only 2 B8Ls (AV6X) had KMB's iconic "Heartbeat of the City" livery which had Vogelsitze Magnio seats instead of the UV6X's which had Vogel Revo S440mm seats and the other AV6X which mainly ran on KMB's P960 and P968 was given to Long Win from KMB including the 12 meter variant.The majority of Long Win's fleet are mainly Enviro500 MMCs,UE6X (Enviro500MMC 12.8M) mainly runs on Long Win's E routes and sometimes on Airport routes,it's livery is orange and has Vogel Revo S440mm seats with luggage racks.However,eight of the ninety UE6X's have KMB's retro livery with two wheelchair spaces and no luggage racks.84xx (Enviro500) is currently Long Win's oldest bus with only five buses,it has Lazzerini Citylight seats and luggage racks, they typically run on routes that operate in the Tung Chung area,occasionally it runs on E routes in Tsuen Wan,the chance of this bus running on Airport routes is insanely low due to it's poor seats and condition and will be retired in the future.25xx (Enviro500MMC 12.8M ) is similar to the UE6X but with luggage racks and only one wheelchair space,the livery is a mix of orange,white and black and with Vogelsitze Magnio seats instead of the Vogel Revo S440mm seats and mainly runs on E routes and sometimes on Airport routes.55xx (Enviro500MMC 12.8M) is one of Long Win's most known buses mainly because of it's stunning livery, it has luggage racks and Vogelsitze Magnio seats and the same thing can be said for it's longer variant,(15xx).One of these buses had curtains installed and it was also from KMB which used to run on P968 and P960 (WA 4616).AE6X (Enviro500MMC 12.8M Coach) is one of Long Win's newest buses and some people call it "Fake N32" because KMB has the exact same bus but with luggage racks and better seats,mainly running on A routes and never once ran on E routes.

Retired Fleet

In 2024,Long Win retired all eight of it's Enviro500 (801-808) which was MK1 bodied (801-803) and MK2 bodied (804-808),it had yellow-colored hanover as it's routeboard and had Lazzerini Citylight seats with luggage racks included.

In 2020,Long Win transferred all eighteen of it's Volvo B9TLs to KMB which were Alexander bodied,it was also Long Win's only B9TL and had Gorba display and has the same facilities as the LWB Enviro500 but some had Vogelsitze seats.As of 2026,KMB has retired all of these buses in 2025 and was Hong Kong's last franchised Euro III bus still in service.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Long Win Bus Company (c. 2024). 龍運透視2023 / More About LWB 2023 (PDF) (Report) (in Chinese and English).
  2. ↑ 龍運透視2021: More About LWB (PDF) (Report). Long Win Bus Company. 30 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "About LWB". Long Win Bus Company. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "Company Overview". Transport International Holdings. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015.
  5. ↑ Government of Hong Kong (24 April 2012). "Grant of new franchises to three bus companies" (Press release). Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 – via info.gov.hk.
  6. ↑ [Long Win Bus Company Limited franchise] (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 June 2018.
  7. ↑ "3 new bus franchises granted". news.gov.hk. 12 July 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "search.kmb.hk". Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Transport International Holdings (c. 2024). 2023 Annual Report (PDF) (Report).