Coverage
The major service area of the company is Lantau Island, while it is the only bus company in the southern part of the Island. It now operates 11 regular routes, 3 overnight routes, 1 school-day only route, 1 holiday-only route, 1 airport route and 1 special route on Lantau Island, carrying an average of 25,000 passengers daily in 2002.
Most of the routes terminates at Mui Wo and Tung Chung, where there are ferries and MTR respectively to connect the city. Some routes are short-haul routes within the Tung Chung new town. NLB operates a holiday route numbered 1R, running from Hung Hom in Kowloon to Ngong Ping with 8 departures on Sundays and public holidays.
In 2007, the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor opened, providing a 4th road border crossing with mainland China. NLB won the right to operate a cross-border bus route B2, which runs from Yuen Long MTR station to the border checkpoint at Shenzhen Bay.
Major areas serviced by NLB:
- Mui Wo
- Tung Chung
- Tai O
- Ngong Ping (Po Lin Monastery & Tian Tan Buddha)
- Chek Lap Kok (Hong Kong International Airport)
- Pui O
- Cheung Sha
- Tong Fuk
- Shek Pik
See list of bus routes in Hong Kong for the list of NLB routes.
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