Kowloon Motor Bus

Kowloon Motor Bus
Kowloon Motor Bus facelifted Wright Gemini 3 bodied Volvo B8L in March 2019
ParentTransport International
Founded13 April 1933; 91 years ago (1933-04-13)
HeadquartersLai Chi Kok, Kowloon, Hong Kong[1]
Service areaHong Kong
Service typeBus services
AllianceLong Win Bus
Routes423 (2021)[2]
Depots4
Fleet4001 (2021)[2]
Daily ridership2.53 million (2023)[3]
Annual ridership923.6 million (2023)[3]
Fuel type
Websitewww.kmb.hk Edit this at Wikidata
Kowloon Motor Bus
Traditional Chinese九龍巴士(一九三三)公司
Simplified Chinese九龙巴士(一九三三)公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiǔlóng Bāshì (Yījiǔsānsān) Yǒuxiàngōngsī
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpinggau2 lung4 baa1 si6*2 (jat1 gau2 saam1 saam1) jau5 haan6 gung1 si1

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, with over 4,000 buses - mostly double deckers - and 420 routes.[4] It is a subsidiary of Transport International.

  1. ^ "Kowloon Motor Bus Co 1993 Ltd/The". Bloomberg. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b 九巴透視2021:More about KMB (PDF) (Report). Kowloon Motor Bus Company. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  3. ^ a b 2023 Final Results Announcement (PDF) (Report). Transport International Holdings Limited. 21 March 2024. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
  4. ^ Higgs, Rosanna (31 March 2022). "ADL to build 10 electric double deckers for Hong Kong". SMMT. Retrieved 16 February 2024.