New Lantao Bus
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| Parent | NWS Holdings |
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| Founded | 1973 |
| Service area | Lantau Island |
| Service type | Bus services |
| Alliance |
Citybus New World First Bus |
| Routes | 23 (March 2014) |
| Fleet | 121 (October 2015) |
| Website | http://www.nlb.com.hk/ |
The New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited (Chinese: 新大嶼山巴士(1973)有限公司), commonly known as New Lantao Bus or NLB, is a franchised bus company operating in Hong Kong, primarily on Lantau Island.
NLB was formed in 1973 through the merger of three bus companies operated by residents of Lantau Island, and became the third franchised bus company on 1 April 1974.
In January 1992, NLB became a subsidiary of Kwoon Chung Bus Holdings, a company now partly owned by NWS Holdings, which is also the parent company of Citybus, New World First Bus, and New World First Ferry. All four transport operators are thus associated.
NLB's franchise was extended on 1 April 1997 to run until 31 March 2007. It was extended again until 1 March 2017.
Before the construction of Tung Chung New Town, almost all of NLB's routes terminated at Mui Wo. During that time when there were no major towns on the island, most of the company's routes aimed to connect the smaller villages to the ferry at Mui Wo. Currently, however, most routes terminate at Tung Chung and many of those that formerly terminated at Mui Wo have been discontinued.
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 terminate at Mui Wo and Tung Chung, where there are ferries and MTR to connect to other parts of the territory. 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 eight departures on Sundays and public holidays.
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