KMB Bus Routes

Source

Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) / Long Win Bus

API Base: https://data.etabus.gov.hk/
Routes Endpoint: https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/route

Format

JSON Real-time. No API key. CORS-enabled.

~400

KMB Routes

Real-time

Update Frequency

Free

No Auth

Schema / Fields

Field	Type	Example	Description
`route`	string	`"1A"`	Route number
`bound`	string	`"O"`	Direction: O (outbound) or I (inbound)
`service_type`	string	`"1"`	Service variant (1=main, 2=special)
`orig_en`	string	`"STAR FERRY"`	English origin terminal name
`orig_tc`	string	`"尖沙咀碼頭"`	Chinese origin terminal name
`dest_en`	string	`"CHUK YUEN (NORTH) ESTATE"`	English destination terminal name
`dest_tc`	string	`"竹園（北）邨"`	Chinese destination terminal name

Example API Call

# All KMB routes
curl "https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/route" | jq '.data[0:5]'

# Filter routes serving Sheung Wan area (post-process)
curl "https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/route" | \
  jq '[.data[] | select(.orig_en | test("SHEUNG WAN|CENTRAL|HONG KONG"; "i"))]'

Example Response

{
  "type": "RouteList",
  "version": "2.0",
  "generated_timestamp": "2024-01-15T08:30:00+08:00",
  "data": [
    {
      "route": "1A",
      "bound": "O",
      "service_type": "1",
      "orig_en": "STAR FERRY",
      "orig_tc": "尖沙咀碼頭",
      "dest_en": "CHUK YUEN (NORTH) ESTATE",
      "dest_tc": "竹園（北）邨"
    },
    {
      "route": "40",
      "bound": "I",
      "service_type": "1",
      "orig_en": "TUEN MUN FERRY PIER",
      "orig_tc": "屯門碼頭",
      "dest_en": "CENTRAL (MACAU FERRY PIER)",
      "dest_tc": "中環（澳門碼頭）"
    }
  ]
}

Used By

Model	How
Catchment Area	Bus routes extending catchment beyond walking distance and MTR network

Notes / Gotchas

Route data alone doesn’t give stop locations — combine with transport-kmb-stops for geographic analysis
Service types: type “1” is the main service; type “2” and above are peak-hour or special variants
Real-time ETA is available at: https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/eta/{stop_id}/{route}/{service_type}
For Hong Kong Island buses, use CTB data (transport-ctb-routes)