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Temp Bus Arrangmts - no Airport bus connections!!
Feb 18th, 2017 at 9:53am
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I've just had a look at the new temporary bus schedules and locations (that we'll be living with for at least a couple of years).  Apparently the T2 (current #2 and #5), T3 (current #3 and #7), and T4 (current #C4 and #7 again) buses do not stop at the Temporary Bus Terminus (beside the Fire Station), which is where the Airport bus has been relocated to.

So this means that anyone who uses bus routes #2, #3, #5, and #7 today, will not be able to take a bus from their place to catch the airport bus starting next weekend.  Having to depend on those hire cars to get to the airport bus on time will be a joke!!!   Specially during peak season for catching flights!

Does anyone else find that this will cause a huge inconvenience??  Sad    What can we do, if anything at this point?
  
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Re: Temp Bus Arrangmts - no Airport bus connections!!
Reply #1 - Feb 22nd, 2017 at 6:39am
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Have the same problem man, I just call for help.

They said we can use T2, T3, T4 and T9 which will get off at the bus stop at Hillgrove (those from the south), or at the bus stop outside the tennis court (those from the north).  Just a minute walk.
  
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Reply #2 - Feb 22nd, 2017 at 6:59am
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Thanks for your reply Callum! 

I did notice that the buses do stop 'near' the temp bus depot were airport bus will be.  But don't fancy dragging luggages any distance in the humidity of HK!!  Huh
...specially when about to go on a long haul flight!!

  
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Reply #3 - Feb 24th, 2017 at 8:26am
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hk humid all the time, FG.  Undecided

somehow I understand the temp bus terminus is simply too small to house all bus routes, particularly the bus routes T4 & T9 with high pax volume.
  
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Reply #4 - Mar 1st, 2017 at 2:32pm
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One option is to take the T4/T9 all the way to Greens (where the road turns towards Siena). Airport buses from both plaza & Auberge stop there, and you don't have to walk.
  
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Reply #5 - Mar 2nd, 2017 at 12:14am
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We should be compensated for all this trouble helping them earn more profit. How about half price fares on all internal rides and free transfers to external buses?
  
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Reply #6 - Mar 2nd, 2017 at 12:42am
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I am amazed to see that despite all the upheaval caused by this new bus schedule/route......they are still having the public egg hunt in April!!!!!!!!
  
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Reply #7 - Mar 2nd, 2017 at 1:11pm
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CG wrote on Mar 2nd, 2017 at 12:14am:
We should be compensated for all this trouble helping them earn more profit. How about half price fares on all internal rides and free transfers to external buses?


It's more likely to be fare increases once this work is over, because- "see, new facilities?"
  
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Re: Temp Bus Arrangmts - no Airport bus connections!!
Reply #8 - Mar 9th, 2017 at 10:56am
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Surely there is no difference and in fact it is even better now. If you live on the the south side of DB then you used to have to walk about 50 yards to catch the airport bus at the old terminus.

Now you catch the bus and directly go up the main road and get off at any stop that both T4, T9 and the airport bus stop at, with no walking to do at all.

Am I missing something here?

  
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