HK Kennedy Town Catchick Street n Bus No 5 a

HK Sheung Wan MTR Station E3 Exit Bus Route 5

Route 5 is a cancelled bus route on

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operated by

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, between Felix Villas (Mount Davis) (摩星嶺) and

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(Whitfield Road) (銅鑼灣威非路道).

Timeline

* 1928: started by

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between

and

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. * 11 June 1933: taken over by

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as part of the Hong Kong Island bus franchise, and given the number 5. The route then served between

Tai Hang Tai Hang () is an area southeast of Causeway Bay located in the mid-north of Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It is home to many luxurious private apartments. Residents are predominantly more affluent Hong Kong locals and expatriate professiona ...

and

Kennedy Town Kennedy Town is a town and neighbourhood at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Kennedy (colonial administrator), Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877. Adminis ...

by way of Queen's Road and

Belcher's Street Belcher's Street (Chinese: 卑路乍街) is a main street in Kennedy Town of Hong Kong. It connects east Victoria Road and joins west Queen's Road West. A small section in its west end built a ''turn around'' for Hong Kong Tramways. Th ...

. * Service suspended during

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. * April 1946: service resumed between Royal Pier, Central and Tai Hang * 13 May 1946: service extended to Central Ferry Piers. * 6 July 1946: service extended to

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, and 1948-11-01 to Kennedy Town. Patronage increased with the flow of refugees into Hong Kong fleeing the then raging civil war in mainland China, and the role borne by the route as a feeder route for ferries. * April 1962: service was extended to 02:00. * July 1962: route diverted to pass through Happy Valley. * 10 April 1973: eastern terminus was changed to the magistrate in Causeway Bay (present day Park Towers). * 1 May 1980: route cut back to

Sai Ying Pun Sai Ying Pun is an area in Sai Wan, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District. Etymology In Cantonese, ''Sai'' ( zh, t=西, labels=no) means "west" and ''Ying Pun'' ( zh, t=營盤, l ...

( Centre Street), and service was reduced to weekday mornings until evenings. * 8 January 1982: eastern terminus moved to Whitfield Road. * 1 September 1993: route taken over by Citybus among a total of 26 routes taken over at the same time, with air-conditioned services added, but initially with the same service time. * 9 December 1996: on request by residents and district councillors, the route returned to Kennedy Town, but not with all services due to lack of space at the terminus; morning services terminated in Sai Ying Pun. * 20 January 1997: holiday services added, all terminating in Kennedy Town. * 22 August 1998: since this date, all services terminated in Kennedy Town, by way of

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instead of

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. * 31 May 2004: service was further extended to Mount Davis to take over 5A services west of Kennedy Town. Patronage remains high with the lack of

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services in Western District. * 10 May 2015: route cancelled and will have Citybus Route 1 take over the Felix Villas section.

References

{{Hong kong bus routes Bus routes in Hong Kong