Light Rail Route 506

The defunct

KCR Light Rail Route 506 ran between Tuen Mun Ferry Pier and Yau Oi and is the First Light Rail route in Tuen Mun District. It was replaced by MTR Bus Route 506 in July 2002 and was in service for 5,042 days.

During the operation of this route, this route is represented by green colour, which is the same as the representative colour of the current Route 507 and Kwun Tong Line.

History[]

23 September 1988: Route 506 was put into service between Tuen Mun Ferry Pier and On Ting, replacing KCR Bus Route 59B.
September 1990: In order to cooperate with the construction of Tuen Mun Ferry Pier to Yau Oi branch route, this route was temporarily changed to the loop at Yau Oi Stop.
2 February 1992: Changed to Yau Oi as the terminus.
14 July 2002: In conjunction with the Pui To Road overhead track project, this route was suspended and temporarily changed toLight Railfeeder buses.
31 August 2003: The overhead track project of Pui To Road was completed, but there were not enough Light Rail trains at that time, so service did not resume.

It was planned to display the route number to 506D for the return train with San Shek Wan as the terminal stop on this route, but it was not implemented in the end.^[1]

The new Light Rail vehicles have been put into service since 2009. Most Tuen Mun District councillors hope that this route can be resumed by Light Rail as soon as possible, but it has not been implemented for a long time. Until 2021, when a new Light Rail vehicle was put into service, the district councillors in the district once again expressed their appeal to resume the service as Light Rail, but it was also rejected.

Although this route has been cancelled in name, but for the convenience of setting up a turnout for trains to travel from Kin On Stop to Tsing Wun Stop, the Light Rail system still has the route data of Route 506.

From Tuen Mun Ferry Pier
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
05:32-06:55	12
06:55-09:24	9
09:24-15:32	10
15:32-17:41	9
17:41-19:58	8
19:58-23:19	10
23:19-00:28	12
Saturdays and School Holidays
05:32-06:28	12
06:28-10:42	10
10:42-21:03	8
21:03-23:15	10
23:15-00:28	12
Sundays and Public Holidays
05:32-07:56	12
07:56-10:14	10
10:14-20:54	8
20:54-22:08	10
22:08-00:28	12-13

From Yau Oi
Service hours	Headways (mins)
Mondays to Fridays
05:38-06:35	12
06:35-09:32	9
09:32-15:41	10
15:41-17:10	9
17:10-20:06	8
20:06-23:35	10
23:35-00:21	12
Saturdays and School Holidays
05:38-06:36	12
06:36-10:16	10
10:16-20:54	8
20:54-22:58	10
22:58-00:21	12
Sundays and Public Holidays
05:38-07:56	12
07:56-10:14	10
10:14-21:12	8
21:12-22:02	10
22:02-00:21	12-13

First/Last train times[]

From Tuen Mun Ferry Pier
Stop	First train	Last train
Tuen Mun Ferry Pier	05:32	00:28
Melody Garden	05:32	00:28
Butterfly	05:34	00:30
LRT Depot	05:35	00:31
San Shek Wan	05:36	00:32
Tsing Shan Tsuen	05:37	00:33
Technical Institute	05:38	00:34
Kin On	05:39	00:35
San Fat	05:41	00:37
Town Centre	05:43	00:39

From Yau Oi
Stop	First train	Last train
Yau Oi	05:38	00:21
On Ting	05:38	00:21
Town Centre	05:40	00:23
San Fat	05:41	00:24
Kin On	05:42	00:25
Technical Institute	05:44	00:27
Tsing Shan Tsuen	05:45	00:28
San Shek Wan	05:46	00:29
LRT Depot	05:47	00:30
Butterfly	05:49	00:32
Melody Garden	05:50	00:33

Stop list[]

Before September 2001[]

Light Rail Route506

To Yau Oi:

Tuen Mun Ferry Pier	Melody Garden	Butterfly	LRT Depot	San Shek Wan	Tsing Shan Tsuen	Technical Institute	Kin On	San Fat	Town Centre	Yau Oi

To Tuen Mun Ferry Pier:

Yau Oi	On Ting	Town Centre	San Fat	Kin On	Technical Institute	Tsing Shan Tsuen	San Shek Wan	LRT Depot	Butterfly	Melody Garden	Tuen Mun Ferry Pier

Route[]

When this route was opened to traffic, it was the only route without an independent section, but from 2 February 1992 (Route 611was cancelled), it was changed to bus operation, and the section between Kin On and Technical College (now Tsing Wun) is the only independent section of this route.

The number of platforms that this route stops at each turn is 22, and the total right-turn angle is 360 degrees more than the left-turn angle, that is, the clockwise route on track.

The bold in the table below represent the facilities used by this route only (before the route was cancelled).

Northbound (To Yau Oi)[]

Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Stop Platform 1, T106, W491 (Right)
Melody Garden Stop Platform 1
Butterfly Stop Platform 1, T109
LRT Depot Stop Platform 1, W311 (Left), T112
San Shek Wan Stop Platform 1
Tsing Shan Tsuen Stop Platform 1
Technical Institute Stop Platform 1, W341（Right）, Cross, Cross, T114
Kin On Stop Platform 2, W683 (Right), Cross, Cross, T422
San Fat Stop Platform 2, W673 (Right), Cross, Cross, W661 (Right)
Town Centre StopPlatform 3, T142, W471 (Right), Cross
Yau Oi Stop Platform 1

Southbound (To Tuen Mun Ferry Pier)[]

Yau Oi Stop Platform 1, T143
On Ting Stop Platform 1, Cross, W451 (Left)
Town Centre Stop Platform 1, T426, W672 (Left), T423
San Fat Stop Platform 1, W682 (Left), T421
Kin On Stop Platform 1, W342(Left), T113
Technical Institute Stop Platform 2
Tsing Shan Tsuen Stop Platform 2
San Shek Wan Stop Platform 2, W331 (Right), Cross, Cross, T110
LRT Depot Stop Platform 2, T108, T107
Butterfly Stop Platform 2
Melody Garden Stop Platform 2
Tuen Mun Ferry Pier StopPlatform 7, T101, W301 (Left), W302 (Left), W303 (Left), W304 (Left), W305（Left）
Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Stop Platform 1

Contacting Routes[]

It shares at least one stop with related routes. This list only includes full-day routes.

23 September 1988: 511, 610, 611, 612 (All Routes)
24 September 1988: 505, 511, 610, 611, 612 (All Routes)
4 June 1989: 505, 507, 511, 610, 611, 612 (All Routes)
22 July, 1990: 505, 507, 610, 611, 612 (All Routes)
2 February 1992: 505, 507, 610, 612, 614 (All Routes)
10 January 1993: 505, 507, 610, 612, 614, 615
13 March 1994: 505, 507, 610, 614, 615, 720

Ridership[]

In the early days, this route was the only Light Rail route from On Ting, Town Centre to Tuen Mun Ferry Pier. Later, the Tuen Mun Branch Line Yau Oi to Tuen Mun Ferry Pier section was opened to traffic on 17 November 1991 and since passengers could use Route 507 as an alternative. This route became circular afterwards and at that time San Shek Wan has not yet been developed, and the service area is small. In the later period, Hong Kong’s industry moved northward to the Mainland China, and the number of people using Kin On Stop continued to decline. Therefore, the passenger volume was only average to low, and the number of vehicles was the least at that time with, only 4 to 6 trains and 1-car operation.

References[]

↑ 輕の鐵人- Information system (PIDS/OPIS)

[1] 輕の鐵人- Information system (PIDS/OPIS)

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