Waiting room on the wheels to deal with the heat

Commuters will no longer have to stand in the city’s very hot and stuffy bus terminals thanks to KMB’s mobile waiting rooms.

In view of Hong Kong’s persistent hot weather, the bus operator has mobilized some of its new-generation electric single-deckers, changing them into mobile waiting rooms parked inside some of the city’s bus terminals.

Air-conditioning will be available inside these “waiting rooms” for commuters to wait in comfort before their boarding time.

It is understood that the mobile waiting rooms will first be introduced at four designated locations, including the Tsuen Wan West Station Bus Terminus, Sham Shui Po Bus Terminus on Yen Chow Street, Po Lam Station Terminus on Mau Yip Road, and the Wong Tai Sin Bus Terminus.

Meanwhile, the bus operator said their drivers will allow passengers to board the buses earlier as conditions allow, in order to shorten passengers’ wait time in the hot weather.