Bridge opening and 13 hotel Macau opening dates ?
Oct 29, 2018, 7:07 am
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"Over the weekend, the bridge served more individual passengers than the 2008 estimation of 62,525 per day. Chan said around 35,000 passengers used the bridge each day last week, whilst 68,000 used it on Saturday, and 78,000 on Sunday. Long queues formed at the Hong Kong port on Sunday evening, as passengers awaited shuttle buses."
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/2...bridge-sunday/ (Scroll down for a photo of the bus queue.)
"Some visitors said they had queued for more than two hours and still had not got on a bus."
According to Hong Kong's Minister for Transport Frank Chan, this is to be expected:
“Passenger flows will be more concentrated in the hours when people go home, so travellers needed to wait longer."
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2170744/calls-changes-hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridges-shuttle-bus
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https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/2...bridge-sunday/ (Scroll down for a photo of the bus queue.)
"Some visitors said they had queued for more than two hours and still had not got on a bus."
According to Hong Kong's Minister for Transport Frank Chan, this is to be expected:
“Passenger flows will be more concentrated in the hours when people go home, so travellers needed to wait longer."
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2170744/calls-changes-hong-kong-zhuhai-macau-bridges-shuttle-bus
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Last edited by 889; Oct 29, 2018 at 8:01 am
Oct 31, 2018, 12:56 pm
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they had 3 hour queues a few days back.
and kwun tong to macau was a 4 hour ride because u have to wait for everyone on the bus to get back on the bus.
as typical as all china projects they are never thought through.
back to the ferry
Well, starting from near the airport, it would seem silly to head all the way back to the urban area and take the ferry (the ferry from the airport being available only if you're in transit). That said, getting across the bridge is a bit cumbersome: bus to HK immigration point, shuttle across the bridge to Macau/Zhuhai immigration point, local transport onwards. Given the large scale on which Chinese public transport works are built, I suspect there's a lot of walking.
my friend who took it says its a waste of time. and bus was full of smelly people who is looking for a cheap way to go to china - i guess they all smell like that. like the airport gates where they congregate before a flight
Oct 31, 2018, 12:57 pm
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hydrofoils are rather smooth and the road to the bridge isnt any smoother.
Oct 31, 2018, 11:23 pm
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Nov 1, 2018, 2:21 am
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wait for the day someone drove down the wrong side and a whole bus falls off the bridge. ^^ RIP.
same would apply to those who take the XRL. and they wont even die. they just never existed ^^