HZMB Golden Bus from Lantau
The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macao Bridge ends on Lantau. Its Hong Kong terminus, the HZMB Hong Kong Port (usually just the Hong Kong Port), stands on the island beside the airport — which means that for anyone staying in Tung Chung, at the airport or at Hong Kong Disneyland, a crossing to Macau or Zhuhai starts from the island you are already on rather than from a ferry pier in the city.
The Golden Bus is what everybody calls the HZMB shuttle bus that runs across the bridge. It is a walk-on service: you make your own way to the Hong Kong Port, buy a ticket and board. Two routes leave the port, one for Zhuhai and one for Macau, and both run around the clock. What follows is the published fare and headway information, and — the part most Hong Kong-to-Macau guides skip — how to reach the Hong Kong Port from Tung Chung, the airport and the south Lantau coast.
🚌 The Golden Bus at a glance
- Service: HZMB shuttle bus, 24 hours, two routes — Hong Kong/Zhuhai and Hong Kong/Macao
- Peak headway: every 5 minutes
- Non-peak headway: every 10–15 minutes
- Overnight headway: every 15–30 minutes
- Regular fare: HK$65 by day, HK$70 at night
- Shuttle enquiries: 3753 3888 — Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Shuttle Bus (Hong Kong) Company Limited
The Golden Bus: the HZMB shuttle bus
The shuttle is operated as two separate routes rather than one, and you pick your route when you buy your ticket. The official HZMB website calls them the Hong Kong/Zhuhai route and the Hong Kong/Macao route (its own pages spell the territory "Macao", so expect to see both spellings around the port). Decide which crossing you want before you reach the counter: the buses themselves are interchangeable — the destinations are not.
Both routes are 24-hour services, so the published information is a headway rather than a timetable. Buses are most frequent at peak times, thin out outside them, and thin out further overnight — but the overnight service is a real service, not a handful of token departures, which is what makes a late flight or a slow dinner in Macau workable.
| Period | Published headway |
|---|---|
| Peak period | Every 5 minutes |
| Non-peak period | Every 10–15 minutes |
| Overnight period | Every 15–30 minutes |
Tickets are sold at the port and online. The guidance on hzmb.gov.hk is that shuttle bus ticket counters and ticket vending machines are available in the restricted area of the departure hall, and that passengers may also purchase tickets online in advance. In practice that gives you two habits to choose between: buy ahead and walk straight through, or turn up and buy at the machine.
Fares: day, night and concessionary
The Hong Kong/Zhuhai and Hong Kong/Macao routes carry the same published fares, and the fare depends on when you cross rather than on where you are going. Two things move the price: the day/night split, and whether you qualify for the concessionary rate.
| Passenger | Day — 06:00 to 23:59 | Night — 24:00 to 05:59 |
|---|---|---|
| Regular fare | HK$65 | HK$70 |
| Concessionary fare | HK$33 | HK$35 |
Daytime runs from 06:00 to 23:59. Night-time runs from 24:00 to 05:59 of the following day, so a crossing at half past midnight is charged at the night rate even though the clock has only just turned over. The concessionary fare is 50% of the regular fare, and it applies to children aged under 12 or less than 1.2 m in height, to people with disabilities, and to senior citizens aged 65 or above.
⚠️ These are published fares, subject to change
The figures on this page are the fares and headways published on the official HZMB website for the bridge shuttle. They are not promotional prices and they are not ours to guarantee: check the HZMB cross-boundary transport pages or ring the shuttle enquiry line on 3753 3888 before you build a tight connection around them.
Getting to the HZMB Hong Kong Port from Lantau
This is the step generic guides leave out. The Hong Kong Port is on Lantau, a short ride from the airport and from Tung Chung, and it has its own public transport interchange fed by franchised buses. The Hong Kong Port's local transport page lists New Lantao Bus Company (1973) Limited — New Lantao Bus — as the operator of the routes serving the port: B4, B6, A35 and N35, with B6S as a weekday-morning addition to B6.
B4: the airport and SKYCITY link
Route B4 is the short connection between the port and the airport side of Lantau. Its terminal point is listed as the Airport, serving the Airport and SKYCITY Transport Terminal. If you have landed at Hong Kong International Airport and want to cross to Macau or Zhuhai without trailing into the city first, B4 is the bus that keeps the whole journey on Lantau. The airport guide covers the terminals themselves; for the crossing, all you need is the airport stop and one short ride.
B6 and B6S: the Tung Chung link
Route B6 is the Tung Chung connection, listed as a feeder route to MTR Tung Chung Station and running to Tung Chung (Mun Tung Estate), with Tung Chung Town Centre as its main service area. That makes it the route for anyone arriving on the Tung Chung line, staying in Tung Chung, or coming down from Ngong Ping on the Ngong Ping 360 cable car: reach Tung Chung, then take B6 out to the port. Route B6S is an addition to B6 for passengers heading to the Hong Kong Port, operating Mondays to Fridays except public holidays.
A35: the Mui Wo and south Lantau link
Route A35 runs between Mui Wo and the Hong Kong Port, and its service area on the way covers Tung Chung, Tong Fuk, Cheung Sha, Pui O and Mui Wo. For a stay on the south side of the island this is the route that puts the bridge within a single bus ride, without doubling back through Tung Chung first.
Overnight: the N35 and the airport "NA" routes
A 24-hour shuttle is only useful if you can reach it at three in the morning. The official guidance for small-hours travel to and from the port is to use the overnight airport bus "NA" routes or New Lantao Bus N35, both of which serve the Hong Kong Port. Check the departure times of those services against your crossing before committing to an overnight trip — the shuttle runs all night, the local buses that feed it run less often.
For the rest of the island's transport — the MTR, the ferries and the airport railway — the Lantau transportation hub guide is the place to start.
Cross-boundary coaches and the SkyPier transfer coach
The shuttle is not the only way over the bridge, and for some journeys it is not the most convenient one. Cross-boundary coaches run between urban Hong Kong and Zhuhai or Macao on fixed stopping points, fixed routes and fixed schedules — the difference from the shuttle being that the coach starts in town.
The main stopping points in urban Hong Kong are Causeway Bay, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Station (Element), Mong Kok, Prince Edward, Kwun Tong and Tseung Kwan O. On the other side, the main destinations in the mainland via the HZMB are Zhongshan, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Xinhui, Kaiping, Toishan and Yangjiang; the main destinations in Macao are some of the hotels located in Taipa District. None of those stops is on Lantau, which is exactly why a Lantau-based reader usually ends up on the shuttle instead.
Transfer passengers at the airport have a third option again. SkyPier Terminal at HKIA provides a transfer coach service for transfer passengers: visitors holding valid flight tickets can use the coach service at Hong Kong International Airport to travel to and from the Zhuhai Port or Macao Port via the Hong Kong Port. If you are connecting through Hong Kong rather than staying in it, that is worth asking about at the airport.
💡 Which one should you take?
- Staying on Lantau — shuttle: get to the Hong Kong Port by B4, B6/B6S, A35 or N35, then buy a ticket and cross.
- Staying in town, heading for Zhuhai or a Taipa hotel — a cross-boundary coach may save you the change of buses at the port.
- In transit at HKIA with a flight ticket — ask about the SkyPier transfer coach.
HZMB Golden Bus: frequently asked questions
Do I need to book the Golden Bus in advance?
There is no published requirement to book ahead. The guidance on the official HZMB website describes two ways to buy: ticket counters and ticket vending machines in the restricted area of the departure hall, and tickets purchased online in advance. Buying ahead is the option for people who want to walk straight through; turning up and buying at the machine is the option for everyone else.
Is the Golden Bus cheaper than the ferry to Macau?
We cannot put a number on that here, and we would rather not guess. Ferry fares vary by route, operator and time of day, and the only fares this page quotes are the ones published for the bridge shuttle — HK$65 by day, HK$70 at night, with the concessionary rate at half that. Compare those against the specific sailing you are considering before you decide.
Can I cross to Zhuhai as well as Macau?
Yes. The shuttle runs two routes, Hong Kong/Zhuhai and Hong Kong/Macao, at the same published fares. You choose at the counter, so decide where you are going before you queue.
Does the Golden Bus run overnight?
Yes — it is a 24-hour service, with an overnight headway of 15–30 minutes. Getting to the port in the small hours means the overnight airport "NA" routes or New Lantao Bus N35.
Where exactly is the HZMB Hong Kong Port?
On Lantau, next to Hong Kong International Airport. From the airport and SKYCITY take B4; from Tung Chung and the MTR Tung Chung Station take B6 or B6S; from Mui Wo and the south Lantau coast take A35; overnight, take the "NA" routes or N35.
The bridge has quietly put Macau, and Zhuhai beyond it, on the same bus network as the rest of Lantau. If you are already on the island, the crossing is a bus to the port, a ticket, and a shuttle that runs all night.