Midnight is almost the best and excellent time to record sounds. Especially those midnight drivers drive their buses faster than normal too. So I decided to record a good recording to capture some fabulous sounds which cannot be listened at normal service times.
N796 is a midnight bus route serviced by New World First Bus in Hong Kong. Its main customers are the citizens living beyond the Sheung Tak, Tseung Kwan O town centre, and Tiu Keng Leng.
This route is NWFB's first and the only non-crossing-harbor bus route which serving between New Territories and Kowloon. It is also the longest non-crossing-harbor circular route, which is 36.1 km long.
The Tseung Kwan O Station Bus Terminus is located at town centre on Tseung Kwan O -- which means actually there's more than 1 railway station in TKO. This is a typical bus terminus which you can see another bus terminus with same style in Hong Kong -- just because lands in Hong Kong are expensive.
In Tseung Kwan O area, there are 3 midnight bus routes:
N293 (Sheung Tak to Mong Kok, mainly serves Hang Hau, Po Lam and Sheung Tak citizens)
N691 (Tiu Keng Leng to Sheung Wan Ferry Pier, serving the whole TKO area)
N796 (Tseung Kwan O - Tsim Sha Tsui - Mong Kok circular, mainly serves Sheung Tak, TKO town centre and Tiu Keng Leng citizens)
The go journey drives via the Kwun Tong By-pass. It drives >80 km/h at downhill road from exit of Tseung Kwan O Tunnel to start of bridge of Kwun Tong By-pass is my favourite part in this recording.
You'll hear some KMB (Kowloon Motor Bus) bus drivers talking with the driver driving this bus, as they're about to start their work at Kowloon Bay Depot, near the "Kowloon Bay International Trade & Exhibition Centre" (KITEC) stop.
Recorded at seat near middle door of the first double seats in lower deck, using ZOOM Q3HD w/out bundled windscreen w/ low-cut enabled.
Type
Wave (.wav)
Duration
41:47.429
File size
421.8 MB
Sample rate
44100.0 Hz
Bit depth
16 bit
Channels
Stereo
