KMB Bus Stops (with Coordinates)

Source

Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB)

API Base: https://data.etabus.gov.hk/
Stops Endpoint: https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/stop

Format

JSON Real-time. No API key. CORS-enabled.

~5,000

KMB Stops

WGS84

Coordinate System

Real-time

Update Frequency

Schema / Fields

Field	Type	Example	Description
`stop`	string	`"9D208FE439765DDC"`	Unique stop ID (hex)
`name_en`	string	`"Sheung Wan Station"`	English stop name
`name_tc`	string	`"上環站"`	Traditional Chinese stop name
`name_sc`	string	`"上环站"`	Simplified Chinese stop name
`lat`	string	`"22.286417"`	Latitude (WGS84, as string)
`long`	string	`"114.150611"`	Longitude (WGS84, as string)

Example API Call

# All KMB stops
curl "https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/stop" | jq '.data[0:5]'

# Get specific stop details
curl "https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/stop/9D208FE439765DDC"

# Find stops near Sheung Wan (post-process with distance filter)
curl "https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/stop" | jq \
  '[.data[] | select((.lat | tonumber) > 22.28 and (.lat | tonumber) < 22.30 and (.long | tonumber) > 114.14 and (.long | tonumber) < 114.16)]'

Example Response

{
  "type": "StopList",
  "version": "2.0",
  "generated_timestamp": "2024-01-15T08:30:00+08:00",
  "data": [
    {
      "stop": "9D208FE439765DDC",
      "name_en": "Sheung Wan Station",
      "name_tc": "上環站",
      "name_sc": "上环站",
      "lat": "22.286417",
      "long": "114.150611"
    },
    {
      "stop": "B4E6DA0E81F80815",
      "name_en": "Western Market",
      "name_tc": "西港城",
      "name_sc": "西港城",
      "lat": "22.286971",
      "long": "114.149234"
    }
  ]
}

Used By

Model	How
Catchment Area	Stop coordinates seed isochrone calculation — buffer + network analysis around each stop

Notes / Gotchas

Stop IDs are hex strings that are stable across API calls — safe to use as join keys with route-stop mapping
To find which routes serve a specific stop: https://data.etabus.gov.hk/v1/transport/kmb/stop-route/{stop_id}
KMB stops on HK Island are rare — for HKI bus stops, use CTB data
Stop names are often the same as MTR station names where buses interchange — be careful of duplicates in a combined stop dataset