港鐵巴士部 MTR Bus Division

於一九八六年底，因應興建連接屯門及元朗的輕便鐵路系統，為向偏遠鄉村村落及地區提供接駁服務，九廣鐵路於是成立了巴士部門。九廣鐵路巴士部成立後，接管了部份原由九巴提供的區內巴士服務，並向乘客提供憑票免費轉乘輕鐵的服務。而另外，兩條原由九巴派車的九鐵接駁路線─K11及K12，也因應九廣鐵路巴士部成立，而同時改由九鐵派出自己的巴士行走。

九廣鐵路巴士部於一九八七年接收首批巴士，都城嘉慕都城型九點七米，於紅磡車站裝配上原廠車身後，外貌跟九巴同款車輛無異。而在翌年，九鐵再加訂八部同款車輛，在完成九鐵的訂單後，都城嘉慕也宣佈退出巴士製造商行列，亦令這批巴士成為該車廠最後的產品了。除了訂購新巴士，九廣鐵路巴士部亦於一九八八年在都城嘉慕協助下，向英國South Yorkshire PTE Ltd.購入二十部一九八零年款的都城型一型巴士，以確保有足夠巴士提供服務。

另外為提供更完善之服務，在一九八八年九月，九鐵向豐田購入十二部豐田Coaster小型空調巴士，用以行走龍鼓灘路線。一九八九至九零年，再購入十一架載客量更大的三菱MK117中型巴士，並於同年試用一架丹尼士飛鏢，但未有即時作出訂購。另外在九零年，九鐵為進一步提高接駁巴士服務質素，購入二十四架利蘭奧林比安十一米空調巴士，行走接駁九鐵車站路線。

一九九五年，為取代退役的二手都城巴士，九鐵購入十八架配Northern Counties車身的單層空調巴士，包括十五架富豪B10M及三架丹尼士飛鏢，令九鐵成為全港擁有最多Northern Counties車身巴士公司。而在九七到九八年，再購入共十五架富豪奧林比安十一米空調巴士。

在二零零零年，九鐵購入二十二架配亞歷山大ALX500車身十一點三米丹尼士三叉戟，成為該公司首款低地台巴士。而在二零零四年十二月，從新巴購入的十點六米三叉戟巴士亦陸續投入服務。

二零零七年十二月二日，九廣鐵路及地鐵合併成香港鐵路，九鐵巴士部亦改稱港鐵巴士部，車隊色彩及營運網絡維持不變，只是原有的九鐵標誌，改以港鐵標誌示人。

In 1986, KCRC Bus Division was established to provide feeder bus service in remote areas within Tuen Mun and Yuen Long as a response to the construction of Light Rail Transit system. All routes served by KMB in these areas were transferred to KCRC. Passengers can change LRT from feeder bus free of charge with valid ticket. In addition, KCRC bus division took over two free feeder services used to operate by KMB (route no. K11 and K12).

The first batch of MCW Metrobus were delivered to KCRC in 1987 and received their MCW bodyworks at Hung Hom Station. The look of the bus same as those in KMB fleet. KCRC then made a further order of 8 more buses and after this order, MCW quited from buses manufacturing business. To ensure enough buses in operation, KCRC acquired 20 second-hand MCW Metrobus MK I with the help of MCW from South YorKshire PTE Ltd.

In Sept., 1988, 12 Toyota Coaster air-conditioned minibuses were purchased for Lung Kwu Tang route. 11 Mitsubishi MK117 midi buses and 24 Leyland Olympians were ordered between 1989 and 1990 to upgrade the service standard. To meet the decommissioned of 20 Metrobus MK I, KCRC placed an order of 18 air-con. single-deckers with Northern Counties bodywork (15 of them were Volvo B10M and the remaining three were Dennis Dart). 15 Plaxton bodies Volvo Olympian were ordered by KCRC with two batches in 1997-1998. Like other bus operators in Hong Kong, KCRC also introduced super low floor buses in 2000 and the model is popular in Hong Kong, the Dennis Trident. 42 Dennis Trident 10.6m were introduced from NWFB in Dec 2004 to replace the Metrobus.

KCRC were merged into MTR in 2, Dec. 2007. KCRC Bus Division was then changed into MTR Bus Division. The livery and the networks remain unchanged only the logo of KCR was replaced by MTR logo.

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