The following is a timeline of the history of public transport in Hong Kong, including (but not limited to) rail, bus, ferry, taxi, and escalator. This timeline will be expanded and updated as new events occur. If any of the information below is erroneous, please let me know via e-mail.

• Kowloon Ferry Company established (later renamed Star Ferry.)
• Peak Tram opens between Victoria Peak and Garden Road terminus.

• Yaumati Ferry established (later renamed Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry.)

• Hong Kong Tramway opens.

• The British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) opens between Yaumati and Fanling.

• Chinese Section of the KCR opens between Kowloon and Canton (Guangzhou).

• KCR Sha Tau Kok Railway opens between Fanling and Sha Tau Kok.

• KCR Kowloon terminal station opens.

• China Motor Bus (CMB) established.

• KCR Sha Tau Kok Railway is closed.

• KCR Sheung Shui station opens.

• CMB recieves franchise for exclusive operation of bus service on Hong Kong Island.
• Kowloon Motor Bus (KMB) established.

• KCR put under Japanese control.
• Taxi service begins.

• British regain control of KCR.

• Hong Kong Tramway is completely double-tracked.
• KMB acquires the first double-decker buses in Hong Kong.
• Kowloon-Canton through train service completely suspended. KCR train service cut back to Lo Wu.

• KCR opens Wo Hop Shek branch line and Wo Hop Shek station, connecting to the main line near Fanling.
• Kowloon-Canton freight through train service resumes operation amid heavy restrictions.

• KCR converts from steam power to diesel power.

• KCR Ma Liu Shui station opens.

• Star Ferry termini at Tsim Sha Tsui and Edinburgh Place completed.

• Sedan chair service ends.

• KCR Ma Liu Shui station is renamed University.

• Initial Hong Kong Mass Transport Study submitted to government, recommending construction of a rapid transit system with 4 lines -- Island Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Shatin Line, and Kwun Tong Line.

• KCR workshop moved from Kowloon to Ho Tung Lau.
• KCR Yaumati station rebuilt and renamed Mong Kok.

• Public light buses begin service.

• Scaled-down MTR plans submitted to government.

• KMB introduces the first air-conditioned buses in Hong Kong.
• New KCR Hung Hom terminal station opens. Previous Kowloon terminus is removed except for the landmark clock tower.

• New Lantao Bus (NLB) established.

• Citybus established.
• Kowloon-Canton passenger through train service is reinstated.
• MTR Modified Initial System is completed. MTR Kwun Tong line opens between Shek Kip Mei and Kwun Tong stations, later extended to Tsim Sha Tsui via Prince Edward, Argyle, Waterloo, and Jordan stations.

• MTR Kwun Tong line extended to Chater station via Admiralty station.

• KCR Kowloon Tong station opens.
• MTR Tsuen Wan line opens between Chater (later to become Central station) and Tsuen Wan. Kwun Tong line cut back to Waterloo station.

• KCR becomes completely electrified and double-tracked.
• KCR Racecourse and Tai Wai stations open.
• KCR Wo Hop Shek station and branch line closed.
• New KCR Tai Po Market station opens. Previous station becomes the site of the Hong Kong Railway Museum.

• Citybus begins cross-border bus services between Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

• KCR Fo Tan station opens.
• MTR station renaming takes effect:
  • Argyle --> Mong Kok
  • Waterloo --> Yau Ma Tei
• MTR Island Line opens between Admiralty and Chai Wan.

• MTR Island Line extended to Sheung Wan, via Pedder (later to become Central station.)

• KCR Light Rail opens.
• KMB introduces the first successful double-deck air-conditioned bus.

• KCR Tai Wo station opens.
• MTR Kwun Tong line extended to Quarry Bay via Lam Tin.
• Peak Tram rebuilt and modernized by Von Roll.

• NLB acquired by Kwoon Chung Motors.

• Central-Mid-Levels Escalator opens.

• Long Win Bus Company (LWB) established as a subsidiary of KMB.

• KMB introduces the first double-deck low-floor buses in Hong Kong.
• Octopus cards introduced.

• Citybus establishes Cityflyer service to the new Hong Kong International Airport.
• Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry (HKKF) established.
• MTR Airport Express and Tung Chung lines open.
• New World First Bus (NWFB) established, taking over CMB's old franchise and 88 initial bus routes.

• Citybus acquired by Stagecoach Group.
• KMB begins to operate feeder bus services for KCR East Rail.
• New World First Ferry (NWFF) established, taking over Hongkong & Yaumati Ferry's franchise.
• TurboJET established.

• Discovery Bay Transit Services Limited (DBTSL) established.

• Citybus's cross-border service is discontinued.
• MTR Choi Hung station retrofitted with prototype platform screen doors.
• MTR Kwun Tong line extended to North Point.

• MTR Tseung Kwan O line opens between North Point and Po Lam. Kwun Tong line initially diverted to Yau Tong, then Tiu Keng Leng.
• Park Island Transport Company Limited (PITCL) established.

• Citybus acquired by NWS Holdings (the parent company of NWFB.)
• KCR West Rail opens between Nam Cheong and Tuen Mun.

• KCR East Tsim Sha Tsui station opens. Subways are built between East Tsim Sha Tsui and the MTR Tsim Sha Tsui station to facilitate connection.
• KCR Ma On Shan Rail opens. Tai Wai is thoroughly modernized.

• MTR AsiaWorld-Expo station opens. Airport Express trains are lengthened to seven cars from the previous six.
• MTR Disneyland Resort Line opens.
• MTR Sunny Bay station (Tung Chung/Disneyland Resort lines) opens.

• Edinburgh Place Star Ferry pier demolished and replaced with the new Central Ferry Piers complex
• MTR and KCR sign a memorandum of understanding with the intention to combine rail networks by 2007.
• Ngong Ping Cable Car opens.
• Rickshaw service ends.

• KCR East Rail Lok Ma Chau Spur Line opens, with Lok Ma Chau station and Lok Ma Chau/Huanggang border crossing point.
• MTR and KCR merge. KCR East, West and Ma On Shan rail lines become the MTR East Rail, West Rail, and Ma On Shan lines of the expanded MTR network. KCR Light Rail becomes MTR Light Rail. KCR Mong Kok station is renamed Mong Kok East.
• NLB begins operating cross-border route B2.

• MTR fare structure reformed. Passengers may travel throughout the MTR urban network with one ticket, except for the transfer between Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations.

• MTR LOHAS Park station opens.
• MTR Kowloon Southern Link opens. The West Rail is extended from Nam Cheong to Hung Hom, taking over the segment of the East Rail between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom stations. The East Rail is cut back to Hung Hom. Austin station is newly opened.
• NWFB's Rickshaw Sightseeing Bus service established.
• PITCL acquired by Sun Hung Kai Properties.