Kowloon Southern Link is a new urban extension of the
MTRMTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English. The network includes 211.6 km of rail with 150 stations,...
from
Nam Cheong StationNam Cheong Station is an MTR station in Hong Kong, on the and , located at the ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon and opposite to Fu Cheong Estate. The livery of Nam Cheong Station is pale yellow green...
to 's East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, which began construction in late 2005, and went into service on 16 August 2009.
The project was originally proposed and carried out by
Kowloon-Canton Railway CorporationThe Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon-Canton Railway , and to construct and operate other new railways...
(KCRC) to link the KCR West Rail and KCR East Rail at Hung Hom Station. The rail link is fully underground, lies along the south-west coastline of
Kowloon PeninsulaThe Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong. The Kowloon Peninsula and the area of New Kowloon are collectively known as Kowloon....
, east of rail tracks of the and .
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Kowloon Southern Link is a new urban extension of the
MTRMTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English. The network includes 211.6 km of rail with 150 stations,...
from
Nam Cheong StationNam Cheong Station is an MTR station in Hong Kong, on the and , located at the ground level beneath West Kowloon Highway, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon and opposite to Fu Cheong Estate. The livery of Nam Cheong Station is pale yellow green...
to 's East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, which began construction in late 2005, and went into service on 16 August 2009.
Overview
The project was originally proposed and carried out by
Kowloon-Canton Railway CorporationThe Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon-Canton Railway , and to construct and operate other new railways...
(KCRC) to link the KCR West Rail and KCR East Rail at Hung Hom Station. The rail link is fully underground, lies along the south-west coastline of
Kowloon PeninsulaThe Kowloon Peninsula is a peninsula that forms the southern part of the main landmass in the territory of Hong Kong. The Kowloon Peninsula and the area of New Kowloon are collectively known as Kowloon....
, east of rail tracks of the and . After the company's network was taken over by
MTR CorporationMTR Corporation Limited is a company listed on the Hong Kong Exchange and included in the Hang Seng Index. MTR is the company that owns and runs the MTR metro system...
(MTRC) on 2 December 2007, the project was continued by MTRC.
Upon the completion of the rail link, West Rail Line will assume the tracks from the East Tsim Sha Tsui to Hung Hom portion of the East Rail Line. Both the East Rail and West Rail Lines will terminate at Hung Hom Station. The platform and tracks at Hung Hom Station has also been rearranged to provide
cross-platform interchangeA cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines in a metro system. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly so named...
between the two lines (it will form an
island platformAn island platform on a railway is where a single platform lies between at least two tracks, serving both of them. Usually, the two tracks are on the same line, running in opposite directions...
).
Kowloon Southern Link has one underground intermediate station called Austin Station (formerly West Kowloon Station). It is located adjacent to the Canton Road Government Offices, close to
Kowloon StationKowloon Station may refer to:*Kowloon Station, a station on the MTR Tung Chung Line and Airport Express*Kowloon Station , the south terminus of the British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway at Tsim Sha Tsui, demolished in 1974...
of Tung Chung Line and Airport Express. However, the structures do not provide a direct transfer between the two stations.
Upon the opening of the extension, a new Tuen Mun-Hung Hom Monthly Pass would be introduced for unlimited rides of the whole west rail line (including the new extension) for a cost of $470.
See also
- Canton Road Station
Canton Road Station was a planned railway station on the Kowloon Southern Link of between East Tsim Sha Tsui Station and Austin Station, beneath the shopping mall, Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, by replacing the existing underground car park...
: a proposed station between Austin Station and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, but put off finally
- Austin Station (MTR)
- East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
- Hung Hom Station
- Sha Tin to Central Link
Sha Tin to Central Link is a proposed railway line in Hong Kong which will run from Tai Wai Station in Tai Wai to Hung Hom. The original proposal had this line running to Central, but this will now be an extension of the ....
- Future projects of the MTR
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