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Transport
travellers in 2018. The XRL's Hong Kong West Kowloon Station started service on 23 September and, up to end-December, had carried a daily average of nearly 53,000 travellers.
The Hong Kong Section of the XRL is a 26km long underground rail corridor running from West Kowloon to Shenzhen, where it connects to the Mainland section of the XRL. It provides direct high-speed rail travel between West Kowloon Station and 44 Mainland destinations, including the six short-haul destinations of Futian, Shenzhen North, Guangmingcheng, Humen, Qingsheng and Guangzhou South, and 38 long-haul destinations including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Shantou, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanchang, Zhengzhou, Kunming, Guilin, Guiyang and Shijiazhuang.
Map of Railway Network and Railway Project under Construction
Shenzhen
Lo Wu
Sheung Shui
Legend:
Existing railway
Express Rail Link
Rail project under construction
Shekou
Tuen Mun
Tung Chung
Lantau Island
Lok Ma Chau
Yuen Long
Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-
Hong Kong Express Rail Link
Tsuen Wan
Tsing Yi
Hong Kong
West Kowloon Station
Tai Po
New Territories
Ma On
Shan
Sha Tin
Kowloon
SHATIN TO CENTRAL LINK
Tseung Kwan O
Kennedy Town
Hong Kong Island
Chai Wan
Ap Lei Chau
Project under Construction
The 17km Shatin to Central Link is a strategic project. It will have 10 stations, namely Tai Wai, Hin Keng, Diamond Hill, Kai Tak, Sung Wong Toi, To Kwa Wan, Ho Man Tin, Hung Hom, Exhibition Centre and Admiralty, and will link up a number of existing railways forming two strategic railway corridors. The East West Corridor will connect Tai Wai Station on the Ma On Shan Rail
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