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Transport
The 263-kilometre system is made up of 96 heavy rail stations, including a 35.2-km Airport Express connecting the urban areas to Hong Kong International Airport and AsiaWorld-Expo, and 68 light rail stops spread across a 36.2-km network in the northwestern New Territories.
All three types of the MTRCL's cross-boundary train services were impacted by COVID-19 in 2020. Intercity through-train services, which operate from Hong Kong's Hung Hom Station to Beijing, Shanghai and cities in Guangdong, were suspended from 30 January, but carried a daily average of 3,500 passengers before that. The Hong Kong Section of the XRL was also suspended from 30 January, but had carried a daily average of 36,300 passengers before that. It is a 26-km 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 Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and 58 Mainland destinations (six short-haul and 52 long- haul). The Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations, which are connected by the East Rail Line and allow travellers to reach the Shenzhen control points, were temporarily closed from 4 February, but by then had together handled a daily average of 212,000 cross-boundary travellers.
Map of Railway Network and Railway Project under Construction
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Shenzhen
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Express Rail Link
Rail project under construction
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Hong Kong Section of
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Hong Kong Express Rail Link
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Tai Po
New Territories
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Hong Kong Island
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