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Shekou

• Tuen Mun

Yuen

Shenzhen

Lok Ma Chau

Lo Wu

Sheung Shui

NORTHERN LINK

HONG KONG SECTION OF HONG KONG-SHENZHEN WESTERN EXPRESS LINE

Tsing Yi

Tsuen Wan

Tai Po

Legend:

Existing Railway

Rail Project under Construction

Rail Project under Planning or Review

New Territories

HONG KONG SECTION OF GUANGZHOU-SHENZHEN-

HONG KONG EXPRESS RAIL LINK

Ma On Shan

Sha Tin

SHATIN TO CENTRAL LINK

Kowloon

KWUN TONG LINE EXTENSION

Tseung Kwan O

WEST ISLAND LINE

Tung Chung

Lantau Island

SOUTH ISLAND LINE (WEST)

Hong Kong Island

SOUTH ISLAND LINE (EAST)

NORTH HONG KONG ISLAND LINE

Railway Projects under Construction

The West Island Line is an extension of the existing Island Line from Sheung Wan to Kennedy Town, with two intermediate stations at Sai Ying Pun and the University of Hong Kong. Construction of the project started in July 2009 for completion in 2014. Upon commissioning, the journey time between Sheung Wan and Kennedy Town will be less than 10 minutes as compared with 15 to 25 minutes of current vehicular journey time during rush hours.

The Hong Kong section of the XRL is a 26-kilometre underground railway with the terminus at West Kowloon. Trains will be able to run through the tunnel at a maximum speed of 200 kilometres per hour. Upon completion, the journey time between Guangzhou and Hong Kong by train will be reduced from 100 minutes to about 50 minutes. Passengers from Hong Kong will take only three hours to reach Changsha, four hours to Wuhan and Xiamen, five hours to Fuzhou, and six and eight hours to Shanghai and Beijing respectively. Construction commenced in January 2010 for completion in 2015.

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