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⚫ the Kwun Tong Line (Tiu Keng Leng-Yau Ma Tei);

• the Tsuen Wan Line (Tsuen Wan-Central);

⚫ the Island Line (Chai Wan-Sheung Wan);

• the Tung Chung Line (Hong Kong–Tung Chung);

• the Tseung Kwan O Line (Po Lam/LOHAS Park-North Point);

• the East Rail Line (Hung Hom-Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau);

• the West Rail Line (Tuen Mun-Hung Hom);

⚫ the Ma On Shan Line (Wu Kai Sha-Tai Wai); and

⚫ the Disneyland Resort Line (Sunny Bay-Disneyland Resort).

There are 82 stations in the 175-kilometre network. The MTRCL also operates the 35.2-kilometre Airport Express Line. The entire system carries an average of 4.07 million passengers each day.

The MTRCL also operates a 36.2-kilometre Light Rail network which has 68 stops in the Northwestern part of the New Territories. The Light Rail carries about 441 900 passengers daily. Light Rail feeder bus services are also operated to provide rail passengers with a more comprehensive service network. In addition, the MTRCL provides inter-city through-train services from Hong Kong to cities in Guangdong, Shanghai and Beijing.

Tramway

Electric trams have been running on Hong Kong Island since 1904. Hong Kong Tramways Limited runs seven routes on 13 kilometres of double tracks along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan, and about three kilometres of single track around Happy Valley.

The company's 164 trams, including two open-balcony trams for tourists and private hire, and one special maintenance tram, make up the world's largest fleet of double-deck trams in operation. The tramway records a daily average of 216 300 passenger trips.

Peak Tram

Hong Kong's other tramway is a cable-hauled funicular railway operated by the Peak Tramways Company Limited from Central (Garden Road) to the Peak. The 1.4- kilometre line began operation in 1888 and was modernised in 1989. The Peak Tram records an average of 15 600 passenger trips a day, made up mostly of tourists and local sightseers.

Other Road-based Passenger Transport

mainly franchised buses,

account for 59

The other road-based passenger transport modes public light buses, taxis and residents' non-franchised buses per cent of all public transport passenger journeys.