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Transport
Transport Infrastructure
Railway Network
Railways are safe, efficient, reliable, comfortable and environment-friendly mass carriers. They are the back bone of Hong Kong's public transportation system, and are essential to its continued economic, social and land development. They account for about 40 per cent of daily public transport passenger travel and about 60 per cent of land-based cross-boundary passenger trips to the Mainland.
The map below shows the existing railway network and five railway projects under construction. Over $160 billion has been invested in these five railway projects.
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Tuen Mun
Tung Chung
Lantau Island
Yuen Long
Shenzhen
Lo Wu
Lok Ma
Chau
Tsuen Wan
Sheung Shui
Tai Po
New Territories
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Existing Railway
Rail Project under Construction
HONG KONG SECTION OF GUANGZHOU-SHENZHEN-
HONG KONG EXPRESS RAIL LINK
Ma On
Shan
Shatin
SHA TIN TO CENTRAL LINK
Tsing Yi
Kowloon
KWUN TONG LINE EXTENSION
WEST ISLAND LINE
Hong Kong Island
SOUTH ISLAND LINE (EAST)
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Railway Projects under Construction
The West Island Line extends 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 2009 for completion by the end of 2014. Upon commissioning, the journey
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