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Transport

time between Sheung Wan and Kennedy Town will be less than 10 minutes, compared with the 15- to 25-minute current vehicular journey time during rush hours.

The Kwun Tong Line Extension will extend the existing Kwun Tong Line from Yau Ma Tei to Whampoa, with two new stations at Ho Man Tin and Whampoa, including an interchange at Ho Man Tin for the future Sha Tin to Central Link. Construction started in 2011 and is expected to be completed in 2015. Upon commissioning, the journey time between Mong Kok and Whampoa will be about five minutes, compared with the 25-minute current vehicular journey time during rush hours.

Construction of the South Island Line (East) (a seven-kilometre railway line running between Admiralty and South Horizons with three intermediate stations at Ocean Park, Wong Chuk Hang and Lei Tung Estate) commenced in 2011 for completion in 2015. Upon commissioning, the journey time between Admiralty and South Horizons will be about 10 minutes, compared with the 25- to 45-minute current vehicular journey time during rush hours.

Construction of the Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link, a 26-kilometre underground railway with its terminus at West Kowloon, started in 2010 and is in progress. Trains will be able to run through the tunnel at a maximum speed of 200 kilometres per hour, reducing the journey time between Guangzhou and Hong Kong by train from 100 minutes to 48 minutes. The journey time to other major cities in the Mainland will also be greatly shortened.

The 17-kilometre long Sha Tin to Central Link is a strategic project providing territory-wide connections. It will have 10 stations (Tai Wai, Hin Keng, Diamond Hill, Kai Tak, To Kwa Wan, Ma Tau Wai, Ho Man Tin, Hung Hom, Exhibition and Admiralty) and will link up a number of existing railways forming two strategic railway corridors. The 'East West Corridor' will connect Tai Wail Station on the Ma On Shan Rail Line with the West Rail Line at Hung Hom via Diamond Hill and southeast Kowloon. The 'North South Corridor' will extend the East Rail Line from Hung Hom Station across the harbour to Admiralty Station on Hong Kong Island.

Construction commenced in mid-2012 for completion in 2018 for the section between Tai Wai and Hung Hom, and 2020 for the section between Hung Hom and Admiralty.

Railway Development Strategy

The consultancy study to review and update the 'Railway Development Strategy 2000, which commenced in March 2011, has been completed. After considering the consultant's overall recommendations, the government will formulate Hong Kong's long-term railway development blueprint and announce the way forward for the new railway projects in 2014.

Road Network

Hong Kong has 2,093 kilometres of roads and 1,326 road structures, 16 road tunnels (including the three immersed-tube cross-harbour tunnels) and five major cable supported bridges.

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