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Transport

travellers in 2018. The XRL's Hong Kong West Kowloon Station started service on 23 September and, up to end-December, had carried a daily average of nearly 53,000 travellers.

The Hong Kong Section of the XRL is a 26km 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 West Kowloon Station and 44 Mainland destinations, including the six short-haul destinations of Futian, Shenzhen North, Guangmingcheng, Humen, Qingsheng and Guangzhou South, and 38 long-haul destinations including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Shantou, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanchang, Zhengzhou, Kunming, Guilin, Guiyang and Shijiazhuang.

Map of Railway Network and Railway Project under Construction

Shenzhen

Lo Wu

Sheung Shui

Legend:

Existing railway

Express Rail Link

Rail project under construction

Shekou

Tuen Mun

Tung Chung

Lantau Island

Lok Ma Chau

Yuen Long

Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-

Hong Kong Express Rail Link

Tsuen Wan

Tsing Yi

Hong Kong

West Kowloon Station

Tai Po

New Territories

Ma On

Shan

Sha Tin

Kowloon

SHATIN TO CENTRAL LINK

Tseung Kwan O

Kennedy Town

Hong Kong Island

Chai Wan

Ap Lei Chau

Project under Construction

The 17km Shatin to Central Link is a strategic project. It will have 10 stations, namely Tai Wai, Hin Keng, Diamond Hill, Kai Tak, Sung Wong Toi, To Kwa Wan, Ho Man Tin, Hung Hom, Exhibition Centre and Admiralty, and will link up a number of existing railways forming two strategic railway corridors. The East West Corridor will connect Tai Wai Station on the Ma On Shan Rail

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