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Transport

travellers in 2019. 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 Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and 58 Mainland destinations, comprising the six short-haul destinations of Futian, Shenzhenbei, Guangmingcheng, Humen, Qingsheng and Guangzhounan, and 52 long-haul destinations including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing, Changsha, Fuzhou, Guiyang, Hangzhou, Kunming, Nanchang, Nanning, Shijiazhuang, Wuhan, Zhengzhou, Xiamen, Shantou and Zhaoqing. The West Kowloon Station handled a daily average of nearly 46,400 travellers in 2019.

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

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Tuen Mun

Lok Ma Chau

Yuen Long

Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-

Hong Kong Express Rail Link

Tsuen

Wan

Tsing Yi

AsiaWorld-Expo

Disneyland Resort

Tung Chung

Lantau Island

Hong Kong West Kowloon Station

Tai Po

New Territories

Ma On

Shan

Sha Tin

SHATIN TO CENTRAL LINK

Kowloon

Tseung Kwan

Kennedy Town

Hong Kong Island

Chai Wan

Ap Lei Chau

Future Railway Development

The 17km Shatin to Central Link 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 railway corridors. The East West Corridor will connect Tai Wai Station on the Ma On Shan Rail Line with the West Rail Line in Hung Hom via Diamond Hill and south-eastern Kowloon to form the Tuen Ma Line. The North South Corridor will extend the East Rail Line from Hung Hom Station across the harbour to

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