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Transport

Future Railway Development

The 17-km Shatin to Central Link will have 10 stations (from Tai Wai to Admiralty), and will link up a number of existing railways forming two railway corridors. The East West Corridor will connect Tai Wai on the Ma On Shan Rail Line with Hung Homg on the West Rail Line to form the Tuen Ma Line. Phase 1 of the line, from Wu Kai Sha to Kai Tak, opened on 14 February. The North South Corridor will extend the East Rail Line from Hung Hom across the harbour to Admiralty on Hong Kong Island. Construction started in 2012. When fully completed, the Shatin to Central Link is expected to handle about 1.1 million passenger trips per day and save an average of 75 million hours in travelling time per year over an operation period of 50 years. It will increase the railway capacity between Sha Tin and Hung Hom and Hong Kong Island, relieving the burden on existing rail lines in urban Kowloon and on Hong Kong Island.

The government's Railway Development Strategy 2014 provides a framework for planning the expansion of the railway network up to 2031. Seven projects are planned: the Northern Link and Kwu Tung Station; Tuen Mun South Extension; East Kowloon Line; Tung Chung Line Extension; Hung Shui Kiu Station; South Island Line (West); and North Island Line. The MTRCL is carrying out detailed planning and design for the Tung Chung Line Extension, Tuen Mun South Extension and Northern Link projects.

Tramway

Electric trams have been running on Hong Kong Island since 1904. Hong Kong Tramways runs seven routes on 13km of double tracks along the northern shore of Hong Kong Island between Kennedy Town and Shau Kei Wan, and about 3km of single track round Happy Valley.

The company's 168 trams, including one sightseeing tram for tourists, one air-conditioned tram, three trams for private hire and three special maintenance trams, make up the world's largest fleet of double-decker trams in operation. The tramway recorded a daily average of about 113,000 passenger trips in 2020.

Road Transport

Road Network

The territory has 2,150km of roads, 1,357 road structures, 22 road tunnels (including three immersed-tube cross-harbour tunnels) and five major cable-supported bridges.

Tunnels

The government owns 19 road tunnels, all managed and operated by private companies under management contracts: the Eastern Harbour Crossing, and the Cross-Harbour, Lion Rock, Aberdeen, Kai Tak, Shing Mun, Tate's Cairn, Tseung Kwan O, Scenic Hill, Airport, Lung Shan, Cheung Shan, Central-Wan Chai Bypass, Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok (TM-CLK), Cheung Tsing, Tai Wai, Sha Tin Heights, Eagle's Nest and Nam Wan tunnels. Of these, the Cheung Tsing, Central- Wan Chai Bypass, Lung Shan, Cheung Shan, Kai Tak, Nam Wan, Airport and TM-CLK tunnels, as well as the Scenic Hill Tunnel that forms part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) Hong Kong Link Road, are toll-free.

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