Hong Kong East Rail Heavy Rail Line, China
Key Data:
Ownership
Kowloon-Cantoon Railway Corporation
Opened
1910
Electrified
1983
Route Length
34km/55 miles
Gauge
1,435mm
Stations
13
Passenger Journeys/Year
1.4 million (1998)
Freight Carried/Year
2.2 million tonnes
Staff
3,500
Power
25kV ac overhead
Extensions planned:
Ma On Stan-Tai Wai line
Hung Hom - Tsim Sha Tsui line
Tuen Mun-West Kowloon line
Mongkok/Hung Hom Freight Terminals
Rolling Stock:
Fleet Total
351 EMUs
Builder
Alstom
Locomotives
12
Builder
Adtranz/SLM
Special Characteristics:
Government-owned system
Six-fold passenger increase since 1983 electrification
21-hour operations, minimum 3min headway
Continual line expansion programme
Majority share of cross-border traffic to mainland China
EMU refurbishment to achieve 15% capacity improvement
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