Rail Transport in Hong Kong

25 Jul 2012

As Typhoon Vicente brought the city's public transport to a standstill, many residents were forced to sleep in train stations overnight, while others had to brave the fierce winds and rain just to...

MTR takes its tried and tested construction model to Shenzhen

17 Jun 2011

The MTR Corporation is looking to turn the mainland's heavily subsidised railways into a profitable business with the launch of its first metro line in Shenzhen yesterday.

23 injured as truck-train collision halts Light Rail services

9 May 2011

The MTR was scrambling to fix an overhead cable in Tuen Mun last night in order to get train services working again, following a collision between a Light Rail train and a container truck...

Better transport options needed to make culture hub accessible

1 Apr 2011

While it is encouraging to see that no effort has been spared in producing a 'green' environment for the proposed West Kowloon development ('Foster eyes zero emissions for West Kowloon', March 28...

China's railway rush on a track to trouble

24 Jan 2011

The good times are gone for Hong Kong's metro rail development, and the blistering pace of rail development on the mainland is sowing serious problems that are likely to emerge in the years ahead...

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Full-steam ahead on Cheng work express

It's the season to be merry but Eva Cheng has been glued to her office throughout the holiday. The Secretary for Transport and Housing (pictured right) is proving to be among the most hard-working...

March over MTR station site

About 20 Kowloon City residents yesterday marched from Fuk Lo Tsun Road to a site where a new MTR station of the Sha Tin-Central link is planned. They said the station would be too far from...

Glitch delays Guangzhou trains

A Guangzhou-Kowloon train arrived at Hung Hom at 9pm last night having been held up for more than 31/2 hours by a technical fault. A train that left Guangzhou for Hung Hom at 5pm was also held up...

on the rails

Whether for a few short underground stops or a lengthier commute, train travel is part of daily life for most Hong Kong people.

changing stations

1 Which MTR station comes between Fanling and Tai Po Market?

2 The world's largest working cattle station, Anna Creek, which is bigger than Belgium, is in which Australian state?...

Cable car wait cut to three hours as crowd control improves

The MTR Corporation said crowd management at the Ngong Ping 360 cable car had improved yesterday, the fifth day of the service's trial run.

About 9,500 passengers rode the Lantau...