Hong Kong train services on Airport Express and Tung Chung lines disrupted temporarily after boat hits Rambler Channel Bridge
- Services between Hong Kong and Tsing Yi stations on Airport Express line, and Lai King and Tsing Yi stations on Tung Chung line were suspended at around 12.23pm
- But services resumed gradually around 1pm
Train services on the Airport Express and Tung Chung lines were temporarily suspended on Thursday after a boat hit the underside of a Hong Kong bridge.
The Marine Department said it was investigating a report that the lifting device of a 29-metre barge had come into contact with the Rambler Channel Bridge within the typhoon shelter area in Kwai Chungat about 11.40am.
Officials suspect the derrick was not retracted at the time and said no casualties or oil spills had been reported.
Police said a tugboat was towing a barge and sailing under the bridge at the time of the 11.40am incident.
The Rambler Channel Bridge, which sits only 14 metres above water level, is a quadruple-track railway crossing in Kwai Chung, and links Tsing Yi and Lai King stations on the Airport Express and Tung Chung lines.
A police source said a crane on the barge struck the bridge. Police were informed by the Marine Department, while related government departments were inspecting the structure.
Detectives from the Marine Regional Crime Unit “are investigating whether the boat captain had failed to lower the crane and whether criminal damage was involved”, he said.