Hong Kong MTR stations to close as rail operator looks to connect costliest project to East Rail line
- Services to be cancelled between Hung Hom and Mong Kok East stations
- Line will be closed on 10 separate Sundays starting on January 10
East Rail line services between Hung Hom and Mong Kok East stations will be suspended on 10 selected Sundays between January and October next year as the MTR Corporation works to connect it to Hong Kong’s costliest railway project.
Announcing the move on Thursday, the MTR Corp said the first two Sunday closures would be on January 10, and February 21, while the remaining eight Sundays would fall somewhere between April and October.
During these times, East Rail line services would terminate at Mong Kok East station.
“We will try our best to facilitate passengers’ journeys by advance announcement and on-site assistance,” Sammy Wong Kwan-wai, MTR Corp operations chief, said.
“We thank passengers in advance for their cooperation as the service adjustment may inevitably cause inconvenience to them.”
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James Chow So-hung, the corporation’s divisional general manager for projects construction, said the move was to make way for carrying out complex track division works between Mong Kok and Hung Hom to connect the existing East Rail line to the cross-harbour section of the HK$90.7 billion (US$11.7 billion) Sha Tin to Central rail link.