Overview of Tung Chung Line

Tung Chung Line starts from tung chung station, passes through Kap Shui Mun Bridge and Tsing Ma Bridge, then passes through West Kowloon Reclamation and the third cross-harbour railway tunnel, connecting Hong Kong Station. 1998 was opened to traffic on June 22nd, which is the first railway to enter Lantau Island. The terminal is located in Tung Chung New Town, hence the name "Tung Chung Line". As of 2005, there are eight stations on the Tung Chung Line, six of which are interchange stations. Except Hongkong Station, Kowloon Station and tung chung station Station, all stations are elevated or ground stations. Tung Chung Line is indicated in orange on the road map. Most of the stations on the Tung Chung Line are located in residential areas of new development areas, so the number of passengers on the Tung Chung Line is relatively low at the beginning of its opening. With the opening of international financial center, Yangriju, Qingtian Peninsula, olympian city, Tsing Yi City and Rotem 1999 along Dongdiwan, and the rapid growth of passenger flow brought by the opening of Nanchang Station, Hong Kong Disneyland, Ngong Ping 360 and the completion of Discovery Bay, MTR (hereinafter referred to as MTR Corporation) has developed rapidly.

Looking forward to the expansion of Disneyland, the development of Nanchang Station superstructure, the construction of West Kowloon Cultural District and the sustainable development of Discovery Bay, the number of passengers on Tung Chung Line will continue to increase. During the morning and afternoon rush hours from Monday to Friday, and during the morning rush hours on Saturday, the Tung Chung Line will provide additional short-haul flights between Tsing Yi Station and Hong Kong Station.

At present, the frequency of Tung Chung Line is about every 4- 12 minutes, and the designed final frequency is 2.25 minutes. history

As early as 1989 10, the then Hong Kong Government had decided to build a new airport at Chek Lap Kok, Lantau Island to replace the saturated Kai Tak Airport in Kowloon City. At that time, the Government invited the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) to build the Lantau Airport Railway to connect the new airport with the urban area. At that time, the Airport Railway planned 65,438+00 station locations, namely Hong Kong Island, West Kowloon, Tai Kok Tsui, Lai King, Tsing Yi, Yam O, Little Marriott, Grand Marriott, Tung Chung and Chek Lap Kok.

In the end, the project will not be officially started until the governments of China and Britain reach an agreement on financial and land arrangements in June 1994+065438+ 10. Finally, the Lantau Airport Railway became two subway lines, namely Tung Chung Line and Airport Express Line. 1June 2, 9981Tung Chee-hwa, the first Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, presided over the opening ceremony and officially put it into operation the next day.

On the other hand, with the opening of Kowloon-Canton Railway (now Tiexi Railway in Hong Kong) on February 20, 2003, Nanchang Station, a new station between Lijing Station and Olympic Station of MTR (now called MTR), became the interchange station between Tung Chung Line and Kowloon-Canton Railway, and it was the first station in Hong Kong to be built and used together with Kowloon-Canton Railway. On June 1 day, 2005, the new subway station between Tsing Yi Station and tung chung station-Xinao Station was also opened. The station connects the Disney Line with Hong Kong Disneyland and Discovery Bay.