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Kwun Tong Line Extension

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Type
  
Heavy rail

Stations
  
2

System
  
MTR

Opened
  
23 October 2016

Kwun Tong Line Extension

Locale
  
Districts: Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong

Termini
  
Whampoa Yau Ma Tei (through service to Kwun Tong Line)

The Kwung Tong Line Extension (abbreviated KTE; Chinese: 觀塘綫延綫; Jyutping: Gun1 Tong4 Sin3 Jin4 Sin3) is an extension of the MTR rapid transit network in Hong Kong. It extends the existing train service of Kwun Tong Line to Ho Man Tin Station and Whampoa Station. It began the construction on 25 July 2011 and opened for service on 23 October 2016.

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History

During the bid for Sha Tin to Central Link(SCL) in 2000s, in order to win the project, Mass Transit Railway proposed to extend the Kwung Tong Line while Kowloon Canton Railway suggest to construct an Automated People Mover in Whampoa.

After the MTR–KCR merger in 2007, Hong Kong government appointed MTR to construct the SCL according to KCR proposal, while also extend the Kwung Tong Line to Whampoa. The benefits are better transfer arrangement at Ho Man Tin Station and other SCL interchange stations.

Stations

  • Ho Man Tin
  • Whampoa

    • Notes

  • During peak hours, half of the Kwun Tong Line trains terminates at Ho Man Tin, another half terminates at Whampoa. Passengers who head for Whampoa but take the wrong train to Ho Man Tin will need to change to the next train at Ho Man Tin. In off peak hours, all Kwung Tong Line trains terminate at Whampoa.

    • References

    Kwun Tong Line Extension Wikipedia
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