The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL),it consists of heavy rail,light rail,and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network serving the urbanised areas of Hong Kong Island,Kowloon,and the New Territories. The system included 245.3 km (152.4 mi) of rail as of December 2022 with 179 stations,including 99 heavy rail stations,68 light rail stops and 1 high-speed rail terminus.
The Kowloon–Canton Railway was a railway network in Hong Kong. It was owned and operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) until 2007. Rapid transit services,a light rail system,feeder bus routes within Hong Kong,and intercity passenger and freight train services to China on the KCR network,have been operated by the MTR Corporation since 2007.
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR),and to construct and operate other new railways. On 2 December 2007,the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL),another railway operator in Hong Kong,took over the operations of the KCR network under a 50-year service concession agreement,which can be extended. Under the service concession,KCRC retains ownership of the KCR network with the MTRCL making annual payments to KCRC for the right to operate the network. The KCRC's activities are governed by the KCRC Ordinance as amended in 2007 by the Rail Merger Ordinance to enable the service concession agreement to be entered into with the MTR Corporation Limited.
The Island line is one of ten lines of the MTR,the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Kennedy Town in the Western district to Chai Wan in the Eastern District on Hong Kong Island,passing through the territory's major business districts of Central,Wan Chai and Causeway Bay,and connecting them with built-up areas on the north shore of the island.
The West Rail line was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong until 27 June 2021. Coloured magenta on the MTR map,the line ran from Tuen Mun to Hung Hom,with a total length of 35.7 kilometres (22.2 mi),in 37 minutes. The railway connected the urban area of Kowloon and the new towns of Yuen Long,Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun in the northwestern New Territories.
MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway,the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong Kong Exchange and is a component of the Hang Seng Index. The MTR additionally invests in railways across different parts of the world,including franchised contracts to operate rapid transit systems in London,Stockholm,Beijing,Hangzhou,Taipa,Shenzhen,Sydney,and a suburban rail system in Melbourne.
The South Island line,identified by light green on the MTR route map,is a rapid transit line of Hong Kong's MTR metro system. This line connects the Hong Kong business district from Admiralty station to the Southern District of Hong Kong Island and the island of Ap Lei Chau,which was not served by any rail transport prior to the opening of this line. The rolling stock of South Island line is purpose-built for driverless operation. Trains are remotely controlled from the Operations Control Centre in Tsing Yi. Approved by the Executive Council in 2007,the line commenced service on 28 December 2016.
The transportation system of New York City is a network of complex infrastructural systems. New York City,being the most populous city in the United States,has a transportation system which includes one of the largest and busiest subway systems in the world;the world's first mechanically ventilated vehicular tunnel;and an aerial tramway. New York City is home to an extensive bus system in each of the five boroughs;citywide and Staten Island ferry systems;and numerous yellow taxis and boro taxis throughout the city. Private cars are less used compared to other cities in the rest of the United States.
MTR Bus is a public non-franchised bus service in Hong Kong operated by the MTR Corporation,serving the northwestern part of the New Territories. It comprises a network of 22 feeder bus routes for the convenience of passengers using the MTR rapid transit network,providing access to and between many MTR stations on the Tuen Ma line and Light Rail.
The Sha Tin to Central Link was an expansion project of the MTR public transport network in Hong Kong. It was divided into two sections and expanded the network’s heavy rail lines.
Several future projects on the MTR have been put forward by the MTR Corporation to the Hong Kong Government. Some of these are still in planning stage.
The North Island line is a proposal to provide rapid transit service for the area between the existing MTR Island line and the northern coast of Hong Kong Island in order to relieve the already congested Island line.
Elliot "Lee" Sander is a transport executive. who has held leadership roles with several organixations.
The Tuen Ma lineis a rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the map,the Tuen Ma line is 56.2 kilometres (34.9 mi) in length,making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total of 27 stations,more than any other in the MTR system.
West Kowloon station,also known as Hong Kong West Kowloon,is the southern terminus of and the only station on the Hong Kong section of the Guangshengang XRL. The station connects to China's high-speed rail (HSR) network across the border through dedicated tunnels and includes a Mainland Port Area where the laws of (Mainland) China are enforced. It was constructed by the MTR Corporation Limited as the project manager commissioned by the Hong Kong Government,through subcontractors.
Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of the territory,the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern,northwestern and southwestern New Territories to the urban areas,and a light rail network in northwestern New Territories. The operations of the territory's two leading railway companies,MTRC and the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC),were merged in 2007 on grounds of economies of scale and cost effectiveness. The Hong Kong Government has an explicit stated transport policy of using railways as its transport backbone.
Andrew Byford is a British transport executive who has held several management-level positions in transport authorities around the world,such as the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC),New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA),Transport for London (TfL),Sydney's then RailCorp,and currently Amtrak.
Stephen G. Bland (c.1962) is the chief executive officer of the Nashville Metropolitan Transit Authority and the Regional Transportation Authority in Nashville,Tennessee. He was appointed MTA CEO in July 2014,and officially began his new duties on August 25,2014. Previously,he was the Director/CEO of the Port Authority of Allegheny County serving metropolitan Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. He was chief executive from June 12,2006 until his employment was terminated without cause by a 5 to 3 vote of the Port Authority Board on February 1,2013. with the County Chief Executive wishing for more direct control of the agency.
The history of the South Island line and West Island line encompasses a number of proposals which were made for extending the Hong Kong MTR metro system to the south and west of Hong Kong Island,which were not serviced by any rail transport before 2014. The West Island line opened as an extension of the Island line on 28 December 2014. The South Island line has completed construction and commenced service on 28 December 2016. The proposed South Island line (West) is still in the planning phase and is expected to begin in 2021.
Sir Charles Wilfrid Newton, CBE HonFREng was managing director of Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) in the 1980s and chairman of London Regional Transport in the 1990s.
