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Hong Kong's rail network mainly comprises public transport trains operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRC). The MTRC operates the metro network of Hong Kong and the commuter rail network connecting the northeastern and northwestern New Territories to the urban area. 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 the railway as its transport backbone.
The South Island line (West) is a proposed extension of the Hong Kong MTR metro system. The new line would serve the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island, between Shek Tong Tsui and Wong Chuk Hang. Plans for the South Island line (West) are mentioned and revised in the 2014 governmental railway strategy report and construction is expected to begin in 2021. Like the existing South Island line, this line would connect the Southern District to the rest of the MTR network.
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.
Wah Fu is a proposed MTR station on the proposed west section of the South Island line. It will be located at Wah Fu, Southern District, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The station is still under planning.
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- ↑ "Railway Development Strategy 2014" (PDF). Transport and Housing Bureau. September 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 June 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ↑ "Information paper about the Feb 2005 scheme" (PDF). Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ↑ "Background brief on Route 4, South Hong Kong Island Line and West Hong Kong Island Line" (PDF). Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 25 February 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ↑ "Presentation of Feb 2005 scheme by MTR" (PDF). Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 25 February 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ↑ "MTR Corporation welcomes Government's decision on West Island line and South Island line" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 30 June 2005. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
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