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 MTR - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
The four lines were to be the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, and East Kowloon Line.
The Kwun Tong Line was extended across the harbour to Quarry Bay, which became an interchange station for the Kwun Tong Line and the Island Line.
This 3.5 km single-track railway is an extension of the Tung Chung Line.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/MTR   (5295 words)

  
 Kwun Tong Line (MTR) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
With extensions to the south, the line reached Tsim Sha Tsui on 31 December 1979, and a year later on 12 December 1980 it reached first Central station (named Chater by then), crossing the harbour for the first time.
There is a rumour that this line would cross the harbour for the third time after this extension, with Fortress Hill being the new terminus.
Kwun Tong Line, and cross-platform interchange is not available as Mong Kok and Prince Edward stations are built with.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kwun_Tong_Line_(MTR)   (796 words)

  
 Some subways of the world - SkyscraperCity
Line Four is expected to go from the southwest at Al Ahram to the east at Nasr City; Line Five is planned as a half-circular line connecting all the other lines, from Nasr City to Port Said Street and Shubra El Kheima; and Line 6 is to be a north-south line from Shubra to Maadi.
Subsequently, the Kwun Tong Line was diverted to Tiu Keng Leng on the new line.
Lines of both types usually emerge onto the surface outside the central area, the exceptions being the Victoria Line which is in tunnel for its entire length save for a maintenance depot, and the Waterloo and City Line which, being very short, has no non-central part and no surface line.
www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=233597   (13360 words)

  
 HKMTIC Past -> The History
Argyle and Prince Edwards became the interchange stations for the Tsuen Wan Line and Kwun Tong Line.
Central and Admiralty stations are expanded to be the interchange stations for the Island Line and Tsuen Wan Line.
The new line consisted of 5 new stations, and the KTL was diverted to terminate at Tiu Keng Leng (TIK).
www.theskytrain.net /hkmtr/Past_History.htm   (1009 words)

  
 Kwun Tong Line - travel.asianfanatics.net
Construction of the Kwun Tong Line was approved in November of 1975, and four years later, on 1 October 1979 service commenced on the Kwun Tong Line.
Yau Ma Tei became the terminus of the Kwun Tong Line and both Argyle and Prince Edward stations became interchange stations.
When the Eastern Harbour Crossing was completed on 6 August 1989, the Kwun Tong Line was extended to Quarry Bay station, and on 1 October of the same year, Lam Tin station was opened.
travel.asianfanatics.net /info/Kwun_Tong_Line   (327 words)

  
 MTR   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Kwun Tong Line was extended across the harbour to Quarry Bay, which became an interchange station for the Kwun Tong Line and Island Line and the extension was launched on 5 August, 1989.
In the end, the new line was included in the financing of the new Hong Kong International Airport as the airport was not considered viable without direct public transport links.
Depots are located at Kowloon Bay (for Kwun Tong Line), Tsuen Wan (for Tsuen Wan Line), Heng Fa Chuen (for Island Line), and Dream City (in Tseung Kwan O) (for Tseung Kwan O Line).
www.keywordmage.net /mt/mtr.html   (2962 words)

  
 Kwun Tong District - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kwun Tong District is one of the industrial areas in Hong Kong.
The residential areas in Kwun Tong are mainly located in Ngau Tau Kok, upper Kwun Tong Central, Sau Mau Ping and Lam Tin.
Kwun Tong is served by the Kwun Tong Line (6 stations) and the Tseung Kwan O Line (1 station) of the MTR metro system.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kwun_Tong_District   (395 words)

  
 Travel To China - Mass Transit Railway
The lines with the same name as the in the present network in the then proposed system was slightly different from the present system.
In 1972, the Hong Kong government authorized the construction of Kwun Tong Line, which was the initial system.
In October 1, 1979, the MTR was partially opened, with trains running from Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong.
www.goingtochina.com /transportation/Mass_Transit_Railway.htm   (2064 words)

  
 No let up in Hong Kong's railway expansion - Rapid Transit: Hong Kong International Railway Journal - Find Articles
Six new lines or extensions will open between now and 2007, and a further six projects are at an advanced stage of planning for implementation between 2006 and 2012.
The TKO Line is designed to serve the rapidly expanding new town of Tseung Kwan O. The project is unusual in that it also involves diverting the Kwun Tong Line to Yau Tong, where passengers will have cross-platform interchange with TKO Line services to Hong Kong Island, and Tiu Keng Leng.
Yau Tong station will open two weeks earlier than the rest of the TKO Line to enable passengers to get used to the new arrangements.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0BQQ/is_5_42/ai_86647714   (1028 words)

  
 UrbanRail.Net > Asia > HONG KONG Mass Transit Railway
These two railway lines are purely local suburban railways that link various new towns to central Hong Kong and were completed in 2003 and 2004.
Kwun Tong Line Kwun Tong - Shek Kip Mei
Kwun Tong Line Shek Kip Mei - Tsim Sha Tsui
de.geocities.com /m_hong_kong/hong-kong.htm   (1892 words)

  
 MTR - Hong Kong Travel - Travel to China
The Kwun Tong Line was extended across the harbour to Quarry Bay (MTR)Quarry Bay, which became an interchange station for the Kwun Tong Line and the Island Line.
Subsequently, the Kwun Tong Line was diverted to Tiu Keng Leng (MTR)Tiu Keng Leng station on the new line.
These new lines are suggested in the http://www.hyd.gov.hk/eng/public/publications/rds/doc/rds.pdf Second Railway Development Study (RDS-2) to provide direct linkage between the populated areas of Wah Fu and Ap Lei Chau in Southern District, and the Central business districtCBD of Hong Kong.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/MTR   (3722 words)

  
 North Point District - December 2000
CAPTION : North Point district and its surrounding areas - the red line is the tram route while the purple line is the MTR (subway).
There was a proposal to construct a hotel and port complex for cruise ships on the coast but traffic concerns have the government leaning towards a similar plan across the harbour on the Kowloon side, at the tip of the now-closed Kai Tak Airport.
However, the government is actively pursuing a second subway line (the North Island Line) through North Point, to be completed within 10 years.
www.geocities.com /asiaglobe/gallery/northpoint.htm   (464 words)

  
 Peter Haworth's Australasian Railways Website, Hong Kong MTR System
The MTR runs on five lines, and all of these, excluding the Airport Express line, have trains which operate 3 minutes apart from each other on peak times and five minutes apart during off peak times.
The airport express line uses high speed/tech trains, on these trains there are telelvisions installed in every seat.
Ngau Tau Kok is one of three stations on the Kwun Tong line which isn't underground, and is therefore a lot easier to take photographs.
www.angelfire.com /pa2/pennsyrr/2_40.html   (376 words)

  
 Getting Around Hong Kong : MTR/KCR, Star Ferry, Trams and Taxis
The initial route of this US$5 billion underground opened in late 1979 to serve the Central District of Hong Kong Island, Nathan Road, and east and north Kowloon.
Today, the system has six lines: the Island line, Kwun Tong line, Tseung Kwan O line, Tsuen Wan line, Tung Chung line, and the Disneyland Resort line.
Key MTR and the KCR lines intersect at several main stations.
www.hong-kong-hotels.ws /gettingaround.htm   (542 words)

  
 Travel - Hong Kong (Useful Information)
The destination sign is located in front or rear of the tram, when the tram goes toward west; the sign shows Kennedy Town, Whitty Street or Central Market, for the eastern tram, it shows Causeway Bay, North Point or Shau Kei Wan.
This is a dedicated airport high speed rail line, operating at 10 minute intervals from 5:50am to 1:15am from Hong Kong Station (Central) via two interchanges; Kowloon Station and Tsing Yi Station; total journey is about 23 minutes.
Take the MTR (Island Line) back to 5.Causeway Bay and exit into Times Square (one of the busier areas of Hong Kong) where there is a multitude of hotels, shops (including a branch of the famous Lane Crawford), plazas, restaurants and other places of interest.
www.west-meet-east.com /travelhktrans.htm   (1481 words)

  
 ASrIA - Company Profile   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The railway system operated by the MTR Corporation was constructed at a cost of HK$79.1 billion, consists of five MTR lines — the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, Tung Chung Line, Tseung Kwan O Line - and the dedicated Airport Express.
Total passenger numbers per weekday on the Kwun Tong Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Island Line, Tung Chung Line and Tseung Kwan O Line currently average about 2.3 million, making the railway one of the most densely utilised system in the world in terms of passengers per track kilometer.
In terms of new railway projects, the project agreement for Penny's Bay Rail Link was signed with the Government on 24 July 2002, which will connect the Tung Chung Line, via a new station at Yam O, with the new Hong Kong Disneyland and is expected to be completed by 1st July 2005.
www.asria.org /member/profile?m=mtr   (623 words)

  
 Overview of Hong Kong
It included three lines, one along the northern shore of Hong Kong island and two crossing Hong Kong harbour to serve Kowloon situated on the Chinese mainland.
The MTR system was expanded during the 1990's when a new airport was built 30 km west on Lantau Island near the new town of Tung Chung.
An extension of the Kwun Tong Line from Quarry Bay to North Point opened in 2001 to relieve the busy Quarry Bay transfer station." (HONG KONG Mass Transit Railway) MTR is the sub way what we called in United States, some place call it underground.
www.albany.edu /~sc3045/isp361/finalproject/overview.html   (1488 words)

  
 21ma.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The interchange concourses at every interchange station are very wide to allow a large number of passengers to change trains at the same time.
The MTR network is unique in its arrangement of interchange stations.
For example, when a person is travelling on the Kwun Tong Line towards Tiu Keng Leng, getting off at Yau Tong would allow him to change trains across the platform for the Tseung Kwan O Line towards North Point.
www.21ma.com /mod3.php?title=MTR   (5131 words)

  
 travel to HK to watch trains, what kinds and where? - China Travel Forum
Although most of the urban line MTR tracks are built underground, part of the tracks are built on bridges which are good places for watching trains.
These include the Kwai Hing-Lai King section (Tsuen Wan line), Kowloon Bay-Kwun Tong section (Kwun Tong line), Heng Fa Chuen-Chai Wan section (Island line).
The depots at Tsuen Wan, Kowloon Bay and Heng Fa Chuen are built on the ground.
www.muztagh.com /forum/ptopic1922.html   (346 words)

  
 HKMTIC Galleries -> Lam Tin Station
After the completion of the Tseung Kwan O Extension, Kwun Tong Line trains will head to Yau Tong (YAT) Station rather than running thru the Eastern Harbour Crossing.
Therefore, new tracks need to be laid from Lam Tin Station towards YAT.
Kwun Tong Line trains will therefore run thru YAT and terminate at Tiu Keng Leng Station.
www.theskytrain.net /hkmtr/Galleries_LAT.htm   (66 words)

  
 BVE-routes.com - the international BVE database
The short line Quarry Bay - Kwun Tong starts in the underground and leaves the tunnel after Tam Lin.
On the last kilometer, you can watch the impressive Hongkong skyline.
Hint: You may have noticed that the system searches not only for route names and descriptions but also for authors and trains.
bve-routes.com /search.php?search=kwun   (90 words)

  
 gliponeOnline: Travel: Shenzhen
From Quarry Bay we took the MTR Kwun Tong Line to Kowloon Tong where we were to exchange rail to KCR.
The Kowloon Tong station was very busy that day.
Finally, we went to Lo Wu border and back to Hongkong.
www28.brinkster.com /gliponeonline/travel_shenzhen.html   (794 words)

  
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The carbon dioxide in the cream soda pumped the alcohol to my brain rapidly, there was thinning of blood, my face, my ear and my neck were all RED!!!
I took the last train of Kwun Tong line, I just ran in Quarry Bay station to reach the TKO line!
Dunno y Kwun Tong line stops running so early!
www.xanga.com /karenkkh/544521471/item.html   (202 words)

  
 MTR Hong Kong - Wikimedia Commons
Plaque of MTR Island Line opening ceremony held at Tai Koo Station on May 31, 1985 by Sir Edward Youde, then Governor of Hong Kong
Plaque of MTR Island Line opening ceremony held at Sheung Wan Station on May 23, 1986 by Sir John Bremridge, then Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
This page was last modified 16:20, 1 December 2006.
commons.wikimedia.org /wiki/MTR_Hong_Kong   (194 words)

  
 Complete 3G Coverage on the Underground Railway
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3 Hong Kong has become the first mobile operator in Hong Kong to provide full 3G coverage for the entire MTR network, including the Island Line, Airport Express Line, Kwun Tong Line, Tung Chung Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Disneyland Resort Line and Tseung Kwan O Line.
By extending 3G coverage to all the MTR stations commencing tomorrow afternoon, 3's 3G network will provide customers with truly seamless 3G video communication and high-speed video content from ground to tunnels.
www.cellular-news.com /story/13722.php   (266 words)

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