Overview

The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has five lines:

• Island Line (blue), which runs along the north side of Hong Kong island
• Tsuen Wan Line (red), which crosses under the harbor from Admiralty on the island and passes through Kowloon on the way to the western New Territories
• Tung Chun Line (orange), which follows the same line as the Airport Express but makes local stops to Lantau Island
• Kwun Tong Line (green), which links Kowloon's Yau Ma Tei station to Tiu Keng Leng
• Tseung Kwun O Extension (purple), which begins on Hong Kong Island, then crosses the harbor and heads northeast to Po Lam in Kowloon.

Air-conditioned, fast, and squeaky clean, MTR is relatively expensive (distance based fares of HKG $4 to $26), and uses stored-value cards which must be read by machines upon entry and exit. Alternatively, the Octopus Card can be used by waving it near the card reader.

MTR trainsets are permanently-linked and open/articulated car-to-car, so that passengers can move from one end of the train to the other without passing through any doors. Some stations have platform-edge doors, and others do not. All signage and announcements are in both Chinese and English, and the system is extremely easy to navigate.

Route Map

Photo Gallery

Five Random Images
Image 31641 (93k, 800x600) Photo by: Todd Glickman Location: Wong Tai Sin (Kwun Tong Line--Green)	Image 103042 (193k, 930x618) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich Location: Fortress Hill (Island Line--Blue)	Image 103046 (197k, 930x618) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich Location: Mong Kok (Kwun Tong Line--Green)	Image 103049 (216k, 930x608) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich Location: North Point (Tseung Kwun O Line--Purple)	Image 103050 (197k, 930x616) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich Location: North Point (Tseung Kwun O Line--Purple)

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Route Map by Seth Morgan.