Hong Kong Mass Transit Railway
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
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 Image 31634 (86k, 800x600) Photo by: Todd Glickman Location: Admiralty |  Image 31635 (84k, 800x600) Photo by: Todd Glickman Location: Admiralty |  Image 31636 (81k, 800x600) Photo by: Todd Glickman |  Image 31646 (109k, 1152x864) Photo by: John Leung |  Image 103039 (203k, 930x618) Photo by: Peter Ehrlich Location: Yau Ma Tei (Kwun Tong Line--Green) |
Page Credits
Route Map by Seth Morgan.