Hong Kong

Country Details

See Wikipedia. Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China.

Railway System

National Railway Operator

MTR Corporation operate services on Hong Kong's Metro, Suburban and Light Rail Lines.

Maps

• Printed: Quail Map Company: China Railway Atlas, 3rd edition (ISBN: 978 1 898319 82 8) was published in 2008. See Printed Maps.

Timetable

• Printed: summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.

Information is available at the Man in Seat 61.

Gauge

• 1,435 mm (4 feet 8½ inches) standard gauge - Old Main line to China, via Lo Wu, and Hong Kong Express rail link.
• 1,432 mm (4 feet 8+3⁄8 inches) MTR Lines built before 2014.
• 1,067 mm (3 feet 6 inches) narrow [Cape] gauge - Hong Kong Tramways.
• 1,520 mm (4 feet 11+27⁄32 inches) - Broad Gauge - Peak Tramway

Electrification

• 25 kV, 50 Hz - Hong Kong Express rail link, East Rail and Tuen Ma lines.
• 1500 V DC - MTR Metro System
• 750 V DC - MTR Light Rail.
• 550 V DC - Hong Kong Tramways.

Metro and LRT systems

DETAILS

Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services

See Hong Kong - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services.