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Tseung Kwan O Line (MTR) |
| From Tseung Kwan O, New Territories to North Point, Hong Kong Island, cross Kowloon |
| The Tseung Kwan O Line is one of the seven lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It runs from Hong Kong Island to the new |
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town of Tseung Kwan O. During the morning rush hour, the Tseung Kwan O Line needs 15 trains in service to keep 2.7 min train intervals. It currently travels through 7 stations in 15 minutes along its route.
This line was planned to serve the new town of Tseung Kwan O ("literally, General's Bay"), and after being approved by the Hong Kong Executive Council on 20 October 1998, construction commenced on 24 April 1999. The line opened on 18 August 2002, and took over the train tracks running through the Eastern Harbour Tunnel from the Kwun Tong Line. Subsequently, the Kwun Tong Line was diverted to Tiu Keng Leng station on the new line. |
| This line is the first MTR line with no track on viaducts. Actually nearly all the route and stations are underground except Yau Tong and Po Lam, which are at surface level but completely covered.
Not all of the line was newly constructed. Quarry Bay station and the tunnels crossing Victoria Harbour had been in use for over 10 years by the Kwun Tong Line. |
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