Hong Kong’s Secretary for Transport & Housing, Professor Anthony Cheung, has revealed Hong Kong’s HKD $110 billion future rail expansion plan which outlines seven new railway projects to be delivered by 2031.
Projects featured in the Railway Development Strategy 2014 include the Northern Link & Kwu Tung Station, Tuen Mun South Extension, East Kowloon Line, Tung Chung West Extension, Hung Shui Kiu Station, South Island Line (West), and North Island Line.
If given the go-ahead, the projects will increase the length of Hong Kong’s rail network from 270 kilometres to 300km.
In a statement, Professor Cheung said: “When these seven recommended projects are completed, the total length of Hong Kong’s railway network would grow to over 300 kilometres, covering areas inhabited by about 75 per cent of the total population and about 85 per cent of job opportunities.
“The expanded railway network would help shorten journey times of commuters, bringing direct economic benefits of HKD $3 billion to HKD $4 billion a year.”
Three other projects –  the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Express Line, the Coastal Railway between Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan, and the Siu Sai Wan Line – were not recommended by the report because they didn’t demonstrate a strong enough economic case.
