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Kwun Tong line 觀塘綫
A Metro Cammell EMU (DC) train approaching Kwun Tong
Overview
Status
Operational
Owner
MTR Corporation
Locale
Districts: Kowloon City, Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kowloon City, Wong Tai Sin, Kwun Tong, Sai Kung, Tseung Kwan O
Termini
Tiu Keng Leng
Whampoa
Connecting lines
East Rail line
Tseung Kwan O line
Tsuen Wan line
Tuen Ma line
Former connections
Island line
Stations
17
Color on map
Green (#00AB4E)
Service
Type
Rapid transit
System
MTR
Operator(s)
MTR Corporation
Depot(s)
Kowloon Bay
Rolling stock
CNR Changchun EMU
CRRC Qingdao Sifang SFM47/47A
Ridership
604,600 daily average (weekdays, September 2014)[1]
History
Opened
1 October 1979; 44 years ago (1979-10-01)
Last extension
23 October 2016; 7 years ago (2016-10-23)
Technical
Line length
17.32 km (10.76 mi)[2]
Track length
18.4 km (11.4 mi)
Track gauge
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) (Tiu Keng Leng to Yau Ma Tei) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) (Kwun Tong line extension)
Electrification
1,500 V DC (overhead line)
Operating speed
33 km/h (21 mph) (operational)
80 km/h (50 mph) (maximum)
[3]
Signalling
Advanced SelTrac CBTC (future)[4]
Train protection system
SACEM (currently being replaced)[5]
Route map
Legend
Whampoa
Ho Man Tin
Tuen Ma line
to Tuen Mun
East Rail line
to Admiralty
Tsuen Wan line
to Central
Yau Ma Tei
Mong Kok
Prince Edward
Tsuen Wan line
to Tsuen Wan
Shek Kip Mei
Kowloon Tong
East Rail line
to Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Lok Fu
Wong Tai Sin
Tuen Ma line
to Wu Kai Sha
Diamond Hill
Choi Hung
Kowloon Bay Depot
Kowloon Bay
Ngau Tau Kok
Kwun Tong
Lam Tin
Tseung Kwan O line
to North Point
Yau Tong
Track connections
(unused in regular service)
Tiu Keng Leng
Tseung Kwan O line
to Po Lam or LOHAS Park
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Kwun Tong line
Traditional Chinese
觀塘綫
Simplified Chinese
观塘线
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Guāntáng xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization
gūn tòhng sin
Jyutping
gun1 tong4 sin3
The Kwun Tong line (Chinese: 觀塘綫) is a rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong, coloured green on the MTR map. Starting at Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, Sai Kung, the route has 17 stations and takes 35 minutes to complete.[3] The Kwun Tong line is one of the busiest railway lines on the network connecting the central and the eastern portions of Kowloon via Wong Tai Sin. The line is mostly underground, but includes a lengthy elevated section, and runs generally in an east-west direction. During the morning rush hour, the Kwun Tong line utilises 33 trains running at 29tph (trains per hour) to achieve a route capacity of 85,000 pphpd (passengers per hour per direction).[3]
Opened on 1 October 1979 as the first urban railway line in Hong Kong and the first operated by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC), the Kwun Tong line operates over much of the original section of the "Modified Initial System", from Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong station, which it is named after. The line has seen the most changes in alignment of all the MTR lines, the most recent in 2016. It has crossed Victoria Harbour to serve Hong Kong Island using two separate routes in its history, though other lines have since taken over the harbour crossings; as such, the current route lies entirely within Kowloon except for Tiu Keng Leng in the New Territories. It has interchanges with four other lines: the Tsuen Wan line at Yau Ma Tei- Prince Edward station, the East Rail line at Kowloon Tong station, the Tuen Ma line at Ho Man Tin and Diamond Hill station, and the Tseung Kwan O line at Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng station.
^"Weekday patronage of MTR heavy rail network from September 1 to 27 and September 28 to October 25, 2014" (PDF). Legislative Council. 29 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
^"Kwun Tong Line". Highways Department, The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Archived from the original on 5 August 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^ abc"Business Overview 2021" (PDF). MTR Corporation. July 2021. p. 6. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
^"Alstom and Thales to supply advanced CBTC signalling system to Hong Kong's seven metro lines". RailwayPRO. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
^"Annual Report 2021" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 10 March 2022. p. 22. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022. In 2021, we continued with the project to replace the existing signalling system ("SACEM System") on our four urban lines (Island, Tseung Kwan O, Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines).
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