Today we have more than 150 stations that see 5 million trips a day, but it’s just getting started. Five years later, the Island Line opened up to offer service from Central to Chai Wan. Then in 1980, a game changer: the MTR harbor crossing opened up, connecting Tsuen Wan Line with what’s now Central station. Most impressively, the farebox recovery ratio (the. Though it costs a bit more than other forms of public transport, it is the quickest way to get to most destinations. In 2012, the MTR produced revenue of 36 billion Hong Kong Dollars (about U.S 5 billion)turning a profit of 2 billion in the process. It is one of the world's most modern subway systems, the best run and the most profitable in the world. The original rail line was a 15-kilometer (9 mile) stretch from Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong, now part of the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines.Ī few months later, the line extended south to include Tsim Sha Tsui Station. The Hong Kong subway (MTR) is clean, fast, safe and easy. On October 1, 1979, the first Light Rail Transit, aka the MTR, opened up. The East Rail Line was completed in 1910, connecting Hung Hom with Lo Wu at the Shenzhen checkpoint and Lok Ma Chau at the Futian checkpoint.īut even as China and Hong Kong became more connected, the intra-city system we know today still didn’t debut for another 70 years. At the end of the 1800s, England secured several railway contracts and started on a steam-powered rail link between Hong Kong and Guangdong. The plan got shelved, and didn’t come to fruition for another 30 years. But the idea for a commuter train dates back to 1864 when Macdonald Stephenson, a British engineer, floated the proposal. Well, to be fair, the Peak Tram was actually the first mode of public transport in Hong Kong, opening in 1888. It’s been just over 105 years since the very first passenger train debuted in Hong Kong. One of the first things remarked on by travelers? Hong Kong’s hyper-efficient MTR. And as Hong Kong expands its network to the Southside and introduces new high-speed rails to China, it’s only going to get more impressive.
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