South Island Line (East)

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Wong Chuk Hang Station
Overview
Locale	Districts: Central and Western, Southern
Stations	5
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	MTR
History
Opened	Opening 2016/2017
Technical
Line length	7 km (4.3 mi)
Track gauge	1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map East Rail line to Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau Tsuen Wan line Central – Tsuen Wan Admiralty                Island line Kennedy Town – Chai Wan Nam Fung Tunnel Ocean Park Wong Chuk Hang Depot Wong Chuk Hang South Island line (West) to HKU Aberdeen Channel Bridge Lei Tung South Horizons

The South Island Line (East) is an extension of the Hong Kong MTR metro system. The new line will serve the southern coast of Hong Kong Island, between Ocean Park and South Horizons. Construction is expected to be completed in December 2016/February 2017. Together with the proposed South Island Line (West), these two lines connects the Southern District to the rest of the MTR network.

Stations

The following is a list of the stations on the South Island Line (East).

Livery and name		District	Connections	Opening date
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	Admiralty	Central and Western	Template:HK-MTR box, Template:HK-MTR box and Template:HK-MTR box (2021)	12 February 1980
	Ocean Park	Wong Chuk Hang		2016/2017
	Wong Chuk Hang		Template:HK-MTR box (proposed)
	Lei Tung	Ap Lei Chau
	South Horizons

Original proposal

See also: South Island Line § Original proposal

See also

• MTR
• Future projects of the MTR

Further reading

Papers from Government and Legislature

• "Second Railway Development Study (RDS-2)" (PDF). From Highways Department Hong Kong. Retrieved 27 February 2005.
• "Information paper about the Feb 2005 scheme" (PDF). From Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2005.
• "Background brief on Route 4, South Hong Kong Island Line and West Hong Kong Island Line" (PDF). From Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2005.
• "Presentation of Feb 2005 scheme by MTR" (PDF). From Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 25 February 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2005.

Press releases

• "MTR Corporation welcomes Government's decision on West Island Line and South Island Line" (PDF).. (30 June 2005). From MTR Corporation.
• http://www.mtr-southislandline.hk/pdf/press-release/26022014_pr_e.pdf

External links

• MTR West Island Line and South Island Line Introduction
• Papers from Legislative Council concerning West Island Line and South Island Line