South Island line (West)

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Overview
Locale	Districts: Central and Western, Southern
Termini	HKU Wong Chuk Hang
Stations	7
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	MTR
Technical
Track gauge	1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Island line to Chai Wan HKU      Island line to Kennedy Town Queen Mary Hospital Cyberport Wah Fu Tin Wan Aberdeen South Island line (East) to South Horizons Wong Chuk Hang      South Island line to Admiralty

The South Island Line (West) is a proposed extension of the Hong Kong MTR metro system. The new line would serve the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island, between Shek Tong Tsui and Wong Chuk Hang. Plans for the South Island Line (West) is mentioned and revised in the 2014 governmental railway strategy report and construction is expected to begin in 2021. Together with the under-construction South Island Line (East), 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 (West).

Livery and name		District	Connections	Opening date
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	HKU	Central and Western	Template:HK-MTR box	28 December 2014
	Queen Mary Hospital	Pok Fu Lam		(proposed)
	Cyberport	Telegraph Bay
	Wah Fu	Waterfall Bay
	Tin Wan	Tin Wan
	Aberdeen	Aberdeen
	Wong Chuk Hang	Wong Chuk Hang	Template:HK-MTR box (2016/2017)	25 December 2016

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