Tseung Kwan O Line (MTR)

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This is the complete route map of the Tseung Kwan O Line. Note that the Tseung Kwan O South station is not in service yet, and interchange stations are not denoted.

The Tseung Kwan O Line (Chinese: 將軍澳綫) is one of the seven lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It runs from Hong Kong Island to the new town of Tseung Kwan O. The line is indicated with the colour purple. During the morning rush hour, the Tseung Kwan O Line needs 15 trains in service to keep 2.7 min train intervals. It currently travels through 7 stations in 15 minutes along its route.

1 Route map
2 History
- 2.1 Trains
3 Stations
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] Route map

Geographically accurate map of the MTR Tseung Kwan O Line

[edit] History

The realignment of Kwun Tong Line upon the inauguration of Tseung Kwan O Line.

This line was planned to serve the new town of Tseung Kwan O (literally, General's Bay), and after being approved by the Hong Kong Executive Council on 20 October 1998, construction commenced on 24 April 1999. The line opened on 18 August 2002, and took over the train tracks running through the Eastern Harbour Tunnel from the Kwun Tong Line. Subsequently, the Kwun Tong Line was diverted to Tiu Keng Leng station on the new line.

This line is the first MTR line with no track on viaducts. Actually nearly all the route and stations are underground except Yau Tong and Po Lam, which are at surface level but completely covered.

Not all of the line was newly constructed. Quarry Bay station and the tunnels crossing Victoria Harbour had been in use for over 10 years by the Kwun Tong Line.

[edit] Trains

Main Article: Trains of the MTR

Originally, the MTR bought a batch of new trains to serve the new line, known as "K-Stock", jointly manufactured by Hyundai Industries (South Korea) and Mitsubishi (Japan). The purpose was for quieter travel and the energy of deceleration can be retransmitted to the train. However at the launch of the line, the original "M-trains" (G-Stock, H-Stock and Q-Stock) ran on the new line, while the new trains were transferred to the Kwun Tong Line for service.

[edit] Stations

This is a list of all the stations on the Tseung Kwan O Line. The coloured boxes holding the station names represent the unique colour motif for the station.

Livery and Name		District	Connection(s)	Date opened
Tseung Kwan O Line .
	Sheung Wan^*	Central and Western
	Central^*		Tsuen Wan Line, Tung Chung Line and Airport Express
	Admiralty^*		Tsuen Wan Line
	Wan Chai^*	Wan Chai
	Causeway Bay^*	Wan Chai
	Tin Hau^*	Eastern
	North Point		Island Line	September 27, 2001 (as part of Kwun Tong Line)
	Quarry Bay		Island Line	August 6, 1989 (as part of Kwun Tong Line)
	Yau Tong	Kwun Tong	Kwun Tong Line	August 4, 2002
	Tiu Keng Leng	Sai Kung	Kwun Tong Line	August 18, 2002
	Tseung Kwan O
	Hang Hau
	Po Lam
Spur line from Tsueng Kwan O Station^#
	Tseung Kwan O South^#	Sai Kung		2009

Notes

* Proposed as part of the North Island Line project. According to this project, the Tseung Kwan O Line will take the Sheung Wan - Tin Hau section of the Island Line.
^# Under construction