Existing and Proposed Transport Infrastructure
Existing Transport Infrastructure
The existing road and railway infrastructure as at the end of 2010 are shown in
Figures 1,
2 and
3 respectively.
Major Road and Rail Infrastructure Projects
The major road infrastructure proposals as at end 2010 on Hong Kong Island and in Kowloon and the New Territories are shown in
Figures 4 and
5 respectively. Details of the major highway projects under construction and planning are given in
Tables 1.1 and
1.2 respectively.
The five railway projects listed in
Table 1.3 include two under construction, two authorized and one being gazetted.
The Hong Kong section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL) will provide express rail service between Hong Kong and Guangzhou. It will shorten the journey time between Hong Kong and Guangzhou significantly from about 100 minutes to 48 minutes. The Hong Kong section of the XRL is a 26-km long underground rail corridor. It will run from the terminus in West Kowloon, going north passing through Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan, Yuen Long and the boundary at Huanggang, where it will connect to the Mainland section of the XRL. The construction of the Hong Kong section of the XRL commenced in January 2010 for completion in 2015.
The construction of the West Island Line (WIL) was started in July 2009. The WIL is an extension of the Island Line from Sheung Wan Station westwards with three new stations, namely Sai Ying Pun, the University of Hong Kong and Kennedy Town. Upon commissioning, the journey time between Sheung Wan and Kennedy Town will be less than 10 minutes as compared with current vehicular journey time of 15 to 25 minutes during rush hours.
In addition, the railway schemes of South Island Line East (SIL(E)) and the Kwun Tong Line Extension (KTE) were authorized in November 2010. The construction of these two railway projects was expected to commence in 2011 for completion by 2015. The SIL(E) will be a medium capacity railway line running between Admiralty and South Horizons with three intermediate stations at Ocean Park, Wong Chuk Hang and Lei Tung Estate. Upon commissioning, the journey time between Admiralty and South Horizons will be about 10 minutes as compared with current vehicular journey time of 25 to 45 minutes during rush hours. The KTE is to extend the existing Kwun Tong Line from Yau Ma Tei to Whampoa with an intermediate station at Ho Man Tin. Upon commissioning, the journey time between Mong Kok and Whampoa will be about 5 minutes as compared with current vehicular journey time of about 25 minutes during rush hours.
The 17-km long Shatin to Central Link (SCL) is a new rail link between Tai Wai and Central through South East Kowloon. It is a territory-wide strategic railway project linked with a number of existing and future railways, forming two strategic railway corridors, namely the "East West Corridor" and the "North South Corridor". The SCL has ten stations including Tai Wai, Hin Keng, Diamond Hill, Kai Tak, To Kwa Wan, Ma Tau Wai, Homantin, Hung Hom, Exhibition and Admiralty. The SCL railway scheme was gazetted under the Railways Ordinance in November 2010. The construction is expected to commence in 2012 for completion by phases in 2018 for the Tai Wai to Hung Hom section and in 2020 for the Hung Hom to Admiralty section.
Details on the "
Railway Development Strategy 2000" can be found at the following website of the Transport and Housing Bureau:
http://www.thb.gov.hk/tc/psp/publications/transport/publications/rds.pdf
