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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Hong Kong Tramway POV Timelapse EXCLUSIVE! 香港電車 - Length: 9:07 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - The Subway/Metro System in Hong Kong 2016 - Length: 9:12 mins. |
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| Above: YouTubeCA video - Hong Kong - Tuen Mun - The New Territories light rail - Length: 6:17 mins. | Above: YouTubeCA video - Hong Kong Peak tram - Length: 3:16 mins. |
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MAPS
INSET: CENTRAL HONG KONG / KOWLOON
INSET: TUEN MUN
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ROUTES
TRAM ROUTES
Operator: Hong Kong Tramways Ltd.
| 1 | 上環 （西港城） (Western Market) - 筲箕灣 (Shau Kei Wan) |
| 2 | 跑馬地 (Happy Valley) - 筲箕灣 (Shau Kei Wan) |
| 3 | 石塘咀 (Whitty Street) - 北角 (North Point) |
| 4 | 石塘咀 (Whitty Street) - 銅鑼灣 (Causeway Bay) |
| 5 | 堅尼地城 (Kennedy Town) - 跑馬地 (Happy Valley) |
| 6 | 堅尼地城 (Kennedy Town) - 筲箕灣 (Shau Kei Wan) |
NB: The numbered route designations above and on the map are for the convenience of readers only, and are not used by the operator.
LIGHT RAIL ROUTES
Operator: MTR
| 505 | 兆康 (Siu Hong) - 田景 (Tin King) - 屯門 (Tuen Mun) - 三聖 (Sam Shing) |
| 507 | 田景 (Tin King) - 大興 (北) (Tai Hing (North)) - 河田 (Ho Tin) - 屯門 (Tuen Mun) - 三聖 (Sam Shing) - 碼頭 (Ferry Pier) |
| 610 | 元朗 (Yuen Long) - 塘坊村 (Tong Fong Tsuen) - 洪水橋 (Hung Shui Kiu) - 兆康 (Siu Hong) - 大興 (北) (Tai Hing (North)) - 輕鐵車廠 (Light Rail Depot) - 碼頭 (Ferry Pier) |
| 614 | 元朗 (Yuen Long) - 塘坊村 (Tong Fong Tsuen) - 洪水橋 (Hung Shui Kiu) - 兆康 (Siu Hong) - 景峰 (Prime View) - 屯門 (Tuen Mun) - 三聖 (Sam Shing) - 碼頭 (Ferry Pier) |
| 614P | 兆康 (Siu Hong) - 景峰 (Prime View) - 屯門 (Tuen Mun) - 三聖 (Sam Shing) - 碼頭 (Ferry Pier) |
| 615 | 元朗 (Yuen Long) - 塘坊村 (Tong Fong Tsuen) - 洪水橋 (Hung Shui Kiu) - 兆康 (Siu Hong) - 田景 (Tin King) - 輕鐵車廠 (Light Rail Depot) - 碼頭 (Ferry Pier) |
| 615P | 兆康 (Siu Hong) - 田景 (Tin King) - 輕鐵車廠 (Light Rail Depot) - 碼頭 (Ferry Pier) |
| 705 | 天水圍 (Tin Shui Wai) - 天榮 (Tin Wing) - 天逸 (Tin Yat) - 頌富 (Chung Fu) - 天瑞 (Tin Shui) - 天水圍 (Tin Shui Wai) [Circular route, counterclockwise] |
| 706 | 天水圍 (Tin Shui Wai) - 天瑞 (Tin Shui) - 頌富 (Chung Fu) - 天逸 (Tin Yat) - 天榮 (Tin Wing) - 天水圍 (Tin Shui Wai) [Circular route, clockwise] |
| 751 | 天逸 (Tin Yat) - 頌富 (Chung Fu) - 天瑞 (Tin Shui) - 洪水橋 (Hung Shui Kiu) - 兆康 (Siu Hong) - 河田 (Ho Tin) - 屯門 (Tuen Mun) - 友愛 (Yau Oi) |
| 761P | 天逸 (Tin Yat) - 頌富 (Chung Fu) - 天榮 (Tin Wing) - 天水圍 (Tin Shui Wai) - 塘坊村 (Tong Fong Tsuen) - 元朗 (Yuen Long) |
RAPID TRANSIT (METRO / SUBWAY / SUBURBAN RAIL) ROUTES
Operator: MTR
| AX | 機場快綫 (Airport Express) | 香港 (Hong Kong station) - 九龍 (Kowloon station) - 青衣 (Tsing Yi) - 機場 (Airport) |
| DR | 迪士尼綫 (Disneyland Resort Line) | 欣澳 (Sunny Bay) - 迪士尼 (Disneyland Resort) |
| ER | 東鐵綫 (East Rail Line) | 紅磡 (Hung Hom) - 九龍塘 (Kowloon Tong) - 大圍 (Tai Wai) - 大學 (University) - 上水 (Sheung Shui) - 羅湖 (Lo Wu) / 落馬洲 (Lok Ma Chau) |
| I | 港島綫 (Island Line) | 堅尼地城 (Kennedy Town) - 中環 (Central station) - 金鐘 (Admiralty) - 北角 (North Point) - 柴灣 (Chai Wan) |
| KT | 荃灣綫 (Tsuen Wan Line) | 黃埔 (Whampoa) - 油麻地 (Yau Ma Tei) - 九龍塘 (Kowloon Tong) - 鑽石山 (Diamond Hill) - 調景嶺 (Tiu Keng Leng) |
| MOS | 馬鞍山綫 (Ma On Shan Line) | 大圍 (Tai Wai) - 烏溪沙 (Wu Kai Sha) |
| SI | 南港島綫 (South Island Line) | 金鐘 (Admiralty) - 海怡半島 (South Horizons) |
| TC | 東涌綫 (Tung Chung Line) | 香港 (Hong Kong station) - 九龍 (Kowloon station) - 南昌 (Nam Cheong) - 荔景 (Lai King) - 青衣 (Tsing Yi) - 欣澳 (Sunny Bay) - 東涌 (Tung Chung) |
| TK | 將軍澳綫 (Tseung Kwan O line) | 北角 (North Point) - 調景嶺 (Tiu Keng Leng) - 寶琳 (Po Lam) / 康城 (LOHAS Park) |
| TW | 荃灣綫 (Tsuen Wan Line) | 中環 (Central station) - 金鐘 (Admiralty) - 尖沙咀 (Tsim Sha Tsui) - 油麻地 (Yau Ma Tei) - 美孚 (Mei Foo) - 荔景 (Lai King) - 荃灣 (Tsuen Wan) |
| WR | 西鐵綫 (West Rail Line) | 紅磡 (Hung Hom) - 柯士甸 (Austin) - 南昌 (Nam Cheong) - 美孚 (Mei Foo) - 天水圍 (Tin Shui Wai) - 屯門 (Tuen Mun) |
NB: The lettered route designations above and on the map are for the convenience of readers only, and are not used by the operator.
FUNICULAR ROUTE (山頂纜車 - PEAK TRAM)
Operator: Peninsula Hotels
| Peak Tram | 花園道 (Garden Road) - 山頂 (The Peak) |
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SYSTEM
NETWORK LENGTH
- Trams: 13 km.
- Light Rail (Tuen Mun): 36 km.
- Rapid transit (Metro / Subway / Suburban rail): 175 km.
- Funicular (Peak Tram): 1365 m.
HISTORY
- Electric trams: 30 July 1904 - today.
- Light Rail (Tuen Mun): 18 Sept. 1988 - today.
- Kowloon–Canton Railway (suburban services): 1 Oct. 1910 - 2 Dec. 2007 (merged into MTR)
- Rapid transit (Metro): 1 Oct. 1979 - today.
- Funicular (The Peak Tram): 28 May 1888 - today (steam operated until 1926, electric afterwards) (interruption (under Japanese occupation) 11 Dec. 1941 - 25 Dec. 1945)
GAUGE
- Electric trams: 1067 mm.
- Light Rail (Tuen Mun): 1435 mm.
- Rapid Transit (Metro / Subway / Suburban rail): 1432 / 1435 mm.
- Funicular (The Peak Tram): 1520 mm.
SOURCES
- Hong Kong trams. Kowloon, Hong Kong: Pacific Century Publishers, 1998.
- Runnacles, T.V. "Tramway developments in Hong Kong - Part 1: The Peak Tramway" Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transport, Aug. 1988 (51: 608), p.270-280.
- Runnacles, T.V. "Tramway developments in Hong Kong - Part 3: Hong Kong Tramways Ltd (continued)" Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transport, Oct. 1988 (51: 610), p.345-357.
- Runnacles, T.V. "Tramway developments in Hong Kong - Part 7: Into the Year of the Snake (Peak Tramway and HKT)" Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transport, Jan. 1990 (53: 625), p.9-21.
- Runnacles, T.V. "Tramway developments in Hong Kong - Part 8: Into the Year of the Snake (North West Railway)" Modern Tramway and Light Rail Transport, Feb. 1990 (53: 626), p.53-62.
- Sorton, D. "Systems Factfile No.2: Hong Kong" Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2007 (70: 836), p.307-309.
- van Hattum, C. "Hong Kong stages a COVID comeback" Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2023 (86: 1028), p.303-307.
- van Hattum, C. "Supporting Hong Kong's expansion" Tramways & Urban Transit, Aug. 2018 (81: 968), p.296-300.
- Williams, A.K. "Hongkong Tramways Limited" Modern Tranway & Light Railway Review, Jan. 1966 (29: 337), p.15-20.
WIKIS
WEB SITES
- HK Tramways
- Hong Kong (on UrbanRail.Net)
- Light Rail route map
- MTR
- The Peak
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