Light Rail (MTR)

Light Rail
輕鐵
Two MTR Phase I LRVs at Siu Lun stop
Overview
Other name(s)Light Rail Transit (LRT), North-West Railway
StatusOperational
OwnerKowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Locale
Connecting linesTuen Ma line
Former connectionsWest Rail line
Stations68
Color on map     Warm yellow
Service
TypeLight rail
SystemMTR
Operator(s)MTR Corporation
Depot(s)Tuen Mun
Rolling stock1 or 2-car high-floor light rail vehicles
History
Opened18 September 1988 (1988-09-18)
Technical
Line length36.2 km (22.5 mi)
CharacterElevated
At-grade
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Electrification750 V DC (Overhead line)
Route map

Yuen Long     
Tai Tong Road
Hong Lok Road
Fung Nin Road
Tin Heng
Shui Pin Wai
Tin Yat
Wetland Park
Tin Fu
Tin Sau
Chung Fu
Tin Yuet
Fare zone 5A
Fare zone 4
Fare zone 5
Fare zone 4
Chestwood
Ping Shan
Tin Shui
Tin Wing
Ginza
Locwood
Tin Wu
Tin Tsz
Tong Fong Tsuen
Tin Yiu
Tin Shui Wai     
Hang Mei Tsuen
Hung Tin Road
Hung Shui Kiu
Fare zone 4
Fare zone 3
Chung Uk Tsuen
Nai Wai
Lam Tei
Siu Hong     
Kei Lun
Fung Tei
Kin Sang
Tuen Mun Hospital
Tin King
Ching Chung
Leung King
Fare zone 3
Fare zone 2
San Wai
Tai Hing (North)
Fare zone 3
Fare zone 2
Tai Hing (South)
Affluence
Prime View
Shek Pai
Ngan Wai
Choy Yee Bridge
San Hui
Shan King (North)
Ming Kum
Hoh Fuk Tong
Shan King (South)
Ho Tin     
Kin On
Pui To
Tsing Wun
Tuen Mun     
Town Centre
Tsing Shan Tsuen
Yau Oi
On Ting
Fare zone 2
Fare zone 1
Fare zone 2
Fare zone 1
Lung Mun
Siu Lun
Goodview Garden
Tuen Mun Depot
Sam Shing
Light Rail Depot
Tuen Mun Swimming Pool
Butterfly
Melody Garden
Siu Hei
Tuen Mun Ferry Pier

Fare zones are only relevant for single journey Light Rail tickets.
Octopus card fares are loosely based on distance between stops.
The Tuen Ma line uses a separate fare system.

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Light Rail
Traditional Chinese輕鐵
Simplified Chinese轻铁
Cantonese YaleHīngtit
Literal meaningLight rail
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinQīngtiě
Hakka
RomanizationKhiâng-thiet
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHīngtit
JyutpingHing1tit3
IPA[héːŋ.tʰīːt̚]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJKheng-thih
Light Rail network map
Geographically accurate map of the Light Rail network
Track layout diagram of the network in 1996

The Light Rail, also known as the Light Rail Transit (LRT), officially the North-West Railway,[1] is a light rail system in Hong Kong, serving the northwestern New Territories, within Tuen Mun District and Yuen Long District. The system operates over 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge track, using 750 V DC overhead power supply. It was once one of four systems comprising the KCR network in Hong Kong, before the MTR–KCR merger in 2007. It has a daily ridership of about 483,000 people.[2] The line is colour warm yellow on the map, formerly deep orange before the MTR–KCR merger.

  1. ^ "Hong Kong e-Legislation Cap. 372E North-West Railway By-Laws". Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Transport" (PDF). Hong Kong: The Facts. Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 25 March 2015.

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