39-621: Island Line or Island line may refer to: Island line (MTR) , one of the lines of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong Island Line, Isle of Wight , a railway line on the Isle of Wight, England Island Line (brand) , a train operating company on the Isle of Wight, England Island Line Trail , a trail along a former railway line, located in northwest Vermont, USA. Topics referred to by
78-603: A route capacity of 85,000 pphpd (passengers per hour per direction). Opened on 1 October 1979 as the first urban railway line in Hong Kong and the first operated by the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC), the Kwun Tong line operates over much of the original section of the " Modified Initial System ", from Shek Kip Mei to Kwun Tong station , which it is named after. The line has seen
117-412: A project to reduce congestion at Quarry Bay, the Kwun Tong line was briefly extended to North Point on 27 September 2001. This station did not last as the terminus for long, as the newly built Tseung Kwan O line would take over the cross-harbour portion of the route in 2002. On 18 August 2002, The Kwun Tong line was extended to Tiu Keng Leng , its present eastern terminus, coinciding with the opening of
156-678: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Island line (MTR) The Island line ( Chinese : 港島綫 ) is one of ten lines of the MTR , the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Kennedy Town in the Western district to Chai Wan in the Eastern District on Hong Kong Island , passing through the territory's major business districts of Central , Wan Chai and Causeway Bay , and connecting them with built-up areas on
195-571: The East Rail line at Kowloon Tong station, the Tuen Ma line at Ho Man Tin and Diamond Hill station, and the Tseung Kwan O line at Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng station. The Kwun Tong line operates over the majority of the track used by the "Modified Initial System", and can so be said to be the first MTR line to enter service. It was predated only by the suburban East Rail line , which at
234-438: The Tseung Kwan O line . Both the Kwun Tong and Tseung Kwan O lines pass beneath the Tseung Kwan O cemetery in tunnel before entering Tseung Kwan O in an northeasterly direction and eventually terminating at Tiu Keng Leng station . Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng stations provide cross-platform interchanges in the same manner as Mong Kok and Prince Edward. Expansions for the Kwun Tong line to the east have been made impossible due to
273-602: The West Island line . Construction commenced on the Island line's western extension to Kennedy Town in 2009 and on 28 December 2014, the extension opened to passenger services, providing direct heavy rail connection to the western district of Hong Kong Island for the first time. New intermediate stations at Sai Ying Pun and the University of Hong Kong also opened as part of the extension; however, construction delayed
312-644: The Government would award subsidies towards the project. No sooner, in May 2002, the first proposal from the MTRC detailed a western extension of the existing Island line towards Kennedy Town. However the plan was abruptly brought to a halt due to land reclamation obstacles on the western coast of Hong Kong Island , and the enormous cost and uncertainties concerning the Hong Kong Government's subsidies for
351-627: The Kwun Tong Line platforms. At this point, the line runs underneath Nathan Road alongside the Tsuen Wan line , with stations at Mong Kok and Prince Edward providing cross-platform interchanges. The Kwun Tong line then splits from the Tsuen Wan line and turns to the east after Shek Kip Mei . At Kowloon Tong , there is an important, widely used interchange with the suburban East Rail line . Continuing eastwards through Wong Tai Sin ,
390-483: The Kwun Tong line to Hong Kong Island was also proposed in RDS-2000 to constitute the fifth harbour crossing. The Kwun Tong line is mostly underground and runs generally east-west. It starts at Whampoa station and heads northwest, with an interchange to the Tuen Ma line at Ho Man Tin . It curves to the southwest and then north to meet the Tsuen Wan line at Yau Ma Tei , with the Tsuen Wan line platforms above
429-399: The Kwun Tong line was extended through the new tunnel on 6 August 1989 to a new terminus at Quarry Bay , a transfer station with the newly built Island line . An intermediate station, Lam Tin , was opened on 1 October of the same year. The first derailment in MTR history (excluding ex-KCR lines) took place at Kowloon Bay station in 1994. The seventh carriage of a train pulling into
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#1732772627521468-569: The Kwun Tong line. This is a list of the stations on the Island line. List A proposal suggests extending the Island line eastward to terminate at a new Siu Sai Wan station . Kwun Tong line The Kwun Tong line ( Chinese : 觀塘綫 ) is a rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong , coloured green on the MTR map. Starting at Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O , Sai Kung ,
507-610: The Ma On Shan and West Rail lines merged to form the Tuen Ma line , while also extending the Kwun Tong line to Whampoa as per the MTRC's own proposal. The benefits would be a better transfer arrangement at Ho Man Tin and other SCL interchange stations for services to the northeastern and northwestern New Territories. Passengers would be able to change to the North-South corridor at Hung Hom for cross-harbour services, which would terminate at Admiralty after Central South station
546-640: The Tseung Kwan O line. Although not in regular service, the original tunnel linking the Kwun Tong line to the Eastern Harbour Crossing continues to be maintained and can be utilised in the event of a disruption on the Tseung Kwan O line. Such an incident occurred on 16 December 2013, when a train on the Tseung Kwan O line broke down, halting train services on the entire line for several hours. To prevent cross-harbour train service from being disrupted, all Kwun Tong line trains temporarily used
585-651: The Tsuen Wan line across Victoria Harbour to Central South station . Its competitor, the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation , suggested constructing an Automated People Mover between Hung Hom and Whampoa instead. After the MTR–KCR merger in 2007, the Hong Kong government appointed the MTRC to construct the SCL between Tai Wai and Hung Hom according to the KCRC's modified proposal, which would see
624-600: The cut-and-cover method. Because most stations were built under roads, most of the platforms are curved, resulting in large platform gaps . The few stations where the platforms are otherwise relatively straight are those on the West Island line as well as North Point , Quarry Bay, Tai Koo, Heng Fa Chuen and Chai Wan. Also, due to geographical constraints, the platforms of Wan Chai , Causeway Bay , Tin Hau and Sai Wan Ho are located on two different levels. This also separates
663-414: The line emerges to the surface at Heng Fa Chuen , and then on a viaduct , which runs alongside Shing Tai Road, and which passes over Chai Wan Park and Island Eastern Corridor above ground, all the way to Chai Wan . The route of the original underground section of the line is also served by Hong Kong Tramways at surface level (the West Island line extension follows its own routing further inland from
702-502: The line interchanges with the Tuen Ma line again at Diamond Hill , after which it turns south and emerges above ground after Choi Hung station . It then runs southeast on a viaduct above Kwun Tong Road between Kowloon Bay and Lam Tin stations. After Lam Tin station, the line travels through a tunnel in a hill and emerges above ground level at Yau Tong (although the line is completely covered at this point), where it meets with
741-601: The lines. In a response to the resulting congestion, the government recommended the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works project, and decided to expand North Point station to include a second interchange with the Kwun Tong line, with construction starting in July 1998. The North Point interchange opened on 27 September 2001, and proved to be a much more efficient method of interchanging, as the new station featured cross-platform interchange, reducing
780-574: The most changes in alignment of all the MTR lines, the most recent in 2016. It has crossed Victoria Harbour to serve Hong Kong Island using two separate routes in its history, though other lines have since taken over the harbour crossings; as such, the current route lies entirely within Kowloon except for Tiu Keng Leng in the New Territories . It has interchanges with four other lines: the Tsuen Wan line at Yau Ma Tei- Prince Edward station,
819-445: The north shore of the island. The line is coloured dark blue on the MTR map. The line first opened on 31 May 1985. As of 2022 it travels 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi) in 25 minutes along its route, serving 17 stations. The line is indicated in dark blue colour on the MTR route map. The origins of the proposal for the line originated in the 1967 and 1970 studies, which originally planned to run from Kennedy Town to Chai Wan, but
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#1732772627521858-712: The old tracks from Lam Tin to Quarry Bay and terminated at North Point, as they did before the opening of the Tseung Kwan O line. This was the first time since 2002 that the Lam Tin to Quarry Bay tracks were utilised for regular service. As part of its bid for Sha Tin to Central Link (SCL) in the early 2000s, the MTR Corporation proposed an extension of the Kwun Tong line to serve the Whampoa Garden area, with an interchange at Ho Man Tin to an extended Ma On Shan line , which would provide an alternate route to
897-530: The opening of Sai Ying Pun station to 29 March 2015. The Island line resembles the deep-level lines of the London Underground , as most of the route and stations along the line are deep underground and consist of cylindrical tunnels. This is the result of a lack of available land, as the construction plans for the line required it to be built under major roads. Only the segment of the line east of Shau Kei Wan has space for track expansion and thus
936-516: The platform and concourse into two parts, so there are some passageways and long escalators on those stations to link between the platform and concourse. All Island line stations except Heng Fa Chuen and Chai Wan have their Chinese station names written in Chinese calligraphy as part of the stations' livery. A retired architect, Abe Au Kit-tong, involved in the design of the Island line explained that calligraphy are written in large fonts to alleviate
975-593: The project. However, the current plan for the new lines to the Southern District would require parts of the Western extension in order for it to be completed. As a result, the MTR Corporation was conducting extensive surveys as well as public forums to gather opinion and suggestions concerning the alignment of the extension and location of the Sai Ying Pun , Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town stations for
1014-427: The psychological effect caused by the narrow platforms and the curvature of the walls, in addition to remind passengers what this stop is. This explains why Heng Fa Chuen and Chai Wan stations do not have calligraphy forming part of its livery, as they are built above ground rather than underground. This feature is also shared amongst some newer MTR stations such as those on the Tseung Kwan O line and Lam Tin station on
1053-529: The route between Sheung Wan and Kennedy was omitted when the proposal was finalized during the construction. The Hong Kong Government authorised the construction of the 13.1-kilometre-long (8.1 mi) Island line in December 1980, after rejecting plans to extend the tram eastwards to Chai Wan. On 31 May 1985 the Island line opened with services operating between Admiralty and Chai Wan stations with trains in six-car configuration. The opening ceremony
1092-444: The route has 17 stations and takes 35 minutes to complete. The Kwun Tong line is one of the busiest railway lines on the network connecting the central and the eastern portions of Kowloon via Wong Tai Sin . The line is mostly underground, but includes a lengthy elevated section, and runs generally in an east-west direction. During the morning rush hour, the Kwun Tong line utilises 33 trains running at 29tph (trains per hour) to achieve
1131-414: The route's cylindrical tunnels, only with a greater diameter . Of the underground stations not bearing this feature, Tai Koo station is itself a large tube containing both the concourse and the platform, Sai Ying Pun station and HKU station consists of station boxes that are themselves, also tube-like though flatter, while Shau Kei Wan, Admiralty , Central and Kennedy Town stations are built using
1170-419: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Island Line . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Island_Line&oldid=1147008016 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
1209-403: The station at about 60 km/h (37 mph) jumped the tracks on 28 January 1994, on a section of track adjacent to the MTR headquarters building. Nobody was injured, though train services were disrupted. The incident was blamed on a bolt in the train's suspension system which had worked itself loose, causing the weight load to be concentrated on the rear wheels of the carriage. As part of
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1248-405: The terminus of the newly christened Kwun Tong line (until then, the line had no official name), and both Argyle and Prince Edward stations became cross-platform interchange stations with the new line. When the Hong Kong government decided to build a second harbour crossing in 1984, it awarded a franchise for the construction of a mixed rail and road tunnel under the harbour. Consequentially,
1287-453: The time required to interchange from five minutes at Quarry Bay station to less than one minute. On 4 August 2002, both these stations became interchange stations with the new Tseung Kwan O line which had taken over the harbour crossing section from the Kwun Tong line. In 2002, the MTRC announced that it would use HK$ 300 million to construct the West and South Island lines, provided that
1326-585: The time was in the process of being electrified and upgraded to a commuter service as part of the Kowloon–Canton Railway . Construction was approved in November 1975 under the administration of Governor Murray MacLehose , and service commenced on 1 October 1979. The line initially ran between Shek Kip Mei station and Kwun Tong station , and each train consisted of four cars. The trains were expanded to consist of 6 cars and 8 cars later respectively. It
1365-400: The tramway). This brought concerns that the tram system might be abolished when the MTR line was to be built, but a decision to save the tramline was made in 1980; and it serves as a backup in the event of service breakdown and a cheaper alternative for shorter journeys. Because of the depth of the line, most underground stations on this line have curved walls on the platforms, which are due to
1404-673: Was extended to the south twice: firstly to Tsim Sha Tsui on 31 December 1979, and secondly to Central station on 12 February 1980 (named Chater at the time), crossing Victoria Harbour through the first underwater rail tunnel in Hong Kong and completing the original Modified Initial System plan. When the Tsuen Wan ;line started service in May 1982, it took over the section of the Modified Initial System south of Argyle (present-day Mong Kok ). At that point, Waterloo (present-day Yau Ma Tei ) station became
1443-561: Was held at Tai Koo station and was officiated by then-MTR chairman Sir Wilfrid Newton and Governor of Hong Kong Sir Edward Youde , who unveiled the commemorative plaques at the station concourse. On 23 May 1986, the Island line was extended to Central and Sheung Wan stations. Both Admiralty and Central stations became interchange stations with the Tsuen Wan line (which was the Modified Initial System until 26 April 1982). As part of this extension, each train
1482-544: Was lengthened to eight cars. After the Kwun Tong ;line was extended to Quarry Bay station through the Eastern Harbour Crossing on 1 October 1989, that station became an interchange station with the Island line, but unlike that at Admiralty, there is no cross-platform arrangement requiring passengers to use two escalators and a long passageway in between to change between the platforms of
1521-541: Was removed from the final plan. The 2.6-kilometre (1.6 mi) Kwun Tong line extension (abbreviated KTE ; Chinese : 觀塘綫延綫 ; Jyutping : Gun1 Tong4 Sin3 Jin4 Sin3 ) from Yau Ma Tei to Whampoa via Ho Man Tin began construction on 25 July 2011 and opened for service on 23 October 2016. Because of capacity limitations due to the single platform at Whampoa, half of all Whampoa-bound trains terminate at Ho Man Tin during peak hours; all trains terminate at Whampoa during off-peak hours. A further extension of
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