Environmentally Friendly Linkage System
| Environmentally Friendly Linkage System | |
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Proposed alignment of the monorail overlaid on a 2009 photo
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| Overview | |
| Other name(s) | Kai Tak Monorail |
| Native name | 環保連接系統 |
| Status | Proposed |
| Locale | New Kowloon |
| Termini |
Kowloon Bay Station Kwun Tong Station |
| Stations | 12 |
| Website | www |
| Operation | |
| Planned opening | 2023 |
| Character | Elevated and grade-separated |
| Depot(s) | Site of the current Kowloon Bay Vehicle Examination Centre |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 9 km (5.6 mi) |
The Environmentally Friendly Linkage System (Chinese: 環保連接系統), abbreviated to EFLS and commonly called the Kai Tak Monorail, is a government-proposed monorail system in the Kai Tak Development area, Hong Kong with 12 stations. The system's construction was estimated to start in 2018 for completion in 2023. The new links are expected to account for 15 percent of public transportation in the Kowloon East Development. The system is expected to cost $12 billion Hong Kong dollars.
Throughout the 1990s, a number of master plans were drawn up to prepare for the eventual reuse of the Kai Tak airport land. The South East Kowloon Development Statement (1993) and the Feasibility Study for South East Kowloon Development (1998) both proposed that the site be served by two conventional Mass Transit Railway lines running underground. A 2001 study deleted the line serving the former runway area, replacing it with a proposed "trolley bus or light rail". In light of the Protection of the Harbour Ordinance and overwhelming public opinion against further reclamation of Victoria Harbour, the plan for Kai Tak was further cut back. But this basic premise of a light railway linking the Sha Tin to Central Link station to the runway hinterland lives on in the monorail proposal.
In 2007, the Kai Tak Outline Zoning Plans with railway connection system was approved by the Executive Council.
The EFLS project was headed by the Development Bureau with public consultation carried out by the Civil Engineering and Development Department.
The Civil Engineering and Development Department appointed consultants to review the flexibility of the EFLS.
According to the 2011-2012 Policy Address, Kowloon East would become the city's second Central Business District.
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