Ma On Shan line

Ma On Shan Line 馬鞍山綫
Kinki Sharyo SP1950 EMU running on viaduct near the northern terminus of the line
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	MTR
Locale	Districts: Sha Tin
Termini	Wu Kai Sha Tai Wai
Stations	9
Ridership	153,100 weekday average (Sept to Oct 2014)
Operation
Opened	21 December 2004
Depot(s)	Tai Wai
Rolling stock	SP1900/1950 EMU East West Line C-train
Technical
Line length	11.4 km (7.1 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification	25 kV 50 Hz AC
Route map Wu Kai Sha Ma On Shan Heng On Tai Shui Hang Nui Po Dong Hang Shing Mun River Shek Mun Siu Lek Yuen Nullah City One Sha Tin Wai Che Kung Temple East Rail Line to Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau Tai Wai      East Rail Line to Hung Hom Tai Wai Depot Sha Tin to Central Link to Tuen Mun This diagram:

SP1900/1950 EMU

The Ma On Shan Line (Chinese: 馬鞍山綫) is a branch line of the MTR East Rail Line in Hong Kong. It is coloured brown on the MTR map. Before 2 December 2007, the railway was operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) as Ma On Shan Rail (Chinese: 馬鞍山鐵路, abbreviated as 馬鐵). Since the KCRC's merger of operations with the MTR Corporation, the line has been one of the ten lines of the MTR.

KCRC estimated the construction cost of Ma On Shan Rail would be HK$10 billion. The line starts at Tai Wai station in Tai Wai, Shatin and ends at Wu Kai Sha Station, Wu Kai Sha, totalling 11.4 km or 16 minutes of journey time. It has nine stations, with a maintenance depot at Tai Wai. Construction began on 12 February 2001 and the line opened on 21 December 2004, 3 days earlier than the proposed opening date. From its opening as part of the KCR system, the interchange with the East Rail at Tai Wai has not had ticket gates between the Ma On Shan Rail and East Rail platforms, unlike at the former KCR system's interchanges with the MTR system. A trip from either line to the other counted as one ride.

Most of the line, including stations, was built on a viaduct on land which had been reserved for the purpose of a railway from the outset of the development of Ma On Shan New Town.

In June 2016, using the ubiquitous Octopus stored-value card, the fare for a trip on the line ranged from HK$3.7 to HK$5.3 depending on the distance travelled. The fare from Ma On Shan to East Rail Line stations in Kowloon ranged from HK$5.3 to HK$10.2.