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Tseung Kwan O Line

Tseung Kwan O Line
將軍澳綫
Po Lam Station.jpg
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System MTR
Locale Districts served: Eastern, Kwun Tong, Sai Kung
Termini North Point
Po Lam / LOHAS Park
Stations 8
Ridership 333,300 daily average
(weekdays, September 2014)
Operation
Opened 4 August 2002
Depot(s) Tseung Kwan O
Rolling stock
Technical
Line length 12.3 km (7.6 mi)
Track gauge 1,432 mm (4 ft 8 38 in)
Electrification 1.5 kV DC
Route map
Tseung Kwan O Line.svg

Island Line
to Kennedy Town
Up arrow
North Point     
Quarry Bay     
LowerLeft arrow
Island Line
to Chai Wan
Eastern Harbour Crossing
Kwun Tong Line
to Whampoa
Right arrow
Yau Tong     
Tiu Keng Leng     
Tseung Kwan O
Hang Hau
Po Lam
Tseung Kwan O Depot
LOHAS Park
Tseung Kwan O Line
Traditional Chinese 將軍澳綫
Simplified Chinese 将军澳线

The Tseung Kwan O Line is one of the eleven lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, indicated by the colour purple. It is currently 12.3 kilometres (7.6 mi) long, taking 15 minutes to travel throughout the entire line.

The line runs from North Point on the Hong Kong Island to the new town of Tseung Kwan O. It bifurcates east of Tseung Kwan O Station into two branches, one northward to Po Lam and one southward to LOHAS Park. The Tseung Kwan O Depot at LOHAS Park is responsible for the maintenance of the line's rolling stock.

During the morning peak period, the Tseung Kwan O Line uses 15 trains to maintain a frequency of 2.5 minutes.

Tseung Kwan O Line is the first MTR line with no tracks on viaducts. It was the only line with tracks completely in tunnels until the completion of LOHAS Park station, near which there are two short sections that are not in tunnels. The stations of Yau Tong, Po Lam and LOHAS Park are at ground level, but are completely shielded to minimise noise to the surrounding development. The rest of the line has its tracks located underground.

The western terminus of the line is North Point, providing cross-platform interchange together with the neighbouring station of Quarry Bay. East of Quarry Bay, the line passes under Victoria Harbour to Yau Tong Station, a station serving the East Kowloon neighbourhood of the same name, using the rail tunnel of the Eastern Harbour Crossing. From Yau Tong, the line passes through the Black Hill Tunnels to enter Tseung Kwan O New Town at Tiu Keng Leng.


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