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Ambrose Li

Hong Kong’s rail operator has urged residents to plan ahead on April 19 as late-night travel along some parts of the Tung Chung line will finish early to allow for works connecting the track to a new station.
The MTR Corporation said on Wednesday that a device was being installed overnight on the evening heading into Sunday, April 20, to connect existing tracks between the Sunny Bay and Tung Chung stations with the new ones that led to the planned Tung Chung East stop.
The last train leaving from Hong Kong station for Tung Chung will depart at 11.07pm on April 19, instead of the usual 12.50am the following morning, while the one headed in the opposite direction is scheduled for 11.01pm, replacing the 12.43am train.
But services between Sunny Bay and Hong Kong stations will continue as normal, with the last trains to depart from both stops at 12.50am on the Sunday.
The MTR Corp will also provide free shuttle buses between Sunny Bay and Tung Chung for late-night travellers.




The last bus from Tung Chung will depart at 12.43am, while the final one from Sunny Bay will set off at 1.18am.
The buses are scheduled to run at three to nine-minute intervals.
“Every installation of a turnout involves very complicated procedures,” said Lee Ka-leung, the MTR Corp’s head of project delivery for Lantau Island.
He was referring to the devices used to switch trains from one rail track to another, with the operator installing the first one in October last year. The final two will be installed in 2026 and 2027.
“Once the hardware installation is done, we have to make adjustments and conduct tests, and to ensure the first train in the morning is not delayed.”
Ben Lui Gon-yee, chief of the MTR Corp’s airport segment, also reminded passengers to allow for enough time to catch the last trains of the night. He added that extra manpower would be deployed to direct travellers to free shuttle buses.
“Do remember to allow for at least five minutes to head to the platforms from the turnstiles,” he said. “We’ve been communicating these changes to passengers via various channels for two weeks with the most updated information on our social media.”
Extension works to create the tentatively named Tung Chung East and Tung Chung West stations started in May 2023 and are set to finish in 2029.

The cost of the extension project was estimated in December 2020 to be HK$19.5 billion (US$2.5 billion), with the government at the time saying it would offer HK$15.5 billion in funding for the initiative.
The line extension will add about 2.5km (1.5 miles) of rail and tunnel to the existing Tung Chung route, which connects Hong Kong station in Central to Tung Chung on Lantau Island.
The first 1.2km-long section will be between Sunny Bay and Tung Chung, with the new station set to be built in the Tung Chung East reclamation area.
The other 1.3km-long section will be from the existing railway tunnel at the Tung Chung stop to the new Tung Chung West station near the Yat Tung public housing estate.
Lee said that station construction works were going “full steam ahead”, with escalators, lifts, ventilation systems, turnstiles and electricity being installed before various safety checks were conducted.
In the event of inclement weather affecting the project on Saturday night, works would be postponed to April 26, he added.


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Rail operator says second of four devices to be installed overnight to connect track to planned Tung Chung East station


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