‘Purple haze’ trains to trial on Tung Chung line
MTR Corp has chosen the Tung Chung line to trial its new China-made train carriages, starting tonight. The new trains, with a striking iridescent purple colour scheme, will [...]
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Councillor condemns govt over slow progress on Tung Chung West station
District Councillor Bill Tang has condemned the government over the lack of progress in building out the MTR line to Tung Chung West. He said the government’s 2014 railway [...]
MTR probe into Tung Chung line platform mix-up
MTR Corp has launched an internal probe to understand how an Airport Express train was switched onto the Tung Chung line. A Hong Kong-bound Airport Express train was leaving [...]
New Year’s Eve: Mui Wo ferry suspended from 11pm-3am
Ferry services will be suspended during the New Year’s fireworks display tonight, with no boats leaving Central between 11pm and 3am. The last ferries on the Lantau route [...]
Holden Chow calls on MTR to speed up Tung Chung East station development
Islands District Councillor and DAB vice-chairman Holden Chow has called on the MTR Corp to bring forward the construction of the Tung Chung East station to align with the [...]
Epic typhoon traffic jam sent passengers scurrying for MTR
Typhoon Khunan brought more than wind and rain to Hong Kong yesterday – it also helped create a massive traffic jam. Traffic control measures on the Lantau Link caused [...]
Thousands of Lantau commuters in line for fare subsidy
Thousands of South Lantau and Tung Chung commuters will likely qualify for the new government public transport subsidy. Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced yesterday the [...]
MTR to build another 14,000 apartments on Tung Chung Bay
Yet another North Lantau Coast development is on the drawing board. The latest is MTR Corp’s residential and retail project at Siu Ho Wan, about three kilometres east [...]
WEEKEND NEWS: Another MTR fault; Shirley Kwan; Raking it in
Local MTR service was hit with yet another failure near Tung Chung station on Saturday morning. A signalling breakdown at 8:25 am meant that passengers had to wait 15 minutes [...]