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Project Agreements and Entrustment Agreement for MTR South Island line and the Kwun Tong line extension were signed by the Hong Kong government and MTR Corporation on 18 May 2011. South Island line (East) would be constructed in accordance to 2007 scheme. [15] The opening of the South Island line was originally planned for 2015.
The South Island line (Chinese: 南港島綫), is a rapid transit line of Hong Kong's MTR metro system.This line connects the Hong Kong business district from Admiralty station to the Southern District of Hong Kong Island and the island of Ap Lei Chau, which was not served by any rail transport prior to the opening of the line. [2]
South Island line trains followed suit in December 2016, at which point the service was renamed as "In-Train TV". All future train orders, including the R-Train, TML C-Train, and Q-Train, will also be equipped with the service.
South Western Railway inherited a fleet of Classes 158, 159, 444, 450, 455, 456, 458 and 707 from South West Trains, and subsequently re-introduced Class 442 trains which had operated on Gatwick Express after earlier service with South West Trains. The current fleet for the Island Line, Class 484, entered service on 1 November 2021. [49]
Admiralty station was expanded to serve two additional lines - the South Island line on level L6 and the East Rail line on level L5. [10] The South Island line platforms opened on 28 December 2016, [1] after a public open day on 24th of that month, [11] giving residents in the Southern District quicker access to Hong Kong Island's central ...
The South Island line (West) is a proposed extension of the Hong Kong MTR metro system. The new line would serve the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island, between Shek Tong Tsui and Wong Chuk Hang. Plans for the South Island line (West) are mentioned and revised in the government's Railway Development Strategy 2014 (RDS-2014) report.
Island Line is a brand of South Western Railway which runs the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) Island Line on the Isle of Wight. A stand-alone franchise from 1996 until 2007, it then became part of the South Western franchise operated by South West Trains until August 2017 and since by South Western Railway .
The first C-Train entered service on the Kwun Tong line on Wednesday, 7 December 2011 in the evening. [11] The last of the 8-car trains was handed over on 5 September 2013, and entered service on the Kwun Tong line shortly after. [12] [13] The S-Trains began operating on 28 December 2016, the day the South Island line commenced service.