![]() Locals often refer to the different colors and the terminus of a MTR line when asked for directions. The ocean green AIRPORT EXPTRESS LINE (connecting the airport/Asia World-Expo with the Hong Kong station on Hong Kong Island). The yellow LIGHT RAIL (connecting the western parts of the New Territories with the dark purple WEST RAIL LINE in Yuen Long, Tin Shui Wai, Siu Hong and Tuen Mun) Pink DISNEYLAND RESORT LINE (connecting Tung Chung with the Disneyland Resort Station with special designed Mickey Mouse MTR Trains).įurthermore, the MTR Corporation operates two more lines: Dark Purple WEST RAIL LINE (aka the former WEST KCR Line, connecting Hung Hom with the western part of the New Territories and terminates in Tuen Mun)ĩ. Brown MA ON SHAN LINE (aka the former EAST KCR Line, connecting Tai Wai with the eastern part of the New Territories and terminates at Wu Kai Sha)Ĩ. ![]() Light Blue EAST RAIL LINE (aka the former EAST KCR Line, connecting Hung Hom with the New Territories in the north and terminates at the mainland border stations Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau)ħ. Green KWUN TUNG LINE (connecting Yau Ma Tei to Kowloon’s eastern part Tiu Keng Leng)Ħ. Orange TUNG CHUNG LINE (connecting Hong Kong station on Hong Kong Island to Tung Chung on Lantau Island)ĥ. Light Purple TSUEN KWAN O LINE (connecting North Point on Hong Kong Island to Tsuen Kwan O with branches to LOHAS Park and Po Lam)Ĥ. ![]() Red TSUEN WAN LINE (connecting Central on Hong Kong Island to the heart of Kowloon Tsuen Wan)ģ. Dark Blue ISLAND LINE (connecting Sheung Wan to Chai Wan on Hong Kong Island)Ģ. In 2007, the MTR merged with the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) and covers more than 174.7km of tracks and 82 stations in 9 different lines.įor an overview and your convenience here is a list of the 9 different MTR lines:ġ. These are all the connections the commuter can refer to when travelling to areas not served by the MTR network from Central.Currently, the Mass Transit Railway or in short MTR is the choice of transportation in Hong Kong, serving the need of transportation of on average 3.7 million people every day. The area around Central (and Hong Kong stations) has a wide range of transport options that includes tramways, buses, ferries, minibuses and more. ![]() The distance between the easternmost and westernmost exits is approximately 700 m.Ĭentral is also one of the transport hubs of Hong Kong. Hong Kong Station and Central Station are linked by a pedestrian passage.Ĭentral Station stretches across the entire length of Chater Road to Statue Square in the east, and along Des Voeux Road to Li Yuen Street East in the west. The longest distance between two subway exits is approximately 700 m.Ĭentral Station has 4 platforms on three levels, excluding those of Hong Kong Station. More than 200,000 passengers use this station daily. The Station was once known as Chater Station.Ĭhater station was initially conceived to cater for average daily traffic of 330,000 passengers, and was to have been 380 metres long - amongst the longest station in the World. The station is the southern terminus for the Tsuen Wan Line and also connects with the Island Line, and also the Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express via Hong Kong Station. The station's livery is firebrick red, except for the station's Tsuen Wan Line platform where its livery is dark brown. Central station is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island.
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