| Smart and Green Mass Transit System in East Kowloon 東九龍智慧綠色集體運輸系統 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Other name | East Kowloon line | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Under planning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Locale | Districts:Kwun Tong | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Stations | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Planned opening | By 2033 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 7 km (4.3 mi) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Smart and Green Mass Transit System in East Kowloon (Chinese:東九龍智慧綠色集體運輸系統) is a proposedHong Kongrapid transit line that would run fromDiamond Hill toTseung Kwan O New Town. The route would pass through the hillySau Mau Ping residential area, which is not directly served by anylocal railway service at present. The scheme was first revealed by the Hong Kong Government in the "Railway Development Strategy 2014" asEast Kowloon line (Chinese:東九龍綫), published September 2014. The project is related to the government-led redevelopment of the East Kowloon area as well as planned residential development in theAnderson Road/Sau Mau Ping district.[citation needed]
The estimated construction cost of this line is highest among all seven railway plans proposed in the railway strategy due to the steep terrain along its alignment. The estimated cost isHK$27.5 billion (approximately US$3.5 billion) at 2013 prices, making it HK$3.5 billion (US$450 million) per kilometre. Experts recommended the line begin construction in 2019 with a finish date in 2025. There will be five stations on the new railway, including four new stations and one interchange stations allowing connections to theKwun Tong line.[citation needed]
Stations are planned forChoi Wan,Shun Tin,Sau Mau Ping andPo Tat, as well as the vicinity of large-scale new development projects including the Choi Wan Road and Jordan Valley development programme, theAnderson Road development plan, the Anderson Road Quarry development plan, the "Energising Kowloon East" programme, and so on. At the strategic level, it would serve as an alternative route of travel in the event of a stoppage on the Kwun Tong line, thereby enhancing overall network stability.[citation needed]
All stations would be underground.Sai Kung District Council suggested an additional station in the Hong King (Hong Sing Garden andKing Lam Estate) area between Po Tat andPo Lam stations before leaving Tseung Kwan O New Town, meaning the government may take the suggestion into consideration.[1][2]
As of 2024, construction has not begun while technical design proposals are still under consideration.[3]
In 2022, there was another new proposal from the government with an "elevated trackless rapid system", with the route shortened to between Choi Hung and Sau Mau Ping, without serving Tseung Kwan O.[4] On 3 January 2023, theHong Kong Federation of Trade Unions said the government will wholly fund the construction of an elevated trackless rapid transit system in East Kowloon connectingYau Tong and Choi Hung. The to-be-built Choi Hung East Station will be located next to St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, 100 metres away from the existing Choi Hung MTR Station.[5]
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