South Island line (West) 南港島綫（西段）
Overview
Owner	MTR Corporation
Locale	Districts:Central and Western,Southern
Termini	Wong Chuk Hang HKU
Stations	7
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	MTR
Operator(s)	MTR Corporation
History
Commenced	After 2027 (proposed)
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend Island line toChai Wan HKU     Island line toKennedy Town Queen Mary Hospital Cyberport Wah Fu Tin Wan Aberdeen South Island line (East) toSouth Horizons Wong Chuk Hang     South Island line toAdmiralty This diagram: view talk edit

TheSouth Island line (West) is a proposed extension of the Hong KongMTRmetro system. The new line would serve the southwestern coast ofHong Kong Island, betweenShek Tong Tsui andWong Chuk Hang. Plans for the South Island line (West) are mentioned and revised in the government'sRailway Development Strategy 2014 (RDS-2014) report.^[1] and construction was planned to begin in 2021–2026 in the report.^[1]: 61

Like the existingSouth Island line, this line would connect theSouthern District to the rest of the MTR network.

The idea of connecting theSouthern District of Hong Kong was proposed as early as the 1980s. The Government proposed the southward extension of then-plannedEast Kowloon Line toAberdeen fromSheung Wan in 1989.^[2] Four years later the transport authorities published a consultative document that proposed the construction of two South Island lines interchanging atTin Wan: vertical running fromAdmiralty toLei Tung via Tin Wan andAp Lei Chau, and horizontal fromTelegraph Bay (nowCyberport) toOcean Park viaWah Fu Estate,Wah Kwai, Tin Wan, Aberdeen, and Wong Chuk Hang. It was also deemed there is no urgency for the project considering the road system is considered to be sufficient.^[3] A same conclusion was reached in 1999 study except moving the proposed northern terminus to Sheung Wan station.^[4]

In the Railway Development Strategy (RDS) 2000, South Island line was included in the long-term development list, but was abandoned to fully consider the alignment of the line. Despite multiple pledge to implement the scheme, including in 2007 announcing the construction to start in 2011,^[5] in 2013 to start in 2015,^[6] and in 2014 to start in 2021,^[7] the project is still in planning stage as of 2023, when theTransport and Logistics Bureau confirmed the commission of the line would depend on the reconstruction of Wah Fu Estate in 2027.^[8]

The following is a list of the stations on the South Island line (West), including HKU, QMH, Cyberport, Wah Fu, Wah Kwai, Tin Wan, Aberdeen and Wong Chuk Hang.

• Future projects of the MTR

Papers from Government and Legislature

• "Second Railway Development Study (RDS-2)"(PDF). Hong Kong:Highways Department. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on 7 February 2006. Retrieved27 February 2005..
• "Information paper about the Feb 2005 scheme"(PDF). Hong Kong:Panel of Transport,Legislative Council. 21 February 2005. Retrieved27 February 2005..
• "Background brief on Route 4, South Hong Kong Island Line and West Hong Kong Island Line"(PDF). Hong Kong: Panel of Transport,Legislative Council. 21 February 2005. Retrieved27 February 2005..
• "Presentation of Feb 2005 scheme by MTR"(PDF). Hong Kong: Panel of Transport,Legislative Council. 25 February 2005. Retrieved5 March 2005..

Press releases

• "MTR Corporation welcomes Government's decision on West Island line and South Island line"(PDF).. (30 June 2005). FromMTR Corporation.
• https://web.archive.org/web/20140318191939/http://www.mtr-southislandline.hk/pdf/press-release/26022014_pr_e.pdf

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