South Island Line (West)

South Island Line (West) 南港島綫（西段）
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	MTR
Locale	Districts: Central and Western, Southern
Termini	HKU Wong Chuk Hang
Stations	7
Technical
Track gauge	1,432 mm (4 ft 8 3⁄8 in) or 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Route map Legend Island Line to Chai Wan HKU      Island Line to Kennedy Town Queen Mary Hospital Cyberport Wah Fu Tin Wan Aberdeen South Island Line (East) to South Horizons Wong Chuk Hang      South Island Line (East) to Admiralty

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) is mentioned and revised in the 2014 governmental railway strategy report and construction is expected to begin in 2021.^[1] Together with the under-construction South Island Line (East), these two lines connects the Southern District to the rest of the MTR network.

Stations

The following is a list of the stations on the South Island Line (West).

Notes

Original proposal

See also

• MTR
• Future projects of the MTR

References

Further reading

Papers from Government and Legislature

• "Second Railway Development Study (RDS-2)" (PDF).  From Highways Department Hong Kong. Retrieved 27 February 2005.
• "Information paper about the Feb 2005 scheme" (PDF).  From Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2005.
• "Background brief on Route 4, South Hong Kong Island Line and West Hong Kong Island Line" (PDF).  From Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 21 February 2005. Retrieved 27 February 2005.
• "Presentation of Feb 2005 scheme by MTR" (PDF).  From Panel of Transport, Legislative Council. 25 February 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2005.

Press releases

• "MTR Corporation welcomes Government's decision on West Island Line and South Island Line" (PDF). . (30 June 2005). From MTR Corporation.
• http://www.mtr-southislandline.hk/pdf/press-release/26022014_pr_e.pdf

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to South Island Line.

• MTR West Island Line and South Island Line Introduction
• Papers from Legislative Council concerning West Island Line and South Island Line

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