Specifications - Hong Kong East Rail Heavy Rail Line, China

Key Data
Ownership	Kowloon-Cantoon Railway Corporation
Opened	1910
Electrified	1983
Route Length	34km/55 miles
Gauge	1,435mm
Stations	13
Passenger Journeys/Year	1.4 million (1998)
Freight Carried/Year	2.2 million tonnes
Staff	3,500
Power	25kV ac overhead
Extensions planned
	Ma On Stan-Tai Wai line
	Hung Hom - Tsim Sha Tsui line
	Tuen Mun-West Kowloon line
	Mongkok/Hung Hom Freight Terminals
Rolling Stock
Fleet Total	351 EMUs
Builder	Alstom
Locomotives	12
Builder	Adtranz/SLM
Special Characteristics
	Government-owned system
	Six-fold passenger increase since 1983 electrification
	21-hour operations, minimum 3min headway
	Continual line expansion programme
	Majority share of cross-border traffic to mainland China
	EMU refurbishment to achieve 15% capacity improvement
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