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{{Short description|Rapid transit system in Hong Kong}}
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{{Infobox public transit
| name = Mass Transit Railway (MTR)
| image = HK MTR logo.svg
| imagesize = 125px
| image2 = Tung Chung Line Train.jpg
| imagesize2 = 300px
| caption2 = An Adtranz-CAF train on the [[Tung Chung line]]
| locale = [[Hong Kong]]
| transit_type = {{plainlist|
* <del>[[Inter-city rail]]</del>
* [[High-speed rail]]
* [[Light rail]]
* [[Rapid transit]]
* [[MTR Bus]]
}}
| began_operation = {{plainlist|
* {{Start date and age|df=yes|1910|10|1}} ([[East Rail line|British Section of KCR]] opened)
* {{Start date and age|df=yes|1979|10|1}} (MTR's [[Kwun Tong line|Modified Initial System]] opened)
* {{Start date and age|df=yes|2007|12|2}} (MTR and KCR operations merged)
}}
| system_length = {{plainlist|
* Heavy rail: {{convert|209.1|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="business-overview" />
* Light rail: {{convert|36.2|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref name="business-overview" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/publications/images/business_overview_e.pdf|title=MTR Press Release|publisher=[[MTR Corporation]]|year=2024|access-date=29 October 2024|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017200849/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-13-015-E.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
}}
| lines = {{plainlist|
* Rapid transit: 10
* Light rail: 12
}}
| stations = {{plainlist|
* Rapid transit: 98
* Light rail: 68
* High-speed rail: 1<ref name="MTR-train-services" />
}}
| ridership = November 2023:
4,823,000 (city metro lines only, without cross border passengers)
5,764,000 (All rail transport, including light rail and high speed rail)
| track_gauge = {{plainlist|
* {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}} (East Rail line, Tuen Ma line, South Island line, Light Rail and line extensions after 2014)
* {{track gauge|1432mm|lk=on}} [[Standard-gauge railway#Modern almost standard gauge railways|almost-standard gauge]] (all other lines)
}}
| operator = [[MTR Corporation]]
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| website = {{URL|http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/index.html|mtr.com.hk}}
| annual_ridership = January 2023 to December 2023
1,586,646,000 (city metro lines only, without cross border passengers)
1,896,798,000 (all rail transport, including light rail and high speed rail)
| native_name = {{native name|zh|港鐵|italics=off}}
| owner = [[MTR Corporation]]
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| title = Mass Transit Railway (MTR)
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| t = 港鐵
| s = 港铁
| p = Gǎngtiě
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| j = Gong2tit3
| tl = Káng-thih
| h = Kóng-Thiet
| l = "(Hong) Kong railway"<!--港 literally means "port" and 鐵/铁 literally means "iron"-->
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The '''Mass Transit Railway''' system, known locally by the [[initialism]] '''MTR''', is a [[rapid transit]] system in [[Hong Kong]] and the territory's principal mode of [[Rail transport in Hong Kong|railway transportation]]. Operated by the [[MTR Corporation]] (MTRCL), it consists of [[heavy rail]], [[Light Rail (MTR)|light rail]] and feeder [[Bus services in Hong Kong|bus services]], centred around a 10-line [[Rapid transit in Hong Kong|rapid transit]] network, serving the urbanised areas of [[Hong Kong Island]], [[Kowloon]], and the [[New Territories]]. The system encompasses {{convert|245.3|km|mi|abbr=on}} of railways, as of December 2022, with 179 stations—including 99 [[metro station|heavy rail stations]], 68 light rail stops and 1 [[Hong Kong Express Rail Link|high-speed rail]] terminus.<ref name="MTR-train-services">{{cite web |url=https://www.td.gov.hk/en/transport_in_hong_kong/public_transport/railways/index.html|title=Railways|agency=[[Transport Department]], The Government of Hong Kong SAR|date=13 May 2022|access-date=10 August 2022|quote=The MTR, XRL and Airport Express networks comprise a total of 99 stations and carry an average of about 3.9 million passengers per day in 2021. Light Rail ... has a route length of about 36.2 kilometres with 68 stops.}}</ref><ref name="business-overview">{{cite web |year=2021 |title=Business Overview|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/publications/images/business_overview_e.pdf|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606115201/https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/publications/images/business_overview_e.pdf|archive-date=6 June 2022|access-date=25 July 2022|publisher=[[MTR Corporation]]|page=11}}</ref>

Under the [[Hong Kong Government|government's]] rail-led transport policy,<ref>[http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/bc/bc03/papers/bc031028cb1-2266-12-e-scan.pdf Merging Hong Kong's Railways] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190531/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/bc/bc03/papers/bc031028cb1-2266-12-e-scan.pdf |date=4 March 2016 }}, Civic Exchange, 2004</ref> the MTR system is a common mode of public [[transport in Hong Kong]], with over five and a half million trips made on an average weekday consistently achieving a 99.9% punctuality rate on its arrivals and departures. As of 2018, the MTR has a 49.3% share of the franchised public transport market, making it the most popular transport option in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web|title=2018 Annual Report|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/investor/annual2018/EMTRAR18.pdf|publisher=MTR Corporation|page=32|access-date=8 September 2019|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029225201/https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/investor/annual2018/EMTRAR18.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The integration of the [[Octopus card]] fare-payment technology into the MTR system in September 1997 has further enhanced the ease of commuting.

==History==
{{see also|Kowloon-Canton Railway#History}}

=== Initial proposals ===
[[File:1970 MTR route map en.png|thumb|"Preferred system" route map in 1970]]

During the 1960s, the government of Hong Kong saw a need to accommodate increasing road traffic as Hong Kong's economy grew rapidly. In 1966, British transport consultants Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates were appointed to study the transport system of Hong Kong.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mzBdy6w82psC&q=Freeman%2C+Fox%2C+Wilbur+Smith+&pg=PA141 ''Rail Mass Transit for Developing Countries: Proceedings of the Conference Organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Held in London on 9–10 October 1989''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805070120/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mzBdy6w82psC&lpg=PA141&ots=aP5vsZP35d&dq=Freeman%2C%20Fox%2C%20Wilbur%20Smith%20%26%20Associates%20mtr&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q=Freeman,%20Fox,%20Wilbur%20Smith%20&%20Associates%20mtr&f=true |date=5 August 2016 }}, Thomas Telford, 1990, page 141</ref> The study was based on the projection of the population of Hong Kong for 1986, estimated at 6,868,000. On 1 September 1967, the consultants submitted the ''Hong Kong Mass Transport Study'' to the government, which recommended the construction of a {{convert|40|mi|km|adj=on}} [[rapid transit]] rail system in Hong Kong. The study suggested that four rail lines be developed in six stages, with a completion date set between December 1973 and December 1984.<ref name=initial>{{cite report|author=Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates|title=Hong Kong Mass Transport Study|year=1967}}</ref> Detailed locations of lines and stations were presented in the study. These four lines were the [[Kwun Tong line]] (from [[Mong Kok]] to [[Ma Yau Tong]]), [[Tsuen Wan line]] (from [[Admiralty, Hong Kong|Admiralty]] to [[Tsuen Wan]]), [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]] (from [[Kennedy Town|Kennedy]] to [[Chai Wan]] Central), and [[East Kowloon line (1970 scheme)|Shatin line]] (from [[Tsim Sha Tsui]] to [[Wo Liu Hang]]).

The study was submitted to the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] on 14 February 1968. The consultants received new data from the 1966 [[Census in Hong Kong|by-census]] on 6 March 1968. A short supplementary report was submitted on 22 March 1968 and amended in June 1968. The by-census indicated that the projected 1986 population was reduced by more than one million from the previous estimate to 5,647,000. The dramatic reduction affected [[town planning]]. The population distribution was largely different from the original study. The projected 1986 populations of [[Castle Peak New Town]], [[Sha Tin New Town]], and, to a lesser extent, [[Tsuen Wan New Town]], were revised downwards, and the plan for a new town in [[Tseung Kwan O]] was shelved. In this updated scenario, the consultants reduced the scale of the recommended system. The supplementary report stated that the originally suggested four tracks between [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty station]] and [[Mong Kok station]] should be reduced to two, and only parts of the Island line, Tsuen Wan line, and Kwun Tong line should be constructed for the initial system. The other lines would be placed in the list of extensions.<ref name="supplementary">{{cite report|author=Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates|title=Hong Kong Mass Transport Study Supplementary Report|year=1968}}</ref> This report led to the final study in 1970.

In 1970, a revised system with four lines was laid out in the British consultants' new report, ''Hong Kong Mass Transit: Further Studies''. The four lines were to be the Kwun Tong line, Tsuen Wan line, Island line, and [[East Kowloon line (1970 scheme)|East Kowloon line]].<ref name="further">{{cite report|author=Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates|title=Hong Kong Mass Transport Further Study|year=1970}}</ref> The lines that were eventually constructed were somewhat different compared to those presented in this report and the ''Hong Kong Mass Transport Study''.

In 1972, the Hong Kong government authorised construction of the ''Initial System'', a {{convert|20|km|mi|adj=on}} system that roughly translates to today's Kwun Tong line between Kwun Tong and Prince Edward, Tsuen Wan line between Mei Foo and Admiralty, and Island line between Sheung Wan and Admiralty. The Mass Transit Steering Committee, chaired by the Financial Secretary [[Philip Haddon-Cave]], began negotiations with four major construction [[consortium|consortia]] in 1973.<ref>{{cite news|title=Talks on underground railway begin today|work=South China Morning Post|agency=Reuters|date=30 August 1973|page=20}}</ref> The government's intention was to tender the entire project, based on the British design, as a single tender at a fixed price. A consortium from Japan, led by [[Mitsubishi]], submitted the only proposal within the government's $5-billion price ceiling.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Loke|first1=Peter|title=Govt to begin tube talks with Japanese|work=South China Morning Post|date=12 December 1973|page=1}}</ref> They signed an agreement to construct the system in early 1974, but in December of the same year, pulled out of the agreement for reasons stemming from fears of the [[1973 oil crisis|oil crisis]].<ref name="thepast">{{cite web|url=http://www.theskytrain.net/hkmtr/Past_History.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007153839/http://www.theskytrain.net/hkmtr/Past_History.htm|archive-date=7 October 2007|title=The History|publisher=Hong Kong Mass Transit InfoCenter|date=27 October 2003|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref>

=== Modified initial system ===
[[File:MIS route map en.svg|thumb|Modified Initial System's route map]]

Several weeks later, in early 1975, the Mass Transit Steering Group was replaced by the Mass Transport Provisional Authority, which held more executive powers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Executive powers for tube Authority|work=South China Morning Post|date=9 February 1974|page=7}}</ref><ref>Mass Transit Railway ''[[Tramways & Urban Transit|Modern Tramway & Light Rail Transit]]'' April 1980 page 134</ref> It announced that the Initial System would be reduced to {{convert|15.6|km|mi}} and renamed the "Modified Initial System" (now part of the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines). Plans for a single contract were abandoned in favour of 25 engineering contracts and 10 electrical and mechanical contracts. On 7 May 1975 the Legislative Council passed legislation setting up the government-owned Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) to replace the Mass Transport Provisional Authority, the ''Mass Transit Railway Ordinance''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mass transit: 'Ayes' have it|work=South China Morning Post|date=8 May 1975|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tube: the last legal hurdle is removed|work=South China Morning Post|date=8 May 1975|page=4}}</ref>

Construction of the system began on 11 November 1975.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=何佩然 |url= |title=建成之道: 戰後香港的道路發展 |last2=He |first2=Peiran |date=1 January 2008 |publisher=Hong Kong University Press |isbn=978-962-209-051-4 |language=en}}</ref> The northern section was completed on 30 September 1979 and was opened on 1 October 1979 by Governor [[Murray MacLehose, Baron MacLehose of Beoch|Murray MacLehose]].<ref name=scmpp18 /> Trains on this route ran from [[Shek Kip Mei station|Shek Kip Mei]] to [[Kwun Tong station|Kwun Tong]] in Phase 1, [[Tsim Sha Tsui station|Tsim Sha Tsui]] to [[Kwun Tong station|Kwun Tong]] in Phase 2 in December 1979, and [[Central station (MTR)|Chater]] to [[Kwun Tong station|Kwun Tong]] in [[Harbour Crossing Tunnel (MTR)|the last phase]], initially in a four-car configuration. The first train drivers were trained on the [[London Underground]].<ref name=scmpp18>{{cite news|title=Mass transit railway is all set to roll|work=South China Morning Post|date=24 September 1979|page=18}}</ref><ref name="thepast" /> It was designed by a consortium of consultants led by [[Sir Ralph Freeman (1911-1998)|Freeman]] [[Charles Fox (civil and railway engineer)|Fox]] [[Hyder Consulting|and Partners]]. On later extensions to the railway the stations were designed under the supervision of [[Roland Paoletti]], the chief architect at MTR.<ref name=Paoletti>{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/InternationalNews/Press/2002/HongKong-ACityOnTheMove.aspx |title=Hong Kong – A city on the move |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |access-date=12 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224153634/http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/InternationalNews/Press/2002/HongKong-ACityOnTheMove.aspx |archive-date=24 February 2008}}</ref>

The full Modified Initial System was opened on 12 February 1980 by [[Princess Alexandra, The Honourable Lady Ogilvy|Princess Alexandra]], who rode the inaugural train through [[Tsuen Wan line immersed tube|the immersed tube]] beneath [[Victoria Harbour]] to [[Central station (MTR)|Central station]].<ref name="1979annualreport">{{cite book |title=Annual Report 1979 |date=1980 |publisher=Mass Transit Railway Corporation |location=Hong Kong}}</ref> Trains were gradually extended to six cars to accommodate an increase in passenger numbers.

=== Line extensions ===
{{Main|Tsuen Wan line|Island line (MTR){{!}}Island line}}
The government approved construction of the [[Tsuen Wan line]] in 1977, then known as the Tsuen Wan Extension, and works commenced in November 1978. The project added a {{convert|10.5|km|mi|adj=on}} section to the MTR system, from [[Prince Edward station]] to [[Tsuen Wan station|Tsuen Wan]]. The line started service on 17 May 1982 with a total cost of construction (not adjusted for inflation) of HK$4.1&nbsp;billion<ref name="thepast" /> (US$526&nbsp;million). The plan was modified from that in the 1970 report ''Hong Kong Mass Transit: Further Studies'', with [[Kwai Hing station|Kwai Chung]] station, [[Kwai Fong station|Lap Sap Wan]] station, and a planned depot in Kwai Chung next to Lap Sap Wan station being replaced by stations in [[Kwai Hing station|Kwai Hing]] and [[Kwai Fong station|Kwai Fong]] and a depot in Tsuen Wan. Several stations also had names different to that during planning: So Uk station became [[Cheung Sha Wan station|Cheung Sha Wan]], Cheung Sha Wan became [[Lai Chi Kok station|Lai Chi Kok]], and Lai Chi Kok became Lai Wan (later renamed [[Mei Foo station|Mei Foo]]).

When service of this line started, the section of the Kwun Tong line from Chater to Argyle (since renamed Central and Mong Kok respectively) was transferred to the Tsuen Wan line. Thus, Waterloo station (since renamed [[Yau Ma Tei station|Yau Ma Tei]]) became the terminus of the Kwun Tong line, and both Argyle and Prince Edward stations became interchange stations. This change was made because system planners expected the patronage of the Tsuen Wan line to exceed that of the Kwun Tong line. This forecast proved to be accurate, necessitating a bypass from the northwestern New Territories to [[Hong Kong Island]]. The [[Tung Chung line]] was therefore launched in 1998 with an interchange station at [[Lai King station|Lai King]] for that purpose.<ref name="thepast" />

Although land acquisitions were made for a station at Tsuen Wan West (near [[Tsuen King Circuit]]), beyond Tsuen Wan station, as part of the Tsuen Wan branch, the station was never built. This is not to be confused with the modern-day [[Tsuen Wan West station]] on [[Tuen Ma line]], which lies on a newly reclaimed area near the former ferry pier.

Since opening in 1982, the Tsuen Wan line is the line whose alignment has remained the same for the longest time. For example, the Kwun Tong line's alignment has changed three times since its opening—the taking over of Tsuen Wan line from Mong Kok to Central, the taking over of Eastern Harbour Crossing section by the Tseung Kwan O line, and its extension to [[Whampoa station|Whampoa]].

Government approvals were granted for construction of the [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]] in December 1980. Construction commenced in October 1981. On 31 May 1985, the Island line was opened with service between [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty station]] and [[Chai Wan station]]. Both Admiralty and [[Central station (MTR)|Central]] stations became interchange stations with the Tsuen Wan line. Furthermore, each train was extended to eight cars.<ref name="thepast" /> On 23 May 1986, the Island line was extended to [[Sheung Wan station]]. Construction was delayed for one year, as government offices which were located over the station had to be moved before the construction could start.

In 1984, the government approved the construction of the [[Eastern Harbour Crossing]], a tunnel to be used by cars and MTR trains. The Kwun Tong line was extended across the harbour on 5 August 1989 to [[Quarry Bay station]], which became an interchange station for the Kwun Tong line and the [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]]. An intermediate station, [[Lam Tin station|Lam Tin]], started operations on 1 October 1989.<ref name="thepast" />

=== Airport connection ===
{{Main|Airport Express (MTR)}}
[[File:Airport Express Train.jpg|thumb|An [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]] train]]
The decision was made in October 1989 to construct a new international airport at [[Chek Lap Kok]] on [[Lantau Island]] to replace the overcrowded [[Kai Tak Airport|Kai Tak International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.netvigator.com/~wonglt/his/ar1.htm |title=The Airport Railway Project |publisher=Heavy Iron Station |access-date=19 March 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311023453/http://home.netvigator.com/~wonglt/his/ar1.htm |archive-date=11 March 2007 }}</ref> The government invited the MTRC to build a train line, then known as the Lantau Airport Railway, to the airport. Construction started in November 1994, after the Chinese and British governments settled their financial and land disagreements.

The new line was included in the financing plans of the new [[Hong Kong International Airport]] as the airport was not considered viable without direct public transport links. Construction costs were also shared by the MTRC, which was granted many large-scale developments in the construction plans for the new stations.

The Lantau Airport Railway included two MTR lines, the Tung Chung line and the Airport Express. The [[Tung Chung line]] was officially opened on 21 June 1998 by [[Hong Kong Chief Executive]] [[Tung Chee-hwa]], and service commenced the next day. The [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]] opened for service on 6 July 1998 along with the new Hong Kong International Airport.<ref name="thepast" />

The Airport Express also offers flight check-in facilities at [[Kowloon station (MTR)|Kowloon station]] and [[Hong Kong station]]—the in-town check-ins offer a more convenient and time-saving routine; a free shuttle bus service transports travellers from these stations to their respective hotels as well. Porters are also available to help transport luggage from and onto trains.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/train/ae_compli_e.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060423140537/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/train/ae_compli_e.htm|archive-date=23 April 2006|title=Complimentary service exclusively for Airport Express Passengers|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=17 April 2006}}</ref> It is the second most popular means of transport to the airport after buses. In 2012, it had a 21.8 per cent of share of the traffic to and from the airport. However, this has declined from a peak of 32 per cent in 1999.<ref name="Yeung 2008">{{cite book |title=Moving Millions: The Commercial Success and Political Controversies of Hong Kong's Railways|last=Yeung|first=Rikkie|year=2008|publisher=[[Hong Kong University]] Press|location=Hong Kong|isbn=978-962-209-963-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/2006frpt_e/F110.pdf|title=Annual Report 2006|page=21|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|year=2006|access-date=18 July 2007|archive-date=8 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070808014626/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/2006frpt_e/F110.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Tseung Kwan O line ===
{{Main|Tseung Kwan O line}}
[[File:Po Lam MTR Station Exit A.JPG|thumb|The [[Tseung Kwan O line]] was opened in 2002 to serve new housing developments. Pictured is [[Po Lam station]], the northern terminus of the line.]]

The Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works {{anchor|Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works}} extended the [[Hong Kong Island]] end of the [[Kwun Tong line]] from [[Quarry Bay station|Quarry Bay]] to [[North Point station|North Point]] via a pair of {{convert|2.1|km|mi|adj=on}} tunnels. The project was initiated due to overcrowding at Quarry Bay and persistent passenger complaints about the five-minute walk from the [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]] platforms to the Kwun Tong line platform. Construction began in September 1997 and was completed in September 2001 at a cost of HK$3.1&nbsp;billion.<ref name="interchangetoreduce">{{cite news|last1=Chan|first1=Felix|title=Interchange to reduce congestion|work=South China Morning Post|date=16 April 2001}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theskytrain.net/hkmtr/Past_QBR.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007154107/http://www.theskytrain.net/hkmtr/Past_QBR.htm|archive-date=7 October 2007|title=Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works|publisher=Hong Kong Mass Transit InfoCenter|date=27 October 2003|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> As with most earlier interchange stations, a [[cross-platform interchange]] arrangement was provided here in both directions.

Construction of the [[Tseung Kwan O line]] (called the Tseung Kwan O extension line in the planning stage) was approved on 18 August 1998 to serve the growing Tseung Kwan O New Town. Construction began on 24 April 1999 and the line officially opened in 2002. It took over the existing Kwun Tong line tracks running through the [[Eastern Harbour Tunnel]], so that the full line stretches from [[Po Lam station|Po Lam]] to North Point. When the line opened, the Kwun Tong line was extended to [[Tiu Keng Leng station|Tiu Keng Leng]] on the new line. Construction costs were partly covered by the Hong Kong Government and private developers which linked construction of the Tseung Kwan O line to new real estate and commercial developments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theskytrain.net/hkmtr/Past_TKE.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007154014/http://www.theskytrain.net/hkmtr/Past_TKE.htm|archive-date=7 October 2007|title=Tseung Kwan O Extension|publisher=Hong Kong Mass Transit InfoCenter|date=27 October 2003|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref>

=== Interchange stations ===
[[File:MTR multiple cross platform interchange.svg|thumb|The multiple [[cross-platform interchange|cross-platform-interchange]] system between [[Tiu Keng Leng station]] and [[Yau Tong station]]]]

The interchange between the Kwun Tong line and the [[Tsuen Wan line]] (except [[Yau Ma Tei station|Yau Ma Tei]]) as well as that between the Kwun Tong line and the Tseung Kwan O line, are two stations long, allowing [[cross-platform interchange]] wherein a passenger leaves a train on one side of the platform and boards trains on the other side of the platform for another line. For example, when passengers are travelling on the Kwun Tong line towards [[Tiu Keng Leng station|Tiu Keng Leng]], getting off at [[Yau Tong station|Yau Tong]] would allow them to switch trains across the platform for the [[Tseung Kwan O line]] towards [[North Point station|North Point]]. Whereas, staying on the train and reaching [[Tiu Keng Leng station|Tiu Keng Leng]] would allow them to board the Tseung Kwan O line trains towards [[Po Lam station|Po Lam]]/[[LOHAS Park station|LOHAS Park]]. This design makes interchanging more convenient and passengers do not have the need to change to different levels. However this interchange arrangement is not available for all transferring passengers at [[Kowloon Tong station|Kowloon Tong]], [[Central station (MTR)|Central]], [[Hong Kong station|Hong Kong]], [[Quarry Bay station|Quarry Bay]], [[Nam Cheong station|Nam Cheong]] (except transfer between Tuen Mun and Hong Kong bound trains), [[Mei Foo station|Mei Foo]], [[Tai Wai station|Tai Wai]] (only between southbound Tuen Ma line and East Rail line trains) and [[Sunny Bay station|Sunny Bay]] (except transfer between Tung Chung and Disneyland Resort bound trains) stations, mainly because this service is available only when there are two continuous stations shared as interchange stations by two lines.

Two major works were undertaken to ease interchange between the Kwun Tong line and East Rail line. The modification of [[Kowloon Tong station]] started in June 2001. A new pedestrian link to Kowloon Tong station southern concourse and a new entrance (Exit D) opened on 15 April 2004 to cope with the increase in interchange passenger flow.<ref name="kcrworks">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/extensions/extensions_2.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311020715/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/extensions/extensions_2.html|archive-date=11 March 2007|title=Recently Completed Projects|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> Modification to [[Tsim Sha Tsui station]] involved upgrading station facilities and concourse layout to facilitate access from the [[East Tsim Sha Tsui station]] via its pedestrian links.{{efn|{{station|Tsim Sha Tsui}} and {{station|East Tsim Sha Tsui}} are two separate stations, so one single journey ticket cannot be used for interchange between them. It is only possible to interchange with an Octopus card, or get a second ticket. Passengers with only one ticket can interchange at {{station|Kowloon Tong}} station (Kwun Tong and East Rail lines), then interchange at {{station|Hung Hom}} (for Tuen Ma line) or {{station|Mong Kok}} (for Tsuen Wan line).}} New entrances to the subway links were opened on 19 September 2004 (Exit G) and 30 March 2005 (Exit F), with the whole scheme completed in May 2005.

=== Disneyland Resort line ===
{{Main|Disneyland Resort line}}
[[File:Disneyland MTR, Disneyland Station.JPG|thumb|A Disneyland Resort line train at [[Disneyland Resort station]]]]

The [[Disneyland Resort line]], previously known as Penny's Bay Rail Link, provides service to the [[Hong Kong Disneyland Resort]] station which was opened on 12 September 2005. Services to [[Sunny Bay station]] on the Tung Chung line started in 1 June 2005, but it was only opened to staff of Disneyland at first. It was finally opened to the general public two months later, on 8 August 2005. The new line and the Disneyland Resort station opened on 1 August 2005. It is a {{convert|3.5|km|mi|adj=on}} single-track railway that runs between Sunny Bay station and Disneyland Resort station. The Disneyland Resort station itself was designed to blend in with the ambiance of the resort. The line operates fully automated trains running every four to ten minutes without a driver. The carriages are refurbished M-train rolling stock to match the recreational and adventurous nature of the 3.5-minute journey.<ref name="disney">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/drllaunch/drllaunch_e.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310033007/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/drllaunch/drllaunch_e.htm|archive-date=10 March 2007|title=MTR Disneyland Resort Line|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref>

=== Airport Express extension ===
{{Main|AsiaWorld–Expo station}}
The [[AsiaWorld–Expo station]] is an extension of the Airport Express serving a new international exhibition centre, [[AsiaWorld–Expo]], at Hong Kong International Airport. The station opened on 20 December 2005 along with the exhibition centre. To cope with the projected increase in patronage, Airport Express trains were lengthened to eight cars from the previous seven. Additional trains are also deployed on the Tung Chung line during major exhibitions and events.<ref name="mtrexpan">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/extensions/inprogress_hongkong_e.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308145301/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/extensions/inprogress_hongkong_e.htm|archive-date=8 March 2007|title=Projects in Progress (Hong Kong)|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref>

[[File:Maritime Square.jpg|thumb|[[Maritime Square]], one of the major properties financing the MTR]]

=== Partial privatisation and merger ===
{{more citations needed|section|date=September 2018}}<!--only one paragraph has citations-->
{{Main|MTR Corporation|Kowloon–Canton Railway}}
On 5 October 2000 the operator of the MTR network, the [[MTR Corporation|Mass Transit Railway Corporation]] (MTRC), became Hong Kong's first rail company to be partially [[privatised]], marking the beginning of the Hong Kong government's initiative to reduce its interests in public utilities. Prior to its listing on the [[Hong Kong Stock Exchange]], the Mass Transit Railway Corporation (MTRC) was wholly owned by the Hong Kong government. The offering involved the sale of about one billion [[share (finance)|shares]], and the company now has the largest [[shareholder]] base of any company listed in Hong Kong. In June 2001, MTRCL was transferred to the [[Hang Seng Index]].

MTRCL has often developed properties next to stations to complement its profitable railway business. Many recently built stations were incorporated into large housing estates or shopping complexes. For example, [[Tsing Yi station]] is built next to the [[Maritime Square]] shopping centre and directly underneath the [[Maritime Square|Tierra Verde]] housing estate.

On 11 April 2006, MTRCL signed a non-binding [[memorandum of understanding]] with the [[Hong Kong government]], the owner of [[Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation]], to merge the operation of the two railway networks in Hong Kong in spite of the strong opposition of KCRC staff.<ref name="merger1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-06-027a-E.pdf|title=MTR Corporation Signs Memorandum of Understanding with The Government on Terms of Proposed Rail Merger|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|date=11 April 2006|access-date=8 March 2007|archive-date=25 January 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070125163133/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-06-027a-E.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="merger2">{{cite web |url=http://www.kcrc.com/html/eng/archives/merger_update/press_release_merger_eng_.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071201005718/http://www.kcrc.com/html/eng/archives/merger_update/press_release_merger_eng_.pdf |archive-date=1 December 2007 |title=KCRC welcomes Government's announcement on way forward for rail merger |publisher=Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation |date=11 April 2006 |access-date=8 March 2007 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> The minority shareholders of the corporation approved the proposal at an extraordinary general meeting on 9 October 2007, allowing MTRCL to take over the operation of the [[Kowloon-Canton Railway|KCR]] network and combine the fare system of the two networks on 2 December 2007.<ref name = Mergerapprove>{{cite news|title = Rail merger proposal approved by shareholders (兩鐵合併獲股東表決通過)|language = zh|publisher = Ming Pao Instant News|url = http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20071009/gb21826c.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071011201222/http://www.mpinews.com/htm/INews/20071009/gb21826c.htm|archive-date = 11 October 2007|date= 9 October 2007|access-date=9 October 2007}}</ref><ref name=MergerPDF>{{cite web|title = Poll Result of the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 9 October 2007|work = MTR Corporation|publisher = Hong Kong Stock Exchange|date = 9 October 2007|url = http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/sehk/Results_Announcement_e.pdf|access-date = 9 October 2007|archive-date = 26 October 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026214451/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/sehk/Results_Announcement_e.pdf|url-status = live}}</ref>

On 2 December 2007 the [[Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation]] (KCRC) granted a 50-year service concession (which may be extended) of the [[Kowloon-Canton Railway|KCR network]] to MTRCL, in return for making annual payments to KCRC, thereby merging the railway operations of the two corporations under MTRCL's management. At the same time MTRCL changed its Chinese name from "地下鐵路有限公司" (Subway Limited Company) to "香港鐵路有限公司" (Hong Kong Railway Limited Company), but left its English name unchanged; at the same time the system's Chinese name changed from "地鐵" ("underground railway") to "港鐵" ("Hong Kong Railway"). After the merger, the MTR network included three more lines—[[East Rail line]], [[West Rail line]], and [[Ma On Shan line]] (now the [[Tuen Ma line]])—as well as the [[Light Rail (MTR)|light rail]] network and [[Guangzhou–Kowloon through train|Guangdong through train]] to [[Guangzhou]].

On 28 September 2008, fare zones of all urban lines, East Rail line, Ma On Shan line, and West Rail line were merged. A passenger could travel on these networks with only one ticket, except where a transfer is made between Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations, where two tickets are required. Student discounts on Octopus Card were also issued.

=== Recent extensions ===
[[File:CRH380A-0259@GZN (20180923094804).jpg|thumb|MTR's high-speed rail service was launched on 23 September 2018. The image shows an MTR [[Vibrant Express]] train at [[Guangzhou South railway station]]]]
The MTR system has been extended numerous times since the railway merger. Relevant projects include the LOHAS Park spur line (2009), the [[Kowloon Southern Link]] (2009), the [[Extension of Island line to Western District|West Island line]] (2014), the [[Kwun Tong line extension]] (2016), the [[South Island line]] (2016), [[Tuen Ma line]] Phase 1 (2020) and Phase 2 (2021) and the [[East Rail line|East Rail line extension]] (2022).

The LOHAS Park Spur Line is an extension of the [[Tseung Kwan O line]], splitting off after [[Tseung Kwan O station]]. It serves the new residential development of [[LOHAS Park]] (formerly "Dream City"), a {{convert|3550000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} estate with fifty residential towers. The project is divided into 9 to 13 phases and is about halfway complete as of 2016. These high rises sit above [[LOHAS Park station]], which opened on 26 July 2009.

The [[Extension of Island line to Western District|West Island line]], first put forward to the government on 21 January 2003, is an extension of the [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]]. It serves the Western District of Hong Kong Island. The construction of the [[Extension of Island line to Western District|West Island line]] started on 10 August 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Construction of MTR West Island Line Project Commenced|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-09-093-E.pdf|publisher=MTR Corporation|date=10 August 2009|access-date=11 August 2009|archive-date=5 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151105141446/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-09-093-E.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Kennedy Town station]] and [[HKU station]] opened on 28 December 2014. [[Sai Ying Pun station]] opened later, on 29 March 2015, due to construction delays.

A proposal to extend the existing Kwun Tong line to [[Whampoa Garden]] was made in April 2006 and approved in March 2008 as part of the bid for the [[Sha Tin to Central Link]].<ref>{{cite web|title=set of presentation materials on "Report on the scheme design of Shatin to Central Link:" provided by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (Chinese version only) [CB(1)1015/03-04(01)]|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr03-04/chinese/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0216cb1-1015-1c.pdf|website=Legislative Council|publisher=KCR|access-date=3 October 2016|archive-date=29 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029145331/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr03-04/chinese/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0216cb1-1015-1c.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Legislative Council Panel on Transport Subcommittee on matters relating to railways|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr03-04/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0507cb1-1676-2e.pdf|publisher=Environment, Transport and Works Bureau|access-date=3 October 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202000848/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr03-04/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0507cb1-1676-2e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Two new stations at [[Whampoa station|Whampoa]] and [[Ho Man Tin station|Ho Man Tin]] opened on 23 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=896434&csid=261_341 |title=港鐵觀塘延線下月廿三日通車 |publisher=[[Commercial Radio Hong Kong]] |date=21 September 2016 |access-date=24 October 2016 |archive-date=26 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726103901/http://www.881903.com/Page/ZH-TW/newsdetail.aspx?ItemId=896434&csid=261_341 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[South Island line]] opened on 28 December 2016<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/extensions/sil-introduction.htm|title=West Island Line & South Island Line|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070315213623/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/extensions/sil-introduction.htm|archive-date=15 March 2007|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> between [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty]] and [[South Horizons station|South Horizons]], linking the MTR to [[Southern District (Hong Kong)|Southern District]] for the first time. With the opening of the South Island line, all [[Districts of Hong Kong|18 districts of Hong Kong]] are served by the MTR.

The first section of the [[Tuen Ma line]], an extension of the former Ma On Shan line connecting Tai Wai via [[Hin Keng station|Hin Keng]] and [[Diamond Hill station|Diamond Hill]] to [[Kai Tak station]], opened on 14 February 2020. The second and final section of the line was completed and opened on 27 June 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://images.mtr-tuenmaline.hk/files/upload/162219273560b0b25fc1dcf/PR-21-037-E.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=27 June 2021 |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627105740/https://images.mtr-tuenmaline.hk/files/upload/162219273560b0b25fc1dcf/PR-21-037-E.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> linking the previously opened Tuen Ma Line Phase One and the West Rail Line together connecting from [[Kai Tak station]] to [[Hung Hom station]].

An extension of the [[East Rail line]], phase two of the [[Sha Tin to Central Link]] (SCL) from [[Hung Hom station]] to [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty station]] across [[Victoria Harbour]] was completed and opened on 15 May 2022. An intermediate station was opened at [[Exhibition Centre station (MTR)|Exhibition Centre]].

== Future extensions ==
[[File:FutureMTRNetworkAfterMerger.png|thumb|The current MTR map]]
{{Main|Future projects of the MTR}}

[[File:MTR history.gif|thumb|Development of Hong Kong's railways (MTR)]]

===Tuen Mun South extension===
{{see also|Tuen Mun South extension|Tuen Mun South station|A16 station|Hung Shui Kiu station}}
The [[Tuen Mun South extension]] on the [[Tuen Ma line]] is a proposed {{Convert|2.4|km|adj=on}} extension to a new western terminus, Tuen Mun South, near [[Tuen Mun Ferry Pier]]. The extension will extend the line southwards from the current terminus at [[Tuen Mun station]]. It will include the construction of the [[A16 station]] (placeholder name used by MTR) and the new terminus [[Tuen Mun South station]].

Additionally, the addition of a new [[infill station]], [[Hung Shui Kiu station]], along the Tuen Ma line between [[Siu Hong station]] and [[Tin Shui Wai station]] is currently under planning. It may be built depending on the development of the [[Hung Shui Kiu]] [[New towns of Hong Kong|New Town]].

===Northern Link===
{{see also|Northern Link (MTR)|Kwu Tung station}}
The [[Northern Link (MTR)|Northern Link]] is a proposed new line which connects Tuen Ma line with the [[Lok Ma Chau Spur Line]] of East Rail line. It also has [[Au Tau station|Au Tau]], [[Ngau Tam Mei station|Ngau Tam Mei]], [[San Tin station|San Tin]], a future interchange station between East Rail line and Northern Link, [[Kwu Tung station|Kwu Tung]], which will become a terminus for Northern link. This line would serve the future [[Northern Metropolis]] (which is in current planning) by the Hong Kong government. It would help to connect planned population centres isolated in the New Territories with Kowloon and Hong Kong.

Construction of Kwu Tung station began in 29 September 2023, and is expected to be completed in 2027, while construction of the Northern Link is expected to begin in 2025 and is scheduled to commence service in 2034.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Chief Executive's 2024 Policy Address |url=https://www.policyaddress.gov.hk/2024/en/p138.html |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=www.policyaddress.gov.hk |language=en}}</ref>

===Tung Chung line extension===
{{see also|Tung Chung line#Extension in Tung Chung|Oyster Bay station (MTR)}}

The Tung Chung line extension will extend the [[Tung Chung line]] to the west by approximately 1.3 kilometres. Two new stations will also be built, namely; [[Tung Chung West station|Tung Chung West]] and [[Tung Chung East station|Tung Chung East]], with Tung Chung West serving as the new terminus of the Tung Chung line. Construction began on 25 May 2023 and is expected to be completed in 2029. The [[Oyster Bay station (MTR)|Oyster Bay station]] is also a new station that will be built between [[Sunny Bay station]] and the future [[Tung Chung East station]]. It is expected to be complete in 2030.

===East Kowloon line===
{{see also|East Kowloon line}}
The [[East Kowloon line]] is planned to serve the [[East Kowloon]] area to [[Tseung Kwan O New Town]] via the hilly [[Sau Mau Ping]] residential area.

===South Island line (West)===
{{see also|South Island line (West)}}
The [[South Island line (West)]] was part of the same original proposal as the South Island line, and would connect [[HKU station|HKU]] to [[Wong Chuk Hang station|Wong Chuk Hang]] around the west coast of Hong Kong Island, however, construction has not started {{As of|2024|lc=y}}.

===North Island line===
{{see also|North Island line|Tamar station|Causeway Bay North station}}
The [[North Island line]] is a planned extension of the [[Tseung Kwan O line]] that will interchange at the future [[Tamar station]] with the Tung Chung line. It will alleviate traffic in the northern part of Hong Kong Island. There will be three new stations: [[Tamar station|Tamar]], [[Exhibition Centre station (MTR)|Exhibition Centre]] (which will be an interchange between the [[North Island line]] and the North South Corridor), and [[Causeway Bay North station|Causeway Bay North]]. There is currently no proposed construction time for this line, however in the original proposal, construction was expected to begin in 2026 and commence service by 2040. The cost is estimated to be HK$20 billion in 2013 prices.

== Infrastructure ==

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=== Rail network ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style=margin:auto;font-align:center;text-align:center
|-
! Name and colour
! Commencement
! Previous extension
! Next extension
! colspan="2" | Terminus
! style="width:30px" | Length<ref name="business-overview" />
! style="width:30px" | Stations
! Running time<ref name="business-overview" />
! Depot(s)
! [[Track gauge|Gauge]]
! [[Railway electrification system|Electrification]]{{efn|All MTR railways use [[overhead line]]s for electrification.}}
! Control Centre
|-
! rowspan="2" style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|East Rail}} | [[East Rail line|{{color|white|East Rail Line}}]]
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|1 October 1910}}<br /><small>(electrification: 1982–1983)</small>
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|15 May 2022}}{{efn|[[Exhibition Centre station (MTR)|Exhibition Centre station]]}}
| rowspan="2" | 2027
| rowspan="2" | [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty]]
| [[Lo Wu station|Lo Wu]]
| rowspan="2" | 47.5
| rowspan="2" | 16
| 45
| rowspan="2" | [[Ho Tung Lau]]
| rowspan="2" | {{track gauge|sg}}
| rowspan="2" | {{25 kV 50 Hz}}
| rowspan="6" | Tsing Yi
|-
|[[Lok Ma Chau station|Lok Ma Chau]]
| 50
|-
! style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tung Chung}} | [[Tung Chung line|{{color|white|Tung Chung Line}}]]
| {{dts|21 June 1998}}
| {{n/a}}
| 2029
| [[Hong Kong station|Hong Kong]]
| [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]]
| 31.1
| 8
| 29
| [[Siu Ho Wan]]
| {{track gauge|1432mm}}
| {{1,500 V DC}}
|-
! rowspan="2" style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tuen Ma}} | [[Tuen Ma line|{{color|white|Tuen Ma Line}}]]
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|20 December 2003}}{{efn|Tuen Ma line is composed of 2 former KCR lines, namely [[West Rail line|West Rail]] (opened first in 2003) and [[Ma On Shan line|Ma On Shan Rail]], joined by a newly built section after the MTR-KCR network merger.}}
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|27 June 2021}}{{efn|[[To Kwa Wan station|To Kwa Wan]] and [[Sung Wong Toi station|Sung Wong Toi]] stations}}
| rowspan="2" | 2030
| rowspan="2" | [[Tuen Mun station|Tuen Mun]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Wu Kai Sha station|Wu Kai Sha]]
| rowspan="2" | 56.2
| rowspan="2" | 27
| rowspan="2" | 73
| [[Tai Wai]]
| rowspan="2" | {{track gauge|sg}}
| rowspan="2" | {{25 kV 50 Hz}}
|-
| [[Pat Heung]]
|-
! style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Airport Express}} | [[Airport Express (MTR)|{{color|white|Airport Express}}]]
| {{dts|6 July 1998}}
| {{dts|20 December 2005}}{{efn|[[AsiaWorld–Expo station]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[Hong Kong station|Hong Kong]]
| [[AsiaWorld–Expo station|AsiaWorld–Expo]]
| 35.3
| 5
| 28
| rowspan="3" | [[Siu Ho Wan]]
| rowspan="3" | {{track gauge|1432mm}}
| rowspan="3" | {{1,500 V DC}}
|-
! rowspan="2" style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Disneyland Resort}} | [[Disneyland Resort line|{{color|white|Disneyland Resort Line}}]]
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|1 August 2005}}
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Sunny Bay station|Sunny Bay]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Disneyland Resort station|Disneyland Resort]]
| rowspan="2" | 3.3
| rowspan="2" | 2
| rowspan="2" | 5
| {{nowrap|Sunny Bay}}
|-
| Tsing Yi
|-
! style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Kwun Tong}} | [[Kwun Tong line|{{color|white|Kwun Tong Line}}]]
| {{dts|1 October 1979}}
| {{dts|23 October 2016}}{{efn|[[Ho Man Tin station|Ho Man Tin]] and [[Whampoa station|Whampoa]] stations}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[Whampoa station|Whampoa]]
| [[Tiu Keng Leng station|Tiu Keng Leng]]
| 17.4
| 17
| 35
| [[Kowloon Bay]]
| rowspan="5" | {{track gauge|1432mm}}{{efn|[[West Island line]] and [[Kwun Tong line extension]] use {{track gauge|sg|al=on}}.}}
| rowspan="6" | {{1,500 V DC}}
| rowspan="6" | Tsing Yi
|-
! style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tsuen Wan}} | [[Tsuen Wan line|{{color|white|Tsuen Wan Line}}]]
| {{dts|10 May 1982}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[Central station (MTR)|Central]]
| [[Tsuen Wan station|Tsuen Wan]]
| 16.0
| 16
| 32
| [[Tsuen Wan]]
|-
! style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Island}} | [[Island line (MTR)|{{color|white|Island Line}}]]
| {{dts|31 May 1985}}
| {{dts|29 March 2015}}{{efn|[[Sai Ying Pun Station]]}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[Kennedy Town station|Kennedy Town]]
| [[Chai Wan station|Chai Wan]]
| 16.3<ref name="Highways-Dept">{{cite web |url=https://www.hyd.gov.hk/en/road_and_railway/existing/railway_network/isl/index.html |title=Island Line |publisher=Highways Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |date=14 April 2015 |access-date=25 May 2015 |archive-date=27 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427184224/https://www.hyd.gov.hk/en/road_and_railway/existing/railway_network/isl/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| 17
| 34
| [[Chai Wan]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tseung Kwan O}} | [[Tseung Kwan O line|{{color|white|Tseung Kwan O Line}}]]
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|18 August 2002}}
| rowspan="2" | {{dts|26 July 2009}}{{efn|[[LOHAS Park Station]]}}
| rowspan="2" | Unknown
| rowspan="2" | [[North Point station|North Point]]
| [[Po Lam station|Po Lam]]
| rowspan="2" | 12.3
| rowspan="2" | 8
| 15
| rowspan="2" | [[Tseung Kwan O]]
|-
|[[LOHAS Park station|LOHAS Park]]
| 20
|-
! style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|South Island}} | [[South Island line|{{color|white|South Island Line}}]]
| {{dts|28 December 2016}}
| {{n/a}}
| {{n/a}}
| [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty]]
| [[South Horizons station|South Horizons]]
| 7.4
| 5
| 11
| [[Wong Chuk Hang]]
| {{track gauge|sg}}
|-
! style=background-color:#{{rcr|MTR|Light Rail}} | [[Light Rail (MTR)|{{color|white|Light Rail}}]]
| {{dts|18 September 1988}}
| {{dts|7 December 2003}}{{efn|Various stops in Tin Shui Wai}}
| {{n/a}}
| Varies
| Varies
| 36.2
| 68
| Varies
| [[Tuen Mun]]
| {{track gauge|sg}}
| {{750 V DC}}
| Tuen Mun
|}

=== Rolling stock ===
Nine types of [[electric multiple unit]] rolling stock operate on the MTR network and four generations of light rail vehicles operate on the [[Light Rail (MTR)|light rail]] network. All use either {{track gauge|1432mm}} [[rail gauge]] (near standard gauge)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.2427junction.com/chinahongkongmtr.html|title=香港鐵路(MTR)|work=2427junction.com|access-date=17 May 2011|archive-date=2 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902215228/http://www.2427junction.com/chinahongkongmtr.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Allen, Geoffrey Freeman, ''Jane's World Railways, 1987–88'', Jane's Information Group, 1987 ({{ISBN|9780710608482}})</ref> or {{track gauge|sg}} ([[standard gauge]]). Except for [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]] trains, all trains are designed to cope with high patronage, for example, through seating arrangements, wider train cars, additional [[ventilation (architecture)|ventilation]] [[fan (implement)|fans]], brighter train lighting, and additional sets of extra-wide doors. These configurations allow the MTR to run at up to 101,000 [[passengers per hour per direction]] (p/h/d) on its busy suburban [[East Rail line]] and around 85,000 p/h/d on its urban metro network.<ref>{{cite web|title=LCQ19: MTR trains' carrying capacity and services|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201101/12/P201101120164.htm|publisher=Legislative Council|date=12 January 2011|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-date=29 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229031442/http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201101/12/P201101120164.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

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! Image
! Line(s)
! No. of cars per train
! No. of doors per side
! Entered service
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[MTR Metro Cammell EMU (DC)|M-train]]
| [[File:A164 entering Kwai Hing Station (20190301143013).jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{plainlist|
* {{rcb|MTR|Tsuen Wan|croute}}
* {{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}}
* {{rcb|MTR|Tseung Kwan O|croute}}
}}
| 8
| 5
| 1979–1998
| Modified 1998. Currently undergoing phased retirement.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MTR > Tenders & Contracts |url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/corporate/tenders/Open_Tender_Q056556.html |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.mtr.com.hk |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[File:DRLtrain.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|Disneyland|croute}}
| 4
| 3
|1979
| Modified 1998, 2005. To be retired in 2028.<ref>{{Cite web |date=11 April 2024 |title=MTR Initiates Asset Renewal for the Disneyland Resort Line New Battery-driven Trains Equipped with New Signalling System Collaborating with HK Disneyland on Train Design |url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/press_release/PR-24-020-E.pdf |access-date=13 March 2025 |website=MTR Corp. Ltd.}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[MTR Adtranz-CAF EMU|CAF-train]]
| [[File:V801-V601 MTR Tung Chung Line 22-06-2020.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|Tung Chung|croute}}
| rowspan="6" | 8
| 5
| 1998
|
|-
| [[File:K411-E111 MTR Airport Express 22-06-2020.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|Airport Express|croute}}
| 2
| 1998
| One of the carriages only carries luggage, which has 5 doors per side and no windows.
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[MTR Rotem EMU|K-train]]
| [[File:SNC14929.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|Tseung Kwan O|croute}} <small>(from 2010)</small>
| rowspan="5" | 5
| 2002
| First operated on the {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}}
|-
| [[File:HK Tung Chung Line Train.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|Tung Chung|croute}}
| 2006–2007
|
|-
| [[MTR CNR Changchun EMU|C-train]]
| [[File:MTR C KTL KOB.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}}
| 2011
|
|-
| [[MTR Urban Lines Vision Train|Q-train]]
| [[File:A779-A780(020) MTR Island Line 18-09-2024.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{plainlist|
* {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}}
* {{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}}
* {{rcb|MTR|Tsuen Wan|croute}} (future)
* {{rcb|MTR|Tseung Kwan O|croute}} (future)
}}
| 2022
| The replacement for [[MTR Metro Cammell EMU (DC)|M-trains]]<ref name="scmp-sifang">{{cite news|last1=Mok|first1=Danny|title=MTR ditches UK-made trains to spend HK$6 billion with mainland Chinese manufacturer|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1842968/mtr-spend-hk6-billion-93-new-trains-mainland-manufacturer?page=all|accessdate=28 July 2015|work=South China Morning Post|date=23 July 2015}}</ref>
|-
| [[MTR CNR Changchun EMU|S–train]]
| [[File:MTR SouthIslandLine STrain A511-B906-A512 OCP.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|South Island|croute}}
| 3
| 2016
| Driverless configuration; in 3-car formation instead of 8-cars.
|-
| [[MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU|R-train]]
| [[File:D016-D018 MTR East Rail Line 02-08-2022.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{rcb|MTR|East Rail|croute}}
| 9
| 5 (or 2 on First Class)
| 2021
| First train delivered in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newshyundai-rotem-to-deliver-first-scl-train-this-september-4636374|title=Hyundai Rotem to deliver first SCL train this September|date=31 July 2015|publisher=railway-technology.com|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005105853/http://www.railway-technology.com/news/newshyundai-rotem-to-deliver-first-scl-train-this-september-4636374|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pioneer-group.hk/news-1-c8mf/ilirby1i19/2nd-MTR-shipment-successful-delivery|title=2nd MTR shipment successful delivery|date=19 December 2015|publisher=Pioneer Logistics Group|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005105651/http://www.pioneer-group.hk/news-1-c8mf/ilirby1i19/2nd-MTR-shipment-successful-delivery|archive-date=5 October 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Replaced the [[SP1900 EMU|SP1900s]] and [[MTR Metro Cammell EMU (AC)|MLRs]] that used to operate on the East Rail Line. Only one set of doors is used on first class normally.
|-
| [[SP1900 EMU|IKK train]]
| [[File:D362-D361 MTR Tuen Ma Line 15-10-2022.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| rowspan="2" |{{rcb|MTR|Tuen Ma|croute}}
| rowspan="2" | 8
| rowspan="2" | 5
| 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2016
| Previously 4, 7 or 12 car SP1900, SP1950 and KRS991 sets on the Ma On Shan line, West Rail line and East Rail line. Reconfigured into 8 car sets for Tuen Ma line.
|-
| rowspan="1" | [[MTR CRRC Changchun EMU|TML C-train]]
| [[File:Tuen Ma Line C-Train 202103.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| 2017
|
|-
| Phase I LRV
| [[File:1028 and 1033 at Tin Shui (20190324112844).jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| rowspan="4" | {{rcb|MTR|Light Rail|croute}} <small>(All services)</small>
| rowspan="4" | 1–2
| rowspan="4" | 3
| 1988
| rowspan="4" | Doors on the left side only
|-
| Phase III LRV
| [[File:1098(005) MTR Light Rail 614P 03-07-2020.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| 1997
|-
| Phase IV LRV
| [[File:1130 and 1112 at Tin Shui (20190324112711).jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| 2009
|-
| Phase V LRV
| [[File:20201125 LRT1133 at Tai Hing North.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| 2020
|-
| [[Vibrant Express]]
| [[File:CRH380A-0251@FTI (20180927161411).jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| MTR High-speed rail service (along the [[Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link]])
| 8
| 2
| 2018
| 6 Standard Class motor cars (2 with pantographs), 2 First-class trailer cars
|}

==== Former rolling stock ====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Image
! Line(s)
! scope="col" style="min-width:60px;"|No. of cars per train
! No. of doors per side
! Entered service
! Year retired
! scope="col" style="max-width:150 px;"|Notes
|-
| [[MTR Metro Cammell EMU (AC)|MLR Train]]
| [[File:E83-E74(20) MTR East Rail Line 18-04-2020.jpg|frameless|150px]]
| {{plainlist|
* {{rcb|MTR|East Rail|croute}}
}}
| 12
| 5
| 1982
| 2022
| It was replaced by the [[MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU|MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU (R-Train)]] in the years 2021–2022.
|-
| Phase II LRV
| [[File:1082 at Hi Lee Path, Yuen Long (20181121123352).jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| {{plainlist|
* {{rcb|MTR|Light Rail|croute}} <small>(All services)</small>
}}
| 1–2
| 3
| 1992
| 2023
| Not refurbished and gradually replaced by Phase V LRVs 2022–2023.
|-
| [[MTR KTT|KTT]]
| [[File:TLS002 Kowloon to Guangzhou East(MTR KTT) 25-01-2019.jpg|frameless|150x150px]]
| MTR intercity services (along the East Rail line)
| 12
| 2 (coaches)
| 1998
| 2020
| 10 coaches between 2 locomotives normally. Retired due to discontinuation of long distance train services.
|}

==== Metro Cammell EMU (DC) ====
{{Main|MTR Metro Cammell EMU (DC)}}

Known as M-trains, these are the oldest model of train in operation. M-Trains can be divided into different "stocks". The M-stock (or "CM-stock") of M-Train are the oldest trains on the MTR, built originally by [[Metro-Cammell]] (now [[Alstom]]) and refurbished by [[UGL Rail|United Goninan]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url=http://www.transport.alstom.com/home/Products_and_Services/RAIL_VEHICLES/Passenger_trains/Urban_trains/10918.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=/home/Products_and_Services/RAIL_VEHICLES/Passenger_trains/Urban_trains/&docLink=7628
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060325071538/http://www.transport.alstom.com/home/Products_and_Services/RAIL_VEHICLES/Passenger_trains/Urban_trains/10918.EN.php?languageId=EN&dir=%2Fhome%2FProducts_and_Services%2FRAIL_VEHICLES%2FPassenger_trains%2FUrban_trains%2F&docLink=7628
 |archive-date=25 March 2006
|title=Metro in Hong Kong
 |publisher=ALSTOM Transport
 |access-date=16 March 2006
|url-status=dead
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.unitedgoninan.com.au/goninan/news/news06.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040315123138/http://www.unitedgoninan.com.au/goninan/news/news06.htm
|title=United Group Limited secures $40 million Hong Kong rail maintenance contract
|publisher=United Goninan Limited
|archive-date=15 March 2004
|date=January 2002
|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> The M-train uses [[sliding doors]], unlike K-stocks and [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|Grupo CAF]] Trains which use [[plug door]]s. They are in service on Kwun Tong line, Tsuen Wan line, [[Island line (MTR)|Island line]] and Tseung Kwan O line.

The Disneyland Resort line uses driverless M-trains with their appearance overhauled to suit the atmosphere and theme of the line. Windows on each carriage and the handrails inside are made into the shape of [[Mickey Mouse]]'s head, and there are bronze-made [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] characters decorating the interior of the carriages.

All 93 sets of the M-trains will be retired from service by 2030, and be replaced by the [[MTR Urban Lines Vision Train|Q-Trains]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 2015 |title=MTR ditches UK-made trains to spend HK$6 billion with mainland Chinese manufacturer |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/economy/article/1842968/mtr-spend-hk6-billion-93-new-trains-mainland-manufacturer?page=all |access-date=17 October 2024 |website=South China Morning Post |language=en}}</ref>

==== Adtranz-CAF EMU ====
{{Main|MTR Adtranz-CAF EMU}}

The Tung Chung line and the [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]] use CAF Trains tailored to their respective lines. Initially run in seven-car formations, they have now been lengthened to eight cars. These two variations are built jointly by [[Adtranz]] (now [[Bombardier Transportation]]) and [[Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles|Grupo CAF]] (CAF) between 1994 and 1997. Since 2006, [[MTR Rotem EMU|K-stock]] has also been used on the Tung Chung line.

==== Rotem EMU (K-trains) ====
{{Main|MTR Rotem EMU}}

The K-stock was built jointly by [[Mitsubishi Heavy Industries]] and [[Hyundai Rotem]] and first put into service on the Kwun Tong line.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.rotem.co.kr/eng/Business_Activities/RollingStock/Emu/EMU_hongkong.asp
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070312020430/http://www.rotem.co.kr/eng/Business_Activities/RollingStock/Emu/EMU_hongkong.asp
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=12 March 2007
|title=MTRC TKE C651 EMU, Hong Kong
|publisher=Rotem Company
|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> These were eventually transferred to the Tseung Kwan O line in 2009. Subsequently, in 2006, four additional sets joined the Tung Chung line to cope with the increasing passenger traffic.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.rotem.co.kr/eng/board/read.asp?seq=13&page=1
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070312020347/http://www.rotem.co.kr/eng/board/read.asp?seq=13&page=1
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=12 March 2007
|title=New trains ordered for Tung Chung line, Hong Kong
|publisher=Rotem Company
|access-date=2 April 2007}}</ref> K-Stock trains have come under criticism when they were first put into service due to delays and door safety issues.<ref name="review0203legco">{{cite web
|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/panels/tp/papers/tp1017cb1-540-1e.pdf
|title=Review of MTRC Services and Incidents
|publisher=Hong Kong Legislative Council
|access-date=6 November 2007
|archive-date=18 February 2012
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218231748/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr02-03/english/panels/tp/papers/tp1017cb1-540-1e.pdf
|url-status=live
}}</ref> Along with other service reliability issues, there have been incidents where passengers have been injured by its doors, leading to the MTRCL "minimising the number of Korean trains for passenger service until a higher reliability of the systems concerned is achieved".<ref name="review0203legco" />

==== CNR Changchun EMU (C-trains) ====
{{Main|MTR CNR Changchun EMU}}

A contract (C6554-07E) for 10 new sets of trains was awarded to [[Changchun Railway Vehicles]] Co. Limited in October 2008 with a further 12 trains ordered in the summer of 2011. These were delivered to Hong Kong between 2011 and 2013 to enhance train frequency on the existing lines to cater for increased patronage on the Island, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan and Tseung Kwan O lines.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-08-110-E.pdf
|title=Ten New Trains for MTR Service Enhancement
|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited
|access-date=17 November 2008
|archive-date=18 December 2008
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218050447/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-08-110-E.pdf
|url-status=live
}}</ref>
These trains feature new 22" LCD TVs, like their counterparts on former KCR lines, and as a result are equipped with [[MTR In-Train TV]], offering infotainment such as news and announcements. The first of these trains entered revenue service on 7 December 2011 on the Kwun Tong line.

The South Island line uses a similar train known as the S-train. Unlike the original C-train, the pantographs are on the "A" cars. All cars are powered, so there are no trailer cars. The S-train is also only three cars long and are driverless, with the driver's cab removed to make standing space for passengers. However, the S-trains can still be operated manually in the event of an emergency.

==== SP1900/1950 EMU (IKK-trains) ====
{{Main|SP1900 EMU}}

The Tuen Ma line uses the SP1900, also known as the IKK ([[Itochu|'''I'''tochu]]-[[Kinki Sharyo|'''K'''inki]]-[[Kawasaki Heavy Industries|'''K'''awasaki]]) train. The electrification system used on Tuen Ma line is {{25 kV 50 Hz}}, as opposed to the {{1,500 V DC}} used on the urban lines. Should the need arise in the future, dual voltage trains such as those used on [[Oresund Bridge]] would be required.

The rolling stock is from the former [[Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation|KCRC]] network (KCR East Rail, West Rail and Ma On Shan Rail). They did not receive major changes after the merger of the two companies except for the updated route map, the exterior company logo and such. The capability of this EMU fleet is similar to those on the urban network. Starting from 2015, the West Rail and Ma On Shan line trains have been lengthened to 8 cars while the East Rail line 12 car sets have been withdrawn from the line in 2021. All train sets will receive larger TV displays and dynamic route map displays above every door, and will run on the Tuen Ma line in the future.

==== Hyundai Rotem EMU (R-stock) ====
{{Main|MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU}}

In December 2012, the MTRC announced that new contracts had been awarded to [[Hyundai Rotem]] for 37 new nine-car trains to be used on the [[Sha Tin to Central Link]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtr-shatincentrallink.hk/pdf/en/multimedia-gallery/press/14122012_pr_e.pdf|title=New Trains and Signalling System for the future Shatin to Central Link|date=14 December 2012|publisher=MTR Corp. Ltd.|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=7 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160507045446/http://www.mtr-shatincentrallink.hk/pdf/en/multimedia-gallery/press/14122012_pr_e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> These trains are expected to replace the Metro Cammell EMUs that currently run on the [[East Rail line]]. The new R-stock trains are wider than existing units and can accommodate more passengers per car; however, the length of each train will be shortened from the current 12-car configuration used on the Metro Cammell and SP1900 EMUs to nine cars. This is due to space constraints imposed by new underground platforms on the Sha Tin to Central Link. MTR will also upgrade existing signalling systems used on the East Rail line which will enable trains to operate at two-minute headways on average, instead of the current three-minute interval, which the MTRC expects will be able to compensate for the loss of capacity resulting from the shorter trains.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20160524/s00002/1464027303909|title=東鐵換37韓製列車 短3卡 加密班次「補數」|date=24 May 2016|work=Ming Pao|language=zh|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005111015/http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20160524/s00002/1464027303909|url-status=live}}</ref> However, there are concerns from local residents that this will not be effective.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestandnews.com/society/東鐵線將減三卡車-真係可以加班次抵銷影響/|title=東鐵線將減三卡車 真係可以加班次抵銷影響？|last=Tse|first=Bruce|date=30 November 2015|access-date=4 October 2016|archive-date=5 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005234440/https://www.thestandnews.com/society/%E6%9D%B1%E9%90%B5%E7%B7%9A%E5%B0%87%E6%B8%9B%E4%B8%89%E5%8D%A1%E8%BB%8A-%E7%9C%9F%E4%BF%82%E5%8F%AF%E4%BB%A5%E5%8A%A0%E7%8F%AD%E6%AC%A1%E6%8A%B5%E9%8A%B7%E5%BD%B1%E9%9F%BF/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Light rail vehicles ====
{{Main|Light Rail (MTR)#Rolling stock}}

[[Light Rail (MTR)|Light rail]] rolling stock were ordered from four different manufacturers: [[Commonwealth Engineering]] (Comeng), [[Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company|Kawasaki Heavy Industries]], [[UGL Rail|United Goninan]] and [[CRRC Nanjing Puzhen]]. They are designed to run on the standard gauge and use {{750 V DC}} delivered through overhead lines. Trains comprise one or two carriages, where the second carriage functions as only a trailer. The arrangement allows each car to carry approximately 300 passengers with 26 seats, while four sets of poach seats provide flexible riding for passengers.{{clarify|date=February 2020|reason=What is a poach seat?}}

The light rail trains are being modernised as part of a 20th anniversary activity. Trains will include better disabled facilities as well as a totally new interior. The MTR will refurbish 69 older trains (revised to 68 as one was scrapped following a traffic incident) and buy 22 new ones. The first trains have been completed and were scheduled to be put into service in November 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/china-south-rolls-out-hong-kong-light-rail-cars/browse/3.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910163517/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/10/china-south-rolls-out-hong-kong-light-rail-cars/browse/3.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 September 2012|title=China South rolls out Hong Kong light rail cars|author=DVV Media UK|work=Railway Gazette}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o40cEgYf8Ng |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/o40cEgYf8Ng| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=[HD] MTR Light Rail: Lrv Phase IV 1112 Link Up With 1111 Trial Run In Depot|date=6 January 2013|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsoGShxvNFo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/VsoGShxvNFo| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title={LR} Part 1 of LRV Phase IV no.1111 on Route 751|date=8 January 2010|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The whole project is expected to be completed in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-08-062-E.pdf|title=Light Rail Marks 20 years of Service With Vehicle Modernisation Programme|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|year=2008|access-date=13 August 2008}}</ref>

Another batch of 40 Phase V trains have been ordered from [[CRRC Nanjing Puzhen]], which will replace 30 Kawasaki Phase II trains which will not be refurbished, and the 10 additional trains will be used for enhancing services. The first pair of trains (leading + trailer car) entered service in 2020.

==== Maintenance trains ====

In addition to the passenger [[electric multiple unit]]s as covered above, MTR also uses various types of [[work train]]s for maintenance purposes:
[[File:WCDL15.PNG|thumb|right|Schöma diesel locomotives as used by MTR for work trains]]
* On the urban lines and Lantau Airport Railway, several different [[battery-electric locomotive]]s and [[diesel locomotive]]s are used to haul various work trains (including ultrasonic test vehicles and specialist wagons used for overhead wiring access, cable laying, rail transport, tunnel repair etc.), with the former being built by [[Brush Traction]] and the latter by [[Schöma]].<ref name=checkerboardhill1>{{cite web|url=https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2011/02/mtr-works-locomotives/|title=The MTR's other fleet of trains|author=Marcus Wong|work=Checkerboard Hill|date=5 February 2011|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028160035/https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2011/02/mtr-works-locomotives/|url-status=live}}</ref> Like the passenger trains, they are also equipped with [[BSI coupling|BSI couplers]], albeit without the electrical connections.<ref name=checkerboardhill1 /> The locomotives were delivered in different phases:
** The battery electrics were delivered in three different phases. The first phase comprises five units numbered L51 to L55 which entered service in 1983 and are capable of hauling a maximum trailing load of 109 tonnes on a 3% of gradient. The second phase has six units numbered L56 to L61 which entered service in 1989. They have the same performance as the phase 1 units and can be assumed to be of the same general design. The pantograph is located atop the cab roof, with no sign of an air conditioner. The third phase comprises twenty units numbered L62 to L82 which entered service in 1996; most are used on the Lantau Airport Railway, but some on the urban lines. They are more powerful than the earlier units, being able to haul 160 tonnes. Their design is also slightly different to phase 2 units, with the pantograph at the opposite end, and an air conditioner above the cab.<ref name=checkerboardhill1 />
** The Schöma diesel fleet came before the battery electrics. Capable of hauling 100 tonnes, they are presumed to have assisted in the construction of the network and came in three different phases: phase 1 (nine units numbered L11 to L19) in 1977, phase 2 (nine units numbered L20 to 28) in 1979 and phase 3 (eight units numbered L31 to L38) in 1983. They are presumed to be capable of multiple unit operation.<ref name=checkerboardhill1 />
* On the ex-KCR lines, diesel locomotives such as the [[Eurorunner]] that were formerly used for freight services are now used on works trains and transferring EMUs trains between depots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2017/09/delivering-kcrc-fleet-er20-diesel-locomotives/|title=Delivering the KCRC fleet of ER20 diesel locomotives|author=Marcus Wong|work=Checkerboard Hill|date=19 September 2017|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028160034/https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2017/09/delivering-kcrc-fleet-er20-diesel-locomotives/|url-status=live}}</ref> Maintenance trains for the East Rail line are also largely stabled at Fo Tan depot.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2012/04/maintenance-trains-on-the-mtr-east-rail-line/|title=Maintenance trains on the MTR East Rail Line|author=Marcus Wong|work=Checkerboard Hill|date=22 April 2012|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028161612/https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2012/04/maintenance-trains-on-the-mtr-east-rail-line/|url-status=live}}</ref>
* In 2015, MTR procured two new SF02T-FS rail milling machines from [[:de:Linsinger Maschinenbau|Linsinger]]. Instead of [[railgrinder|rail grinding]], these machines mill the rail head, providing a more accurate profile and a higher quality processed surface. However, the machines are not without flaws and one of them caught fire on the Tsuen Kwan O Line on 9 May 2016 during maintenance hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2017/12/rail-milling-machines-mtr/|title=Rail milling machines on the MTR|author=Marcus Wong|work=Checkerboard Hill|date=26 December 2017|access-date=28 October 2019|archive-date=28 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191028160033/https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2017/12/rail-milling-machines-mtr/|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Station facilities, amenities and services ===
{{Stack|
[[File:MTR PIDS East Rail Line.gif|thumb|Bilingual [[positioning technologies|real-time]] information is provided on every platform, shown above is the [[Passenger information system|PIDS]] for East Rail line]]
[[File:MTR ETS (35).JPG|thumb|Most heavy-rail stations have lifts connecting the platform and the concourse]]
}}
The architecture of MTR stations is less artistic, instead focusing on structural practicability. With the high level of daily passenger traffic, facilities of the MTR stations are built with durability and [[accessibility]] in mind. After extensive retrofitting, the MTR system has become, in general, [[Easy Access|disabled-friendly]]—the trains have dedicated [[wheelchair]] space, the stations have special floor tiles to guide the [[Blindness|blind]] safely on the platforms, and there are extra wide entry and exit gates for [[wheelchair]]s as well. Portable ramp for wheelchair users are available for boarding and alighting trains. On board the rolling stock, there are also flashing system maps on select trains while Active Line Diagrams and traditional route maps are installed on the others. Infopanels as well as on [[MTR In-Train TV]] onboard trains display important messages such as next station announcements as well as operational messages.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/facilities/disabled.html|title=MTR Facilities For Passengers With Disabilities|publisher=MTR|access-date=24 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003044339/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/facilities/disabled.html <!--Added by H3llBot-->|archive-date=3 October 2009}}</ref>

==== Telecommunications ====
[[LTE (telecommunication)|LTE (4G)]] and [[5G]] mobile phone network is in place throughout the whole MTR system of stations and tunnels allowing passengers to stay connected to the internet underground. Currently, there is full [[5G]] network coverage in all stations and tunnels (except certain underground sections on the East Rail line and [[Tuen Ma line]]) for the MTR system has been provided by [[3 Hong Kong]], [[SmarTone]] and [[PCCW]]. Passengers are able to use high-speed internet on their mobile phones regardless whether the train is above ground or under ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2005/1550.htm|title=First 3G Operator to Connect to Four Major MTR line|publisher=3G.co.uk|date=7 June 2005|access-date=7 June 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121234556/http://www.3g.co.uk/PR/June2005/1550.htm|archive-date=21 January 2012}}</ref> The MTR has already extended the Wi-Fi service to all of the Airport Express trains and the expansion of the service to other MTR routes is still under consideration by MTR.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-09-007-E.pdf|title=Passengers Enjoy On-Board Internet Access as Airport Express Trains Go Wi-Fi|publisher=MTR|date=19 January 2009|access-date=19 January 2009|archive-date=25 February 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225150209/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-09-007-E.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> All 99 stations on the MTR offer free Wi-Fi service with a limit of 15 minutes per session and a maximum of five sessions per day.<ref>{{cite news|title=Connect to the world with free Wi-Fi at every MTR station|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_wifi.html|access-date=2 August 2016|work=MTR Corporation|archive-date=24 July 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160724100543/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_wifi.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In late 2015 it was announced that all 400 payphones in the MTR system would be removed in early 2016. The contract with the service provider, Shinetown Telecom, was expiring, and the MTR Corporation said that no one had tendered a proposal to take over the contract.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Cheng|first1=Kris|title='The end of an era': MTR says goodbye to hundreds of station payphones|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2015/12/29/the-end-of-an-era-mtr-says-goodbye-to-hundreds-of-station-payphones/|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=29 December 2015|access-date=12 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=All 400 payphones in MTR stations to be removed amid low usage|url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20151229-all-400-payphones-in-mtr-stations-to-be-removed-amid-low-usage/|work=Hong Kong Economic Journal|date=29 December 2015|access-date=12 January 2016|archive-date=2 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102120546/http://www.ejinsight.com/20151229-all-400-payphones-in-mtr-stations-to-be-removed-amid-low-usage/|url-status=live}}</ref> As a result, the MTR system no longer has payphones.

==== Announcements ====
When the system opened, public announcements were made in [[British English]] and [[Cantonese]] by train captains and station staff. In 1992, the announcements were standardised, pre-recorded by [[RTHK]] presenter Cheri Chan Yu-yan ({{zh|t=陳如茵|first=t,j}}), who is now an assistant professor of English-language education at the [[University of Hong Kong]], and who remains the voice of the MTR today.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ball|first1=Steve|title=Know the voice, now here's the face|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=19 April 1994|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Yu|first1=Alan|title=Mind the gap... Meet the woman behind those MTR announcements|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1731267/mind-gap-meet-woman-behind-those-mtr-announcements|work=South China Morning Post|date=7 March 2015|access-date=25 August 2016|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923191217/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1731267/mind-gap-meet-woman-behind-those-mtr-announcements|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2004, to accommodate [[Mainland Chinese]] visitors under the [[Individual Visit Scheme]], [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin Chinese]] was added to the repertory.

==== Public toilets ====
Unlike many other metro systems around the world, "main line" MTR stations originally did not have toilet facilities available for public use. Passengers may use MTR staff toilets at all stations on request. In 2006, MTRCL said it would not consider [[retrofitting]] existing underground toilets, because of the challenge of installing new piping and toilet facilities.<ref name="MergerBill">{{cite web|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/bc/bc03/papers/bc030518cb1-1646-2-e.pdf|title=Bills Committee on Rail Merger Bill, Administration's Response to the Follow-up to Bills Committee Meetings|publisher=Hong Kong Legislative Council|access-date=6 November 2007|archive-date=31 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331153932/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/bc/bc03/papers/bc030518cb1-1646-2-e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Only stations on the [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]], [[Tung Chung line]] and [[Disneyland Resort line]] had access to toilet facilities. All former KCR stations (on the East Rail line and [[Tuen Ma line]]), merged into the MTR network in 2007, have public toilets.

During the Legislative Council rail merger bill discussions, the MTR Corporation was criticised by legislators for their unwillingness to install toilets in main line stations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=46440&sid=13990066&con_type=1&d_str=20070609|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080109025433/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?we_cat=4&art_id=46440&sid=13990066&con_type=1&d_str=20070609|archive-date=9 January 2008|title= Legco gets rail merger back on track|work=The Standard |date=9 June 2007|access-date=6 November 2007}}</ref> MTRCL indicated that it would carry out a review of the feasibility of installing public toilets at or in the vicinity of its above-ground railway stations.<ref name="MergerBill" /> Discussions between the Government and MTRCL have taken into account LegCo members' request for a stronger commitment by the corporation to the provision of public toilets on new railway lines. This resulted in MTRCL agreeing to include the provision of toilets within, or adjacent to, stations in the overall design parameters for all future new railway lines, subject to planning and regulatory approval and any concerns raised by residents in the vicinity about the location of external ventilation exhausts.<ref name="ToiletMeeting">{{cite web|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdpcb1-2046-1-e.pdf|title=Provision of Public Toilets in MTR Railway Stations|publisher=Hong Kong Legislative Council Panel|access-date=7 November 2007|archive-date=5 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105133517/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr07-08/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdpcb1-2046-1-e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Toilets have since been retrofitted into several existing MTR stations, including [[Sheung Wan station]], [[Ngau Tau Kok station]], [[Quarry Bay station]], [[Mong Kok station]], [[Prince Edward station]], and [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty station]]. In addition, newly opened stations such as those of the West Island line have toilets. The MTR has installed public toilets at all interchanges as of 2023.

In late 2017, the MTR introduced breastfeeding rooms at 20 interchange stations. The rooms are located in back of house areas, and are available upon request to MTR staff.<ref name="20subway">{{cite news|last1=Ng|first1=Ellie|title=Hong Kong MTR introduces new breastfeeding rooms in 20 subway stations|url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/12/22/hong-kong-mtr-introduces-new-breastfeeding-rooms-20-subway-stations/|work=Hong Kong Free Press|date=22 December 2017|access-date=27 December 2017}}</ref><ref name="breastfeeding">{{cite web|title=Breastfeeding areas|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/breastfeeding.html|publisher=MTR Corporation|access-date=27 December 2017|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228000151/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/breastfeeding.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Commerce and journals ====
Prior to the privatisation of MTRC, MTR stations only had branches of the [[Hang Seng Bank]], [[Maxim's Cakes]] stores, and a handful of other shops. Since then, the number and types of shops have increased at stations has increased, turning some of them into miniature shopping centres. [[Automatic teller machine|ATMs]] and [[convenience stores]] are now commonplace.

The MTR has contracted with publishers for the distribution of free magazines and newspapers in MTR stations. ''Recruit'' was the first free magazine which was solely distributed in stations (before railway merger) since July 1992, but the contract was terminated in July 2002. Another recruitment magazine ''Jiu Jik'' (招職), published by ''[[South China Morning Post]]'', replaced ''Recruit'' as the only free recruitment magazine distributed in MTR stations bi-weekly. The ''[[Metropolis Daily]]'' (都市日報), published by [[Metro International]], is the first free newspaper distributed free in MTR stations during weekdays (except [[Public holidays in Hong Kong|public holidays]]); and in 2005, there is another weekend newspaper ''Express Post'' (快線週報), distributed every Saturday except public holidays. The ''Metropop'' (都市流行), a weekly magazine featuring cultural affairs and city trends also published by Metro International, started its distribution in MTR stations every Thursday since 27 April 2006, a few months after the termination of ''Hui Kai Guide'' (去街 Guide) in 2006. MTR Stations on ex-KCR lines feature two free Chinese-language newspapers, namely ''am730'' and ''Headline Daily''. MTR promotes reading of these newspapers by adding special coupons and promotion offers inside the newspapers, for example, a free trip to Lok Ma Chau or a free keyring. On the Kwun Tong line, East Rail line and Tuen Ma line, ''[[MTR In-Train TV]]'' is available.

=== MTR Bus ===
{{Main|MTR Bus}}
[[File:MTR Feeder Bus.jpg|thumb|One of the double-decker feeder buses run by KMB]]

At various stations of the MTR network, the MTRCL (which took over from KCR) operates feeder buses which enhance the convenience of taking the MTR. These bus routes, which normally consist of one to two stops, terminate at housing estates and go past major landmarks. The feeder bus routes on the East Rail line are run under the MTR name but are operated by [[Kowloon Motor Bus]].

=== Signalling ===
[[File:MTR M Train New signal system.jpg|thumb|Compartment for new signalling equipment on an MTR train]]
Throughout its history, MTR has used different signalling systems for its lines. The main Operations Control Centre for the entire network is located at Tsing Yi. Previous control centres were located at Fo Tan and Kam Tin for the East Rail line, Ma On Shan line and West Rail line.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/corporate/projects/projects_ops_improve_occ.html|title=OCC Migration|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=23 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323092543/https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/corporate/projects/projects_ops_improve_occ.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

On the pre-merger MTR network, wayside signals are simple two-aspect signals whose colours are namely red for "stop" and blue for "proceed according to ATO"; this is made possible by the use of [[automatic train operation]] (ATO) which provides the onboard equipment the permitted speeds via undercarriage antennas located underneath the cab whereas the signals having been sent by radio transmitters located between the rails. An [[automatic train protection]] (ATP) is also used to enforce safety.<ref name=signalling1>{{cite web|url=https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2011/04/railway-signalling-on-the-mtr-underground/|title=Railway signalling on the MTR underground|author=Marcus Wong|work=Checkerboard Hill|date=12 April 2011 |access-date=5 November 2019|archive-date=5 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105081219/https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2011/04/railway-signalling-on-the-mtr-underground/|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 1998, [[transmission balise-locomotive]] (TBL) was implemented on the East Rail line to monitor train safety. Subsequently, in 2002, ATO was also implemented on the East Rail line. However, the original British-style [[Automatic Warning System]] is still retained for use by Intercity-Through Trains.<ref>[http://www.checkerboardhill.com/2011/03/mtr-east-rail-line-an-intro/ MTR East Rail Line: an intro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105081230/https://www.checkerboardhill.com/2011/03/mtr-east-rail-line-an-intro/ |date=5 November 2019 }}. Checkerboard Hill.</ref> On the other hand, the Tuen Ma line uses a [[SelTrac]] moving block [[communications-based train control]] (CBTC) system from [[Alcatel-Lucent|Alcatel Canada]] (now [[Thales Group]]). The SelTrac system is also used by the fully automated Disneyland Resort line, whereas the South Island line uses another signalling supplier, Alstom, Urbalis 400 CBTC system.

As part of RailGen 2.0 implemented from 2014 onwards to improve the standards of the rail network, the signalling systems on the older lines are to be replaced with new CBTC systems; the system used for the pre-merger network will be replaced with Alstom-Thales SelTrac<ref>[https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/press_release/PR-15-018-C.pdf 港鐵正式批出三十三億元更新訊號系統合約] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329074328/http://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/corporate/en/press_release/PR-15-018-C.pdf |date=29 March 2016 }}，港鐵新聞稿，3 March 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.alstom.com/cn/press-centre/2015/1/cbtc/ 阿爾斯通和泰雷兹為香港七條地鐵綫路提供先進的CBTC信號系统] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921035832/http://www.alstom.com/cn/press-centre/2015/1/cbtc/ |date=21 September 2015 }}，阿爾斯通新聞稿，26 January 2015</ref><ref>[https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/transportation/press-release/thales-and-alstom-supply-advanced-cbtc-signalling-system-hong Thales and Alstom to supply advanced CBTC signalling system to Hong Kong's seven metro lines] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924210106/https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/transportation/press-release/thales-and-alstom-supply-advanced-cbtc-signalling-system-hong |date=24 September 2020 }}，Thales Group，26 January 2015</ref> whereas that for the East Rail line will be replaced by Siemens Trainguard CBTC. However, the signalling upgrades encountered a serious setback in the form of a train collision outside [[Central station (MTR)|Central station]] on 18 March 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mtr-corp-train-accident-idUSKCN1QZ03K |title=Hong Kong faces commuter chaos after rare train collision |work=[[Reuters]] |date=18 March 2019 |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091410/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mtr-corp-train-accident-idUSKCN1QZ03K |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%"
|-
! Line
! Supplier
! Solution
! Commission Date
! Remarks
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Tsuen Wan|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Alstom]]<ref>[https://youtube.com/WOxR9aMT5wQ 市區綫訊號系統置換工程　Urban Lines ATC replacement]{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}，YouTube。</ref>
| rowspan="3"| [[Système d'aide à la conduite, à l'exploitation et à la maintenance|SACEM]]
| 1996–1998
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Airport Express|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Tung Chung|croute}}
| 1998
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Tseung Kwan O|croute}}
| [[Siemens]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://w5.siemens.com/france/web/fr/sts/nos_realisations_export/Documents/Fiche_hongkong_2012_en.pdf |title=Siemens: Hong Kong (China) Tseung Kwan O Line |access-date=5 November 2019 |archive-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623132155/https://www.siemens.com/global/en.html }}</ref>
| 2002
| includes a section of [[Kwun Tong line]] between [[Lam Tin station|Lam Tin]] and [[Tiu Keng Leng station|Tiu Keng Leng]] and a service tunnel formerly connecting Lam Tin to the Eastern Harbour Tunnel.
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Disneyland|croute}}
| Alstom
| [[SelTrac]] LS
| 2005
| Fully automated
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|East Rail|croute}}
| Siemens
| [[Trainguard MT CBTC]]<ref>[http://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=/en/pressrelease/2012/infrastructure-cities/mobility-logistics/icmol201212018.htm Siemens automates metro for Hongkong] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404043952/https://www.siemens.com/press/en/pressrelease/?press=%2Fen%2Fpressrelease%2F2012%2Finfrastructure-cities%2Fmobility-logistics%2Ficmol201212018.htm |date=4 April 2019 }}，Siemens Global Website（2012年12月21日）</ref>
| 2021
| AWS will be retained for Intercity-Through Trains.
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Tuen Ma|croute}}
| Alstom
| SelTrac IS
| 2003, 2004
| {{n/a}}
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|South Island|croute}}
| Alstom
| Urbalis 400<ref>[http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2016/12/alstom-supplied-solutions-to-the-newly-opened-hong-kongs-first-driverless-metro/ Alstom supplied solutions to the newly opened Hong Kong's first driverless metro] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171006122227/http://www.alstom.com/press-centre/2016/12/alstom-supplied-solutions-to-the-newly-opened-hong-kongs-first-driverless-metro/ |date=6 October 2017 }}，Alstom Press Centre，2016-12-28</ref>
| 2016
| Fully automated
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Light Rail|croute}}
| Comeng, Kawasaki, Goninan, CRRC Nanjing Puzhen
| Vehicle identification system, man-machine interface
| 1988
| rowspan="2" {{n/a}}
|-
| [[Hong Kong Express Rail Link]]
| CRRC Qingdao Sifang
| [[Chinese Train Control System|CTCS]]-2 and CTCS-3<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201604/25/P201604250818.htm|title=THB responds to media enquiries on Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link|date=25 April 2016|publisher=[[Government of Hong Kong]]|quote= The XRL (including HK Section) has adopted both CTCS-3 and CTCS-2 specifications...|access-date=6 August 2022}}</ref>
| 2018
|-
!colspan="5"|Future
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Tsuen Wan|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Tseung Kwan O|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Tung Chung|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Airport Express|croute}}
| Alstom, [[Thales Rail Signalling Solutions|Thales]]
| Advanced SelTrac [[communications-based train control|CBTC]]<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/mtrupdate/photos/1972465542764380/ 訊號系統的核心，包括自動列車控制系統（Automatic Train Control）以及「聯鎖機制」（Interlocking）。自動列車控制系統的壽命一般為 20 年不等，因此不同的行車綫在增加運力的同時，亦會分批改用全新，且以通訊為本方式運作的行車訊號：……] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623132253/https://www.facebook.com/mtrupdate/photos/1972465542764380/ |date=23 June 2021 }}，MTR Service Update。</ref>
| Unknown
| Implementation delayed due to a train collision on the Tsuen Wan line in March 2019
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Disneyland|croute}}
| Traffic Control Technology<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.railjournal.com/regions/asia/mtr-to-upgrade-disneyland-resort-line/ |title=MTR to upgrade Disneyland Resort Line
 |agency=[[International Railway Journal]] |date=15 April 2024 |access-date=15 April 2024 }}</ref>
| CBTC
| 2027
| {{n/a}}
|-
!colspan="5"|Former
|-
| {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Tsuen Wan|croute}} {{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}}
| [[Westinghouse Brake and Signal Company Ltd|Westinghouse]]
| Block Work
| 1979
| Deactivated by 1998
|}

=== Head office ===
[[File:MTR Headquarters Building.JPG|thumb|MTR Headquarters Building, [[Telford Gardens]]]]
The [[MTR Headquarters Building]] is located at [[Telford Plaza]].<ref>"[http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/contact_us.html Contact Us] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023150753/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/contact_us.html |date=23 October 2016 }}." MTR. Retrieved 10 October 2016. "MTR Headquarters Building, Telford Plaza, 33 Wai Yip Street, Kowloon Bay"</ref> It is a part of the larger [[Telford Garden]] complex, which was developed as part of a partnership between MTR and private development companies.<ref>Xue, Charlie Q. L. ''Hong Kong Architecture 1945–2015: From Colonial to Global''. [[Springer (publisher)|Springer]], 13 June 2016. {{ISBN|9811010048}}, 9789811010040. p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=5xZkDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 142] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118232041/https://books.google.com/books?id=5xZkDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA142 |date=18 November 2016 }}-[https://books.google.com/books?id=5xZkDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 143] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161118224251/https://books.google.com/books?id=5xZkDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |date=18 November 2016 }}. 6.2 Experiment in the 1980s</ref>

Telford Plaza held an exhibition dedicated to the history of MTR in April 2014.<ref>{{cite news|author=Lee, Ada|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1473393/veterans-remember-small-beginnings-mtr|title=Veterans remember small beginnings of MTR|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=10 April 2014|access-date=10 October 2016|archive-date=10 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010215308/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1473393/veterans-remember-small-beginnings-mtr|url-status=live}} – Print title: "MTR 'courtesy girl' still manning station 35 years on"</ref>

== Fares and tickets ==
After the rail merger, there are three different fare classes on the MTR: Adult, Students and Concessionary. Only children below the age of 12 and [[senior citizen]]s 65 years or older are eligible for the concessionary rate on all lines. Full-time Hong Kong students between the ages of 12 and 25 qualify for the concessionary rate using a personalised [[Octopus Card]] on all lines except on [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]], or travel to or from cross-border stations (Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-08-067-E.pdf|title=MTR Student Fare Concessions To Be Available Network-wide in New Promotion Offer|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=15 August 2008|archive-date=11 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911010957/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/corporate/file_rep/PR-08-067-E.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Children below the age of 3 travel free (unless they exceed the height range).

The fare of MTR between any two particular stations is not calculated using a particular formula, and must be looked up from the fare table. Fares for the Airport Express Line are significantly higher. Services to checkpoint termini are also more expensive than ordinary fares, as are journeys that require a harbour crossing than are journeys that do not. Adult fares range from [[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]3.6 to $52.6 (US$0.46–6.74). Concessionary fares are usually half the adult fare, and range from HK$1.50 to $27.00. Student fares are the same as child and elderly fare on the urban lines, but are the same as the Adult fares for journeys to or from checkpoint termini, and range from HK$1.50 to $51.00. The fare is subject to adjustment in June every year.

Prior to May 2009, MTR did not provide concessionary fares for the disabled. Legislators such as social welfare constituency legislator [[Fernando Cheung Chiu-hung]] and those from Hong Kong's [[Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood]] had for years demanded that such concessions be put in place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cheungchiuhung.org/index.php?tn=cms&ncid=13&nid=213&lang=plain|title=Social Inclusion without Corporate Social Responsibilities?|publisher=立法會張超雄議員 Limited|access-date=6 November 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071026213134/http://www.cheungchiuhung.org/index.php?tn=cms&ncid=13&nid=213&lang=plain |archive-date = 26 October 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/hc/sub_com/hs01/minutes/hs010404.pdf|title=Subcommittee to Study the Transport Needs of and Provision of Concessionary Public Transport Fares for Persons with Disabilities|publisher=Hong Kong Legislative Council Limited|access-date=6 November 2007|archive-date=18 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218231815/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr05-06/english/hc/sub_com/hs01/minutes/hs010404.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2009, MTR eventually agreed to offer the disabled concessionary fares with HK$2&nbsp;million sponsorship from [[Transport and Housing Bureau]] and under the condition that [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] amends the ''Disability Discrimination Ordinance''.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090521/4/cb2e.html
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527015335/http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/090521/4/cb2e.html
|archive-date=27 May 2009
|title=港鐵傷殘半價 政府貼200萬 11萬人料年底受惠 九巴擬傚法 (lit. ''Disabled 50% discount by MTR. Government subsidises HK$2 million. May benefit 110 thousand comunters. KMB considers to follow.''
|work=Ming Pao
|date=22 May 2009
|access-date=5 August 2009
}}</ref>

Single journey tickets can be purchased at vending machines while tourist passes, Octopus cards and other special tickets must be purchased at the ticket counter. Credit cards are only accepted to purchase Airport Express tickets and tourist Octopus cards from automatic vending machines located within Hong Kong airport.

There are also frequent-user passes, such as the MTR City Saver, which is valid at 67 stations and can be used for 40 trips over 40 days, and the [[Tuen Mun station|Tuen Mun]]-[[Nam Cheong station|Nam Cheong]] day pass, which is valid for unlimited travel for one day on a portion of the [[Tuen Ma line]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-03-27 |title=Hong Kong's MTR Corp to hike ticket prices by 3% this year |url=https://www.scmp.com/yp/discover/news/hong-kong/article/3256877/hong-kongs-mtr-corp-hike-ticket-prices-3-year-second-rise-under-new-fare-adjustment-mechanism |access-date=2025-01-21 |website=South China Morning Post}}</ref>

=== Octopus cards ===
{{Main|Octopus card}}
The [[Octopus card]] is a reusable [[Contactless payment|contactless]] stored value [[smart card]] for making [[Electronic money|electronic payments]] in online or offline systems in [[Hong Kong]] developed by Australian company [[ERG Group]].

Launched in September 1997 to collect fares for the territory's [[mass transit system]], the Octopus card system became the world's second [[contactless smart card]] system, after the Korean [[Upass]], and has since grown into a widely used payment system for all public [[transport in Hong Kong]]. Octopus's success has led to the development of the [[Navigo card]] in [[Paris]], the [[Oyster card]] in [[London]], the [[Opal card]] in [[New South Wales]], [[NETS FlashPay]], [[EZ-Link]] in [[Singapore]], and other similar systems.

The Octopus card has also evolved for use as payment in many retail shops in Hong Kong, including convenience stores, supermarkets, and fast-food restaurants. Other common Octopus payment applications include parking meters, car parks, petrol stations, vending machines, fee payment at public libraries and swimming pools, and more. The cards are also used for non-payment purposes, such as school attendance and access control for office buildings and housing estates.

=== Tourist pass ===
The Tourist Day Pass gives tourists unlimited MTR rides (with the exception of MTR Bus routes, the First Class section of the East Rail line, the Airport Express, as well as journeys to and from Lo Wu, Lok Ma Chau and Racecourse stations) for 24 hours from the point of first entry . Each pass costs HK$65 and is available at all the MTR Customer Service Centres. Tourist Day Pass must be used within 30 days upon the day of issue.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tourist Tickets|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/day_pass_tourist.html|publisher=MTR Corporation|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905104732/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/day_pass_tourist.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Airport Express Tourist Octopus Cards are also available. Cardholders may enjoy three days of unlimited rides on the MTR (except Airport Express, East Rail line First Class, and journeys involving Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations) refundable deposit of HK$50 and choice of either a single (HK$220) or round trip (HK$300) on the Airport Express.<ref>{{cite web|title=Airport Express Travel Pass|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/travel_pass_ael.html|publisher=MTR Corporation|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923055422/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/travel_pass_ael.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Other fares ===
A touchless smart card system is used for single journey tickets. These tickets are pre-paid for between pre-determined stations, and are good for only one trip. There are no return tickets, except on the Airport Express. As of mid-2013, less than five per cent of MTR customers travelled on single journey tickets.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lee|first1=Ada|title=Smart cards to replace single-trip tickets on MTR|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1300173/single-trip-tickets-get-smarter|work=South China Morning Post|date=29 August 2013|access-date=18 September 2015|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017200848/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1300173/single-trip-tickets-get-smarter|url-status=live}}</ref>

Fares for the Airport Express are substantially different from main line fares. Apart from single tickets, same-day return tickets (same price as a single), and one-month return tickets are also available.

A one-day pass was able to be purchased for unlimited travel to and from [[Hong Kong Disneyland]] within the same day, from 2005 to 2011,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/viewthread.php?tid=629408 |title=港鐵迪士尼線全日通停售消息 – 香港鐵路 (R1) – hkitalk.net – Powered by Discuz! |access-date=18 August 2020 |archive-date=4 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604164530/http://www.hkitalk.net/HKiTalk2/viewthread.php?tid=629408 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and cost HK$50. This pass could be purchased from any MTR Customer Service Centres or Airport Express Customer Service Centres.<ref name="disney" />

=== Ticket recommendation ===
Ticket Suggestion and Route Suggestion functions are available on the MTR website; based on trip destination and travel pattern, they can recommend the lowest price ticket type for daily and non-daily commuters.<ref>{{cite web|title="TICKET SUGGESTION" FUNCTION|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/ts_intro.html|publisher=MTR|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111556/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/ts_intro.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Third parties, such as [[MTR Service Update]], have also developed ticket recommendation capabilities, claiming to be more user-friendly and fare-saving. The Checkfare function at MTR Service Update can recommend whether to interchange at Tsim Sha Tsui or East Tsim Sha Tsui, to receive a better discount.<ref>{{cite web|title=Checkfare|url=https://checkfare.swiftzer.net/checkfare.php?m=2&lang=en|publisher=MTR Service Update|access-date=26 October 2017|archive-date=26 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026111334/https://checkfare.swiftzer.net/checkfare.php?m=2&lang=en|url-status=live}}</ref>

<gallery heights="200" mode="packed">
File:Central MTR Octopus gate.jpg|An MTR ticket gate with an Octopus reader
File:Mtr ticket, value add machines.jpg|Ticket and add-value machines
</gallery>


== Performance ==

{{Historical populations
| title= Rapid Transit Ridership
| percentages = gr
| align = right
| pop_name= ridership<br />(million)
| cols= 1
| source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/patronage.php|title=MTR Patronage Updates|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|year=2014|access-date=13 June 2015|archive-date=4 June 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090604132245/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/investrelation/patronage.php|url-status=live}}
<br /> Note that:
<br />1) Annual ridership is derived from the sum of each month's "monthly total" for each year
<br />2) The ridership includes "MTR lines", "Airport Express" and "cross-boundary".
<br />3) "Intercity, light rail, and bus" are excluded from the counts.
<br />4) Data is available as early as year 2000, however only count ridership from the pre-merger MTR urban network and not the ex-KCR network. Therefore it is not shown here.</ref>
| 2008 |1309
| 2009 |1323
| 2010 |1410
| 2011 |1482
| 2012 |1553
| 2013 |1600
| 2014 |1676
| 2015 |1707
| 2016 |1716
}}

Since the merger in 2007, MTR has consistently achieved a 99.9% on-time rate, meaning 999 of every 1,000 passengers arrives at their destination within 5 minutes of scheduled time. In 2013, out of the 5.2&nbsp;million passengers the MTR averaged each workday, 5.195&nbsp;million passengers were considered to have arrived "on time".<ref name=legco>{{cite news|title=CB(1)980/13-14(05) Administration's paper on follow-ups on the service suspension of Tseung Kwan O line and part of Kwun Tong line on 16 December 2013, and report on subsequent major incidents on East Rail line and light rail|url=http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr13-14/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0228cb1-980-5-e.pdf|access-date=27 April 2014|newspaper=Legislative Council of Hong Kong|date=25 February 2014|archive-date=27 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427183420/http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr13-14/english/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0228cb1-980-5-e.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> This makes the MTR one of the most efficient major public transport networks on the planet.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lucas|first=Clay|title=Train operator at 99.9% efficiency|url=http://www.theage.com.au/national/train-operator-at-999-efficiency-20090625-cy8y.html|access-date=27 April 2014|newspaper=The Age|date=26 June 2006|archive-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017200848/http://www.theage.com.au/national/train-operator-at-999-efficiency-20090625-cy8y.html|url-status=live}}</ref> MTR must report all delays of more than eight minutes to the government. There were 143 reportable incidents in 2013.<ref name=legco /> MTR is fined HK$1&nbsp;million for having delays of 30 minutes to an hour, with higher fines for longer delays.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=144879&sid=42143188&con_type=3 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017200849/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=144879&sid=42143188&con_type=3 | archive-date=17 October 2015 | title=MTR blasted for warning delay | work=The Standard | date=28 April 2014 | access-date=7 April 2015 | author=Eddie Luk}}</ref>

== Regulations and safety ==
[[File:MTR TUC (4).JPG|thumb|[[Platform screen doors]] at [[Tung Chung station]]]]
According to the Mass Transit Railway By-laws, eating, drinking, or smoking are not allowed in the paid area of stations or in trains. Offenders will be fined up to HK$5000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mass Transit Railway By-Laws|url=http://mtr.com.hk/eng/legal/images/mtr_by_law.pdf|publisher=Mass Transit Railway|access-date=18 February 2015|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035413/http://mtr.com.hk/eng/legal/images/mtr_by_law.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Various campaigns and activities are taken to help ensure that the MTR is a safe system to travel on. Poster campaigns displaying information on topics such as escalator safety are a common sight in all MTR stations, and announcements are made regularly as safety reminders to travelling passengers. By-laws were also introduced to deter potentially dangerous actions on the MTR, such as the ban on flammable goods on the MTR and rushing into trains when the doors are closing. Penalties ranging from fines to imprisonment have been imposed for such offences.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/fb2d3fd8a4e2a3264825647c0030a9e1/790a05aa06e35b004825698400283481?OpenDocument|title=Mass Transit Railway By-laws|publisher=Bilingual Laws Information System, Department of Justice of HKSAR|date=30 June 2000|access-date=8 March 2007|archive-date=19 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120219101328/http://www.legislation.gov.hk/blis_ind.nsf/fb2d3fd8a4e2a3264825647c0030a9e1/790a05aa06e35b004825698400283481?OpenDocument|url-status=live}}</ref>

Police officers patrol the trains and stations, and police posts are available at some stations. The [[Hong Kong Police Force]] has a Railway District responsible for the MTR. [[Closed-circuit television]] cameras are installed in stations and on some of the newer trains.<ref>{{cite report|author=López, M.J.J.|title=Crime Prevention Guidelines for the Construction & Management of Metro Systems|publisher=Den Haag: RCM-advies|year=1996}}</ref>

The entire Tung Chung line and Airport Express, as well as the stations added by the Tseung Kwan O line, has [[platform screen doors]] (PSDs), ordered from Swiss glass door manufacturer [[Kaba Group|Kaba Gilgen AG]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaba-gilgen.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/PSD/Platform%20Screen%20Doors%20Systemdescription.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070615184032/http://www.kaba-gilgen.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/Dokumente/PSD/Platform%20Screen%20Doors%20Systemdescription.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2007|title=Automatic Platform Screen Doors for public transportation 29/8/2008|page=7|publisher=Kaba Gilgen AG|year=2002|access-date=9 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kaba.com.cn/e/iv/investor2002-e.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070605031839/http://www.kaba.com.cn/e/iv/investor2002-e.pdf|archive-date=5 June 2007|title=Investor's Handbook 2002/2003|page=72|publisher=Kaba Holding AG|date=September 2002 |access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> installed upon construction. So does the entire Tuen Ma line, inherited from KCR. These doors make platforms safer by preventing people from falling onto the rails, even though MTRCL did not heavily promote it directly. However, the primary motivation was to separate the stations from the tunnels, hence allowing substantial energy savings on station [[air-conditioning]] and tunnel [[ventilation (architecture)|ventilation]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/service/service_door.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311020625/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/service/service_door.htm|archive-date=11 March 2007|title=Platform Screen Door (2002/8)|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref> Automatic platform gates (APGs) have also been installed at the Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort stations. Their heights are half of the PSDs and only prevent people from falling onto the rails. MTR has finished installing the APGs on all of the above-ground stations of the MTR except on the East Rail line; they will be installed there as part of the [[Sha Tin to Central Link]] project.<ref>{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140204205732/http://www.mtr-shatincentrallink.hk/en/construction/related-work.html |url=http://www.mtr-shatincentrallink.hk/en/construction/related-work.html |title=MTR – Shatin to Central Link – Construction – Related Works on East Rail line and Ma On Shan Line |access-date=22 March 2014 |archive-date=4 February 2014 |publisher=[[MTR Corporation]] |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

In June 2000, MTRCL proceeded with plans to retrofit 2,960 pairs of platform screen doors at all 30 underground stations on the Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, and Island lines in a six-year programme. The programme made MTR the world's first railway to undertake the retrofitting of PSDs on a passenger-carrying system already in operation. A prototype design was first introduced at [[Choi Hung station]] in the 3rd quarter of 2001. The scheme was completed in October 2005, ahead of the forecast completion date in 2006. MTRCL said that part of the cost had to be assumed by passengers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200501/05/0105194.htm|title=LCQ16:Retrofitting of PSDs at MTR stations to be completed by 2006|publisher=HKSAR Government Information Centre|date=5 January 2005|access-date=8 March 2007|archive-date=10 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310055615/http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/200501/05/0105194.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> HK$0.10 per passenger trip was levied on Octopus card users to help fund the HK$2&nbsp;billion retrofit programme. This levy was ended in 2013 after raising more than HK$1&nbsp;billion.<ref>{{cite news|last=Siu|first=Phila|title=MTR to drop 10c Octopus levy for screen doors|url=http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1264429/mtr-drop-10c-octopus-screen-levy|access-date=7 January 2014|newspaper=South China Morning Post|date=20 June 2013|author2=Ada Lee|archive-date=7 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107170625/http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1264429/mtr-drop-10c-octopus-screen-levy|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Visual identity ==
The MTR visual identity, which includes logo, vehicle livery, signage, route maps and passenger information, was updated in 1995–1998 by Lloyd Northover, the British design consultancy founded by [[John Lloyd (graphic designer)|John Lloyd]] and Jim Northover.

MTR has a mascot named "Kee Gor", modeled after a former MTR employee who headed operations.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yau|first=Cannix|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2180022/real-life-inspiration-kee-gor-mascot-hong-kongs-mtr|title=Real-life inspiration for 'Kee Gor' mascot on Hong Kong's MTR, operations chief Francis Li, to retire|newspaper=[[South China Morning Post]]|date=31 December 2018|access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref>

== Social outreach ==
[[File:Art in MTR (Hong Kong).jpg|thumb|Live art performances in the subway connecting [[Hong Kong station]] and [[Central station (MTR)|Central station]]]]

=== Art promotion ===
With the objective "not only bring MTR passengers more time for life, but also more time for art", the Art in MTR Initiative has been a success since its reception in 1998, where the Airport Express Artwork Programme was the pioneer project. Thereafter, live performances, art exhibitions, display of artwork by established and emerging artists, students and young children have been brought into the MTR stations. MTRCL have even made art part of the station architecture when building new stations or renovating existing ones. Artworks are exhibited in different forms on the network, including "arttube", open art gallery, community art galleries, roving art, living art, and art in station architecture.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/artinmtr04/artinart_e.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070222202651/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/artinmtr04/artinart_e.htm|archive-date=22 February 2007|title=art in mtr|publisher=MTR Corporation Limited|access-date=8 March 2007}}</ref>

=== MTR Hong Kong Race Walking ===
MTR and [[Hong Kong Association of Athletics Affiliates]] have jointly hosted MTR Hong Kong Race Walking annually in spring since 2005. The [[race walking]] competition aims at promoting healthy living in Hong Kong. The race begins and ends on the ground above Central MTR station, namely [[Chater Garden]], [[Chater Road]], [[Ice House Street]] and [[Des Voeux Road Central]] in [[Central, Hong Kong|Central]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/racewalking2007/race2007_pre_e.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070228153845/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/racewalking2007/race2007_pre_e.htm|archive-date=28 February 2007|title=MTR HONG KONG Race Walking 2007|publisher=MTR Corporation|year=2006|access-date=12 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkaaa.com/hkaaa/event/event/Year%202007/mtr%202007/website/main.htm |title=Race information (2007) |publisher=Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association (HKAAA) |access-date=12 March 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070302113319/http://www.hkaaa.com/hkaaa/event/event/Year%202007/mtr%202007/website/main.htm |archive-date=2 March 2007 }}</ref> There is a fun walk apart from the regular competition. The event attracted over 800 participants in 2005 and 1,500 in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hkaaa.com/hkaaa/event/event/mtr%2006/website/MTR%2006/info_index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208021506/http://www.hkaaa.com/hkaaa/event/event/mtr%2006/website/MTR%2006/info_index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 February 2006 |title=Race Information (2006) |publisher=Hong Kong Amateur Athletic Association (HKAAA) |access-date=12 March 2007 }}</ref> The event is attended not only by [[Hongkonger]]s, but also athletes from various countries. The race raises fund for Better Health for a Better Hong Kong, a [[Hospital Authority]] project for the working population.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/racewalking2006/race2006_e.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418080955/http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/whatsnew/racewalking2006/race2006_e.htm|archive-date=18 April 2007|title=The City Walks for Fun|year=2006|publisher=MTR Corporation|access-date=12 March 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/sports/118746.htm|title=Race Walking to Make Debut in Hong Kong|publisher=China.org.cn|date=24 January 2005|access-date=12 March 2007|archive-date=4 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004153448/http://www.china.org.cn/english/sports/118746.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Controversies ==

=== Tree removal ===
The MTR Corporation came under fire in June 2011 after their work on the [[Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link|cross-border high-speed railway line]] encroached on a conservation area in [[Pat Heung]], [[Yuen Long]]. 34 trees were [[Felling|felled]] and an entire slope was concreted over in the conservation area. The [[Environmental Protection Department]] issued summonses to the corporation for offences under the Environmental Impact Assessment Ordinance. In September 2011, a fine of HK$15,000 was imposed by the court. The MTR Corporation admitted that 34 trees were felled by mistake; all were common native woodland species and no rare tree species were affected. The corporation said owing to a technical misalignment of relevant drawings, the plan submitted to the Environmental Protection Department did not include the part of the Conservation Area which was included in the gazettal plan of their works. The corporation became aware that part of the approved tree removal works may have encroached onto the Conservation Area during construction, and proactively reported the situation to the government. Evaluation and measures have been taken to prevent similar incidents from happening again.<ref>Cheung Chi-fai, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331102125/http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/MTR-out-of-line-on-tunnel "MTR 'out of line' on tunnel – Corporation and its contractor face charges under environmental laws after conservation area is cleared to make way for a construction site"], ''The South China Morning Post'', 14 June 2011.</ref><ref>Joyce Ng, "MTR 'let of lightly' for tree-felling", Page CITY 1, ''The South China Morning Post'', 20 September 2011.</ref><ref>"港鐵保育區斬樹罰款1.5萬", Page A12, ''Ming Pao'', 20 September 2011.</ref>

The MTR Corporation came under fire again in September 2011 after felling dozens of trees in Admiralty as part of construction work for the South Island line. Green activists denounced the tree felling as "unprofessional", and Ken So Kwok-yin, chief executive of the [[Conservancy Association]] and a certified tree arborist, said that the explanations offered by the MTR Corporation as to why the trees were felled were "unacceptable". The MTR Corporation is felling approximately 4,000 trees for the construction of the South Island line, raising concerns from environmental groups and the public about its commitment to protecting Hong Kong's natural environment.<ref>Cheung Chi-fai, [https://web.archive.org/web/20120331102137/http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/MTR-tree-felling-angers-greens "MTR tree felling angers greens – South Island Line clearance should have saved more indigenous species, say conservationists"], ''The South China Morning Post'', 5 September 2011.</ref>

=== Limits on oversized luggage ===
[[File:Mainland Chinese cross-border traders outside Sheung Shui Station 01.JPG|thumb|Mainland Chinese parallel traders outside [[Sheung Shui station]]]]
The corporation has limits on the size of items allowed on trains. The MTR system is facing pressure from increasing numbers of [[parallel trading in Hong Kong|parallel traders]] who carry oversized baggage onto trains for resale in China. The corporation has been criticised for allowing parallel traders to board trains with massive bags, causing undue congestion and inconvenience to residents of the [[North District (Hong Kong)|North District]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20090302/12400821|title=改閘機 加圍欄 禁逗留月台<br />港鐵三招打擊水貨客 – 蘋果日報 – 要聞港聞|date=2 March 2009|work=Apple Daily|language=zh|access-date=24 September 2015|archive-date=21 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131021015631/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/news/art/20090302/12400821|url-status=live}}</ref>

Furthermore, the corporation accused of double standards in enforcement when images of cross-border smugglers pushing overladen trollies appeared on social network sites on a regular basis, whilst local students carrying large musical instruments were reported to have been stopped and issued with written warnings.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hong Kong student threatened with fine for carrying cello on train|url=http://www.thestrad.com/hong-kong-student-threatened-with-fine-for-carrying-cello-on-train/|work=[[The Strad]]|date=24 September 2015|access-date=28 December 2016|archive-date=28 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228200239/http://www.thestrad.com/hong-kong-student-threatened-with-fine-for-carrying-cello-on-train/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=20150925ejinsight>{{cite news|title=Musicians plan protest after MTR evicts student carrying a cello|url=http://www.ejinsight.com/20150925-musicians-plan-protest-after-mtr-evicts-student-carrying-cello/|work=Hong Kong Economic Journal|date=25 September 2015|access-date=26 September 2015|archive-date=26 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926225949/http://www.ejinsight.com/20150925-musicians-plan-protest-after-mtr-evicts-student-carrying-cello/|url-status=live}}</ref> Leading musicians joined in the criticism of MTR's stance on large instruments; some citizens invited players of cellos and other large instruments to congregate on 3 October 2015 with their equipment at Tai Wai station, where the majority of these instances occurred.<ref name=20150925ejinsight />

Following the public uproar, MTR issued a press release in the early hours acknowledging discontent and announcing a one-month review of the policy on oversized items to see whether there was room for fine-tuning that would not compromise on passenger safety. The corporation said that staff would continue executing existing policy until any revisions are made.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150925/54247168|title=【樂器風波】港鐵漏夜發聲明 終願檢討乘客攜物件規定|work=Apple Daily|language=zh|access-date=26 September 2015|archive-date=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927140913/http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/realtime/news/20150925/54247168|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== October 2018 disruption ===
On 16 October 2018, four MTR lines suffered delays simultaneously, an unprecedented disruption to railway services.<ref name="halfpricefares">{{cite news |last1=Cheng |first1=Kris |title=MTRC to offer commuters half-price fares on selected day as compensation for Tuesday travel chaos |url=https://www.hongkongfp.com/2018/10/16/mtrc-offer-commuters-half-price-fares-selected-day-compensation-tuesday-travel-chaos/ |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=16 October 2018 |access-date=17 October 2018 }}</ref> MTR stated that initial investigations showed that the problems were related to the computers that control the signalling system, and an in-depth investigation would be carried out.<ref name="roguecomputers">{{cite news |last1=Su |first1=Xinqi |title=Rogue computers acted alone to cause Hong Kong rail failure and MTR Corp's top engineer doesn't know why |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2168927/rogue-computers-acted-alone-cause-hong-kong-rail-failure |work=South China Morning Post |date=17 October 2018 |access-date=17 October 2018 |archive-date=17 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017061209/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/2168927/rogue-computers-acted-alone-cause-hong-kong-rail-failure |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Cathay Pacific advertisement ===
In May 2019, the MTR Corporation and the [[Airport Authority Hong Kong]] reportedly refused to display a [[Cathay Pacific]] advertisement featuring two men holding hands due to its [[LGBT]] message.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lee |first1=Danny |title=Cathay Pacific's LGBT ad banned from Hong Kong airport and MTR |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3010825/cathay-pacific-advert-showing-same-sex-couple-banned-hong |access-date=21 May 2019 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=20 May 2019|archive-date=29 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729025702/https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/transport/article/3010825/cathay-pacific-advert-showing-same-sex-couple-banned-hong |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Involvement in 2019–20 Hong Kong protests ===
{{Main|2019–20 Hong Kong protests}}

==== Yuen Long attack ====
{{Further|2019 Yuen Long attack}}
On 21 July 2019, a mob of men dressed in white and carrying wooden sticks and metal pipes entered the MTR's [[Yuen Long station]] and assaulted people indiscriminately. The attack is largely believed to have been carried out by pro-Beijing paid thugs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Regan |first1=Helen |title=Fears of thugs-for-hire in Hong Kong after mob attack |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/23/asia/hong-kong-triad-arrests-intl-hnk/index.html |publisher=CNN|date=23 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Yanan |title=Who are the men in white behind Hong Kong's mob attack? |url=https://apnews.com/article/4867ea5aafbd45b78eb1747b8b84c04f |work=Associated Press News |date=24 July 2019}}</ref> One pregnant woman was hurt and found lying on the floor, and journalists were also attacked. The mob entered the paid area and attacked commuters aboard a train, which was unable to depart. Over 40 people were sent to hospital.<ref name="rthk20190721">{{cite news|url=https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1469591-20190721.htm|title=Yuen Long MTR Station closed after violent attacks|date=21 July 2019|access-date=21 July 2019|publisher=RTHK|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721170057/https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1469591-20190721.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bbcchinese20190722">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-49070742|title=香港元朗白衣人暴襲記者平民引眾怒，警方否認縱容勾結「黑社會」|date=22 July 2019|access-date=22 July 2019|publisher=BBC Chinese|language=zh|last=林|first=祖偉|archive-date=15 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915073228/https://www.bbc.com/zhongwen/trad/chinese-news-49070742|url-status=live}}</ref> After the incident, pro-Beijing legislator [[Junius Ho]] was accused of supporting the attack.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20190722/59848508|script-title=zh:【無警時份】何君堯向元朗白衣人鼓掌豎拇指：你哋係我嘅英雄|department="real time news" section|newspaper=Apple Daily|location=Hong Kong|publisher=Next Digital|date=21 July 2019|access-date=21 July 2019|language=zh-hk|url-access=subscription|archive-date=21 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721172526/https://hk.news.appledaily.com/local/realtime/article/20190722/59848508|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Prince Edward station attack ====
{{Further|2019 Prince Edward station attack}}
On 31 August 2019, during the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests|anti-extradition bill protests]], Special Tactical Squad officers of the Hong Kong Police Force entered [[Prince Edward station]] and attacked people inside. They fired tear gas inside the station and trains, violating guidelines on the use of such products in enclosed spaces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pepper-balls, tear gas shot at Prince Edward protest |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1495325-20191130.htm?spTabChangeable=0 |website=RTHK |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-date=29 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029204745/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1495325-20191130.htm?spTabChangeable=0 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bystanders were caught in the operation and it has generally been deemed a brutal attempt to stop the protests.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hong Kong: Rampaging police must be investigated |date=September 2019 |url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/hong-kong-rampaging-police-protest/ |publisher=Amnesty International |access-date=5 January 2020 |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901084439/https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/hong-kong-rampaging-police-protest/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Widespread rumours of civilian deaths at the station circulated after discrepancies were noted regarding the number of injuries. The MTR refused to provide CCTV footage filmed during the incident, helping to perpetuate these rumours.

[[File:Hong Kong citizens stopping railway station from closing during protest, 24 August 2019.jpg|thumb|Citizens trying to stop the gate from closing at [[Kwun Tong station]] on 24 August 2019, when a protest has just started nearby. They were also demanding the senior management of MTR to come out and provide a valid reason for the closure of stations.]]

==== Halting of services ====
On multiple occasions during the [[2019–20 Hong Kong protests]], MTR has sealed off stations close to locations of protest before their starting time. Supporters of the protests have thus criticised MTR of intentionally impeding the public from attending protests and unnecessarily affecting civilians, giving MTR the nickname "CCP railway" (Chinese: [[:zh:黨鐵|黨鐵]]; {{lit|Party railway}}).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Creery |first1=Jennifer |title=Explainer: 'The Communist Party's Railway' – How Hong Kong's once-respected MTR fell afoul of protesters |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2019/09/22/explainer-communist-partys-railway-hong-kongs-respected-mtr-fell-afoul-protesters/ |website=Hong Kong Free Press |date=22 September 2019 |access-date=13 June 2020 }}</ref>

Following a clash between police and protestors in the [[Yuen Long station]] on 21 August 2019, the Chinese state media [[People's Daily]] published a commentary accusing MTR of "conspiring with protestors" by "arranging special free trains for rioters to escape". In response to the accusation, MTR issued a statement declaring that it will close stations under emergency situations in the future.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Hong Kong's MTR threatens to halt trains during station protests, as state media deems firm an 'accomplice to rioters' |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2019/08/23/hong-kongs-mtr-threatens-halt-trains-station-protests-state-media-deems-firm-accomplice-rioters/ |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=23 August 2019 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211003154521/https://hongkongfp.com/2019/08/23/hong-kongs-mtr-threatens-halt-trains-station-protests-state-media-deems-firm-accomplice-rioters/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After that, MTR has on multiple occasions closed off stations close to ongoing protests, for example closing the [[Lam Tin station]], [[Kwun Tong station]] and [[Ngau Tau Kok station]] on 24 August 2020 before the starting time of a permitted demonstration in [[Kwun Tong]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Hong Kong MTR shuts 4 stations around legal protest in Kwun Tong following China pressure |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2019/08/24/hong-kong-mtr-shuts-5-stations-around-legal-protest-kwun-tong-following-china-pressure/ |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=24 August 2019 |archive-date=3 October 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20211003154135/https://hongkongfp.com/2019/08/24/hong-kong-mtr-shuts-5-stations-around-legal-protest-kwun-tong-following-china-pressure/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Similar incidents of varying scale have occurred multiple times later.<ref>{{cite news |title=MTR closing some stations because of protests |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1476651-20190825.htm |access-date=13 June 2020 |publisher=RTHK |date=25 August 2019 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613091307/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1476651-20190825.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chan |first1=Holmes |title=Over half of MTR stations remain closed as Hong Kong protesters call for '3-million-strong' march |url=https://hongkongfp.com/2019/10/06/half-mtr-stations-remain-closed-hong-kong-protesters-call-3-million-strong-march/ |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=Hong Kong Free Press |date=6 October 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Yuen Long MTR station to shut at 2pm ahead of protest commemorating July 21 attack |url=https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/yuen-long-mtr-station-to-shut-at-2pm-ahead-of-protest-commemorating-july-21-attack/ |access-date=13 June 2020 |work=Coconuts Hong Kong |date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613091307/https://coconuts.co/hongkong/news/yuen-long-mtr-station-to-shut-at-2pm-ahead-of-protest-commemorating-july-21-attack/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Arrangement of train for riot police ====
On 24 August 2019, MTR arranged a special train exclusively to carry riot police to [[Kowloon Bay station]], which was closed to the public at that time due to the demonstration nearby at [[Kwun Tong]].<ref>{{cite news |title=MTR runs train along closed line just for police |url=https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1476543-20190824.htm |access-date=18 June 2020 |publisher=RTHK |date=24 August 2020 |archive-date=24 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201024182902/https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1476543-20190824.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> This has led to criticisms that MTR is assisting the government in oppressing the freedom of assembly and the freedom of expression in Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web |title=香港示威者指港鐵已成為當局打壓工具 |url=https://www.voacantonese.com/a/hk-protesters-mrt-20190910/5077196.html |website=美國之音 |date=10 September 2019 |access-date=18 June 2020 |language=zh |archive-date=19 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619230404/https://www.voacantonese.com/a/hk-protesters-mrt-20190910/5077196.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=譚文豪:港鐵淪政權打壓港人集會自由打手 |url=http://www2.hkej.com/instantnews/current/article/2229599/%E8%AD%9A%E6%96%87%E8%B1%AA%3A%E6%B8%AF%E9%90%B5%E6%B7%AA%E6%94%BF%E6%AC%8A%E6%89%93%E5%A3%93%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E9%9B%86%E6%9C%83%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E6%89%93%E6%89%8B |access-date=18 June 2020 |work=信報 |date=24 August 2020 |language=zh |archive-date=20 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200620081856/http://www2.hkej.com/instantnews/current/article/2229599/%E8%AD%9A%E6%96%87%E8%B1%AA:%E6%B8%AF%E9%90%B5%E6%B7%AA%E6%94%BF%E6%AC%8A%E6%89%93%E5%A3%93%E6%B8%AF%E4%BA%BA%E9%9B%86%E6%9C%83%E8%87%AA%E7%94%B1%E6%89%93%E6%89%8B |url-status=live }}</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Hong Kong|Trains}}
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* [[List of MTR stations]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
* [[Metro systems by annual passenger rides]]
* [[MTR fare adjustment mechanism]]
* [[Transport in Hong Kong]]
* [[List of rapid transit systems]]
* [[List of metro systems]]
* [[Urban rail transit in China]]

===Other urban rail transit in China===
* [[Dongguan Rail Transit]]
* [[Shenzhen Metro]]
* [[Guangzhou Metro]]
* [[Macau Light Rail Transit]]

===Other railways in Hong Kong===
* [[Hong Kong Tramways]]
* [[Peak Tram]]
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== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{Official website|http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/index.html}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net/as/cn/hong/hong-kong.htm Urbanrail Page on Hong Kong]
* [http://mtr.hk365day.com/Railway/Special/track/MTR_track_diagram_full.pdf Track map]

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