Mass Transit

[Seattle]

Seattle-Tacoma Airport came first... Dont challenge my geo skills. Good night!

[nwadeltaboy]

thank you!  you finally answered my question.  and you finally shut up! :twisted:

[nwadeltaboy]

why does it seem so quiet here without Seattle?

[gizgiz]

Oooh Mass transit

Where do I start with HK? Let's see...

MTR (Rail & Subway)

Used to be two rail companies in HK, the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and the Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) - the two merged, keeping the English MTR name. There are currently 7 metro and 3 regional rail lines:

- Island Line, serving the north part of Hong Kong Island
- Tsuen Wan Line, serving the west part of Kowloon and ends with Tsuen Wan station
- Kwun Tong Line, serving the rest of the Kowloon peninsula
- Tseung Kwan O Line, going from North Point station through the eastern harbour crossing into the TKO new town
- Tung Chung Line, shares Airport Express fast rail, stopping in Central (HK Station), west Kowloon, Tsing Yi island and across Lantau
- Airport Express, a high-speed rail link from Hong Kong Station, Kowloon, and Tsing Yi (expensive.)
- Disneyland Resort Line: the name says it all. 2 stops. Sunny Bay (connects with Tung Chung Line) and Disneyland.

- East Rail, regional rail line going from the hip new downtown area Tsim Sha Tsui (southernmost part of the Kowloon Peninsula) all the way to Shenzhen and beyond (oh, and also covers the racetrack on racing days )
- West Rail, a second regional rail line covering the western part of Hong Kong, especially the new towns in the northwest parts of the New Territories.
- Ma On Shan Extension, a line covering the eastern part of Sha Tin (west of Ma On Shan but east of the Sha Tin river)

Current route map ©2007 MTR Corp.


Some cool MTR pictures (Source: Wikipedia)

Tung Chung Station


How we pay: either by ticket (slightly more expensive per trip) or Octopus Card


I'll be back with buses Actually, Pacific would probably know more regarding taht...

[nwadeltaboy]

im looking up hong kong in my book right now...yep, it's got a pretty colorful history.

[nwadeltaboy]

in Minneapolis about 46% of the commuters to downtown use mass transit (all buses except for a single light rail line)

[jameswyhk]

I hate the new MTR and prefer KCR and the old MTR.

[killian320]

Well, here in Texas I have to say that mass transit is not very well utilized. Everyone's gotta drive their car everywhere. You can check out Dallas' transit system at www.dart.org and see how little we have for an area of millions of people.

Just like the DART in Dublin! (Dublin area rapid transit)

[suntoucher]

Oh Mass Transit in Hong Kong is amazing. I like the new MTR, KCR isn't much of a trip, we personally only used it to Shenzhen and then drove straight out to Shunde. It's great having a bunch of big white guys as we'll just stand in a circle on the MTR during rush hour and the foot shorter Chinese population don't dare to push into the center. So we're pretty much left well alone and not cramped up. Although the buses can be extremely convenient if you know where you're going. We found them a lot faster and more exciting(few single decked buses and coming inches from street rails as they turned corners, actually had two 215X's racing once as the second bus had caught up to the first buses routes so they drove down the highway on a lane each trying to be first to reach the bus stop). Including the time my brother was standing at door number one and the bus was speeding and suddenly braked, bus driver looks to his left and all he sees is a horizontal pair of feet next to his head with a 110kg guy holding onto a bar 4 foot in the air. Beats New Zealand public transport anyday(especially *sigh* Palmerston North) we have about five buses that run around an 80,000 population city every half an hour or so. No trains or the rest.

[Seattle]

Ohhh, but I did forget about Seattle excellent Ferry service.... Its really good and its probably the largest way for people that live in little ghost town to our east to come to Seattle.

(well now its all bad because the some ferries are old and falling apart)

[StephenM]

All we need now is a Mass Transit Mogul.

[Japanair]

Oh My God!
I love the MTR!!

[MrOrange]

All we need now is a Mass Transit Mogul.

Finish the railroad one first Actually, you could combine them

[StephenM]

With the problems on AM I am getting more and more ideas about Iarnród Mogal, I might even code something before I start studying for exams next week!  :shock:

[Seattle]

:? ermmm. ok