Mass Transit Railway

The MTR has been providing a safe, reliable and efficient service to passengers. It provides convenient drop-off points for all the best sightseeing, shopping, entertainment and options. So travel along the MTR network and enjoy the best of Hong Kong the hassle-free way! Today it keeps over 2.4 million people on the move every weekday, making it one of the most heavily utilized mass transit systems in the world.

The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) has six lines:

• Island Line (blue), which runs along the north side of Hong Kong island
• Tsuen Wan Line (red), runs between Sheung Wan and Chai Wan
• Tung Chun Line (orange), which follows the same line as the Airport Express but makes local stops to Lantau Island, it runs between Central and Tung Chung
• Kwun Tong Line (green), runs between Yau Ma Tei and Tiu Keng Ling
• Airport Express running between the Hong Kong International Airport and Central
• Tseung Kwun O Extension (purple), which begins on Hong Kong Island, then crosses the harbor and heads northeast to Po Lam in Kowloon.

Air-conditioned, fast, and squeaky clean, MTR is relatively expensive (distance based fares of HKG $4 to $26), and uses stored-value cards, which must be read by machines upon entry and exit. Alternatively, the Octopus Card can be used by waving it near the card reader.

MTR train sets are permanently linked and open/articulated car-to-car, so that passengers can move from one end of the train to the other without passing through any doors. Some stations have platform-edge doors, and others do not. All signage and announcements are in both Chinese and English, and the system is extremely easy to navigate.