North–South Line (MTR)

For other uses, see North–South Line.

The North–South Line, or North–South Corridor of Sha Tin to Central Link, is a proposed Hong Kong MTR railway line to link up Lo Wu / Lok Ma Chau with Central. It will consist of the East Rail Line (Lo Wu / Lok Ma Chau to Hung Hom) and the Sha Tin to Central Link(Cross harbour section), which is waiting for construction.^[1] Before the rail merger, services on the operational sections of the line were provided by KCRC. Completion of the line is scheduled in 2019.^[2]

Stations

Livery and Name		District	Connections	Opened
North–South Line*
	Admiralty^	Central & Western	Island Line,      Tsuen Wan Line and      South Island Line (east) (under planning)	February 12, 1980 North–South Line: Under planning
	Exhibition^	Wan Chai	North Island Line (under planning)	Under planning
	Hung Hom formerly Kowloon	Yau Tsim Mong/ Kowloon City	East-west Line Intercity services outside of Hong Kong.	November 30, 1974, To be relocated
	Mong Kok East formerly Yau Ma Tei, Mong Kok			opened 1910, relocated 1968
	Kowloon Tong	Sham Shui Po/ Kowloon City	Kwun Tong Line	May 4, 1982
	Tai Wai	Sha Tin	East-west Line	August 15, 1983
	Sha Tin			October 1, 1910
	Fo Tan			February 15, 1985
	Racecourse#			October 1, 1983
	University formerly Ma Liu Shui			September 24, 1956
–	Science Park^
		Tai Po
	Tai Po Market			opened 1910, relocated 1983
	Tai Wo			May 9, 1989
	Fanling	North		October 1, 1910
	Sheung Shui			1930
	Lo Wu		Luohu Station for Line 1 of the Shenzhen Metro (through border check)	October 14, 1949
–	Kwu Tung^
–	Chau Tau^		Northern Link	2013
		Yuen Long
	Lok Ma Chau1		Futiankouan Station for Line 4 of the Shenzhen Metro (through border check)	August 15, 2007

Note

^* The section from Admiralty to Hung Hom is still under planning, while the section Hung Hom – Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau is now part of East Rail Line.

^# Trains stop at Racecourse on race days only. Trains stopping at Racecourse do not stop at Fo Tan, and vice versa.
¹ Kwu Tung, Chau Tau and Lok Ma Chau are stations on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, a branch from Sheung Shui Station of the      East Rail Line, with solely the latter constructed.

See also

• East-west Line

References

1. ^ http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr06-07/chinese/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0716cb1-2058-1-c.pdf
2. ^ "政府全資374億建沙中線(A4)". Ming Pao. 2008-03-12.