Track gauge in Hong Kong

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Various track gauges are used in Hong Kong on different railways and railway lines.

Current use

Standard gauge

In

standard gauge
.

Almost-standard gauge

The

Nuremberg tramway
before regauging to standard gange.

Narrow gauge

Hong Kong Tramways, which has been operating tram service on northern Hong Kong Island since 1904, uses a narrow gauge of 1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in).

Rail gauge table

Rail gauge Rail Length (km) Operator Service period
610 mm (2 ft)
Sha Tau Kok Railway
 11.67 Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation 1912 – 1928
914 mm (3 ft) Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad 1.5 Hong Kong Disneyland 2005 – present
1,067 mm (3 ft 6 in) Hong Kong Tramways 30 Hong Kong Tramways, Limited 1904 – present
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) Kwun Tong line 18.4 MTR Corporation 1979 – present
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) Tsuen Wan line 16 MTR Corporation 1982 – present
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) Island line 16.3 MTR Corporation 1985 – present
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) Tung Chung line 31.1 MTR Corporation 1998 – present
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) Airport Express 35.3 MTR Corporation 1998 – present
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) Tseung Kwan O line 12.3 MTR Corporation 2002 – present
1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in) Disneyland Resort line 3.8 MTR Corporation 2005 – present
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) East Rail line 41.5 MTR Corporation 1910 – present
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Light Rail 36.2 MTR Corporation 1988 – present
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Tuen Ma line 57 MTR Corporation 2003 – present
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) South Island line 7.4 MTR Corporation 2016 – present
1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section 26 MTR Corporation 2018 – present
1,520 mm (4 ft 11+27⁄32 in) Peak Tram 1.365 The Peninsula Hotels 1888 – present

Former narrow gauge

Preserved Kowloon-Canton Railway locomotive

The

Sha Tau Kok Railway, built in 1911 and closed in 1928, constructed of the same materials used for constructing the main line, was 2 ft gauge. The famous Hong Kong Tramways are 3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm) gauge. The MTR uses a gauge of 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in), 3 mm narrower than the standard gauge. Originally it was to be standard gauge but when the link between the KCR and MTR at Kowloon Tong fell into disuse due to the difference in the choice of voltage for their respective electrification plans, the latter favoured a narrower gauge for technical reasons. This has proven to be an impediment of the proposed merger between the two systems.[5]

The

haematite mine at Ma On Shan used an electric internal railway network of 2 ft 6 in
(762 mm)

The

Whampoa Dockyards, though standard gauge is more probable for the latter, since it was connected to the main line network after 1937. A cement works in To Kwa Wan, north of the Whampoa dockyards, used a small internal narrow gauge system with jubilee track (prefabricated panels) and wagons, but apart from a few aerial photographs available at the Lands Department Mapping Office, there is little available information about this system.[5]

During the reclamation of Kowloon Bay for the construction of the Kai Tak estates, "jubilee" track and steam locomotives were used to convey spoil. This area became the Kai Tak Airport which has now been demolished.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ "港鐵(MTR)". www.2427junction.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-07-30.
  2. ^ "Hong Kong's MTR System". Archived from the original on 2013-06-09. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  3. ISBN 9780710608482
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  4. ^ "Metrorex – Network features". Metrorex. Retrieved 2019-08-09.
  5. ^
    ISBN 7-113-04147-7
    .
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