Ping Shan ( Chinese : 屏山 ; lit. 'Screen Peak') is an area in the New Territories , Hong Kong. It is located west of Yuen Long Town and Shui Pin Wai , and south of Tin Shui Wai . Administratively, it is part of the Yuen Long District .
41-486: Although sandwiched between Yuen Long New Town and Tin Shui Wai New Town , the area remains largely rural and villages spread in the area. Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda and sea shore was once splendid picture surviving till early 20th century. Ping Shan later became landlocked due to sedimentation along the estuary in water north. Ping Shan comprises three wais ( walled villages ) and six tsuens (villages) established by
82-556: A concession fare. As with the contemporaneous East Tsim Sha Tsui extension, the KCRC adopted a value of time methodology when fare levels were established for new services, resulting in a significant markup compared to bus and East Rail services. Like the East Rail, Tuen Ma, and Tung Chung lines , the West Rail line also offered day passes and monthly passes . The following is a list of
123-411: A cost of HK$ 46.4 billion in 2002 prices which was some 28% lower than the original estimate in 1998; later reports cite $ 51.7 billion in money of the day prices. Originally, the KCRC expected the West Rail to have a daily ridership of about 340,000 upon commissioning and 500,000 by 2011. Actual figures hovered around 100,000 by April 2004, however, and rose to 170,000 by the end of the year following
164-692: A domestic passenger service between the Northwestern New Territories (NWNT) and urban Kowloon, a cross-boundary passenger service for passengers travelling between Hong Kong and Mainland China, and container freight transport between ports in Mainland China and Hong Kong. In January 1995, the Government invited the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) to submit a proposal for the design, construction and operation of
205-606: A ground-level/underground hybrid design. Bored tunnels traverse densely populated Kwai Chung and under the Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan West station on reclaimed land , after which a 5.5 km (3.4 mi) bored rock tunnel, the Tai Lam Tunnel , takes trains through Tai Lam Country Park . The line emerges into open air just south of the train depot at Pat Heung and initially runs at-grade, and later on an embankment , as it approaches Kam Sheung Road station . The rest of
246-418: A series of discounts. Frequent breakdowns (by local standards: 24 incidents in 2004 caused a delay of eight minutes or more) led KCRC Chairman Michael Tien to announce that he would consider resigning if service performance failed to improve. Some 30,000 flats were originally planned to be built along the route between 2006 and 2011, only to be put on hold when the property market crashed. The commuter line
287-532: A tunnel and descending underground through East Tsim Sha Tsui and Austin stations (the former having originally being served by the East Rail line, and the track heading northwards through the latter), before returning to ground level (though still fully covered) at Nam Cheong station . The track then runs northwest through a sealed box tunnel just to the north to and under the West Kowloon Highway through Lai Chi Kok Park into Mei Foo station , which has
328-438: Is a new town in the northwest New Territories , Hong Kong. It was developed from the traditional market town of Yuen Long Town ( 元朗市 ) from the late 1970s onwards. As it is located in the centre of Yuen Long Plain , the town occupies the best location for villages in the surrounding area to sell their crops and fish. To the west is Ping Shan , south Shap Pat Heung , east Kam Tin , and north Nam Sang Wai . Yuen Long Town
369-946: Is one of the declared monuments in the area. Ping Shan is served by the Tin Shui Wai station of the West Rail line and several stations of the Light Rail , including a station named " Ping Shan ". Ping Shan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 72. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and one government school: Tin Shui Wai Government Primary School (天水圍官立小學). 22°26′38″N 114°00′29″E / 22.444°N 114.008°E / 22.444; 114.008 Yuen Long New Town 90.9% Chinese 4.5% South Asian Yuen Long New Town
410-839: The China Railway High-speed network. After KCRC's merger of operations with the MTR Corporation on 2 December 2007, the West Rail line was operated as part of the MTR network. Along with the Ma On Shan line , the line was integrated into the Tuen Ma line in June 2021 upon the completion of Phase 1 of the Sha Tin to Central Link . A railway to the northwestern New Territories from the urban area in Kowloon
451-561: The Hong Kong Science and Technology Park . Only new and improved companies can operate in the area. Yuen Long Park is located southwest of the town with pagoda , accompanied with Yuen Long Stadium , Yuen Long Theatre and Yuen Long Swimming Pool . This area is a less bustling region within the town. Before Tai Lam Tunnel was opened, the Castle Peak Road and Tuen Mun Road forms the arteries of traffic with urban Kowloon. If
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#1732840893699492-584: The Tang Clan , namely: Sheung Cheung Wai , Kiu Tau Wai , Fui Sha Wai , Hang Tau Tsuen , Hang Mei Tsuen , Tong Fong Tsuen , San Tsuen , Hung Uk Tsuen and San Hei Tsuen . The Ping Shan Heritage Trail was inaugurated on 12 December 1993 and was the first of its kind in Hong Kong. It includes several declared monuments and graded buildings , such as the Tsui Sing Lau Pagoda . Tang Ancestral Hall
533-649: The platform LCD screens and announcements to queue at the right part of the platforms. The line increased capacity between the northwest New Territories and urban areas by about 80%, and on the Tuen Mun-Yuen Long Corridor by about 200%. Crowding on trains–or a lack thereof–has been a matter of heated public debate since its inauguration, as the government has no specific indicator for measuring crowdedness in train compartments as of 2014. Japanese train manufacturer Kinki Sharyo quoted car capacities (standing plus seating) upward of 430 for cab cars and 452 for
574-470: The 'designed maximum one-hour carrying capacity' is actually 64,000, a figure described in Hansard footnotes as 'calculated in terms of the highest train frequency allowed with the existing signaling system'; in the consultants' report, 2011 average loading from Kam Sheung Road to Tsuen Wan West during the busiest morning peak hour stood at 65% (of the "one-direction passenger capacity of the trains operated along
615-580: The 1980s, the road network was drastically improved by the late 1990s. It was not until late 2003 that the West Rail line was completed. These improvements spurred new waves of town development in the 2000s. Under government plans, the western new town is mainly residential. There are three public housing estates (including one Interim Housing ) in the area. Industry is concentrated on the North side of Yuen Long New Town, namely Yuen Long Industrial Estate and Tung Tau Industrial Area . These areas are managed by
656-485: The KCRC-operated East Rail line , the West Rail project was re-evaluated by the KCRC in autumn of 1998; the present nine-car capacity (of which trains of eight-cars are currently run) is a result of improved ultimate headway from 120 seconds to 90. The first phase of construction included a double-track commuter railway connecting Tuen Mun station and Nam Cheong station in newly reclaimed West Kowloon, at
697-402: The dark tunnel to the station, while around 340 people returned to the ground through a ventilation shaft at Chai Wan Kok . Eleven people were sent to hospital. Train services returned to normal after 4 hours. It was suspected that the overheated transformer caused its insulating oil to vaporise, thus causing the explosion. The train-borne circuit breaker , which was connected in parallel to
738-452: The initial opening of the line (the same model was ordered in 12-car and 4-car variants for the East Rail and the original Ma On Shan line , respectively). Up to 26 sets run during the morning peak service with a 171-second headway ; MTRC specifies capacities of 52 seated and 286 standing passengers per car. In March 2020, a newly built eight-car East West line train , manufactured by CRRC Changchun Railway Vehicles , entered service on
779-612: The line is fully elevated and constructed on a continuous viaduct , running in a westerly direction through the new towns of Yuen Long and turning towards the south at Tin Shui Wai , before taking a bend towards the Tuen Mun River and eventually terminating at Tuen Mun station . The West Rail line was served by 33 eight-car MTR SP1900 EMUs built by a Japanese consortium of Kinki Sharyo and Kawasaki Heavy Industries , of which 22 were originally ordered by KCRC as seven-car trains for
820-500: The line. Similar to the previous rolling stock, the trains had a maximum running speed of 130 kilometres per hour (81 mph) and travel at an average speed of 56 kilometres per hour (35 mph) on the West Rail line. Unlike the trains on the East Rail line, there are no first-class compartments . All trains are serviced at Pat Heung depot and are equipped with the SelTrac IS moving block signalling system for train protection ; this
861-599: The new railway was designed to serve 1.08 million residents in northwestern New Territories, 25% of whom lived within walking distance to stations compared to 80% along the Tseung Kwan O line . In August 1996, the KCR Corporation set up the West Rail Steering Committee to oversee all aspects of the project. Originally conceived and carried through to the technical design phase as a 12-car system, paralleling
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#1732840893699902-575: The new town, Long Ping and Yuen Long , located near Long Ping Estate and eastern end of the town respectively. Light Rail route travels along the main road ( Castle Peak Road , commonly known as "Yuen Long Main Road" by locals) located at the centre of the town. Yuen Long station is the interchange station of Tuen Ma line and Light Rail. 22°27′45″N 114°01′09″E / 22.4626°N 114.0193°E / 22.4626; 114.0193 West Rail line The West Rail line ( Chinese : 西鐵綫 )
943-667: The night of 21 July 2019, during ongoing protests in the territory, Yuen Long station was stormed by armed men, and 45 people were injured. Current proposals tabled under the Railway Development Strategy 2014 plan by the Hong Kong Government include the Northern Link, a spur line from Kam Sheung Road station to Lok Ma Chau station and a future Kwu Tung station , both on the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line of
984-516: The proposed Western Corridor Railway. KCRC submitted a full proposal in November 1995, as did MTRC; twelve months later, the Government adopted KCRC's proposal. Tuen Mun residents clamoured for a direct connection (or failing that, a costly alternative coastal alignment), and the terminus was duly extended along Tuen Mun Nullah. Along with the Light Rail network , which was reconfigured as a feeder system,
1025-477: The railway line", the exact figure of which was unspecified): consultants thus referred to "under-utilisation of train capacity" . (The same consultant also forecast 50,000 pax/hr in 2031, given a peak service of 28 tph at 75,000 pax/hr capacity.) In present operations, parliamentary briefs state that the Kowloon Southern Link raised the one-hour carrying capacity from 39,900 to 46,900 pax/hr when headway
1066-658: The rest. KCRC's stress tests prior to the system's début specified a crush-load capacity of 2345, or 335 passengers in longitudinal seating for each of its seven cars, which corresponds to seven passengers per square metre in line with MTRC standards. This contrasts with a worst-case allowable planning standard of 5 pax /square metre in the United States. In industry journals, KCRC engineers and academics quoted ultimate limits upwards of 100,000 under 105-second headways, in nine-car configuration; however, both post-merger MTRC and government planning consultants report that
1107-571: The same time, the existing segment between East Tsim Sha Tsui station and Hung Hom station was transferred from the East Rail line to the West Rail line, and both services now terminated in the south and interchanged at Hung Hom. Like all MTR lines, the West Rail line is grade-separated throughout its entire length and includes a combination of underground, at-grade, and elevated sections. Running from southeast to northwest, it starts at Hung Hom station at ground level and initially heads southwest into
1148-424: The service level of new MTR lines is pitched at 4 pax/square metre service benchmark. At 4 pax/square metre, the critical link on the line ran at 99% capacity (34,600 pax/hr) in 2013, partly due to lengthy turnaround times at the present Hung Hom terminus which depressed realizable carrying capacity by 20%. Platform screen doors All West Rail line stations have platform screen doors . The only exception
1189-491: The stations on the West Rail line, all of which have now been transferred to the Tuen Ma line . Platform relocated on 15 May 2022 At 9:15am on 14 February 2007, a passenger train broke down when one of the voltage transformers mounted on the train roof exploded. This incident occurred in the southbound direction in the tunnel between Kam Sheung Road and Tsuen Wan West , about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) north of Tsuen Wan West. Around 650 passengers had to evacuate through
1230-471: The two roads are closed due to accidents or any other reason, it would affect the traffic of Yuen Long. The Tai Lam Tunnel, Tuen Ma line and the Light Rail Transit (LRT) provide alternative routes to residents of Yuen Long. Some bus routes connected urban area and Yuen Long New Town together by New Territories East highway networks before Tai Lam Tunnel opened. There are two Tuen Ma line stations in
1271-491: The voltage transformer to the train pantograph , was not designed to isolate this kind of fault. After the incident, all SP1900 EMUs had their voltage transformers replaced. The new voltage transformers are German-made dry type transformers, which will not catch fire, even if they fail. As an apology, the West Rail was opened for free rides on 21 February 2007, the first working day after the Chinese New Year holiday. On
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1312-438: Was Hung Hom station , which shared its platform with the East Rail line until it was moved underground on 20 June 2021. The fare system of the line generally followed the other lines on the former KCR network. Octopus cards and single ride tickets were available. All persons aged between 12 and 64 were charged the adult fare, whereas children aged 11 or below, full-time students, and seniors aged 65 or above were entitled to
1353-548: Was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong until 27 June 2021. Coloured magenta on the MTR map, the line ran from Tuen Mun to Hung Hom , with a total length of 35.7 kilometres (22.2 mi), in 37 minutes. The railway connected the urban area of Kowloon and the new towns of Yuen Long , Tin Shui Wai and Tuen Mun in the northwestern New Territories . The line
1394-721: Was a traditional market town in the area also known as Yuen Long San Hui today, within the Yuen Long District in the New Territories. The market town and the adjacent Long Ping Estate , Yuen Long Industrial Estate , Tong Tau Industrial Area, YOHO Town , etc. developed into the Yuen Long New Town in the 1970s and early 1980s. The Hong Kong Government first put Yuen Long New Town on the list of new towns in 1972 and planned several large-scale housing estates . The first development started in 1974. In 1978, Yuen Long New Town
1435-500: Was among the earliest applications of the technology on a high-capacity, heavy-rail line worldwide. Beginning in January 2016, all 7-car trains were converted to 8-car trains in anticipation of the Sha Tin to Central Link (see § Future development ); this was completed in May 2018. During the transition period with both 7-car and 8-car trains in service, passengers had to pay attention to
1476-475: Was built after the new towns in north-west New Territories, along with road-based transport networks, were nearing completion. Attempts to boost patronage were made by cutting longstanding bus services, which in turn necessitated government compensation to private bus operator Kowloon Motor Bus . On 16 August 2009, the Kowloon Southern Link from Nam Cheong to East Tsim Sha Tsui station was opened. At
1517-436: Was put on the list of second generation new towns. It served as a secondary administrative centre. Although the new town started in the 1970s, it was developed much more slowly compared to the other new towns due to its long distance from urban Kowloon . Commuters needed to travel via other areas like Tuen Mun or Shek Kong with no rail transport. With the rapid development of an adjacent new town, Tin Shui Wai New Town , in
1558-535: Was recommended as early as 1978 in a Tuen Mun Transport Study by Scott Wilson Kirkpatrick & Partner; by the early 1990s, the surge of commuter towns in Yuen Long and Tuen Mun had frequently brought road networks to a standstill, as urban populations spilled over to the bedroom communities while keeping their jobs in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island. The 1994 Hong Kong Government Railway Development Strategy report envisaged
1599-514: Was shortened from 3.5 minutes to 3. 2013 LegCo submissions from the MTRC confirmed that the capacity was at 46,900 pax/hr, with average train loading during morning peak hours on weekdays (from 6.30am to 9am) at around 70%. Extrapolated, 4.5 pax/square metre would translate to 'maximal overcrowding' by London Underground authorities' definitions; however, James Blake, then Senior Director/Capital Projects of KCRC, noted that 6 pax/square metre
1640-683: Was the second of three lines built and operated by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), then known as the KCR West Rail ( 九廣西鐵 ). It was designed to suburban rail standards similar to that of KCR's first line, now the East Rail line , anticipating freight and intercity services to Mainland China, although the latter role was ultimately superseded by the Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section as part of
1681-624: Was used in demand-capacity projections at peak times, and "this figure would be quite acceptable to the ordinary travelling public even at peak times" . In December 2013, the Transport and Housing Bureau submitted detailed definitions to legislators regarding average train loading without specifying the figures: they were eventually released in February 2014 in a Legco subcommittee submission. It recognised that 6 pax/square metre design capacity standards were not achieved in actual operations, and that