East Rail Line

East Rail line
Overview
Other name(s)	Formerly called: Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section) (九廣鐵路 (英段); 1910–1996) KCR East Rail (九廣東鐵; 1996–2007)
Native name	東鐵綫
Status	Operational
Owner	Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Locale	Hong Kong
Termini	Lo Wu / Lok Ma Chau Admiralty
Connecting lines	Kwun Tong line at Kowloon Tong Island line at Admiralty South Island line at Admiralty Tsuen Wan line at Admiralty Tuen Ma line at Hung Hom, Tai Wai
Former connections	Ma On Shan line West Rail line
Stations	16
Color on map	Light blue (#53B7E8)
Service
System	MTR
Operator(s)	MTR Corporation
Ridership	1,044,800 daily average (weekdays, September 2014)[1]
History
Opened	1 October 1910
Technical
Line length	46 km (29 mi)[2][3]

The East Rail Line is one of the 10 lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It starts from the boundary from Shenzhen and ends at Admiralty station on Hong Kong Island. It started its services in 1910 run by the government of British Hong Kong, until it went under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) in 1982. It then became part of the MTR after the two companies merged together in 2007.^[4] It currently has 16 stations, including Racecourse station, which only runs during racing days, and takes around 45-50 minutes to travel through the entire line.^[5][6]

1. ↑ "Weekday patronage of MTR heavy rail network from September 1 to 27 and September 28 to October 25, 2014" (PDF). Legislative Council. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
2. ↑ "Business Overview" (PDF). MTR. October 2022. p. 6. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
3. ↑ "East Rail Line: Cross-Harbour Extension". MTR. 2021. Archived from the original on 6 June 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
4. ↑ "Highways Department - East Rail Line". www.hyd.gov.hk. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
5. ↑ "MTR > Route Suggestion". www.mtr.com.hk. Retrieved 2026-05-23.
6. ↑ "East Rail Line Cross-Harbour Extension to Commence Service on 15 May 2022" (PDF) (Press release). MTR Corporation. 3 May 2022.