Light Rail (MTR)
Hong Kong New Territories rail service / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Hong Kong Tramways or Light Rail Transit (Singapore).
"North-West Railway" redirects here. For other uses, see North–West line.
The Light Rail, also known as the Light Rail Transit (LRT), officially the North-West Railway,[1] is a light rail system in Hong Kong, serving the northwestern New Territories, within Tuen Mun District and Yuen Long District. The system operates over 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge track, using 750 V DC overhead power supply. It was once one of four systems comprising the KCR network in Hong Kong, before the MTR–KCR merger in 2007. It has a daily ridership of about 483,000 people.[2] The line is colour warm yellow on the map, formerly deep orange before the MTR–KCR merger.
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