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he High Speed Rail (Hong Kong Section) connects Hong Kong with 66 “ Railway
destinations in the Mainland of China. is the
backbone
of Hong
Kong's public
transportation
system.

Apart from the local business, MTR is * The Elizabeth line operated by MTR Elizabeth line, a wholly owned
diversifying internationally to overseas. subsidiary of MTR Corporation, commenced passenger service in
MTR continues to develop railway-related London in May 2022.
projects and operations in Mainland China
and overseas, like opening the new Elizabeth Station. Travel to and from other cities in the
line in London and Daxing Line in Beijing. In Greater Bay Area has never been easier.
the context of China’s further opening up and
globalization, What is the core competitive Our extensive end-to-end experience in
advantages of MTR expanding the business
scale? How have MTR's cross-boundary designing, planning, constructing and operating
services contributed to greater connectivity railway lines have built us a good reputation
between Hong Kong and other mainland cities? around the world and made us a good choice

for other cities. We are fortunate that we have

Railway is the backbone of Hong Kong's public operations in different places, including the

transportation system. MTR’s domestic service Mainland of China, Macao, the United Kingdom,

covers all 18 local districts. We also provide Sweden and Australia. We will continue to provide

cross-boundary train services to strengthen high quality service to those markets and connect

the connection between Hong Kong and the communities for a better future.

Mainland. Our High Speed Rail (Hong Kong

Section) connects Hong Kong with

the Mainland's national high-speed

rail network with a total of 66

destinations. With the High Speed

Rail service, passengers can travel

with ease to many destinations in

Mainland China. Travel time between

Hong Kong and Shenzhen are cut to

quarter of an hour. In addition, the

East Rail Line Cross-Harbour Extension

commenced service in 2022, marking

one of the major milestones in the

city’s railway development history.

Cross-boundary passengers can travel

to Hong Kong Island conveniently

without interchanges. It takes them

only about 44 minutes and 50 minutes * The East Rail Line Cross-Harbour Extension was put into service in May 2022. More
respectively to travel from Lo Wu and than 2,000 railway fans and passengers celebrated the service commencement with MTR
Lo Ma Chau stations to Admiralty management that day.

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