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Tseung Kwan O Extension (TKE) is the 6th operational line of the MTR Corporation, which serves Tseung Kwan O new town and Yau Tong. The TKE project features 33 major contracts, 13 for the civil works and 20 for the electrical and mechanical works. All construction works have been completed. The line was opened to the public on 18 August 2002 including five stations, namely Yau Tong, Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O, Hang Hau and Po Lam as well as the depot in Area 86 together with the improved Quarry Bay and North Point Stations. A further station will be added to the Line at Tseung Kwan O South.

TKE comprises:

A diversion of the existing Kwan Tong Line from the existing Lam Tin Station, passing through Yau Tong and terminating at Tin Keng Leng Station

A new Tseung Kwan O Line formed by connecting with the existing Eastern Harbour Crossing on the Kowloon side, passing through Yau Tong and beyond into Tseung Kwan O New Town

The line is split into two legs after Tseung Kwan O Station, one proceeding in a northerly direction towards Po Lam, the other leg proceeding in a southerly direction towards Area 86 in Tseung Kwan O South

TKE has the following key features:

Trains operating at the same speed and frequency as the other MTR urban lines (80 km/hr and ultimately 105 seconds headways)

Stations at Yau Tong, Tiu Keng Leng, Tseung Kwan O, Hang Hau, Po Lam & Area 86 (Tseung Kwan O South in the future)

Interchange facilities with the Kwun Tong Line at Yau Tong and Tiu Keng Leng, and with the Island Line at Quarry Bay and North Point

Facilities for passengers with a disability

Potential for extension on Hong Kong Island

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So many enourmous housing estates are located along this line right?

Yes, Tseung Kwan O is already a very dense suburb that badly needed the subway line. Some of the stations in the west are also under development. There are a lot of new public housing towers around Yau Tong station.

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So the Lohas Park station is not yet open - is that correct?

Are they just test running or something? There are trains starting from TKO now.

Good in the morning actually, instead of cramping into an already cramped train that's come from Po Lam, I can get on a completely empty train :)

So the Lohas Park station is not yet open - is that correct?

Are they just test running or something? There are trains starting from TKO now.

Good in the morning actually, instead of cramping into an already cramped train that's come from Po Lam, I can get on a completely empty train :)

MTR ambassador army smooths Lohas line
20 July 2009
The Standard

An army of 400 MTR ambassadors were on duty this morning to help passengers on the Tseung Kwan O line as trials on the Lohas Park station spur line began.

Also helping to avoid confusion were new LCD monitors on the Po Lam or Lohas Park-bound platforms at North Point and Tseung Kwan O stations to display the destination of each arriving train, MTR head of operations Choi Tak- tsan said.

The frequency of trains between Po Lam and North Point has been reduced to 18 an hour from 22, Choi said.

The new southern spur line from Tseung Kwan O to Lohas Park, formerly known as Dream City, will be officially launched on July 26.

During rush hours - 7.30am to 9.30am and 5.30pm to 7.30pm - trains between Po Lam and North Point will run more frequently.

Choi said passengers boarding at Po Lam station may have to wait five minutes for a train.

In non-peak hours, there will be shuttle trains every 12 minutes between Tseung Kwan O and Tiu Keng Leng stations, which will be extended to Lohas Park after the full launch.

The operations manager also advised passengers to leave home earlier to take the train.

Between July 20 and August 14, passengers at Po Lam and Hang Hau stations before 8am from Monday to Friday can get a bonus point when using Octopus cards.

Those accumulating five points will receive a HK$10 MTR shopping coupon. Stelly Wong, who lives near Tseung Kwan O station, said the new schedule would mean leaving home 10 minutes earlier to get to her office in Admiralty.

So the Lohas Park station is not yet open - is that correct?

Are they just test running or something? There are trains starting from TKO now.

Good in the morning actually, instead of cramping into an already cramped train that's come from Po Lam, I can get on a completely empty train :)

I believe the LOHAs bound is going to operate this Sunday.

Can someone explain to me how this shuttle thing work? Why are trains stopping at TKO and some at TKL??

Can someone explain to me how this shuttle thing work? Why are trains stopping at TKO and some at TKL??

It was a testing operation for a week before opening of LOHAs station.
The TKL/TKO trains were suppose to be the LOHAs train from this week on.

LOHAs opened yesterday (7.28), and from now on, there is one LOHAs train in every four trains, and the other three serve Po Lam.
During rush hour, the LOHAs train goes back and fro between North Point, and during the other hours, the train only goes to/from TKO.

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LOL at the champagne, and the guy who tripped in front of the turnstile.

It was a testing operation for a week before opening of LOHAs station.
The TKL/TKO trains were suppose to be the LOHAs train from this week on.

LOHAs opened yesterday (7.28), and from now on, there is one LOHAs train in every four trains, and the other three serve Po Lam.
During rush hour, the LOHAs train goes back and fro between North Point, and during the other hours, the train only goes to/from TKO.

26th I think... coz 28th is my tomorrow :nuts:

Now comes another must-see when I'm taking my holidays back in HK!

26th I think... coz 28th is my tomorrow :nuts:

Now comes another must-see when I'm taking my holidays back in HK!

Sunday, the 27th is the right day. lol Neither 26 nor 28.
I guess was reading the 28th HK's newspaper when I typed up the massage on the 27th evening of my local time.

MTR station opening attracts fans and foes
27 July 2009
South China Morning Post

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The opening of the Lohas Park MTR station yesterday attracted not only railway fans but also protesters and criticism.

About 20 rail enthusiasts were on hand when the first train pulled out to Tseung Kwan O station at 5.57am.

Among them was Kei Chun-on, 15, who arrived at Lohas Park station at 3.30am with four of his friends. They waited at the station entrance until it opened at 5.47am.

Chun-on said the launch was quite a big event for the MTR and he and his friends were excited to be part of history.

But not everyone is happy with the new station.

A Democratic Party survey after a trial of the so-called 3+1 service found half of the 228 passengers interviewed were not satisfied with the arrangement, and 48 per cent had found the trains more crowded.

Every fourth train on the North Point-Po Lam line will run to Lohas Park during peak hours. A shuttle train service will run between Lohas Park and Tiu Keng Leng every 12 minutes during non-peak periods.

Party member and Sai Kung district councillor Cheung Kwok-keung suggested the MTR Corporation run a train to the new station after every fourth train to Po Lam, or "4+1", so the waiting time for passengers going to Po Lam would be shortened.

The Democratic Party said it had also received complaints about guides in the station.

Two new pairs of LCD screens have been installed in each station along the Tseung Kwan O line.

The party said that was not enough for passengers to know the trains' destinations clearly, especially later when no ambassadors would be deployed on the platform to guide passengers.

Passenger Andy Chan said at Lohas Park that the 12-minute wait for a train to the station was too long, but the signs and guides were fine.

Meanwhile, about 40 villagers from Choi Yuen Tsuen, who might be evicted to make way for the express train between Guangzhou and Hong Kong, took the opportunity to protest.

They chanted slogans and distributed leaflets in their farming clothes in the Lohas Park station and then travelled to Tseung Kwan O station with their shoes off, to show they were "just kind and harmless people".

They handed a letter to a representative of the MTR Corp and demanded to talk to Secretary for Transport and Housing Eva Cheng.

The protesters said the government had been ignoring their views and they hoped their village would not be demolished because of the rail link.

An alliance of residents from MTR Corp properties also turned out, seeking lower management fees.

LOL at the champagne, and the guy who tripped in front of the turnstile.

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can mtr send him a bill by drinking on the train?

^^ lol they probably shouldn't

anybody's tried this out yet?

No - not yet. Is it really something worth 'trying'? Just a new line isn't it? Not much to do once you're out.

Net users wish MTR's 'Champagne Man' many happy returns after he pulls video
1 August 2009
South China Morning Post

Andy Warhol once said that everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. But the celebrity status of this week's fastest-rising star has lasted longer than that.

An anonymous chubby rail enthusiast who appears to be in his 20s has won internet stardom simply by drinking champagne on an MTR train.

In a video clip starring "Champagne Man", a nickname bestowed by netizens, this man boarded the first train from Tiu Keng Leng to the new Lohas Park MTR station early on Sunday morning with a bottle of champagne in his hand. After an overenthusiastic countdown to the train's departure from Tiu Keng Leng station, the man (right) cheered loudly, clumsily opened the champagne bottle and drank from it.

Then he yelled absurdly "Happy Birthday" at fellow rail enthusiasts and television cameramen covering the opening of the station.

The video clip became an instant hit on the internet. But while Champagne Man indulged himself in his accidental fame, his action attracted enormous criticism from fellow rail enthusiasts, who accused him of damaging the reputation of train buffs with his bizarre act and of violating the MTR regulation prohibiting consumption of food or drink in the paid area of stations and on trains.

Champagne Man hit back, removing the video from YouTube and all threads from online discussion forums in the next couple of days.

But netizens did not let him off easily. One uploaded the clip again on Wednesday for the entertainment of the internet community.

Nearly a week has passed, and the clip is still there: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqhLFaC4GFQ

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Yay, more LOHAS Park station pics. Austin Station will be the more interesting opening, though.



Nearly a week has passed, and the clip is still there:


Did someone in there say they took an overnight bus to get on the first train? :banana:

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LCQ16: Tseung Kwan O Extension (Phase II)
Wednesday, June 2, 2010
Government Press Release

Following is a question by the Hon Chan Hak-kan and a written reply by the Secretary for Transport and Housing, Ms Eva Cheng, in the Legislative Council meeting today (June 2):

Question:

It has been approximately one year since the commissioning of the Tseung Kwan O Extension (Phase II) (TKOE II) of the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL) in July last year. Some Tseung Kwan O residents have relayed to me that although the residents have gradually got used to the "3+1" train service pattern (i.e. every one out of four trains will be running from North Point to LOHAS Park), they consider that the service has failed to meet the demand, particularly during peak hours when train compartments and platforms are very crowded. In this connection, will the Government inform this Council:

(a) whether it knows the information as set out at the Annex about the relevant sections of the extension since the commissioning of TKOE II;

(b) given that Po Lam Station is of a single-platform design, whether it knows if it is technically feasible for MTRCL to further increase the train frequencies of the Tseung Kwan O Extension, so as to alleviate the crowded conditions in train compartments and on platforms; if it is feasible, of the details, including the train frequencies after the increase and extra number of passengers to be carried; if it is not feasible, what other measures MTRCL has to deal with the situation;

(c) whether it knows if MTRCL has plans to review the "3+1" train service pattern; if so, of the details; if not, the reasons for that;

(d) given that the population in Tseung Kwan O district is increasing and the demand for transport service in the area will be growing, whether the Government will consider introducing additional bus or public light bus routes plying the vicinity of the LOHAS Park Station, so as to solve the problem that residents can only rely on MTR for travelling to and from the area; and

(e) whether it knows the service breakdown rates of the entire Tseung Kwan O Extension since the commissioning of TKOE II as compared with those in the previous three years; the nature of the breakdowns; and whether the commissioning of TKOE II has aggravated the aging of rail tracks and trains?

Reply:

President,

(a) Since the Tseung Kwan O Extension (Phase II) and LOHAS Park Station opened in July 2009, a new train service arrangement has been implemented on the Tseung Kwan O Line and operation of train service has been generally smooth to date. Under the new train service arrangement, the train service between Tseung Kwan O Station and North Point Station has been enhanced from the former 22 trains per hour to the current 24 trains per hour. This has increased the overall capacity of the Tseung Kwan O Line, benefitting most passengers from the Tseung Kwan O area.

Currently during peak hours, train schedules of the Tseung Kwan O Line are organised in groups of four, adopting a "3+1" service pattern : for every four trains departing North Point Station, the first three will terminate at Po Lam Station while the fourth will terminate at LOHAS Park Station. Similarly, for every four trains from Tseung Kwan O to North Point Station, the first three will run from Po Lam Station to North Point Station while the fourth will run from LOHAS Park Station to North Point Station. As such, the headway of trains for Po Lam Station and Hang Hau Station is 2 minutes 30 seconds / 2 minutes 30 seconds / 5 minutes. For LOHAS Park Station, the train frequency is every 10 minutes per train during peak hours.

As the service between Tseung Kwan O Station and North Point Station has been enhanced and the "3+1" train arrangement applies to Po Lam Station, Hang Hau Station and LOHAS Park Station, we provide information relating to the capacity and patronage of the three stations in the following paragraphs.

With regard to the train service between Po Lam Station and North Point Station during the morning peak hours (the busiest period is from 8.15am to 9.15am), the train frequency between the Tseung Kwan O Station and North Point Station has been enhanced from every 2 minutes 40 seconds to 2 minutes 30 seconds. This is more frequent than the train service prior to the opening of LOHAS Park Station and is sufficient to cater for passenger demand.

The capacity from Po Lam Station to Tseung Kwan O Station during this time period is 45,000 passengers per hour. According to patronage figures of the first quarter of 2010, the average number of passengers entering Po Lam Station during that time period was 9,100; and the average number of North Point-bound passengers entering Hang Hau Station was 9,500. In total, the average number of passengers travelling from these two stations towards North Point Station was 18,600 or about 41% of the total capacity, which is able to meet the demand. The Transport Department (TD) has been closely monitoring the performance of the new train service arrangement since the opening of the Tseung Kwan O Extension (Phase II) and LOHAS Park Station. According to the observation of the MTR Corporation Ltd (MTRCL), North Point-bound trains that depart from Po Lam, Hang Hau and Tseung Kwan O Stations are able to accommodate all passengers waiting on the platform during the morning peak and there have not been cases of passengers not being able to board the first arriving train due to crowding on trains or platforms.

For the service between LOHAS Park Station to North Point Station during the same time period, the average number of passengers entering LOHAS Park Station is 800. As the capacity of the trains from LOHAS Park Station to Tseung Kwan O Station is 15,000 passengers per hour, there is still ample capacity to accommodate passengers boarding at Tseung Kwan O, Tiu Keng Leng and Yau Tong Stations thus helping to alleviate the demand at Yau Tong Station where Kwun Tong Line passengers interchange to Tseung Kwan O Line for the Hong Kong Island.

During non-peak hours, the 4-minute train service frequency between Po Lam and North Point Stations before the opening of LOHAS Park Station has remained unchanged. As for LOHAS Park Station, a shuttle train service to and from Tiu Keng Leng Sation is operated at 12-minute intervals. The train capacity is adequate for passenger needs during non-peak periods.

(b) Currently, even during the busiest period in the peak hours, trains that depart from Po Lam Station are able to accommodate all passengers waiting on the platform. There is no evidence of overcrowding as the average loading is only 20% during the busiest hour of the day.

Indeed, given the single-platform design at Po Lam Station, the highest train frequency for the section between Po Lam Station and Tseung Kwan O Station is 2 minutes 30 seconds. When the Tseung Kwan O Line was planned in the 1990s, overall development of the Tseung Kwan O area, including population growth and distribution forecast had been taken into account. The Tseung Kwan O Line north-south bifurcation alignment, stations and track facilities have been designed to meet the area's long-term transportation needs.

(c) Since the opening of LOHAS Park Station, MTRCL has been closely monitoring the service and performance of the Tseung Kwan O Line, including passenger flow and actual patronage. The train service arrangement now in place is operating smoothly and is sufficient to meet passenger demand. MTRCL has no plans to adjust the current train service arrangement on the Tseung Kwan O Line.

(d) TD keeps watch of the population development in the Tseung Kwan O area and will enhance public transport services to meet passenger demand as and when appropriate. For example, in the vicinity of LOHAS Park Station, there are already rail and franchised bus services currently. TD plans to extend the peak-hour service of bus route 98S (between Hang Hau (North) and Mei Foo) to LOHAS Park in the latter half of this year. The service will depart from LOHAS Park via Hang Hau for journeys to Mei Foo and vice versa.

(e) LOHAS Park Station commenced service on July 26, 2009. Currently, more than 240,000 train trips are operated on the Tseung Kwan O Line every year. For delays on the Tseung Kwan O Line of eight minutes or above, there were 2 cases in 2007, 11 cases in 2008, 15 cases in 2009 and 6 cases in the first quarter of 2010. More than half of the delays in each of these periods lasted only around 10 minutes.

The Tseung Kwan O Line is a relatively new railway line. Most sections came into operation in 2002 and the Phase II Extension just opened in July last year. It can be noted that the performance of the Tseung Kwan O Line, both before and after the opening of LOHAS Park Station, has remained steady with train punctuality at 99.9%.

Annex : http://gia.info.gov.hk/general/201006/02/P201006020226_0226_65581.doc