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It was owned and operated by the Kowloon–Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) until 2007. Rapid transit services, a light rail system, feeder bus routes within Hong Kong, and intercity passenger and freight train services to China on the KCR network, have been operated by the MTR Corporation since 2007.
The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; Chinese: 九廣鐵路公司) is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. [1] It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR), and to construct and operate other new railways.
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Opening in 1910 as the Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section), the line is the first heavy rail line in Hong Kong. [8] Prior to the MTR–KCR merger in 2007, the line (then known as KCR East Rail) formed part of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network and was managed by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC).
MTR Light Rail (formerly operated by KCR/KCRC) 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) (Standard gauge) 750 V DC: overhead cable: Siemens Trainguard IMU 100: 910 mm (35.8 in) 2650: 2670 5250 mm (with pantograph folded) 5300 mm (nominal and minimum) Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link Hong Kong section: 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
On 21 January 2006, Michael Tien stated that the safety problems of East Rail had been controlled, and the train service was expected to operate as usual, including train service in the Chinese New Year. KCRC East Rail trains reverted to ATO operation on 6 August 2006, after the investigation confirmed that the ATO system is not a direct cause ...
The route was originally planned to go from Tai Wai station to Central West station (proposed to be located under the Mid-Levels), as an extension of the then-under-construction KCR Ma On Shan Rail (now the Ma On Shan line). The KCRC announced modifications to the proposal in 2005, with the East Kowloon portion of the line joining KCR Ma On ...
The Clock Tower in Tsim Sha Tsui is a famous landmark of Kowloon.. Kowloon station (Chinese: 九龍車站), colliquially Old Tsim Sha Tsui Terminal, located in Tsim Sha Tsui on the present site of the Hong Kong Cultural Centre, was the former southern terminus of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR).