what is the expansion of M T R
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The Mass Transit Railway or MTR (in Chinese, 香港鐵路有限公司, literally "Hong Kong Railway Company"; or 港鐵 for short) is the main rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Since the MTR service first opened in 1979, the network has grown to more than 150 stations.
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The Mass Transit Railway or MTR (in Chinese, 香港鐵路有限公司, literally "Hong Kong Railway Company"; or 港鐵 for short) is the main rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Since the MTR service first opened in 1979, the network has grown to more than 150 stations.
Several future projects on the MTR have been put forward by the MTR Corporation to the Hong Kong Government, with some already under construction. With the rail merger with the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation in 2007, the combined network increased to 211.6 kilometres (131.5 mi) and 84 stations. Committed and future railway projects will increase the network to over 270 kilometres (170 mi) by 2019 and 98 stations while the rest of the projects may further increase it to over 540 kilometres (340 mi).
On 21 January 2003, the Executive Council of Hong Kong granted MTR Corporation Limited permission to proceed with further planning on two proposed lines: West Island Line and South Island line. These new lines are suggested in the Second Railway Development Study (RDS-2) to provide direct links between the residential areas of Wah Fu and Ap Lei Chau in Southern District and the CBD of Hong Kong. This is the first project within the MTR that serves the Southern District.
Three proposals were previously submitted, each addressing the drawbacks of the prior plan. In this planning stage a feasibility study was conducted to optimize the new lines in terms of cost-effectiveness, external benefits and the effect on other modes of transport. The plan was eventually turned down by the government in favour of constructing highways in late March 2004. The MTRC's fourth proposal was given in February 2005. This consisted of West Island Line extending the Island line to Kennedy Town, South Island Line (East) from Admiralty to Ap Lei Chau and South Island line (West) that connects the previous two lines. Legislative Councillors support an earlier completion of West Island line. The West Island line was finally approved by the HKSAR Government on 30 June 2005.
The South Island line (East) opened on 28 December 2016. Plans for the South Island line (West) were mentioned and revised in the 2014 governmental railway strategy report and an "implementation window" of 2021 to 2026 was identified. South Island Line is still under planning in 2018.
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