Light Rail (MTR)

Light Rail 輕鐵
Two MTR Phase I LRVs at Siu Lun stop
Overview
Other name(s)	Light Rail Transit (LRT), North-West Railway
Status	Operational
Owner	KCR Corporation
Locale	Tuen Mun District Yuen Long District
Connecting lines	Tuen Ma line
Former connections	West Rail line
Stations	68
Color on map	Warm yellow
Service
Type	Light rail
System	MTR
Operator(s)	MTR Corporation
Depot(s)	Tuen Mun
Rolling stock	1 or 2-car high-floor light rail vehicles
History
Opened	18 September 1988; 35 years ago (1988-09-18)
Technical
Line length	36.2 km (22.5 mi)
Character	Elevated At-grade
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC (Overhead line)
Route map Legend Tuen Ma line to Wu Kai Sha Yuen Long      Tai Tong Road Hong Lok Road      Long Ping Fung Nin Road Tin Heng Shui Pin Wai Tin Yat Wetland Park Tin Fu Tin Sau Chung Fu Tin Yuet Fare zone 5A Fare zone 4 Fare zone 5 Fare zone 4 Chestwood Ping Shan Tin Shui Tin Wing Ginza Locwood Tin Wu Tin Tsz Tong Fong Tsuen Tin Yiu Tin Shui Wai      Hang Mei Tsuen Hung Tin Road Hung Shui Kiu Yuen Long District Tuen Mun District Fare zone 4 Fare zone 3 Chung Uk Tsuen Nai Wai Lam Tei Tuen Mun River Siu Hong      Kei Lun Fung Tei Kin Sang Tuen Mun Hospital Tin King Ching Chung Leung King Fare zone 3 Fare zone 2 San Wai Tai Hing (North) Fare zone 3 Fare zone 2 Tai Hing (South) Affluence Prime View Shek Pai Ngan Wai Choy Yee Bridge San Hui Shan King (North) Ming Kum Hoh Fuk Tong Shan King (South) Ho Tin      Kin On Pui To Tsing Wun Tuen Mun      Town Centre Tsing Shan Tsuen Yau Oi On Ting Fare zone 2 Fare zone 1 Fare zone 2 Fare zone 1 Lung Mun Siu Lun Goodview Garden Tuen Mun Depot Sam Shing Light Rail Depot Tuen Mun Swimming Pool Butterfly Tuen Mun River Melody Garden Siu Hei Tuen Mun Ferry Pier Fare zones are only relevant for single journey Light Rail tickets. Octopus card fares are loosely based on distance between stops. The Tuen Ma line uses a separate fare system. This diagram: view talk edit

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.