MTR In-Train TV (), provides Cable TV

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and infotainment programmes through LC displays installed on board

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's MTR trains. The rates for

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are 10 seconds for

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20,000 and the advertising receives over one million views per day.

History

The service was started in July 2005 by the

Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC; ) is a Hong Kong wholly government-owned railway and land asset manager. It was established in 1982 under the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Ordinance for the purposes of operating the Kowloon– ...

(then-called Newsline Express ()), and at the time was installed in every train compartment running on

East Rail line The East Rail line () is one of ten lines of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. It used to be one of the three lines of the Kowloon–Canton Railway (KCR) network. It was known as the KCR British Section () from 1910 to 199 ...

West Rail line The West Rail line () was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong until 27 June 2021. Coloured magenta on the MTR map, the line ran from Tuen Mun to Hung Hom, with a total length of , i ...

and

Ma On Shan line The Ma On Shan line () was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the MTR map, the line acted as a branch of the East Rail line that connects the new towns of Sha ...

Metro Cammell Metro-Cammell, formally the Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon Company (MCCW), was an English manufacturer of railway carriages, locomotives and railway wagons, based in Saltley, and subsequently Washwood Heath, in Birmingham. Purchased ...

trains of the

are equipped with wider LCD TVs (22-inch), while the

SP1900 The SP1900 EMU / SP1950 EMU or IKK Train (formerly KCR EMU SP1900 / SP1950 EMU; , also known as the Millennium Train during the public promotion) is a model of train that runs on Hong Kong's Tuen Ma line. It was the second model of electric mul ...

trains of the

and

had smaller screens (15-inch). The original SP1900 TVs were replaced with larger displays during refurbishment in 2015–2018. The entry of C-Stock trains into service in December 2011 also launched the Newsline Express service on

Kwun Tong line The Kwun Tong line is a heavy-rail rapid transit line of the MTR network in Hong Kong, coloured green on the MTR map. Starting at Whampoa station, Whampoa in Hung Hom and ending at Tiu Keng Leng station, Tiu Keng Leng in Tseung Kwan O, S ...

, the first pre-merger MTR line to be equipped, with 22-inch LCD TVs equipped on those trains.

South Island line The South Island line, identified by light green on the MTR route map, is a rapid transit line of Hong Kong's MTR metro system. This line connects the HK business district from Admiralty station to the Southern District of Hong Kong Island ...

trains followed suit in December 2016, at which point the service was renamed as "In-Train TV". All future train orders, including the R-Train, TML C-Train, and

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, will also be equipped with the service. The TVs for Newsline Express are sometimes criticized for being too noisy that their broadcasts can even be heard in the quiet car of the train.

Quiet zones

To cater passengers' needs, quiet zones, in which all TV

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are muted and only train announcements are made, are available on each train. The quiet zones are located on: *

MTR Metro Cammell EMU (AC): 1st, 4th, 9th (part) & 11th compartments for southbound, or, 2nd, 4th (part), 9th, 12th compartments for northbound; *

MTR Hyundai Rotem EMU The Hyundai Rotem EMU (also known as R-Train or 1141B) () is a current model of heavy rail electric multiple units used on the Mass Transit Railway in Hong Kong. The 9-car sets are manufactured by Hyundai Rotem for the North South Corridor, a ...

: 1st, 6th (part) & 9th compartments for southbound, or, 1nd, 4th (part) & 9th compartments for northbound; *

Tsuen Wan line The Tsuen Wan line is one of the eleven lines of the metro network in Hong Kong's MTR. It is indicated in red on the MTR map. There are 16 stations on the line. The southern terminus is Central station on Hong Kong Island and the no ...

Tseung Kwan O line The Tseung Kwan O line is one of the eleven lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, indicated by the colour purple. It is currently long, taking 15 minutes to travel throughout the entire line. The line runs from North Point on the Hong Kong Is ...

Island line Island Line or Island line may refer to: * Island line (MTR), one of the lines of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong * Island Line, Isle of Wight, a railway line on the Isle of Wight, England ** Island Line (brand) Island Line is a brand of the ...

in the future MTR Urban Lines Vision Train,

CRC-Stock EMU &

Tuen Ma line The Tuen Ma line () is a rapid transit line that forms part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the map, the Tuen Ma line is in length, making it the longest line of the MTR network. It has a total of ...

trains: 1st & 8th compartments.

References

External links

Newsline ExpressHush The Bus
Mass media in Hong Kong MTR Television channels and stations established in 2005 {{HongKong-tv-stub