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The Kowloon Southern link is a section of the
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, linking
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and
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. The rail link is fully underground, lies along the south-west coastline of
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, east of rail tracks of the
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. Kowloon Southern Link has one underground intermediate station called Austin station (formerly West Kowloon station). It is located adjacent to the Canton Road Government Offices, close to Kowloon station of Tung Chung line and Airport Express. However, the structures do not provide a direct transfer between the two stations.


History

The project was originally proposed and carried out by
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(KCRC) to link the KCR West Rail that terminated at
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to the KCR East Rail at Hung Hom station. The tracks between Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui station had opened in 2004 as the Tsim Sha Tsui Extension, to alleviate surface traffic jams and congestion at
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caused by passengers transferring between the KCR East Rail and the MTR by acting as a second interchange between the two system. Construction of the Kowloon Southern Link began in late 2005 by the KCRC, after the company's network was taken over by
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(MTRC) on 2 December 2007, the project was continued by MTRC. The link went into service on 16 August 2009. Upon the completion of the rail link, the West Rail line assumed the tracks from the East Tsim Sha Tsui to Hung Hom portion of the East Rail line. At the same time both the East Rail and West Rail lines were altered to terminate at Hung Hom station, with the platform and tracks at Hung Hom being rearranged to provide
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between the two lines (it forms two sets of
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s). Upon the opening of the extension, a new Tuen Mun-Hung Hom Monthly Pass was introduced for unlimited rides of the whole West Rail line (including the new extension). On 27 June 2021, the
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officially merged with the
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(which was already extended into the ''Tuen Ma line Phase 1'' at the time) in
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to form the new
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, as part of the
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project. Hence, the Kowloon Southern Link portion of the West Rail line was absorbed by the new line and is now the central and southernmost part of the
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.


Proposed Canton Road station

Canton Road station (Chinese: 廣東道站) was a planned railway station on the Kowloon Southern Link of West Rail line between East Tsim Sha Tsui station and Austin station, beneath the shopping mall, Harbour City in Tsim Sha Tsui, by replacing the existing underground car park. But it was never to be built because of the failed negotiations between the KCRC and
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, the owner of the Harbour City. Originally KCRC requested The Wharf to fully or partially fund the construction of the station for HKD 1.8 billion. The Wharf disagreed, questioning if it was reasonable for a private enterprise to undertake the construction cost of public facilities. The station was eventually omitted from the project, officially announced on 6 December 2004.


See also

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Sha Tin to Central Link The Sha Tin to Central Link (abbreviated SCL; ) is an extension of the MTR rapid transit network. It is divided into two sections. The first section, named "Tuen Ma line (Phase 1)”, runs from Tai Wai station in the New Territories to Hung ...
*
Future projects of the MTR Several future projects on the MTR have been put forward by the MTR Corporation to the Hong Kong Government. Some of these are still in planning stage, some are now completed. With the rail merger with the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation ...


References

* ETWB (2005)
''Kowloon Southern Link. LC Paper No. CB(1)609/04-05(04).''


External links

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KDB200 Construction Animation




ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070212031903/http://www.epd.gov.hk/ (approved by EPD)
Information on Kowloon Southern Link
from Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways, Panel on Transport,
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