Tung Chung West () is the proposed MTR

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station of the , west of

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, Hong Kong, which would follow on from

Tung Chung station Tung Chung () is a station on the of the MTR rapid transport system in Hong Kong. As the western end of the Tung Chung line, it is also a transfer point of those wishing to use the Ngong Ping Cable Car and by bus to the rest of Lantau Island. ...

. When Yat Tung Estate ( Trad. Chinese: 逸東邨) in Tung Chung West was constructed, the

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and the

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reserved a site to build the station. Due to insufficient

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there, the station has so far not been constructed. If the station does open, it would replace as the westernmost railway station in Hong Kong.

History

On 18 February 2009, the government replied to the Legislative Council that a decision or timetable for the construction of Tung Chung West Station was not available for the time being. In 2013, Tung Chung West Extension was mentioned in the review and update of the Railway Development Strategy 2000, after the government launched the "Tung Chung New Town Extension Study" in 2012 to further expand and develop Tung Chung New Town. The updated strategy, released in September 2014 as the Railway Development Strategy 2014 (RDS-2014), confirms that planning is indeed underway to build the Tung Chung West extension, and that the projected cost is $6 billion. An "implementation window" of 2020 to 2024 was noted. The

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company, which currently operates a circular bus route between Yat Tung Estate and Tung Chung station, petitioned the Legislative Council against construction of the new station.

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History

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