MTR Corp to begin Tung Chung extension work in 2023

The MTR Corp said it will go ahead with planning and design of the Tung Chung Line extension, following government consent.

Construction is set to begin in 2023.

MTR Corp Chief Executive, Jacob Kam said the extension will benefit current and future residents on North Lantau by improving the accessibility and providing railway connectivity to the core of Hong Kong.

“Together with the existing Tung Chung Station, the three stations in Tung Chung will also form an important transport infrastructure serving the community of the expanded Tung Chung New Town with due consideration of Government’s land and housing supply program,” he said.

The Tung Chung Line extension involves three parts, a new Tung Chung East Station between Sunny Bay Station and Tung Chung Station, an extension of the existing Tung Chung Line to a new terminal station at Tung Chung West, and the Airport Railway extended overrun tunnel (remaining section), that is, an eastward extension of the existing overrun tunnels from Hong Kong Station, the MTR Corp said.