MTR to offer 50pc fare discount tomorrow

MTR passengers can enjoy half-priced fares during the railway operator's "Thank You Day" on Saturday, with cross-boundary trips to Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations included.

Passengers traveling on the heavy and light rail systems, as well as the MTR buses that run in the Northwest New Territories, can enjoy this special offer by using their Octopus card. Those taking the heavy rail system can also opt to pay with their QR code.

The operator said it will run more frequent trains for the day, with a total of 370 train trips added across its six MTR lines - Island, South Island, Tsuen Wan, Kwun Tong, Tuen Ma, and East Rail.

More coupled-set Light Rail cars will also be used to increase capacity.

The "half-fare day" was introduced when the MTR revised its service performance rebate policy to make up for previous train service disruptions.

The new scheme replaces an older rebate scheme where passengers could claim back three percent per journey.

According to the established mechanism, the railway operator has to arrange one "half-fare day" when it accumulates HK$25 million in fines for disrupted services.