MTR gets six percent more passengers after Tuen Ma launch

The MTR Corporation has seen passenger numbers go up six percent to 125 million due to the launch of Tuen Ma Line.

According to latest statistics released by the MTRC, its domestic lines saw 125 million passengers in July, a six percent increase from a month earlier. This is the highest passenger number so far this year, and the eighth consecutive monthly increase.

On an average weekday, 4.32 million people took various domestic lines of the MTR. As for the Airport Express, it saw 183,000 passengers in July, or a daily average of 5,900 - the highest in more than a year.

Legislator Ben Chan Hang-pan attributed this to the full commissioning of Tuen Ma Line in the end of June.

Comprising 27 stations, the line runs from Wu Kai Sha to Tuen Mun. It connects the West Rail and Ma On Shan lines through new stations – To Kwa Wan and Sung Wong Toi

Chan said residents told him carriages have became much more crowded since the launch, adding that he expected passenger numbers for the line to keep going up as the population increases in Kowloon East and New Territories East.