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Chapter 2 ‧ Literature Review 2.1 The Introduction to KCR West Rail The Transport Bureau (Transport Department after 1997) first introduced the idea of Western Corridor in the document of Railway Development Strategy 1994 (RDS, 1994). The document suggested that it was necessary to construct a railway which could link West New Territories to urban areas to cope with the increasing population in West New Territories and increasing in cross-boarder traveler between Hong Kong and China. The Western Corridor should be a multi-functional railway, which provides three kind of service include Port Rail Line connecting China with the container terminal in Kwai Chung, a Through Passenger Line connecting China with the West Kowloon new passenger terminal, and a Suburb Passenger Line connecting Tin Shui Wai and Yuen Long with the urban areas (Thomas, 2001). The population of West New Territories is expected to grow to 1.4 million and account for 18% of the total population in Hong Kong at the end of 2011 (West 7
ail, 2000). The rapid increase of population has lead to a great demand for a railway to connect with urban areas. So the Sub-urban Passenger Line, which now we call it West Rail, is the earliest one to be approved by the Executive Council of the Government in 1998. They authorized KCRC as the operator of the West Rail (Thomas, 2001) The Phrase 1 of West Rail opened in time on 20 th December 2004. Daily operation hours are between 5:30am and 1:30am. The total length is 30.5km, which linked between West Kowloon and West New Territories. There are total nine stations, which include Tuen Mun, Siu Hong, Tin Shui Wai, Long Ping, Yuen Long, Kam Sheung Road, Tsuen Wan West Mei Foo and Nam Cheong, and will have an additional two stations - West Kowloon station and East Tsim Sha Tsui station in Phrase 2. Four stations include Tuen Mun, Siu Hong, Tin Shui Wai and Yuen Long can interchange with the Light Rail while 2 stations including Mei Foo and Nam Cheong can interchange with MTR Tsuen Wan Line and Tung Chung Line. The total journey is only 30 minutes from Tuen Mun to Nam Cheong. The train service runs every 3.5 minutes and 4.5 minutes in the morning and evening peak hours respectively and run every 5-12 minutes in non-peak hours. In the first year of opening, a 20% discount of the fare is provided for trips between West New Territories’ and urban stations and a 10% discount is provided after the first year. A 8
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Table 5.4.11 Crosstabulation of the
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For passengers that travel by West
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The first limitation is the sample
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level increases. Second is the pric
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way to increase the coverage and im
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for a faster trip. It is unacceptab
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Long and Tin Shui Wai. But passenge
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) Tuen Mun Town Centre To/From Tuen
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d) Tuen Mun (Siu Hong) To/From Siu
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f) Tin Shui Wai (Tin Heng) To/From
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h) Yuen Long Town Centre (Tai Tong
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Appendix 2: The changes in bus serv
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13 bus routes had been cancelled: 5
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Appendix 7: Fare table of West Rail
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