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Sustainable development??. Railway. NOW. Future. Projects in Progress (Hong Kong) Tseung Kwan O Extension (Phase 2) Kowloon Southern Link Future project: West Island Line & South Island Line (East) Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link
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Sustainable development?? Railway
Future Projects in Progress (Hong Kong) Tseung Kwan O Extension (Phase 2) Kowloon Southern Link Future project: West Island Line & South Island Line (East) Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link Shatin to Central Link & Kwun Tong Line Extension
Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link • It is a proposed express railway connecting Guangzhou, Dongguan, and Shenzhen of Guangdong Province and Hong Kong SAR.
West Island Line 4 stations: Kennedy Town University Sai Ying Pun Sheung Wan -extension to Island Line, and would run from Sheung Wan to Kennedy Town.
consists of two sections: South Island Line This plan begins to work in 2009, complete in 2013 /2014.
West section “ University Cyberport Wah Fu Aberdeen Wong Chuk Hang East section: Admiralty Ocean park Wong Chuk Hang Lee Tung South Horizons
Shatin to Central Link *begins to work in 2010
Northern line 北環線 -6 stations from Kam Sheung Road to Lok Ma Chau
Advantages: Traffic Aspect: -increase accessibility *attract more people to live in new town in the future provide better living enviornment --- solve the urban problems -Provide more comfortable, faster, safe transport -shorten the traffic time
Better living environment ----Reduce the cost and time for citizens to travel form living place and working place everyday/ • The cars on the road will decreaseLess air / noise polution Less traffic accidents • -Reduce the traffic congestion problem in HK Island (eg. Cuauseway bay/ Central)
Environment aspect: -Release less pollutants and exhaust gas as it use electricity to move *Less air / noise pollution --- better living environment---improve the safety of the road -Help to preserve land for build more highway
Economic aspect -Attract tourists (eg. South island)=>Revenue increases,flourish the tourism -no need to carry out reclamation Sustainable development -Increase the land / property value near the line -Provide more job opportunities -Increase cooperation between China and HK
Disadvantages: - Costly (eg. Lok Ma Chau Railway is a good example)increase government financial burden -Northern line built in new territories may cause less land for farming/ destroy the ecosystem/ biodiversity
Reference: http://www.mtr.com/ www.wikipedia.org www.hkrail.net