Lok Ma Chau Spur Line offers a QUIET route to China

摘要

Noise mitigation is integral to the design of the 7.4 km Lok Ma Chau Spur, a second rail link between Hong Kong and the mainland which will relieve congestion at the Lo Wu crossing point. Ever-growing demand for travel between Hong Kong and mainland China has generated the need for the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line, a 7.4 km branch from Kowloon-Canton Railway's East Rail at Sheung Shui to the boundary with mainland China at Huanggang. Opening in 2007 with six trains an hour between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Lok Ma Chau, it will provide an alternative crossing between the Special Administrative Region and the mainland, relieving congestion at the existing Lo Wu customs point.