A technical fault has caused services to be interrupted on Hong Kong’s East Rail line, adding an extra 10 to 15 minutes to journey times. The MTR Corporation announced the technical problem on an engineer’s train near Fo Tan station at around 5am on Sunday. Trains were required to run on a single track between…
Hong Kong’s rail giant and transport authorities have come under pressure to review their penalty mechanism after a train fault caused a seven-hour service disruption, despite industry insiders calling the incident rare. Lawmaker Gary Zhang Xinyu said on Thursday that the current penalty system for service delays failed to reflect the scale of the disruption…
An equipment fault on an engineer’s train near Hong Kong’s Tai Wo MTR station has caused disruptions on the East Rail Line service, with delays leading to intervals of up to 24 minutes at certain stops. The MTR Corporation urged passengers on Wednesday at 8.02am to consider using other transport as longer waiting times on…
Nearly 600,000 Hongkongers left the city on the first day of the three-day Chung Yeung Festival break, an almost 30 per cent increase from the start of the long weekend last year. Immigration statistics showed that 598,677 residents left Hong Kong on Friday, up by 28 per cent from 466,851 recorded on the first day…