Ma On Shan line

Ma On Shan line
馬鞍山綫
Kinki Sharyo SP1950 EMU running on viaduct near Wu Kai Sha
Overview
LocaleSha Tin District
Termini
Continues asTuen Ma line
Former connectionsEast Rail line
Stations9
Color on map     Brown (#923011)
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemMTR
Depot(s)Tai Wai
Rolling stockSP1900/1950 EMU
Tuen Ma Line C-train
Ridership153,100 weekday average
(Sept to Oct 2014)[1]
History
Opened21 December 2004; 19 years ago (2004-12-21)
Closed14 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-14) (became part of the Tuen Ma line)
Technical
Line length11.4 km (7.1 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Electrification 25 kV AC 50 Hz (Overhead lines)
Route map

Wu Kai Sha
Ma On Shan
Heng On
Tai Shui Hang
Nui Po Dong Hang
Shek Mun
City One
Sha Tin Wai
Che Kung Temple
Tai Wai     
Tai Wai Depot
Ma On Shan line
Traditional Chinese馬鞍山綫
Simplified Chinese马鞍山线
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinma3 an1 shan1 xian4
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationmáh ōn sāan sin
Jyutpingma5 on1 saan1 sin3

The Ma On Shan line (Chinese: 馬鞍山綫) was a rapid transit line that formed part of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system in Hong Kong. Coloured brown on the MTR map, the line acted as a branch of the East Rail line that connects the new towns of Sha Tin and Ma On Shan in the northeastern New Territories.

The railway was one of three built by the Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC), which named it as Ma On Shan Rail (Chinese: 馬鞍山鐵路, abbreviated as 馬鐵). Since KCRC's merger of operations with the MTR Corporation on 2 December 2007, the line has been operated as part of the MTR network. Along with the West Rail line, the line was integrated into Tuen Ma line Phase 1 on 14 February 2020 following the partial opening of the Sha Tin to Central Link.

  1. ^ "Weekday patronage of MTR heavy rail network from September 1 to 27 and September 28 to October 25, 2014" (PDF). Legislative Council. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2015.