East Rail line

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The East Rail line (Chinese: 東鐵綫) is one of the ten lines that form the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. The railway line begins at Admiralty station on Hong Kong Island, bifurcates at Sheung Shui, and terminates at Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (both of which are boundary crossing points into Shenzhen). At approximately 46 km (29 mi), the line (including the Lok Ma Chau Spur Line) is the second-longest line within the network, following the Tuen Ma line. The line connects the new towns of Fanling–Sheung Shui, Tai Po and Sha Tin in eastern New Territories with urban Kowloon and the central business district. It is also the city's only railway line that connects to land-based border checkpoints with Mainland China. The line is generally double-tracked and electrified, except for certain goods sheds. All of the stations on the line except Admiralty, Exhibition Centre and Hung Hom are at-grade or elevated. As of 2018, the line carried around 1 million passenger trips per day. The line was...

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