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Written by: Zhong Yan
2021-04-02 18:59
Last update date: 2021-04-02 19:00
Last year, Hong Kong broke out four waves of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and people went to work and school were changed to home. The number of trips has been greatly reduced. In addition, passengers are almost extinct, and the number of passengers on many MTR routes has recorded a decline.
According to the MTR, the overall passenger volume of the MTR will decrease by more than 600 million year-on-year in 2020, a drop of more than 30%.
According to the latest documents submitted by the MTR to the Legislative Council, the passenger load of many MTR routes during peak hours all recorded a decline last year, and the load factors of the Tung Chung Line, the Hong Kong Island Line and the Tsuen Wan Line experienced significant declines, ranging from 14. To 20 percentage points.
Although the load factor of the Tsuen Wan Line fell during the morning peak hours, the busiest section of the line from Yau Ma Tei to Jordan still had a load factor of 93% during the morning peak hours. The carriages were still bursting, and the only load factor was still above 90%. Railway line.
As for Disneyland every time it reopens due to the epidemic, a large number of people are attracted to the venue. The peak load factor of the Disney line has even risen by 21% against the market.
Under the new crown pneumonia, the overall load factor of the MTR has dropped by about 30%.
(Information Picture/Photographed by Lu Yiming)
The latest MTR document submitted to the Legislative Council Subcommittee on Railway Matters pointed out that the overall passenger volume of the MTR dropped by more than 30% last year, including the high-speed rail, east rail, and through train cross-border rail services, and the passenger volume of the Airport Express. It fell by more than 90% and about 80%.
As for local railway lines, the load factor of the Tung Chung Line had the highest decline during peak hours, down 20% year-on-year, while the Hong Kong Island Line and Tsuen Wan Line dropped by 17% and 14% respectively.
▼Click on the picture below to see the changes in passenger capacity during peak hours of each railway line of the MTR▼
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The passenger load rate of the Tsuen Wan Line from Yau Ma Tei to Jordan during peak hours exceeds 90%
The MTR publishes the load factor data of the busiest one-way sections of each railway line during the busiest hour in the morning.
Although the load factor of most railway lines has fallen, the Yau Ma Tei-Jordan section of the Tsuen Wan Line still has a load factor of 93% based on 4 people standing per square meter. The carriage is almost bursting, and it is the only one that still exceeds 90%. route.
However, the forced explosion situation on the Tsuen Wan Line has improved. The load factor recorded in the first half of 2019 was 107%. Last year's data has fallen by 14% year-on-year.
Although the government and the business community have implemented measures such as suspension of classes and home work last year, the load factor of some railway lines during the morning peak hours has maintained more than 80%, including the Yau Tong to Quarry Bay section of the Tseung Kwan O Line, which has a load factor of 88% during peak hours. The passenger load factor of the section from Shek Kip Mei to Prince Edward on the Kwun Tong Line is 87%; the west section of Kam Sheung Road to Tsuen Wan on the West Rail Line reaches 84%; and the section from Tin Hau to Causeway Bay on the Island Line has 81%.
The MTR stated that it will increase the frequency of short-distance special trains to ease the flow of people at individual stations during peak hours.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
The MTR indicated that it would adopt different measures at stations with high traffic at certain times, including increasing the frequency of short-distance special trains, such as adding a North Point to Kennedy Town train on the Hong Kong Island Line, a Kwun Tong line from Diamond Hill to Whampoa, West There will be special trains on the rail line from Tin Shui Wai to Hung Hom, etc. In the afternoon peak hours, special trips on the Island Line from Admiralty to Chai Wan will also be added.
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