The cross-sea section of the East Rail will be opened to traffic on May 15. DAB Legislative Council member Chan Heng-pin is worried that with the development of the New Territories North and the resumption of customs clearance, there will be a bottleneck on the East Rail Line. He believes that the MTR must try to increase the capacity of the East Rail Line, such as Following the example of Singapore, a free train section is set up in the morning to disperse the flow of people.
Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Roundtable on Actual Politics, pointed out that the MTR stated that the capacity of 9 trucks to accommodate 2,800 people is only the design limit, and the actual number of passengers that can be carried is only 2,000 people. It will carry 60,000 passengers, and it is expected that some long-distance cross-sea bus passengers will be taken away after the opening of the sea-crossing section, and the number of passengers will exceed the capacity of the East Rail Line.
The Legislative Council Panel on Transport inspected Admiralty Station and the Convention and Exhibition Station of the East Rail Crossing Section yesterday (6th).
Chen Hengpin said that Admiralty Station is designed to disperse the flow of people. For example, there is an escalator in the lobby that leads directly to the East Rail Line platform. Network, hoping to strengthen security work.
Tian Beichen believes that the Tsuen Wan Line will be loosened a lot after the crossing section is opened to traffic, which will help to disperse the flow of people.
As for whether the East Rail Line, which uses 9 trucks, can cope with the flow of people passing through the Lo Wu customs, Tian Beichen pointed out that most of the people coming to Hong Kong from Luo Wu did not come to Hong Kong during the morning rush hour. After the development of the area, it will greatly increase the burden on the East Rail Line, which is described as "no salvation".
Chen Heng-pin believes that in the long run, there is a need for another railway connecting the border crossing, and the northern metropolitan area should be developed to solve the traffic demand of citizens "going south in the morning and north in the evening".
Regarding the MTR fares of "Dongping and West Expensive", "short-term expensive and long-ping" and "different prices in the same district", Chen Hengpin hoped that the MTR would take advantage of the opening of the sea section to deal with it, but the MTR refused to adjust the fares for historical reasons. .
Tian Beichen suggested that the government reduce the cost of renting the SCL by the MTR to subsidize the transportation expenses of residents in the West New Territories.
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