New plan for Lantau tomorrow｜Tian Beichen: There is no plan for better environmentally friendly transportation on the old Tuen Mun cross-sea railway line

"Hong Kong 01" today (16th) took the lead in disclosing the latest plan for the "Lantau Tomorrow" Kau Yi Chau artificial island, which will be divided into three islands. Hung Shui Kiu Station, connected to the planned Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Railway.

Tian Beichen, member of the Legislative Council of the Real Politics Roundtable, said that the old route can better meet the traffic needs of the developed Riverside Ferry Terminal and the people's livelihood needs such as the Tuen Ma Line, while the new route focuses on connecting with Shenzhen. Both routes will cause a waste of public funds. Only the old line will be built, people arriving from the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Railway can transfer to the future Tuen Mun South Extension at Hung Shui Bridge and then transfer to the Tuen Mun Cross-Harbour Railway to the artificial island.

He also believes that there is a greater chance that the railway project will be developed by MTR under the ownership model. As far as he knows, there is no final decision on the environmentally friendly collective transportation system on the artificial island. "It may be light rail, it may be cars, there are many ways."

It is rumored on the Internet that the new alignment of the Tuen Mun cross-sea railway will start from Hung Shui Bridge and pass through two of the artificial islands. The artificial island will be equipped with an environmentally friendly collective transportation system to connect the three islands.

(Photo from the discussion area of ​​Hong Kong Transport Information Network)

The Tuen Mun cross-harbour railway was originally routed (red line).

The proposed railway will use Hung Shui Kiu Station as the terminus in the New Territories to replace the original Riverside Ferry Terminal

According to the original government's proposal for the alignment of the Tuen Mun cross-sea railway, it will start from the Embark Ferry Terminal, pass through Tuen Mun South, Siu Lam, Sunny Bay, the artificial island of Lantau Island and then extend to Hong Kong Island.

Based on the information received by "Hong Kong 01" and the pictures released on the Internet, the latest route starting point is planned to be changed to Hung Shui Kiu Station, via Tuen Mun South, Sunny Bay, and then through two of the artificial islands, directly to Hong Kong Island West, with a total length of 30 kilometers , connecting to the planned Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Railway.

Tian Beichen pointed out that the new route will give up the area around the River Ferry Terminal, but public housing is planned to be built nearby, and a large development project is about to start. The future traffic demand will inevitably increase greatly, and the new railway just meets the demand.

As for the new route, it will connect to Shenzhen and echo the development of the northern metropolitan area.

Tian Beichen.

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Tian Beichen said that building two railways would be a waste of public money

Tian Beichen believes that the old route can solve people's livelihood problems, and "people in Yuen Long who live on the Tuen Ma Line will find it easier to use the Tuen Ma Line." He also revealed that the Development Bureau pointed out that "the two routes may be implemented at the same time."

He suggested that the old route should be used and passengers arriving from the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Railway should transfer to Tuen Mun Line (Tuen Mun South Extension) at Hung Shui Kiu Station to Tuen Mun South Station, which is more economical.

As the previous government has always mentioned that the Lantau Railway has room to introduce contractors other than the MTR, Tian Beichen believes that there is a greater chance that the MTR will be responsible for the construction, and the MTR may use the ownership model to make the capital contribution. (building artificial islands) money.”

The artificial island of Jiaoyizhou is changed to a Y-shaped waterway plan for three islands.

(Map drawn by Hong Kong 01)

In the latest plan, the Kau Yi Chau artificial island will be divided into three islands, and the Tuen Mun cross-sea railway will pass through two of them, and an environmentally friendly collective transportation system will be set up to connect the three islands.

Tian Beichen pointed out that according to his knowledge, the Bureau has no environmental protection transportation plan. "It may be light rail, it may be a car, there are many ways."

In addition, the Development Affairs Committee of the Legislative Council was originally scheduled to discuss the study of artificial islands next Monday (19th). Chairman Xie Weiquan said earlier that because the topic is relatively controversial, it is safer to allow members more time to digest the information, so it has been postponed to December 29th.

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