Light Rail (MTR)

Light Rail
Light Rail
Traditional Chinese	輕鐵
Simplified Chinese	轻铁
Cantonese Yale	Hīngtit
Literal meaning	Light rail
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Qīngtiě
Hakka
Romanization	Khiâng-thiet
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hīngtit
Jyutping	Hing1tit3
IPA	[héːŋ.tʰīːt̚]
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Kheng-thih

Light Rail
輕鐵
Light Rail; 輕鐵
	Two MTR Phase I LRVs at Siu Lun stop
Overview
Other name(s)	Light Rail Transit (LRT), North-West Railway
Status	Operational
Owner	KCR Corporation
Locale	Tuen Mun District; Yuen Long District;
Connecting lines	Tuen Ma line
Stations	68
Color on map	Goldenrod
Service
Type	Light rail
System	MTR
Operator(s)	MTR Corporation
Depot(s)	Tuen Mun
Rolling stock	1 or 2-car high-floor light rail vehicles
History
Opened	18 September 1988
Technical
Line length	36.2 km (22.5 mi)
Character	Elevated; At-grade
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC (Overhead line)
Route map
Route map
	Tuen Ma line
	to Wu Kai Sha
	Fare zone 5A
	Fare zone 4
	Fare zone 5
	Fare zone 4
	Yuen Long District
	Tuen Mun District
	Fare zone 4
	Fare zone 3
	Fare zone 3
	Fare zone 2
	Fare zone 3
	Fare zone 2
	Fare zone 2
	Fare zone 1
	Fare zone 2
	Fare zone 1
	Fare zones are only relevant for single journey Light Rail tickets.; Octopus card fares are loosely based on distance between stops.; The Tuen Ma line uses a separate fare system.

The Light Rail, also known as the Light Rail Transit (LRT), officially the North-West Railway, is a light rail system in Hong Kong, serving the northwestern New Territories, within Tuen Mun District and Yuen Long District. The system operates over 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge track, using 750 V DC overhead power supply. It was once one of four systems comprising the KCR network in Hong Kong, before the MTR–KCR merger in 2007. It has a daily ridership of about 483,000 people. The network is coloured goldenrod on the MTR map.