PR104/15 3 December 2015 MTR Festive Discount and Enhanced Train Services in December Add Enjoyment to the Holidays Christmas is coming! To add more joy to the seasonal celebrations, the MTR Corporation will offer the new MTR Festive Discount for domestic journeys 1 on the MTR on 26 and 27 December 2015, allowing Adult Octopus holders to enjoy concessionary fares equal to Child Octopus fares while other concessionary Octopus holders will pay a flat fare of $1 per journey. In addition, to provide more convenience to Christmas shoppers, a package of train service enhancements will kick off this Sunday (6 December 2015). MTR Festive Discount is the Corporation s new initiative to bring more cheer to passengers when they travel in the MTR during festive seasons. We heard from our passengers how much they appreciated our special Lunar New Year promotion earlier this year, so we are launching the MTR Festive Discount for six designated festive days over the next 12 months with 26 and 27 December being the first two designated days of the promotion, said Ms Jeny Yeung, Commercial Director of MTR Corporation. As the holiday season is always full of fun and excitement with Christmas activities, extra shopping and gatherings with friends and families, train services will be stepped up to ensure that our passengers can travel with ease to fully enjoy the festivities, said Dr Jacob Kam, Operations Director of MTR Corporation. More than 1,400 extra train trips will be operated for the holiday season including: Train service enhancements on Sundays, public holidays and the Winter Solstice in the month of December. Overnight train service will be provided on Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve on all MTR lines (except Airport Express, Disneyland Resort Line and some Light Rail) for the convenience of members of the public who wish to stay out late on those nights. 168 additional train trips will be operated on 26 and 27 December 2015 for smooth and comfortable journeys during the MTR Festive Discount period. (Please see details in Annex.) 1 Including Light Rail and MTR Bus but not including Airport Express, MTR Feeder Bus, journeys to or from Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations and East Rail Line First Class. -more-
Apart from the Christmas period, the MTR Festive Discount promotion will be also be offered next year at Lunar New Year (9 and 10 February 2016) and Easter (25 and 26 March 2016). -End- About MTR Corporation MTR Corporation is regarded as one of the world s leading railway operators for safety, reliability, customer service and cost efficiency. In its home base of Hong Kong, the Corporation operates nine commuter railway lines, a Light Rail network and a high-speed Airport Express link on which more than 5.4 million passenger trips are made on a normal week day. Another 4.9 million passenger trips are made on the rail services it operates outside Hong Kong in the Mainland of China, the United Kingdom, Sweden and Australia. In addition, the Corporation is involved in a range of railway construction projects as well as railway consultancy and contracting services around the world. Leveraging on its railway expertise, the Corporation is involved in the development of transit-related residential and commercial property projects, property management, shopping malls leasing and management, advertising media and telecommunication services. For more information about MTR Corporation, please visit www.mtr.com.hk.
A. Details of Train Service Enhancements during Christmas and New Year Holidays Annex i) Train service on Sundays & Christmas in December For the convenience of members of the public going out to shop for the holidays, train service on the Tsuen Wan Line, Kwun Tong Line and Island Line will be enhanced starting from this Sunday (6 December 2015). Sundays & Public Holidays (6, 13, 20 and 25 December 2015) Island Line Kwun Tong Line Tsuen Wan Line 8:00pm to 11:00pm 4.2 minutes 44 ii) Winter Solstice and the Friday before Christmas Train service will also be strengthened in the afternoon of the Friday before Christmas (18 December 2015) and Winter Solstice (22 December 2015). 18 and 22 December 2015 3:00pm to 4:15pm Tsuen Wan Line 2 minutes 34 3:00pm to 4:50pm Kwun Tong Line 2.2 minutes 40 Island Line 2.1 minutes 44 Tseung Kwan O Line (North Point Tseung Kwan O) (Tseung Kwan O Po Lam) (Tseung Kwan O LOHAS Park) 22 December 2015 East Rail Line (Hung Hom Lo Wu) (Hung Hom Lok Ma Chau) 2.2 minutes 3.3 minutes 7 minutes 3:00pm to 5:00pm 10 minutes 4:00pm to 5:00pm 35 6 Tung Chung Line (Hong Kong Tung Chung) 4-8 minutes 12 (Hong Kong Tsing Yi) 3- West Rail Line 3. 12
4:00pm to 5:40pm Ma On Shan Line 4 minutes 14 iii) Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve (24 & 31 December 2015) 3:00pm to 8:00pm to 4:15pm Tsuen Wan Line 2 minutes 3.6 minutes 58 3:00pm to 4:50pm 8:00pm to Kwun Tong Line 2.2 minutes 3.6 minutes 68 Island Line 2.1 minutes 3.6 minutes 64 Tseung Kwan O Line (North Point Tseung Kwan O) (Tseung Kwan O Po Lam) (Tseung Kwan O LOHAS Park) (North Point Po Lam) (Tiu Keng Leng LOHAS Park) East Rail Line (Hung Hom Lo Wu) (Hung Hom Lok Ma Chau) Tung Chung Line (Hong Kong Tung Chung) (Hong Kong Tsing Yi) West Rail Line 2.2 minutes 3.3 minutes 7 minutes -- 10 minutes 4:00pm to 5:00pm 4-8 minutes 3-7:30pm to 11:20pm 4 minutes MTR Overnight Service (24 & 31 December 2015) to 1:30am to 1:30am 2:30am Island Line 3.6 minutes Kwun Tong Line 3.6 minutes 3.6 minutes Tsuen Wan Line 2.9 minutes 3.6 minutes -- 4.1 minutes 12 minutes 64 -- 6 8:00pm to 6 minutes 36 11:20pm to 3. 2:30am to 3:30am 36 12 3:30am to 6:00am 3.6 minutes 8 minutes 10 minutes
to 2:30am 2:30am to 3:30am 3:30am to 6:00am Tseung Kwan O Line (North Point - Po Lam) 8 minutes 10 minutes (Tiu Keng Leng - LOHAS Park) 12 minutes 12 minutes 1 Tung Chung Line to 2:00am 8 minutes 6 minutes 2:00am to 6:00am 12 minutes 12:00am to 2:00am 2:00am to 3:30am 3:30am to 5:30am Ma On Shan Line 6. 10 minutes 1 East Rail Line* (Hung Hom Sheung Shui) to 1:30am 1:30am to 3:00am 3:00am to 5:30am 6 minutes (31Dec) 10 minutes 8 minutes *Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau stations will close at the usual time 1 West Rail Line to 1:30am 1:30am to 3:00am 3:00am to 5:30am 10 minutes 8 minutes 1 3. Disneyland Resort Line The Disneyland Resort Line service will close as usual at 12:45am on Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve. MTR Bus MTR bus routes 506 and K51 feeding the West Rail Line will extend service to 2am on Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve with buses running at 10 to 15-minute intervals. Light Rail Light Rail Routes 505, 507, 610, 614P, 615P, 706 and 751 will run throughout the night on Christmas Eve and New Year s Eve at 10 to 16-minute intervals. iv) Christmas Days: 25 to 27 December 2015 12:00pm to 1:00pm 5:00pm to 8:00pm Disneyland Resort Line 46
v) Airport Express For the convenience of those travelling overseas, Airport Express service will be enhanced as follows: Service Details 22-24 December 2015 The first train departs from Hong Kong Station at 5am (50 minutes earlier than normal service) and at 5:26am from AsiaWorld-Expo Station. 27 December 2015, 1 and 3 January 2016 The last train departs from AsiaWorld-Expo Station (via Airport Station) at 1:25am (40 minutes later than normal service) B. Details of Train Service Enhancements for Festive Promotion on 26 & 27 December 2015 Island Line Kwun Tong Line Tsuen Wan Line 8:00pm to 11:00pm 4.2 minutes 44 8:30pm to 11:30pm West Rail Line 4 minutes 40 -End-