MTR CORPORATION LIMITED
PR073/14
18 August 2014
On his first working day today (18 August 2014), the new Acting Chief Executive Officer of MTR Corporation, Mr Lincoln Leong, pledged to sharpen the focus on serving Hong Kong. He listed two major missions as his immediate priorities -- continuing to provide Hong Kong with a high quality railway service and delivering the five new railway projects in a safe and timely manner.
"Hong Kong is our home and all of our 16,000 staff here are absolutely dedicated to serving the Hong Kong community," said Mr Leong. "We understand the importance of reliable and comfortable train journeys for our passengers. I'm pleased to report that up to the end of July this year, our 2014 on-time performance continues to be maintained at 99.9%, which is a very high level internationally. But when a delay occurs, we are focusing on quick service recovery to minimise the inconvenience to our passengers."
To improve comfort levels, Mr Leong announced the Corporation will be launching a new round of train service enhancements with a total of 600 weekly train trips to be added to six of the busiest MTR lines starting from 29 August. (Details in Annex 1) The latest enhancement is double the number of train trips added in the first half of the year and brings the total number of train trips added since 2012 to over 2,000.
Seventy-seven of the new train services are being added to support the Early Bird Discount
Promotion Trial Programme (Details in Annex 2) which will be launched on 1 September.
"We hope that the new train services and the trial of the Early Bird Discount Promotion will help to ease some of the crowding during the busy morning peak period," said Mr Leong.
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Photo captions:
1. Acting Chief Executive Officer of MTR Corporation, Mr Lincoln Leong, pledges to sharpen focus on serving Hong Kong.
2. On his first working day as Acting CEO, Mr Lincoln Leong hosts an informal tea reception for media representatives.
Train Service Enhancement 2014
2nd Round 600 Additional Weekly Train Trips
Train service enhancements from 29 August 2014Line | Day | Period | Additional train trips (daily) |
West Rail Line | Friday | 7pm-12am | 8 |
West Rail Line | Saturday | 7pm-12am | 8 |
Line | Day | Period | Additional train trips (daily) |
Island Line | Monday- Friday | 7am - 8am* | 4 |
Island Line | Monday- Friday | 4pm - 5pm | 4 |
Island Line | Monday- Thursday | 8pm - 12am | 16 |
Island Line | Saturday | 2pm -8pm | 56 |
Island Line | Sunday | 4pm -8pm | 18 |
Kwun Tong Line | Monday- Friday | 7am - 8am* | 2 |
Kwun Tong Line | Monday- Friday | 10am -5pm | 27 |
Kwun Tong Line | Sunday | 8am -5pm | 42 |
Tsuen Wan Line | Monday- Friday | 7am - 7:30am* | 2 |
Tsuen Wan Line | Monday- Friday | 10am - 4:30pm | 26 |
Tsuen Wan Line | Sunday | 8am -5pm | 42 |
Tseung Kwan O Line | Monday- Friday | 7am - 7:30am* | 4 |
Tung Chung Line | Saturday & Sunday | 6am -6:30am* | 1 |
Tung Chung Line | Monday- Friday | 6am - 8am* | 3 |
* Early Bird Discount Promotion Trial Programme
Annex 2Early Bird Discount Promotion Trial Programme
Period | From 1 September 2014 to end of May 2015 | ||
Day of week | Mondays to Fridays (except public holidays) | ||
Exit Time At Station | 7:15 am to 8:15 am | ||
Adult Octopus users | Exit from any of 29core urban MTR stations and enjoy 25% fare discount | ||
Core urban MTR stations include: | Tsuen Wan LineCentral to Mei Foo stations | Kwun Tong Line Yau Ma Teito Kowloon Tong stations | Island LineSheung Wan to Tai Koo stations |
Core urban MTR stations include: | East Rail Line Hung Hom to Kowloon Tong stations | Tung Chung Line Hong Kong to Nam Cheong stations | West Rail LineEast Tsim Sha Tsui to Mei Foo stations |
Monthly Pass Extra passengers making onward journeys beyond the valid stations for the Monthly Pass Extra | Enjoy both original 25% fare discount of Monthly Pass Extra + 25% Early Bird Discount in effect an aggregate 44% discount |
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