Evolution of the Hong Kong MTR 1910-2022 (animation)

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  • Опубліковано 2 вер 2022
  • An animation that shows the expansion of the HongKong MTR starting from the opening of the KCR line in 1910.
    #hongkong #china #metro
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  • @ktho97930
    @ktho97930 Рік тому +191

    I am a Hongkonger. I am a bit touched to see the progress and development of my city over the time period of more than a century through the lens of railway development in this video. Thanks for your good work!

    • @muhammadfariz2839
      @muhammadfariz2839 Рік тому +3

      Is there some progress for Kai Tak Monorail?
      Anyway, I think about what if MTR build Whampoa - North Point Tunnel? So they can make Kwung Tong Line a circle line. I also think about what if they convert Peak Tram into metro standard train (example: Lyon Metro Line C) and merge it with East Rail/Tsuen Wan Line, or one of them merge with South Island Line. Are those three ideas possible?
      And I think it's better for Tseung Kwan O Line to extend to the south, maybe until Ocean Park Station.

    • @RT-qk6jg
      @RT-qk6jg Рік тому

      What’s a hongkonger?

    • @isaaciscool99969
      @isaaciscool99969 Рік тому +2

      @@RT-qk6jg Person living in Hong kong

    • @AidenLo
      @AidenLo Рік тому +2

      以前紅磡叫做九龍😂

    • @OO1partTV
      @OO1partTV Рік тому

      I'm Hong Kong Too

  • @Yamato725_YT
    @Yamato725_YT Рік тому +28

    A Great Thank You From Hong Kong! 謝謝你!
    (香港人麻煩like吓XD)

    • @jonseilim4321
      @jonseilim4321 Рік тому +3

      所以新加坡人不可以+1?[doge]

    • @Yamato725_YT
      @Yamato725_YT Рік тому +4

      @@jonseilim4321 冇話唔得喎QQ

  • @MaxCheng95
    @MaxCheng95 Рік тому +167

    YES! Finally my second bucket list is up. Thanks a bunch
    A correction here: Mong Kok East was called Mong Kok by the KCR until it merges with MTR. There were actually two Mong Kok stations coexist simultaneously.

    • @MetroLiner
      @MetroLiner  Рік тому +27

      Yay! Was the other one Taipei?
      Is there any other city you would like to see?

    • @MaxCheng95
      @MaxCheng95 Рік тому +24

      @@MetroLiner Yeah, the other one is Taipei. There are several system in my mind but most of them are too small for a good sizable video. But I do hope for a remake for some older systems like New York or Beijing for higher quality

    • @Nina-ed2ju
      @Nina-ed2ju Рік тому +4

      You forgot cablecar

    • @hongkonger885
      @hongkonger885 Рік тому +5

      @@Nina-ed2ju nah I wouldn’t consider the cable car as a ‘metro’ after all

    • @kingmine
      @kingmine Рік тому +6

      you made a naming mistakes here
      tuen ma line was called tuen ma line phase 1 before merging to west rail line

  • @toshiyukiaramori8288
    @toshiyukiaramori8288 Рік тому +76

    Great work but a little miss:
    The East Rail Line once had a short Wo Hop Shek branch from Fanling to Wo Hop Shek, which is mainly used for transporting corpses to the cemetery located there
    Which is closed shortly before full electrification of the line in 1983

    • @Timberlakenothere
      @Timberlakenothere Рік тому +1

      睇小薯茄先知😂

    • @manlimho9125
      @manlimho9125 Рік тому +2

      Was going to say that too! It was an interesting part of the railway history.

  • @1UPWonders
    @1UPWonders Рік тому +143

    Always love these videos! It feels like nothing really happened until the 70’s and 80’s and then suddenly an explosion of growth in the lines and network. Also I forgot there’s a Disneyland in Hong Kong lol 😅

    • @mccammell4470
      @mccammell4470 Рік тому +18

      Cuz the population starts growing after the 1950s, before that time Hong Kong doesn’t quite need a mass transit

    • @hongkonger885
      @hongkonger885 Рік тому +7

      No wonder you will forget it, it’s the smallest in the whole world

    • @fresagrus4490
      @fresagrus4490 Рік тому +5

      If you want an explanation: people romanticize Hong Kong's period as a british possession but the thing is their disregard for it as merely a colony. It had no sort executive or legislative elections at all, just an appointed governor as if it was a department of a company.
      The difference of investment after China regained it is visible. It still has serious problems such as its precarious housing situation but in british days it literally had slums.
      If this isn't visible enough in the video already, Hong Kong becomes China in 1997

    • @matthewfong2976
      @matthewfong2976 Рік тому +40

      @@fresagrus4490 ccp bot moment

    • @csy9366
      @csy9366 Рік тому

      @@fresagrus4490 Life was definitely better before 1997, there was proper consultation, and freedom of speech and rally are protected. CCP bots and leftist like to make everything "housing problem", huh. It worked in USSR and China, but it won't work here. You cannot brainwash us and rile us up against the landlord because we are not ignorant to history. The best you can do is to use force to silence and arrest us.

  • @ulysseslee9541
    @ulysseslee9541 Рік тому +32

    Some detail information:
    In detail, there are several rail track changes at KCR East Rail Line, such as Hung Hum to Lo Wu change to double track during electrification(1975-1983),
    new high speed track (allow train run in 80-120kmh) to replace the old, sharp turn track along Tolu Harbour (from new Tai Po Market to Ma Liu Shui/University)

  • @ChadWSmith
    @ChadWSmith Рік тому +30

    COOL! I haven't been down to HK since January 2020. It's good to know the next time I go I can take the East Rail Line all the way to the Island Line. That's going to save me some walking to be sure! I did not expect anything to have been built or expanded since 2018.

    • @ESC_jackqulen
      @ESC_jackqulen Рік тому +5

      I haven't been since 2019 so I am as excited as you are. The east rail line expansion (commonly known as the "4th harbour crossing line" in Chinese) was planned as early as the 2000s. The B1M channel made a really good video about the whole construction and the reason that came behind it (over reliance of tsuen Wan line)

  • @easternhouse
    @easternhouse Рік тому +8

    Large population in Pok Fu Lam, Cyber Port, Wah Fu Estate, Aberdeen in Hong Kong Island South have been waiting MTR for over 10 years… 😓😓😓

  • @sangyoonsim
    @sangyoonsim Рік тому +18

    I love train line connecting together!

  • @hermanseville1885
    @hermanseville1885 Рік тому +16

    I am dying to visit Hong Kong again once they announce they will open borders and accept tourists. Every year I would visit them to ride their MTRs, ding ding trams and buses till Covid happened. Hoping to step into my second home city again soon.

  • @munmunyee
    @munmunyee Рік тому

    I've been waiting for this for a long, long time. Thank you!

  • @harang9759
    @harang9759 Рік тому

    Yay! I’ve been waiting for this video to come. Thank you for fulfilling my dreams!

  • @tonai
    @tonai Рік тому +9

    I really love your work. You may be one of my fav channels by now. I wish there was a metro in Krakow so you could make a video abt it...

  • @yichengmetro
    @yichengmetro Рік тому +7

    What a great work! I also hope you can make a video of Guangzhou Metro in your free time!

  • @user-ex3nr4tk2c
    @user-ex3nr4tk2c 8 місяців тому +2

    I am amazed to know how much of the MTR was built after 1997 (not before)!

  • @CheukTheGreatestOfEverything
    @CheukTheGreatestOfEverything 9 місяців тому +1

    The day at 28/12/2016, I was the first 30 people to go on the south island line. I was so honoured.

  • @Conellossus
    @Conellossus Рік тому +1

    Great video! I hope you do Chicago soon!!

  • @tntmaster1104
    @tntmaster1104 Рік тому +1

    Keep up the good work with all these videos

  • @DanChan-qb2ec
    @DanChan-qb2ec Рік тому +4

    Very accurate timeline, nice video

  • @kelvinho4615
    @kelvinho4615 Рік тому

    Thank you for the hard work

  • @hongkonger885
    @hongkonger885 Рік тому +14

    The fact that Hong Kong is so small, so the MTR has not much to work on right now. But there are a few proposals: the east Kowloon line, north island line, South Island line (west), northern link, tung Chung west extension, and the tuen men south extension. Currently none of these are being built

    • @stalexeve
      @stalexeve Рік тому +9

      Hong Kong is not small there is only too much hills and stuff. I think MTR much too much focus on new towns and ignore the old things

    • @Bopper_
      @Bopper_ Рік тому

      @@stalexeve no

    • @kingmine
      @kingmine Рік тому +1

      @@stalexeve yea, definitely too much hills

    • @vincentng2392
      @vincentng2392 Рік тому +1

      Unfortunately there's no direct link (not through Kowloon) between Tsuen Wan and Sha Tin.

  • @wheymiyoch3284
    @wheymiyoch3284 Рік тому +2

    I am a Canadian from HK. I missed those developments in HK. Thank you for the video.

  • @py8554
    @py8554 Рік тому +12

    Back in 1911, it’s definitely not called Mong Kok East. It should be Yaumatei and later changed to Mongkok. “East” was added to distinguish it from the MTR Mongkok station when MTR and KCR merged.

  • @EmperorKingBlackKnightKeisuke2
    @EmperorKingBlackKnightKeisuke2 Місяць тому

    I'm giving to you making this map evolutions this map.
    1000/10!

  • @FusionZenFlame
    @FusionZenFlame Рік тому

    Yay I've been waiting on this! :D

  • @leobragaurbe
    @leobragaurbe Рік тому +3

    Yayyy I've waited for like one year for this video ✨✨

  • @pbworld7858
    @pbworld7858 Рік тому +4

    I just came back from HK. To go to the airport from Kowloon, I took the MTR to Tung Chung then it was a short cheap bus ride to the airport. Saved a lot of money that way. Much cheaper than the Airport Express, and cheaper and quicker than a direct bus from Kowloon. All in all, MTR is great. Efficient, clean and cheap. So glad KCR merged with MTR.

  • @MatchGuy
    @MatchGuy Рік тому

    Finally let goo bro u finally makes Hong Kong MTR next can u expand about LRT because LRT have tons of lines even expand the future of MTR

  • @alisonhui
    @alisonhui Рік тому +2

    Yau Ma Tei station was called Waterloo since it was on Waterloo Road.

  • @HEDBusMTRChannel
    @HEDBusMTRChannel Рік тому +5

    Also, Tuen Ma Line here!

  • @sfsstandwithhk1375
    @sfsstandwithhk1375 Рік тому +2

    Has a railway serving Wo Hop Shek Public Cemetery at the past but just a single station.
    Before WWII has tram serving North Hong Kong Island, has cable car from dock to Mount Parker Hill build by dock company at late 18th century closed at 1930's(before WWII to 50's Hong Kong is one of main ship building center at Far East.)
    and Peak Tram serve from late 18th century to now.

  • @frankcheung99
    @frankcheung99 9 місяців тому +1

    This is amazing! I used to live in Hong Kong, between 1982 to 1990.

  • @kelvintuenmaline7989
    @kelvintuenmaline7989 Рік тому +3

    Thank You

  • @miguellucido2113
    @miguellucido2113 Рік тому

    5:58 I remember this line for October or November 2019 for live the station at DRL and all ahead the bus shuttle to the hotel 🥳

  • @adriannleungg
    @adriannleungg Рік тому +5

    So proud of my city 🇭🇰

  • @OriginStudio2021
    @OriginStudio2021 Рік тому +9

    MTR!!!

  • @mccammell4470
    @mccammell4470 Рік тому +4

    Thanks for making Hong Kong’s

    • @mccammell4470
      @mccammell4470 Рік тому

      Here are some reminders:
      At the start, Tai Po Kau Station should be named 大埔 Tai Po, KCR renamed it to 大埔滘 Tai Po Kau at 1966
      There’s also a Wo Hop Shek Branch operates by KCR that runs between Fanling and Wo Hop Shek (South of Fanling), the branch opened in 1949 and closed in 1983
      Tung Chung Line opened at 22/6/1998, instead of 21/6/1998

  • @hongkonger885
    @hongkonger885 Рік тому +3

    6:14 sha tau kok branch line’s stations revives for a few frames

    • @windowsmercurySP10
      @windowsmercurySP10 Місяць тому

      The Sha Tau Kok brench line is sus,the line is dead, but their stations revived?!?

  • @Mr.Czech214
    @Mr.Czech214 Рік тому +1

    hi great video and can you do Prague?

  • @Aiden8-bits
    @Aiden8-bits Рік тому +3

    My favourite station is Exhibition centre because there's a nuclear bomb from World War 2 in the station that the workers found while working.

    • @BloggerAndyLeung
      @BloggerAndyLeung Рік тому +2

      It is just bomb, not nuclear bomb 😅
      It was American ANM65 bomb found in the station construction site

    • @Aiden8-bits
      @Aiden8-bits Рік тому

      @@BloggerAndyLeung oh

  • @haru323
    @haru323 Рік тому +1

    漢字があってわかりやすい😆

  • @AngryMarrow
    @AngryMarrow Рік тому +2

    Again asking to do Evolution of Tbilisi Metro.
    Nice vids BTW.

  • @R211Kawasaki
    @R211Kawasaki Рік тому +4

    YAY THX

  • @philoq579
    @philoq579 Рік тому

    Yes you finally made a Hong Kong one

  • @kachai
    @kachai Рік тому

    Thank you

  • @elbandano2721
    @elbandano2721 11 місяців тому

    The Sha Tau Kok remind me the Catskills NY Railway (that was closed by the construction of highway and the bus and truck services)

  • @Nikita_Prime
    @Nikita_Prime Рік тому +5

    Please do Bangkok subway🇹🇭

  • @Chestnut5113
    @Chestnut5113 Рік тому +3

    yess finally hong kong mtr
    the bgm is so fantasy

  • @cmrocarlitosmanuelronquill1020

    Excelent video

  • @hiko3549
    @hiko3549 Рік тому

    Wow thx

  • @remaG_xolboR_eht_auhsohJkraM
    @remaG_xolboR_eht_auhsohJkraM Рік тому +3

    Nice

  • @universe1879
    @universe1879 Рік тому +1

    6:27 LOHAS park extends from Tseung Kwan O line, not Po Lam

  • @alankwongwailun
    @alankwongwailun Рік тому +1

    information mistake, Wo Hop Shek Branch Line started service in 11 May, 1950 and ended in 10 April, 1983.

  • @dixonkwan7868
    @dixonkwan7868 Рік тому +2

    Oh wait, does the high speed railway count as a part of the system? Though I really don’t like the high speed rail but it is officially organizing by MTR for HK section

  • @santa07_
    @santa07_ Рік тому

    can you do lisbon or porto in a further video : )?

  • @SubwayLoverLing
    @SubwayLoverLing 10 місяців тому

    香港的港岛电车,轻铁,太平山顶缆车,昂平360缆车,海洋公园缆车,机场APM,启德环保运输系统也很有趣

  • @onon99_doggo
    @onon99_doggo Рік тому

    this is incredible

  • @NexoProTC
    @NexoProTC Рік тому +5

    For Asia, what about making Tashkent metro ?

  • @user-ge7qp4jq7z
    @user-ge7qp4jq7z 5 місяців тому

    Awesome metro liner

  • @saya680
    @saya680 Рік тому +3

    屯馬開通真的很興奮~

    • @tadd8858
      @tadd8858 Рік тому +2

      紅磡過海真的很興奮

  • @mdtorres_76
    @mdtorres_76 Рік тому

    I miss HongKong -> Central, Admiralty, Tsim Sha Tsui, Jordan... Mongkok... until Tsuen Wan.... I was based in HongKong from 1999 to 2022. Great to see Admiralty Station became one of the Subway Hubs.

  • @yusufmertustun
    @yusufmertustun Рік тому +3

    Istanbul and Tbilisi would be great as a your video :))

  • @squidgame2021
    @squidgame2021 Рік тому +4

    Great visualisation! Just wanted to know the reason behind not capitalising 'line' for the MTR lines (eg Kwun Tong line instead of Kwun Tong Line), because you did capitalise it in your other videos. If you are referring to Wikipedia, that site is wrong by the way.
    Capitalising suggests 'line' is part of the proper name for MTR lines and should be listed in the key as Tsuen Wan Line, Kwun Tong Line, Island Line, Tung Chung Line etc instead of Tsuen Wan, Kwun Tong, Island, Tung Chung etc. Even if this is not and line is only a common noun, this is good practice as these names on its own will more likely refer to the station rather than the line.

  • @sarahsarah-go9ks
    @sarahsarah-go9ks Місяць тому

    好好睇

  • @HEDBusMTRChannel
    @HEDBusMTRChannel Рік тому +5

    MTR!

  • @laujunming4152
    @laujunming4152 Рік тому +7

    Yikes, the Sha Tau Kok railway has a wacky alignment, especially between Wo Hang and Shek Chung Au. Was that because of Hong Kong’s mountainous terrain?

    • @hommagat2587
      @hommagat2587 Рік тому +2

      Yes

    • @pbworld7858
      @pbworld7858 Рік тому

      @@hommagat2587 What is at Sha Tau Kok nowadays? So it's not worth having a railway line there now? I wonder whether it would be worth having a rail link to Sai Kung.

    • @hommagat2587
      @hommagat2587 Рік тому

      @@pbworld7858 basically nothing, there are buses running there tho so no point having a railway line

  • @am5b20
    @am5b20 Рік тому +2

    If the landscape of the map can also change together, this will be much more impressing

  • @Johncstudio
    @Johncstudio Рік тому

    THX

  • @tuberhang0902
    @tuberhang0902 Рік тому +3

    Where's wo ha shek branch in 20th century?

  • @yatstransportbureau8848
    @yatstransportbureau8848 Місяць тому

    2:28 When they split into two lines, I just want to know how the trains on the Tseun Wan Line turn back after terminating at Mong Kok? I know that the Up and Down line platforms in Mong Kok are in different levels and have no crossover between them.

  • @narchia161
    @narchia161 Рік тому

    Can you do Hamburg next please?

  • @Joao-dp2tr
    @Joao-dp2tr Рік тому +1

    Lisbon or Porto next please!!

  • @chttam
    @chttam Рік тому +16

    I'd like to correct something here
    Actually Mong Kok (Underground one), Yau Ma Tei and Central were called Argyle, Waterloo and Chater. They renamed as current names after Island Line was opened. At the same time, Lai Wan renamed as Mei Foo (This name is from the Chinese translation of Exxon Mobil😂)
    Before Tsuen Wan Line was opened, Kwun Tong Line was called Modified Initial System. Red colour was used to represent it. "Kwun Tong Line" didn't exist before the separation. Mong Kok and Yau Ma Tei were opened later than Jordan and Tsim Sha Tsui.
    Initially Mong Kok East was called Yaumatei before 1969, and Mong Kok before 2007.
    Light Rail Tin Wing Station was called Tin Shui Wai before West Rail was opened. It was a terminal station with 7 platforms. Now it has 2 platforms only because other platforms were demolished for building houses.

    • @Aiden8-bits
      @Aiden8-bits Рік тому

      My favourite station name is Austin and it sounded like poo in chinese

    • @kingmine
      @kingmine Рік тому

      + its called tuen ma line phase 1 before combining west rail line

    • @Aiden8-bits
      @Aiden8-bits Рік тому

      @@kingmine You know I'm a Hong Konger right

    • @chttam
      @chttam Рік тому

      @@Aiden8-bits I'm Hongkonger too

    • @kingmine
      @kingmine Рік тому

      @@Aiden8-bits ye, me too

  • @nickfarhanipour1035
    @nickfarhanipour1035 Рік тому

    Can you do Sydney next please

  • @kaitsunjohnwashingtonfung4552
    @kaitsunjohnwashingtonfung4552 9 місяців тому

    The Wo Hop Shek branch from 1950s until 1983 had been missed out.
    And Mong Kok East was initially named as Yaumatei, renamed as Mong Kok in mid-1960s, and again renamed as Mong Kok East on 02 Dec 2007 when KCR was merged into the MTR.

  • @MatheusKulik
    @MatheusKulik Рік тому +2

    please do Buenos Aires, first metro system of the south hemisphere

  • @aapaavishu
    @aapaavishu Рік тому

    Dose anyone know how to animate these lines? What applications to use and where can I learn?

  • @jacobringenwald
    @jacobringenwald Рік тому +1

    You should do Philadelphia at some point

  • @kaitsunjohnwashingtonfung4552
    @kaitsunjohnwashingtonfung4552 9 місяців тому

    Note that Fo Tan and Racecourse are actually in two separate loops.

  • @KaplaWorld
    @KaplaWorld Рік тому +2

    Hong Kong MTR
    East Rail Line 1910
    Kwun Tong Line 1972
    Tsuen Wang Line 1982
    Island Line 1985
    Light Rail 1988
    Tung Chung Line 1998
    Airport Express 1998
    Tseung Kwan O Line 2002
    Tuen Ma Line 2003
    Disneyland Resort Line 2005
    South Island Line 2016

    • @HWLui
      @HWLui Рік тому

      Tuen ma line wasn't open since 2003,but it was open in 2021

    • @HWLui
      @HWLui Рік тому

      So you should probably put tml on second to last

    • @KaplaWorld
      @KaplaWorld 11 місяців тому

      @@HWLui It was first named Ma On Shan Line then in 2020 it Renamed Tuen Ma Line Before West Rail Line Was converted

  • @DevilErnest
    @DevilErnest Рік тому

    Didn’t know the island line was relatively new when I first took it at around 5 years old. Getting old LOL

  • @MCBlackCZ
    @MCBlackCZ Рік тому +4

    PLEASE DO PRAGUE METRO

  • @MarcusMoMain
    @MarcusMoMain Рік тому

    Yes finally

  • @jjii908
    @jjii908 Рік тому

    精彩

  • @joeonnmalaysia
    @joeonnmalaysia Рік тому

    Please do Kuala Lumpur!!!

  • @user-OuO87OuO
    @user-OuO87OuO Рік тому +3

    who is hong kong people
    ⬇️

  • @kelvintuenmaline7989
    @kelvintuenmaline7989 Рік тому +3

    But not shown wo hop shek spur line.

  • @fusionreactor7179
    @fusionreactor7179 Рік тому +1

    Do İstanbul please, extend it to 2040 too

  • @gooddogfish
    @gooddogfish Рік тому +1

    Missing out High Speed Railway.

  • @rain-vo8ib
    @rain-vo8ib Рік тому +3

    pls do manila

  • @klmok5499
    @klmok5499 5 місяців тому

    Why there is a Bank Of China Tower in the Exit J of Central station?

  • @user-OuO87OuO
    @user-OuO87OuO Рік тому +1

    7:12 in kai tak,you are few words 啟

  • @HEYTORCED0R
    @HEYTORCED0R Рік тому

    Faz um vídeo da supervia pfv

  • @OO1partTV
    @OO1partTV Рік тому

    Mong Kok-Argyle Yaumatei-Waterloo Mongkok East-Mong Kok

  • @NalanzFCandAviationemojicats
    @NalanzFCandAviationemojicats Рік тому +1

    Well United KCR was missed a lot

  • @jakin3035
    @jakin3035 Рік тому +1

    I am from Hong Kong

  • @SeanGeeE
    @SeanGeeE Рік тому

    Excellent animation, but the map back then should be different due to reclamation.

  • @jacoanimationstudio-di7hi
    @jacoanimationstudio-di7hi 3 місяці тому

    If I had a dollar for every time an urban railway and/or subway system skipped a racecourse station on one side, I’d have two dollars, which isn’t a lot but weird it happened twice…

  • @maxcheung9348
    @maxcheung9348 Рік тому

    好像曾經有和合石支線?

  • @raelneto525
    @raelneto525 Рік тому +2

    Sao Paulo/Brazil subway please