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The West Island Line (WIL) is an extension of the existing Island Line from Sheung Wan to Kennedy Town. It is about 3 kilometres long with three railway stations at Sai Ying Pun (SYP), HKU and Kennedy Town (KET). The construction works commenced in July 2009. The WIL was commissioned on 28 December 2014 with HKU and KET Stations.
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The Extension of Island line to Western District (previously known as West Island line) is a three-station western extension of the Hong Kong MTR's Island line. Construction of the line began on 10 August 2009, and the two westernmost stations on line opened on 28 December 2014; the intermediary Sai Ying Pun station opened on 29 ...
Ushering in a new era of MTR railway network expansion, the West Island Line Project extends the existing MTR Island Line from Sheung Wan to Kennedy Town. The construction of two tunnels running between Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun Stations was one of the most sophisticated of all the MTR tunnelling works.
- West Island Line Extension Project Background
- MTR’s West Island Line Details
- Lines, Routes and Alignments of The New 3km Long Extension
- Construction Works on The Extension to The Existing 13km Island Line
- Major Contractors Involved in Hong Kong’s Rail Project
The WIL project was proposed with the aim of providing the growing Western District with a safe and reliable railway system. The district is among the few remaining urban areas that are not served by railway. The project enables commuters to reach Sheung Wan from Kennedy Town in just seven minutes. Road transport for the same journey takes between ...
The West Island Line project included the construction of a 3km-long electrified double-track underground railway system with three new stations at Sai Ying Pun, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Kennedy Town. Apart from the underground railway system, the project involved re-provisioning, remedial and improvement works of some existing public ...
The new line starts at Sheung Wan Station of the Island line and ends at the new station at Kennedy Town. It passes through two new stations at Sai Ying Pun and the University of Hong Kong. Both Sai Ying Pun Station and Hong Kong University Station have six entrances, while Kennedy Town Station has three station entrances.
The construction works primarily involved excavation for the tunnels, stations and pedestrian passages. Some of the existing public facilities were reprovisioned while some were temporarily relocated. Tunnel boring machines (TBM) and the drill-and-blast method were used in the construction of tunnels according to the prevailing geological condition...
A joint venture comprised Dragages, Maeda Corporation and Bachy Soletanche Group (BSG) was awarded the contract to build eastbound and westbound running tunnels between Sheung Wan and Sai Ying Pun stations in October 2009. The HK$1.6bn ($206.4m) contract also included the demolition of the existing overrun tunnel at Sheung Wan Station, and construc...
港島綫西延 [2] （英語： Extension of Island Line to Western District ） [3]，工程名稱為「西港島綫」（英語： West Island Line ）是香港鐵路有限公司的鐵路項目，為港島綫第三期的發展項目，亦是在將軍澳線（工程編號為6XX）完工後，下一個採用前地鐵工程
Gammon Construction and Gammon-Nishimatsu WIL Joint Venture have been awarded two contracts by the MTR Corporation for construction of the three railway stations and tunnels at the Western District, which form a major part of the West Island Line (WIL) extended from the existing MTR Island Line.
Central & Western District Council Progress Report of the West Island Line (WIL) Project 1. Introduction This paper provides the latest updates on the West Island Line project and relevant re-provisioning works. 2. Background The construction of WIL began
