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26-01-2014, 06:10 AM
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Seriously i have not taken the SMRT for a long time so after watching Hong Kong's MTR during peak hours, let me know your comparisons and opinions, cheers. :eek:
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100 million tourists by 2023 prediction sparks fears the MTR will not cope
Annual tourist arrivals may hit 100 million in a decade, the government says. Can the city really take so many visitors? In the first of a series of reports, we ask: is the MTR pushing capacity?
PUBLISHED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 3:40am
UPDATED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 6:48pm
Stuart Lau and Ada Lee
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People wait at Admiralty station at rush hour. Photo: Thomas Yau
It can be a worker's hardest job of the day - squeezing into an MTR train during peak hours.
Some see four full trains go by before finally being able to struggle onto the fifth one at Admiralty station, while as many as 1,000 other people continue to line the platform, hoping for better luck with the next train.
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Harassed commuters are asking whether the city's railway system will be able to cope with the government's estimate of 100 million tourists in 2023, as stated last week by Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Greg So Kam-leung.
Experts also expressed doubts, with one saying the city's tourism planning could be among the worst in the world.
"The long queues have been around for so many years without much improvement. It would be magic if you could get on the train easily at 6.30pm," said Raven Wong Kar-yin, 40, an insurance worker waiting for a Tsuen Wan-bound train at Admiralty at that time last Thursday.
Observations showed that on a normal weekday evening, an average of 20 to 50 people queued outside each of the doors on Tsuen Wan-bound trains at Admiralty station, one of the most heavily used routes for cross-harbour commuters, between 6pm and 7pm.
That works out to more than 1,000 people at a time waiting for each of the trains that come every 106 seconds or so at one of the busiest interchange stations.
Watch: Hong Kong's MTR during peak hours
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Seriously i have not taken the SMRT for a long time so after watching Hong Kong's MTR during peak hours, let me know your comparisons and opinions, cheers. :eek:
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100 million tourists by 2023 prediction sparks fears the MTR will not cope
Annual tourist arrivals may hit 100 million in a decade, the government says. Can the city really take so many visitors? In the first of a series of reports, we ask: is the MTR pushing capacity?
PUBLISHED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 3:40am
UPDATED : Friday, 24 January, 2014, 6:48pm
Stuart Lau and Ada Lee
http://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/486x302/public/2014/01/24/mtr_net.jpg?itok=IAJFYZ97
People wait at Admiralty station at rush hour. Photo: Thomas Yau
It can be a worker's hardest job of the day - squeezing into an MTR train during peak hours.
Some see four full trains go by before finally being able to struggle onto the fifth one at Admiralty station, while as many as 1,000 other people continue to line the platform, hoping for better luck with the next train.
https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/486w/public/2014/01/24/01bbd42759ab81fb238170ab567ecdc2.jpg?itok=djZz5yET
Harassed commuters are asking whether the city's railway system will be able to cope with the government's estimate of 100 million tourists in 2023, as stated last week by Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development Greg So Kam-leung.
Experts also expressed doubts, with one saying the city's tourism planning could be among the worst in the world.
"The long queues have been around for so many years without much improvement. It would be magic if you could get on the train easily at 6.30pm," said Raven Wong Kar-yin, 40, an insurance worker waiting for a Tsuen Wan-bound train at Admiralty at that time last Thursday.
Observations showed that on a normal weekday evening, an average of 20 to 50 people queued outside each of the doors on Tsuen Wan-bound trains at Admiralty station, one of the most heavily used routes for cross-harbour commuters, between 6pm and 7pm.
That works out to more than 1,000 people at a time waiting for each of the trains that come every 106 seconds or so at one of the busiest interchange stations.
Watch: Hong Kong's MTR during peak hours