Tung Chung West (Chinese: 東涌西) is the proposed MTR terminus station of the Tung Chung line, west of Tung Chung, Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong, which would follow on from Tung Chung station. When Yat Tung Estate (Trad. Chinese: 逸東邨) in Tung Chung West was constructed, the MTR Corporation and the Hong Kong SAR Government reserved a site to build the station. Due to insufficient population there, the station has so far not been constructed. If the station does open, it would replace Airport station as the westernmost railway station in Hong Kong.

Tung Chung West 東涌西
Future MTR rapid transit station (Approved, construction begins 2023)
Proposed station site
General information
Location	Tung Chung Islands District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′50″N 113°56′03″E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tung Chung line
Platforms	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Other information
Status	Under planning
Station code	TCW
Website	Tung Chung Line Extension
History
Opening	Expected: 2029; 7 years' time (2029)
Key dates
2020	Planning and design commences
2021	Project gazetted under the Railways Ordinance[1] (amendments in 2022)[2]
2022	Environmental permit approved[3]
2023	Expected commencement of construction
2030	Expected completion of construction
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Future Tung Chung towards Hong Kong Tung Chung line Tung Chung line extension Terminus
Location
Tung Chung West Location within the MTR system

History

On 18 February 2009, the government replied to the Legislative Council that a decision or timetable for the construction of Tung Chung West Station was not available for the time being.[4]

In 2013, Tung Chung West Extension was mentioned in the review and update of the Railway Development Strategy 2000, after the government launched the "Tung Chung New Town Extension Study" in 2012 to further expand and develop Tung Chung New Town.[5] The updated strategy, released in September 2014 as the Railway Development Strategy 2014 (RDS-2014), confirms that planning is indeed underway to build the Tung Chung West extension, and that the projected cost is $6 billion. An "implementation window" of 2020 to 2024 was noted.[6]

The New Lantao Bus company, which currently operates a circular bus route between Yat Tung Estate and Tung Chung station, petitioned the Legislative Council against construction of the new station.[7]

See also

• Tung Chung East station

References