Other benefits for constructing this project are that it would significantly cut journey times for certain trips (for example from Yuen Long to Fanling) 2020: approx. 20 stations When it is completed: approx. 5 stations and significantly reduce costs for these trips, and also relieve the large number of passengers using the East Rail line by diverting some passengers to the West Rail line (now known as the Tuen Ma line).
According to the Railway Development Strategy 2014, a shuttle service between Kam Sheung Road station and Kwu Tung station spanning 10.7 km (6.6 mi) is expected to begin construction in 2018 and be inaugurated in 2023.[3] Construction of Kwu Tung station is scheduled to commence in 2023 with completion due in 2027 while construction of the mainline is planned to begin in 2025 and be completed in 2034.[4]
Land hoarding[]
In July 2021, Liber Research Community found that developers had begun to hoard land alongside the Northern Link line, buying at least 80 hectares of land near the line.[5]
Stations[]
Development of Northern Link was mentioned in the 2021 Policy Address, which a spur line and an extension would be built
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