Hong Kong's $11BN Underwater Railway Explained

Hong Kong's MTR just got a whole lot bigger.

Narrator - Fred Mills
Producer - Ian Parkin
Video Editing and Graphics - James Durkin
Executive Producers - Fred Mills and Jaden Urbi

Additional footage and images courtesy of MTR, Railic HK, David W Photography, Minecraft MTR Server, Kinson Studio, TVB News and CCTV.

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[Samuel_J]

There's something really wholesome seeing the enthusiasm of so many people excited about the opening of an infrastructure project (or any project).

[Khaled]

It makes us construction workers really proud of our work when we see such enthusiasm from the public after completion of a project.

[MrNimblemouse]

The treatment of Jason Poon after this was shocking. He saved many lives by speaking out. If the structure collapsed the company would have been liable and the consequences much worse than what Jason Poon did.

[jimmeade]

I was involved in a project to upgrade East Rail 20-25 years ago. It's refreshing to see how that was just a step in improving Hong Kong's rail transportation network.

[dandan]

As a Hong Konger, it's incredible seeing videos like this on one side, so enthusiastic, so epic. But then on the other side if you listen to the news every day in Hong Kong, you hear about the constant over budget, and MTR (a publicly traded company with majority government share holding) asking the government for money as easy as a bottomless bank account with basically no repercussion when being over budget every single time there's a project.

Then they send all their contractual work to Leighton (the company involved in the cutting short of rebars in this video), and have the design as well as the environment impact assessment all being handled by one company and claimed there's no problem with conflict of interest.

But what can we really do, right? I still ride it for convenience. You do get a different perspective living daily in Hong Kong with MTR.

[aaronkei]

Thanks for inviting me to talk about how the enthusiasts showing their love on railway.

The Shatin-Central Link is one of the important railway projects in Hong Kong, and forming two critical railway corridors-Tuen Ma Line and the East Rail Line Extension connecting the Fourth Harbour Crossing Railway. The new railways might bring convenience to railway passengers, and it should also be a good opportunity for the Hong Kong Government to rationalise the public transport network (but not just cancelling bus routes or reducing the frequencies of buses).

As mentioned in other interviews conducted in Cantonese, I always question that: is railway-oriented transportation policy the only or the best solution for commuters in Hong Kong?

[shayan_idk]

something about seeing everyone so excited for the new train line makes me SO happy. its like new-iphone-launch levels of hype, except for something that is actually way more substantial and life-changing. infrastructure projects are way underrated, a lot more projects deserve similar fan-fare

[purplerabbit]

Gotta tip our hat to that subcontractor for whistleblowing, takes a lot of balls to do that.

[himtang]

As a Hong Konger I'm so deeply impressed by the depth of research in the engineering side and also the memes. Guess a lot of us don't even know and appreciate the engineering work done there, so thanks a lot for spreading it and also the banging tunes around.

[KinsonStudio]

Thank you for including us in the video! We've also been really excited for the opening of the East Rail Line Cross-Harbour Extension! 紅磡接通港島超興奮！

[unvergebeneid]

I wish there was so much enthusiasm for public transportation projects in more countries!

[hksoundpro]

I can drive to work in 1-2 hours, depending on traffic. Round trip, per day including parking, tunnel tolls and fuel is approx HK$400.
If I ride the Tuen Ma line, it's unaffected by road traffic & bad weather, takes a bit less than 1 hour and cost $45 HK$ per day. And no stress from inconsiderate drivers.
Great to have this system available!

[edwardmcdonald]

Love the innovation the world goes through!!

[freeman]

It's crazy how a pointy stone was peak technology at some point, now people can build things like this

[HaydenLau.]

Hong Kong's MTR is insanely efficient. I can't imagine life as a young person without it

[acikacika]

So happy that Hong Kong is progressing further and further. Always found it cool to take the Starferry to the Island, made the trip special everytime, but of course this is such an important line extension.

[kushal]

I've never seen any city get so excited over the construction of a metro line

[dvampofo]

I like that they decided to build an underground system for *_trains/public transit_* (which carries more people per day) instead of for cars.

Great production as always B1M

[ArchOfWinter]

Let's not forget about the discovery of both ancient village and unexploded WW2 ordinances during the construction of the stations. Those served as some less complicated issues than a freaking tunnel, but still, interesting issues surrounding them.

[anthonyscandal]

This is the only channel I don’t mind the ads, because WOW. Every single video is meticulously produced. Thank you 🙏🏼