Talk:West Rail line

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 * Currently the West Rail provides local service on its own. No inter-city service is offered, making it effectively more like a metro instead of a commuter railway, although it was built in commuter railway standard, and was expected to accomodate other trains in future.

The distinction is not entirely clear (and useful), and at least some viewed that the metro should be primarily underground. Furthermore West rail is intended to join East rail as an integral system which is regarded as a sub-urban system crossing non-urban areas. The statement (commentary in nature) is therefore not desirable. -Hlaw 09:19, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)


 * Please discuss before moving, deleting or reverting.
 * The statement was descriptive rather than commentary. --14:12, December 8, 2004 (UTC)

Yes, this section is not clear. Does 'local service' mean 'stopping service' (ie. in which trains stop at every station) and 'inter-city service' mean not stopping at every station? What are the 'other trains' mentioned? The above comment was over two years ago, so is anyone else looking at this?! Earthlyreason 09:01, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

It is not necessary for a metro to operate underground. For example the Kwun Tong Line which is part overground part underground. The West rail stops as every station. The west rail was over designed so it appears to be a commuter rail, but the areas it connects are densely populated new developed areas. Someonewhoisgood (talk) 04:42, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

No. of Trains
The number of trains for West Rail (Hong Kong) should be 22 instead of 23.

TfD nomination of Template:West Rail infobox
Template:West Rail infobox has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the template's entry on the Templates for Deletion page. Thank you. Slambo (Speak) 17:42, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

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West rail is a rapid transit.
The areas that the west rail line connect are high density NDAs, not "suburbs" except for Kam Sheung Road station. The frequency on the west rail is quite high. In fact, the West rail ticks a lot of the boxes of a rapid transit. It really isnt fit to be a commuter rail. Someonewhoisgood (talk) 04:35, 2 February 2021 (UTC)

The Route Section
I believe, that since the West Rail Line is part of The Tuen Ma Line, there should also be a modified route section that includes the Wu Kai Sha-Hung Hom section for The Tuen Ma line as well.