Railway · People's Republic of China
How much would Hong Kong bear for its section of the Express Rail Link?
The Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link is the 26 km underground high-speed railway from West Kowloon to the boundary with Shenzhen, built by the MTR Corporation under an entrustment from the Hong Kong Government, which owns it, with works begun in 2010 and commissioning on 23 September 2018. MTR announced on 30 November 2015 an agreement under which the Government would bear the project cost up to 84.42 billion Hong Kong dollars, an increase of up to 19.42 billion from the original estimate of 65 billion.
Revised budget
HKD 84.42 billion
Approximately $10.89 billion
Cost basis: 2015
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Cost evidence
Basis of the published figure
Revised budget2015
Project metrics
Key dimensions
- Total lengthHighways Department (Hong Kong)
- 26 km
Project record