Construction is in full swing of Hong Kong's latest mega rail project, Kowloon Canton Railway Corporation's (KCRC) $US 6.6 billion West Rail phase one which is scheduled to open at the end of 2003.
PHASE one of West Rail will be 30.5km long and is designed to provide the first rail connection between the rapidly-growing north-western New Territories and Kowloon. When West Rail opens in December 2003 it is expected to carry 340,000 passengers a day, rising to 500,000 by 2011.
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