ENG-hk: Recent Railway Development in HK

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I. Background

Railway is the backbone of Hong Kong's passenger transport system. At present, there has ten railway lines in Hong Kong. They carry over 4.5 million passengers per day. The number is occupancy 38% of all daily transport passengers in Hong Kong.

Now, five strategic railway lines recommended in the Railway Development Strategy 2000 is undergoing. They include the West Island Line (WIL), Hong Kong Section of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), South Island Line (East) (SIL(E)), Kwun Tong Line Extension (KTL) and Shatin to Central Link (SCL). These five railway projects will be completed between 2014 and 2020.

II. Public engagements (reference: HyD’s website)

Recently, the Government is reviewing and updating the Railway Development Strategy 2000. Two public engagements were conducted on July 2012 and May 2013. The first public engagement is focus on the major regional railway corridors, which include the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Express Line, Northern Link and Coastal Railway between Tuen Mun and Tsuen Wan. Moreover, seven local enhancements are suggested according to the findings of the public expectations and the statistic analysis in the second public engagement. They include North Island Line (NIL), Siu Sai Wan Line (SSWL), South Island Line (West) (SIL(W)), Tuen Mun South Extension, Hung Shui Kiu Station, Tunf Chung West Extension and Kwu Tung Station.

II. Information for Shatin Central Link (SCL)

A. Legislative Council

1. PWSC(2012-13)2 – Item for Public Works Subcommittee of Finance Committee

2. The construction cost is estimated to be $79.8 billion (MOD).
B. Highways Department:

1. 《鐵路發展策略2000》Railway Development Strategy 2000

2. Brief of Shatin Central Link (SCL)

3. Gazettal Documents/Plans

4. Cover Story - “Shatin to Central Link (SCL) Snapshots”, Highways Department Newsletter Issue 2/2012;

5. “The Shatin to Central Link and Kwun Tong Line Extension”, Highways Department Newsletter Issue 2/2008

6. XPS

C. MTRCL:

1. Public Consultation and Engagement;

2. Publications and Publicity;

3. Shatin to Central Link Cross Harbour Section - Preliminary Design (Works in Victoria Harbour )

4. Construction Contracts for SCL;

5. Notice of Contract Award.

D. Environment and Heritage Preservation

1. The SCL will pass below some historic buildings, including three historical structures at the former Tai Hom Village (the old pillbox, the former Royal Airforce hangar and the stone house) which will have to be temporarily dismantled and relocated during the project’s construction, and archaeology site in Kai Tak.

(List of Archaeology Sites and List of Historic Buildings)

2. Environmental Impact Assessment for SCL from EPD

E. News about XRL & SCL
XRL news 高鐵有關新聞 :-

.   2014.5.1 - 張炳良曾表驚訝港鐵文件揭運房局早知高鐵延誤 - 蘋果日報
.   2014.4.28 - 高鐵文件涉謊報工程進度 - 東方日報
.   2014.4.16 - 工程師引用港鐵文件稱高鐵最終超支150 億 RTHK
. 2014.4.16 - 高鐵工程延誤怨天賴地 - 東方日報

. 2013.11.7 - 高鐵香港段國產列車初次曝光 - 東方日報
. 2013.10.18 - 高鐵申索額75.6億佔合約17% - 東方日報
.   2013.9.3 - 高鐵徵地地署死撐符市值 - 東方日報
.   2013.8.27 - 高鐵工潮解決抗爭十四小時 - 東方日報
.   2013.8.24 - 吊機打翻工作台兩人傷 - 東方日報
. 2013.8.3 - 高鐵隧道塌泥險葬工程師 - 東方日報;

. 2013.7.13 - 攸潭美村民堵高鐵工地抗議 - 東方日報;

. 2013.7.4 - 高鐵索償426宗涉款75億 - 東方日報;

. 2013.5.24 - 高鐵申索開支發放逾10億- 東方日報;

. 2013.5.16 - 高鐵西九龍站工程延誤當局承認審理索償- 東方日報;

. 2013.3.14 - 路權未解決菜園村重建無期- 東方日報;

. 2013.3.10 - 居民促高鐵設10億保障基金- 東方日報;

. 2012.11.29 - 都市「噴泉」- 東方日報;

. 2012.10.31 - 攸潭美村民聲討高鐵工程- 東方日報;

. 2012.10.29 - 高鐵工人作業觸目驚心 - 東方日報;

. 2012.10.17 - 高鐵工程疑震裂大角咀舊樓- 東方日報;

. 2012.10.17 - 居民曾見汽水罐「自動走」- 東方日報;

. 2012.10.11 - 攸潭美村民擬向港鐵索償- 東方日報;

. 2012.10.5 - 高鐵工程累攸潭美村水井乾涸- 東方日報;

. 2012.9.19 - 疑高鐵污染數十錦鯉死- 東方日報;

. 2012.8.16 - 高鐵工程困菜園村失明婆婆- 東方日報;

. 2012.8.16 - 高鐵地盤火 97工人脫險- 東方日報;

. 2012.7.28 - 南昌站除樁工程糾紛爆示威- 東方日報;

. 2012.7.19 - 高鐵工地附近護土牆傾斜 - 東方日報;

. 2012.4.20 - 牛潭尾村民指起高鐵瀕冇水飲 - 東方日報;

. 2012.2.13 - 反高鐵鑽挖 - 東方日報;

. 2011.12.3 - 高鐵皇崗建隧道塌鋼筋架兩死 - 東方日報;

. 2011.12.1 - 高鐵工程接80宗損毀報告- 東方日報;

. 2013.8.29 - 樁錘擊背巴裔地盤工命危 - 東方日報
. 2013.7.13 - 沙中線工程惹地裂疑雲 - 東方日報;

. 2013.7.6 - 沙中線樹木大屠殺 -東方日報;

. 2013.5.31 - 沙塵滾滾「嚟到都唔想行街」-東方日報;

. 2013.5.17 - 港鐵工程製造恐慌土瓜灣樓震 - 東方日報;

. 2013.5.17 - 沙中線掘地震冧樓驚魂 -太陽報;

. 2013.5.15 - 安測震儀紓「塌樓」恐慌 -東方日報;

. 2013.3.26 - 鑽石山站16億擴建 - 東方日報;

. 2013.1.26 - 爆喉管　工人彈飛傷頭 - 蘋果日報;

. 2012.11.29 - 建馬頭圍站下周起交通管制 - 東方日報;

. 2012.11.27 - 沙中線工程農圃道改道- 東方日報;

. 2012.11.23 - 建築事務監督覆核敗訴- 東方日報;

. 2012.3.24 - 沙中線監工港鐵袋80億 - 太陽報;

. 2011.1.5 - 沙中線施工灣仔北何文田勢塞爆 -東方日報;

F. Other information from Internet

1. Shatin to Central Link InfoSite, 沙中綫資訊網

2. Rail Connection 連·繫·鐵路

3. Railway Development by Raymond WM Wong

4. 過去五年港鐵東鐵線及馬鞍山線乘客量及載客率

5. 香港鐵路討論區 (HKRDB)

6. News for MTR from railway-technology.com

7. “MTR orders trains and signalling for Shatin – Central Link” posted by IRJ
8. 電車公司啟德現代化電車(詳細計劃文件)

Annex A. List of contract awards from MTRCL’s websites (or MTRCL's Notice) as of April 2014

Contract No.	Contract Name	Contractor	Contract Amount (in HK$)	Contract Award Date
1101	Modification of Ma On Shan Line	Sun Fook Kong Joint Venture	$620,000,000	11 July 2012
1102	Hin Keng Station and Approach Structures	Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.	$1,039,000,000	5 July 2013
1103	Hin Keng to Diamond Hill tunnels and Fung Tak Public Transport Interchange	VINCI Construction Grands Projets	$2,727,891,805	16 October 2012
1106	Diamond Hill Station Extension	Leader Joint Venture	$1,665,080,888	13 December 2012
1107	Diamond Hill to Kai Tak Tunnels	Chun Wo - SELI Joint Venture	$1,067,338,000	7 March 2013
1108	Kai Tak Station and Associated Tunnels	Kaden - Chun Wo Joint Venture	$1,422,000,000	25 April 2013
1108A	Kai Tak Barging Point Facilities	Concentric - Hong Kong River Joint Venture	$289,993,398	10 August 2012
1109	Stations and Tunnels of Kowloon City Section	Samsung - Hsin Chong Joint Venture	$4,569,503,000	11 July 2012
1111	Hung Hom North Approach Tunnels	Gammon - Kaden SCL 1111 Joint Venture	$3,368,442,219	13 December 2012
1112	Hung Hom Station and Stabling Sidings	Leighton Contractors (Asia) Limited	$5,241,356,085	7 March 2013
1113	Reprovisioning of NTS Animal Management Centre and Shatin Plant Quarantine Station	Kaden - Leader Joint Venture	$132,608,000	7 September 2012
1114	Pedestrian Links at Tsz Wan Shan	Paul Y. Construction Company, Limited	$608,000,000	11 July 2012
1115	New International Mail Centre	Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.	$703,269,192	6 July 2011
1117	Pat Heung Depot Modification Works	Paul Y. Construction Company, Limited	$810,800,000	16 October 2012
1119	Trackwork and Overhead Line Modification Works at Lo Wu and Pat Heung Depot	Chun Wo - Henryvicy - GTECH Joint Venture	$105,600,001	10 October 2012
1120	Trackwork and Overhead Lines for SCL Phase I	Alstom Hong Kong Ltd	$ 425,910,954	18 October 2013
1120B	Trackwork and Overhead Lines for SCL Phase 2			Contract will be awarded soon
11209	Platform Modification and Associated Works at East Rail Line	Chun Wo Construction and Engineering Co Ltd	$835,600,000	4 July 2013
1121	Cross Harbour Tunnels	Penta-Ocean - China State Joint Venture	$4,350,000,000	10 December 2014
1122	Admiralty South Overrun Tunnel	Vinci Construction Grands Projets	$412,138,888	15 October 2015
1123	Exhibition Station and Western Approach Tunnel	Leighton - China State Joint Venture	$5,869,282,299.95	15 January 2015
1124	Admiralty SCL Related Works	Leader – Kaden SCL1124 Joint Venture	$833,606,000	10 Mar 2016
1125	Police Sports and Recreation Club Enhancement Works	Sun Fook Kong Construction Ltd	$297,000,000	13 December 2013
1126	Reprovisioning of Harbour Road Sports Centre and Wan Chai Swimming Pool	Kaden-Leader Joint Venture	$871,022,808	16 Jan 2014
1128	Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter to Admiralty Tunnels	Dragages-Bouygues J.V.	HK$5,266,570,173.02	18 August 2014
1129	SCL - Advance Works for NSL	Hsin Chong Construction Co Ltd	$299,938,960	16 Jan 2014
1141A	New Rolling Stock for SCL Phase 1	Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., Ltd	$1,139,955,435	11 December 2013
1141B	New Rolling Stock for SCL Phase 2	Hyundai Rotem Company	$4,077,535,440	14 December 2012
1151	Rolling Stock Modification and New Train Cars for SCL Phase 1	Itochu-Kinki Sharyo-Kawasaki Consortium	$1,181,077,173	11 December 2013
1152	Signalling System for SCL Phase 1 & Signalling System Modification for MOL and WRL	Thales Transport & Security (Hong Kong) Limited	$642,526,505	5 July 2013
1152B	Signalling System for SCL Phase 2	Siemens Limited	$845,134,913	14 December 2012
1153	Tunnel ECS for SCL Phase 1	Shinryo Corporation	$188,992,283	12 August 2013
1153B	Tunnel ECS for SCL Phase 2			Contract will be awarded soon
1154	Platform Screen Doors for SCL Phase 1 & APG Retrofit for MOL	Gilgen Door Systems AG	$415,870,578	14 December 2012
1154B	Platform Screen Doors for SCL Phase 1 & APG Retrofit for EAL	Shenzhen Fangda Automatic System Co., Ltd.	$511,666,066	16 May 2016
1155	Power Supply System and Trackside Auxiliaries for SCL Phase 1	GTECH-KUM SHING Joint Venture	$208,380,000	5 June 2013
1155B	Power Supply System and Trackside Auxiliaries for SCL Phase 2	CLP Engineering Limited	$150,863,858	8 December 2014
1159	Lifts for SCL Phase 1	OTIS Elevator Company (H.K.) Limited	$72,194,842	8 October 2013
1162	TETRA System for SCL Phases 1 & 2	Motorola Solutions Asia Pacific Limited	$131,436,641	12 April 2013
1162B	Radio Distribution Network System for SCL Phases 1 & 2			Contract will be awarded soon
1163	AFC System and SAM System for SCL Phases 1 & 2	Kaba Security System (China) Co., Ltd. – Wincard Security System (Beijing) Co., Ltd. Consortium	$113,497,620	8 December 2014
1164	Building Services for Diamond Hill Station	Gammon E&M Limited	$272,000,000	4 March 2014
1165	Building Services for Hin Keng Station, Ma Chai Hang Ventilation Building and Fung Tak Emergency Access	Gammon E&M Limited	$219,000,000	11 February 2014
1166	Main Control System for SCL Phase 1	Siemens Limited	$308,499,220	5 June 2013
1168	Train Wash Plant for SCL Phase 1			Contract will be awarded soon
1169	Communications System for SCL Phase 1	Siemens Limited	$431,299,430	23 August 2013
1172	Escalators for SCL Phase 1	ThyssenKrupp Elevator (HK) Limited	$180,438,081	5 September 2013
1172B	Lifts and Escalators for SCL Phase 2			Contract will be awarded soon
1173	Building Services for Hung Hom Station and Hung Hom Stabling Sidings	Shinryo Corporation	$631,480,466	14 January 2014
1175	Building Services for Kai Tak Station	Leighton M&E Limited	$157,879,865	7 January 2014
1176	Building Services for To Kwa Wan Station and Ancillary Building	Leighton M&E Limited	$183,341,320	4 March 2014
1177	Building Services for Ma Tau Wai Station and Ancillary Building	BEST 1177 Joint Venture	$250,310,836	8 April 2014
1180A	Communications System Modification for Hung Hom Reprovisioning	Shun Hing Systems Integration Co., Ltd.	$9,721,734	8 June 2012
1183	EAL Signalling System Modification for SCL	Alstom Hong Kong Limited	$115,076,084	7 August 2012

For reference:

XRL Contracts Awarded (as of December 2012)

Contract	Scope of Works	Contractor(s)	Awarded Amount	Date Awarded
802	Nam Cheong Property Foundation Removal and Reprovisioning	Hsin Chong Construction Co Ltd	HK$333,888,000	27 Jan 2010
803A	West Kowloon Terminus Diaphragm Walls (Site A)	Bachy Soletanche Group Ltd	HK$461,238,912	27 Jan 2010
803B	West Kowloon Terminus Piles (Site A - North )	Tysan Foundation Ltd	HK$497,348,655	10 Mar 2010
803C	West Kowloon Terminus Piles (Site A - South)	VIBRO-Chun Wo Joint Venture	HK$321,205,203	27 Jan 2010
803D	West Kowloon Terminus Diaphragm Walls and Piles (WKCD)	Bachy Soletanche Group Ltd	HK$819,053,065	27 Jan 2010
805	Sham Mong Road Obstruction Removal	Paul Y. Construction Co Ltd	HK$159,854,869	27 Jan 2010
810A	West Kowloon Terminus Station North	Leighton - Gammon Joint Venture	HK$8,910,360,529	18 Oct 2011
810B	West Kowloon Terminus Station South	Laing O'Rourke-Hsin Chong-Paul Y. Joint Venture	HK$3,320,618,547	12 Jan 2011
811A	West Kowloon Terminus Approach Tunnel (North)	Bachy Soletanche - Laing O'Rourke Joint Venture	HK$1,039,773,410	3 May 2010
811B	West Kowloon Terminus Approach Tunnel (South)	Gammon - Leighton Joint Venture	HK$2,883,248,075	13 Aug 2010
815A	Supply of Metal Doors and Frames including Ironmongery	The Jardine Engineering Corporation Ltd	HK$99,361,309	9 May 2012
815B	Supply of Signs	Pico Projects (International) Ltd	HK$19,930,474	15 Oct 2012
815C	Supply of Advertising Panels	Program Contractor Ltd	HK$9,792,616	15 Oct 2012
816A	West Kowloon Terminus - Environmental Control System	Shinryo Corporation	HK$782,782,622	9 Dec 2011
816C	West Kowloon Terminus - Electrical Installation	Shinryo Corporation	HK$549,633,887	9 Dec 2011
816D	West Kowloon Terminus - Fire Services, Plumbing & Drainage	Leighton - Chubb E&M Joint Venture	HK$663,640,489	9 Dec 2011
820	Mei Lai Road to Hoi Ting Road Tunnels	Dragages - Bouygues Joint Venture	HK$3,668,903,117	3 May 2010
821	Shek Yam to Mei Lai Road Tunnels	Dragages - Bouygues Joint Venture	HK$1,383,895,720	12 July 2010
822	Tse Uk Tsuen to Shek Yam Tunnels	Leighton Contractors (Asia) Ltd	HK$3,235,352,722	10 Mar 2010
823A	Tai Kong Po to Tse Uk Tsuen Tunnels	Maeda - China State Joint Venture	HK$1,502,491,297	12 July 2010
823B	Shek Kong Stabling Sidings & Emergency Rescue Sidings	Maeda - China State Joint Venture	HK$3,218,246,984	20 Oct 2010
824	Ngau Tam Mei to Tai Kong Po Tunnels	Kier-Kaden-OSSA Joint Venture	HK$1,514,862,127	13 Aug 2010
825	Mai Po to Ngau Tam Mei Tunnels	Penta-Ocean Construction Co Ltd	HK$1,683,621,419	27 Jan 2010
826	Huanggang to Mai Po Tunnels	CRCC-HC-CR15G Joint Venture	HK$1,690,866,688	10 Mar 2010
830	Trackwork and Overhead Line System	Chun Wo - CRGL - QR Joint Venture	HK$1,168,655,709	6 July 2011
840	Express Rail Link: Rolling Stock	CSR Qingdao Sifang Co Ltd	HK$1,744,017,141	7 Mar 2012
841A	Signalling System - Trackside Equipment	Beijing HollySys Co Ltd	HK$307,820,668	7 Mar 2012
841B	Signalling System - Trainborne Equipment	Beijing HollySys Co Ltd	HK$182,072,746	7 Mar 2012
843	Tunnel Environmental Control System	GAS Joint Venture	HK$259,852,647	3 May 2011
846	Trackside Auxiliaries	Shinryo Corporation	HK$294,647,850	10 Aug 2011
847	Lifts	KONE Elevator (HK) Ltd	HK$175,116,391	6 Sept 2011
848	Escalators and Moving Walkways	ThyssenKrupp Elevator	HK$90,650,037	6 Sept 2011
850	Passenger Mobile Communications System	Comba Telecom Ltd	HK$105,332,876	12 Dec 2012
852	Ticketing System	Nuctech Company Ltd	HK$165,658,528	16 Apr 2012
853	Main Control System	Beijing HollySys Co Ltd	HK$65,600,000	8 Nov 2011
855	Building Services for Tunnel Ventilation Facilities and Emergency Rescue Siding	ATAL Engineering Ltd	HK$297,396,713	12 Jan 2011
856	Building Services for Shek Kong Stabling Sidings	ATAL Engineering Ltd	HK$140,414,044	1 Feb 2011
861A	Locomotives and Flat Wagons	Jiangsu KTK Locomotive & Rolling Stock Co Ltd	HK$78,286,355	13 Mar 2012

G. Technical Information and Publications:

1. Design standards and manuals

a. Structures Design Manual for Highways and Railways, HyD

b. NWDM by MTRCL

c. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Department of Transport, UK

- BD37/01 Loads for Highway Bridges, Department of Transport , UK
d. Design Manual for Roads and Bridges, Department of Transport, Vol 2 - Design (Substructures and Special Structures) Materials

2. Tunnelling

General:
a. Introduction of construction methods for tunneling works, including Drill-and-Blast method, Cut-and-Cover method, Tunnel Boring (TBM) or Immersed Tube Tunnel.

b. Technical Manual for Design and Construction of Road Tunnels - Civil Elements, US Department of Transportation

c. Video of TBM
d. Application and Practice of GFRP Bars in the TBM Launching Shaft of Metro in China, 2007

TBM ground control:
e. Ground Control for Slurry TBM Tunnelling, GEO Report 249