South Island West MTR line?

[PLamHK]

A station for QMH (which wasn't in the previous plan) seems like a good and useful thing.

[shri]

And the usual opposition

https://www.hk01.com/%E6%94%BF%E6%83%85/1081479/

[newhkpr]

What budget would there be nowadays to build this?

[aquaman]

will this line ever be profitable?

[jabalong]

It's about time they got on with this. It's been eight years since the South Island Line (East) opened. With construction not likely to start until 2027, it will have been something like a 15 years' wait for this one.

[PLamHK]

will this line ever be profitable?

Presumably there will be new malls planned around the Aberdeen and Wah Fu stations for that purpose. MTR doesn't make money on any of its trains services.

[aw451]

What budget would there be nowadays to build this?

MTR Corp is a private business

[shri]

MTR Corp is a private business

The term vassal comes to mind.

[newhkpr]

MTR Corp is a private business

Yes, a private business owned 75.09% by the Government of Hong Kong.

But forget that part. The reality is MTR doesn't make money off of digging expensive tunnels and building lines and transporting people. It uniquely makes money off of the land in and around stations.

It's an incredibly huge list:

https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/corporate/...dev_index.html


Now that we are still in a property crisis (hence the HK government budget showing huge losses every year) it doesn't convince me MTR could still build at this and sell profitable malls and housing developments like it did a few years ago at this point in time.

[paddylast]

So their business model is like those group trips when the coach takes you to a totally independent coffee shop, restaurant, or "tourist attraction" off the beaten track and you've no choice but to go in.