The MTR Corporation announced on Wednesday that it will be suspending the services in four Kwun Tong line stations on July 28, as the railway giant would be engaging in its first extensive equipment upgrading process in the company’s 45 years of existence.
It was stated that the service suspension would take 28 hours for the upgrading works for Prince Edward, Mong Kok, Yau Ma Tei and Ho Man Tin stations.
“The upgrade work is beyond regular repairs and maintenance work that can be done within the two golden hours after daily services finish for the day,” said Lee Kim-hung, the MTR Corp’s chief of operations engineering and maintenance.
MTR Corporation explained that on July 28, 50 large metal hangers which had been used for over 40 years to hang up power cables on the ceiling of a tunnel of the affected four stations will be replaced in the upgrading process with the suspension of electricity supplies for the period.
The passengers travelling through the Kwun Tong Line for the period will have to change over to the Tsuen Wan Line at Prince Edward station only while the Kwun Tong Line will continue to operate between Tiu Keng Leng and Prince Edward, as well as between Ho Man Tin and Whampoa, MTR stated.
Source: MTR Corporation
However, passengers would experience a delay of a minute or two, the rail firm’s chief of operating and metro segment, Chris Lee Yuen-L - Ling said.
“There are alternative routes within our network of 98 stations,” she said.
Alternatively, those travelling between Yau Ma Tei and the next stop, Ho Man Tin, will have to circle through Jordan, Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom stations.
She added that two extra KMB routes, 8 and 30X, would run free of charge during the upgrade works between Yau Ma Tei and Whampoa, with rail services to resume the next day.
In the future, similar upgrade work will be conducted along other rail lines over the next two to three years to reduce inconvenience for commuters, with the stations to close for one Sunday each during the summer, pending the outcome of a rail assets review, it was said.
The Corporation explained that the upgrade work would be postponed if typhoon signal 8 is hoisted or adverse weather deters them from doing the work and will be delayed until August 4.
港鐵公司將於7月28日暫停觀塘線4個車站服務以進行升級工程
港鐵公司週三宣布，將於 7 月 28 日暫停觀塘線四個車站的服務，因為這家鐵路巨頭將進行該公司成立 45 年來的首次大規模設備升級過程。
據了解，太子站、旺角站、油麻地站和何文田站的改善工程將暫停服務28小時。
港鐵公司營運工程和維護主管李金雄表示：“升級工作超出了常規維修和保養工作的範圍，可以在當天日常服務結束後的兩個黃金時間內完成。”
港鐵公司解釋，7月28日，受影響四個車站隧道天花板上使用了40多年用於懸掛電纜的50個大型金屬吊架將在升級過程中更換，並暫停供電時期。
期間途經觀塘線的乘客須在太子站轉乘荃灣線，而觀塘線則繼續營運來往調景嶺至太子及何文田港鐵錶示，黃埔和黃埔。
不過，該鐵路公司營運和地鐵部門負責人 Chris Lee Yuen - Ling 表示，乘客可能會遇到一兩分鐘的延誤。
「我們的 98 個車站網絡內還有其他路線，」她說。
另外，往返油地和下一站何文田的旅客則必須繞行佐敦站、尖沙咀站和紅磡站。
她補充，在油麻地至黃埔之間的升級工程期間，額外兩條九巴路線8號和30X號將免費運行，鐵路服務將於第二天恢復。
未來，類似的升級工作將在未來兩到三年內沿著其他鐵路線進行，以減少通勤者的不便，車站將在夏季每個週日關閉，等待鐵路資產審查的結果，有人說。
該公司解釋，若8號颱風訊號懸掛或惡劣天氣阻礙工程進行，升級工程將會延至8月4日。
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