Editing Transport in Hong Kong (section)

===Mass Transit Railway===
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Opened in 1979, the system now includes 240.6&nbsp;km (149.5&nbsp;mi) of rail with 167 stations, including 98 railway [[List of MTR stations|stations]] and 68 [[Light Rail (MTR)|light rail]] stops. The railway lines include the [[East Rail line|East Rail]], [[Kwun Tong line|Kwun Tong]], [[Tsuen Wan line|Tsuen Wan]], [[Island line (MTR)|Island]], [[Tung Chung line|Tung Chung]], [[Tseung Kwan O line|Tseung Kwan O]], [[Tuen Ma line|Tuen Ma]], [[South Island line|South Island]], the [[Airport Express (MTR)|Airport Express]] and the [[Disneyland Resort line|Disneyland Resort]] lines. Eight of the lines provide general metro services, whereas the Airport Express provides a direct link from the [[Hong Kong International Airport]] into the city centre, and the Disneyland Resort Line exclusively takes passengers to and from [[Hong Kong Disneyland]].

The [[Light Rail (MTR)|Light Rail]] possesses many characteristics of a tramway, including running on streets with other traffic (at grade) on most of its tracks and providing services for the public in the northwestern [[New Territories]], including [[Tuen Mun]] and [[Yuen Long]].

All trains and underground MTR stations are air-conditioned.