The South Island line (West) is a proposed extension of the Hong Kong MTRmetro system. The new line would serve the southwestern coast of Hong Kong Island, between Shek Tong Tsui and Wong Chuk Hang. Plans for the South Island line (West) are mentioned and revised in the government's Railway Development Strategy 2014 (RDS-2014) report.[1] and construction was planned to begin in 2021–2026 in the report.[1]: 61
System map of South Island line (West) in 2014 proposal
The idea of connecting the Southern District of Hong Kong floated as early as the 1980s. The Government proposed the southward extension of then-planned East Kowloon Line to Aberdeen from Sheung Wan in 1989.[2] Four years later the transport authorities published a consultative document that proposed the construction of two South Island lines interchanging at Tin Wan: vertical running from Admiralty to Lei Tung via Tin Wan and Ap Lei Chau, and horizontal from Telegraph Bay (now Cyberport) to Ocean Park via Wah Fu Estate, Wah Kwai, Tin Wan, Aberdeen, and Wong Chuk Hang. It was also deemed there is no urgency for the project considering the road system is considered to be sufficient.[3] A same conclusion was reached in 1999 study except moving the proposed northern terminus to Sheung Wan station.[4]
In the Railway Development Strategy (RDS) 2000, South Island line was included in the long-term development list, but was abandoned to fully consider the alignment of the line. Despite multiple pledge to implement the scheme, including in 2007 announcing the construction to start in 2011,[5] in 2013 to start in 2015,[6] and in 2014 to start in 2021,[7] the project is still in planning stage as of 2023, when the Transport and Logistics Bureau confirmed the commission of the line would depend on the reconstruction of Wah Fu Estate in 2027.[8]
Stations
Geographical map of proposed stations
The following is a list of the stations on the South Island line (West).
^"2007-08 Policy Address". Hong Kong Government. 10 October 2007. The South Island Line will be commissioned no later than 2015.
^"港鐵南港島西綫 料後年動工". Hong Kong Economic Times. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2016.
^Railway Development Strategy 2014(PDF). Hong Kong: Transport and Housing Bureau. 2014. pp. 42–46. An indicative implementation window from 2021 to 2026 is recommended for planning the South Island Line (West)
^"議員不滿多個新鐵路項目延遲 政府：已有落成時間". Commercial Radio (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 3 February 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
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