   mtr corporation limited is a company listed on the hong kong exchange and hang seng index. mtr runs the hong kong mtr metro system, and is also a major property developer and landlord in hong kong. it also invests in railways in different parts in the world, and has obtained contracts to operate rapid-transit systems in london, stockholm, beijing, shenzhen, hangzhou, and melbourne. ==history of the corporation== the mass transit railway corporation (chinese: å°ä¸éµè·¯å¬å¸) was established in 1975 as a government-owned statutory corporation to build and operate a mass transit railway system to meet hong kong's public transport needs. on 30 june 2000 the mtrc was succeeded by the mtr corporation limited (mtrcl, ). as with the mtrc, the mtrcl's principal business is to operate the mass transit railway system. following a successful initial public offering, the mtrcl was listed on the hong kong stock exchange on 5 october 2000, however the government is still the major stakeholder in the mtrcl. on 2 december 2007, the company started running the original kcr railway system under a concession agreement with the hong kong government in what was known as the [[#mtr-kcr rail merger|mtr
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