page_title: History of the South Island line and West Island line
section_title: 2007 Executive Council scheme
hierarchical_section_title: History of the South Island line and West Island line / 2007 Executive Council scheme
caption_attribution_description: Modified Hong Kong MTR West Island Line and South Island Line proposal. (English version)
context_page_description: The history of the South Island line and West Island line encompasses a number of proposals which were made for extending the Hong Kong MTR metro system to the south and west of Hong Kong Island, which were not serviced by any rail transport before 2014. The West Island line opened as an extension of the Island line on 28 December 2014. The South Island line has completed construction and commenced service on 28 December 2016. The proposed South Island line is still in the planning phase and is expected to begin in 2021.
context_section_description: On 18 December 2007, the Executive Council of Hong Kong approved the construction of the east section of South Island line. A total of five stations will be built, not including Wan Chai and Happy Valley from the 2005 proposal. The railway will be seven kilometres long, and it will take 10 minutes to travel from South Horizons Station to Admiralty Station. The railway will be a medium capacity system and cost HK$10 billion, which is 42% more than the original estimate of HK$7 billion of 2006.
  The West Island line extension was given final authorisation in March 2009. Construction of the 3-kilometre extension started on 10 August 2009, for completion in 2014. The cost of the line is estimated to be HK$15.4 billion.
  The construction of South Island line (West) has not been confirmed yet.
  In June 2011 a resident of the South Horizons private residential estate at Ap Lei Chau filed suit against the government (including the chief executive, Transport Department, and Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau) in the High Court to block the construction of the South Island line. His suit alleged that the dust resulting from the construction of the line would cause harm to trees, and that the importation of large numbers of mainland and South Asian construction workers posed a threat to public safety.
caption: Alignment of the 2007 scheme. Wan Chai Station and Happy Valley Station were omitted.
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