Special Traffic Arrangement under Storm Surge of Typhoon Talim (2023)

On 9th July 2023, A low-pressure area was formed near East Philippines, which was later numbered by "**93W**". The 93W was brusted into tropical storm on 15th July, named as **Talim**, which is the fourth named typhoon in the 2023 Pacific typhoon season.

The HKO issued the Standby Signal No. 1 at 4:40 am on 15th July and changed it to the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 at 5:40 am on 16th July. It was changed to the Northeast Gale or Storm Signal No. 8 at 12:40 am on 17th July and the Southeast Gale or Storm Signal No. 8 at 06:40 am on 17th July afterwards.

With Talim departing from Hong Kong, the HKO issued the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 to replace the Gale or Storm Signal No. 8 at 4:20 p.m., and the Standby Signal No. 1 was issued to replace the Strong Wind Signal No. 3 at 2:40 am on 18th July. All tropical cyclone signals were cancelled at 8:40 a.m. on the same day.

The special traffic arrangement during the storm surge are listed as follows:

## MTR

### Airport Express In-town Check-in service

#### 17th July

* Announced in the morning:
	+ In-town Check-in service close out time is extended from 90 minutes to 120 minutes before departure time of flight until further notice.

### High-speed rail

#### 17th July

* Announced at 5:26 am:
	+ High Speed Rail train service will remain normal.

## Ngong Ping 360

### 16th July

* Announced at 9:20 am:
	+ Due to the impact of Strong Wind Signal No. 3, cable car service was suspended and was set to resume as soon as possible once the weather improved.

## Hong Kong Tramways

### 17th July

* Announced at 1:07 am:
	+ All daytime routes will remain normal service until their last departures, and all the routes will be suspended until further notice.

* Announced at 3:44 pm:
	+ All the routes will be resumed gradually starting from 4:20 p.m.

## Peak Tram

### 17th July

* Announced at 7:30 am:
	+ All service are suspended.

## Other Incidents

### 16th July

In the evening, nine platform gates (i.e. all installed gates of cards 7 and 8) manufactured by Shenzhen Fangda encountered malfunction at the platform 4 of Tai Po Market Station on the East Rail Line towards Admiralty Station, requiring them to remain open for a long period of time.

## Gallery

### MTR service arrangements web-screenshots

MTR service arrangements since the pre-no.8 special announcement issued at 23:00 on 16th JulyMTR service arrangements since the no.8 announcement issued at 00:40 on 17th JulyMTR service arrangements during the issuance of the signal no. 8 (2022-07-17 06:28)MTR service arrangements during the issuance of the signal no. 8 (2022-07-17 07:10)MTR service arrangements since the pre-no.3 special announcement issued (2022-07-17 14:30)MTR service arrangements since the no.3 special announcement issued (2022-07-17 16:20)
### High Speed Rail train service arrangements web-screenshots

High Speed Rail train service arrangements during the issuance of the signal no. 8 on 17th JulyHigh Speed Rail train service arrangements since the no.3 special announcement issued (2022-07-17 16:20)High Speed Rail train service arrangements since the no.1 announcement issued (2022-07-18 02:47)