Disneyland Resort line

Connecting linesStations2Color on map     Pink (#F173AC)ServiceTypeCommuter Rail, driverlessSystemMTRDepot(s)Siu Ho WanRolling stock3 refurbished Metro Cammell EMUs (DC)Ridership11,000 daily average (2010)^[1]HistoryOpened1 August 2005; 18 years ago (2005-08-01)TechnicalLine length3.8 km (2.4 mi)Number of tracksBi-directional single-track (with a single passing loop)CharacterAt-gradeTrack gauge1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)Electrification1,500 V DC (Overhead line)Operating speedSignalling

Route map
Legend Tung Chung line to Tung Chung Airport Express to AsiaWorld–Expo Siu Ho Wan Depot Tung Chung line and Airport Express to Hong Kong Sunny Bay      North Lantau Highway Sunny Bay Road Penny's Bay Highway Magic Road Disneyland Resort Ferry transfer ( via short walk from Disneyland Resort station ) This diagram: view talk edit

Disneyland Resort line
Traditional Chinese	迪士尼綫
Simplified Chinese	迪士尼线
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Díshìní xiàn Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization dihk sih nèih sin Jyutping dik6 si6 nei4 sin3

The Disneyland Resort line (Chinese: 迪士尼綫) is a commuter rail line connecting Sunny Bay to the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, coloured pink on the network diagram. It is the seventh line of the former MTR network before the merger of MTR and KCR, and the world's first metro line designed to service a Disney theme park. There are only two stations on this line, Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort, and the line operates as a shuttle service between these two stations. Sunny Bay station is an interchange station with the Tung Chung line between Tsing Yi and Tung Chung stations. Administratively, the entire line is in Tsuen Wan District, despite being situated on Lantau Island, and is the only MTR line in Hong Kong to run within a single district.

Construction

The rail link was constructed by Gammon Construction and completed in April 2005.^[3]

In preparation for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland on 12 September, the line started operating on 1 August 2005. The rolling stock is distinctive on account of its Mickey Mouse windows, interior couch seating, and Disneyland figurines displayed in the carriages.

On 4 September 2005, the Disneyland Resort line served nearly 40,000 passengers. Peak patronage occurs around 08:00–10:00 and 21:00–23:00 hours, at the parks' respective opening and closing times.

Train design

The Disneyland Resort line is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long, and has a travel time of around 6 minutes. Its track gauge is 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in). The MTR designed a new driverless train and produced it by refitting existing M-Trains for the line which is designed with a Disney theme in mind. Bronze statues of well-known Disney characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, are included inside of the trains, and the windows are shaped like Mickey Mouse's head, instead of the rounded rectangles found on trains of other lines.

All of the trains used on the Disneyland Resort line were originally ordered from 1994-1998 as subtype H-Stock train (Phase 3 EMU, A/C 270-291, B/C 486-496). MTR contracted Alstom for these trains, but they were made in England, much like the Phase 1 and 2 trains ordered from 1979–1989 and made by Metro-Cammell (also in England), which was acquired by GEC Alsthom (now Alstom) in 1989. Units A/C274 A/C281 A/C284 A/C289 A/C291 and B/C490 are now used on the Disneyland Resort line; they were refurbished in 2005 by United Goninan, the same company that modernized the Urban Line trains from 1998-2001.

These trains are the first on the MTR to use automatic train operation during normal operation, followed by the CNR Changchun EMUs in service on the South Island line. However, unlike the South Island line, the operator's cab area has been retained, visible through glass windows at each end of the train.

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  The platforms of the Disneyland Resort station show conspicuous Victorian features.
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  Inside the Disneyland Resort line MTR M-trains. The grab handles resemble Mickey Mouse.
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  M-Train at Disneyland Resort station

Stations

This is a list of the stations on the Disneyland Resort line.

List

Livery	Station Name		Images	Interchange; Adjacent transportation	Opening	District
	English	Chinese
Disneyland Resort Line (DRL)
	Sunny Bay	欣澳		Tung Chung line	1 June 2005; 18 years ago	Tsuen Wan
	Disneyland Resort	迪士尼		—	1 August 2005; 18 years ago

Disneyland Resort station was designed in Victorian architecture, while Sunny Bay was designed to be modern. This contrast in design was done to make passengers feel like they are travelling through time between the fantasy world of the Disneyland Resort and the rest of the city.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

References

External links

• Environmental reports of the Disneyland Resort Line (Penny's Bay Rail Link) Project Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
• Disneyland Resort Line project website Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
• A brochure of the Penny's Bay Rail Link project Archived 2005-04-13 at the Wayback Machine (Adobe Systems Acrobat (pdf) format)
• HKDL Source - The Premiere Hong Kong Disneyland Fansite - MTR Page