Coastlines of Hongkong have kept changing since 1850's because of reclamation. The section between Kowloon and Hunghom Stations on the blue line (KCRC British Section) followed the coastline of the 1910's. If a map of that era is used, it would be easier to understand why the track alignment was designed.

Arguably the best and most efficient metro in the world. It works so effortlessly because the density of Hong-Kong allows for a single station to offer easy access for many riders being that the developed areas do not take up a lot of space having no spawl.

I’m from Hong Kong but even I didn’t know that much about all the history of Hong Kong’s metro system! Really cool vid!

Great video!

This is really awesome! Love the detail in which you present this. Also I personnaly think that the MTR is probably the metro system with the most influence on the development of a city and how and where people live. Just amazing.

I’m from Hong Kong. This is accurate.

10:22　The section of the East Rail Line to Admiralty station is expected to open on 15th May, 2022.

If you want a broader definition of "railway" you can also extend the time to include tram on Hong Kong Island and peak tram which opened in 1904 and 1888 respectively.

This video is one of the coolest stuff I've ever seen ! So much historical research must have gone into the preparation of this video. Thanks a lot !

Как я рад, что твой канал смотрят не только в России, но и в других странах. Жаль только, что мало подписчиков, такие видео должны быть популярнее

Hong Kong does have amazing transport. I would like to go there.

Seeing the old names of Mong Kok and Yaumatei (Argyle and Waterloo) brings back so much nostalgia

Thanks for making the Hong Kong Metro Evolution! Спасибо за изготовление!

This is excellent! Who knew a no-nonsense informative presentation would be so entertaining. Great work!

You know when you begin doubting if a memory was even real ? I always wondered if Chater station really existed. Thanks for confirming the simple name change

I must say the animation is nicely done! Great work

Wow, Beautifully animated!

I’m from hk and just want to say that i love ur metro vids, keep it up

finally! id been waiting for this for a long time

That’s so smooth lol great job 👏🏻

Excellent 👍 Please keep updating in need. Thanks!

Imagine that mass confusion caused by the two “Mong Kok” stations

Great Video! I would like to see More :D

And the MTR keeps expanding. A lot of potential for this system to become the best!

I feel like I’m living in such old city rn🤣 thanks for creating this video!

Such a high quality video! Wow!!

Hong Kong MTR East Rail Line (1910) Kwun Tong Line (1972) Tsuen Wan Line (1982) Island Line (1985) Light Rail (1988) Tung Chung Line (1998) Airport Express (1998) Tseung Kwan O Line (2002) Tuen Ma Line (2003) Disneyland Resort Line (2005) Ngong Ping 360 (2006) South Island Line (2016) Guangzhou - Shenzhen - Hong Kong Express Rail Link (2018)

Can you do a part 2? I like this video but if you added planned extensions then that would be nice

OMG! This is amazing!!!

The video is amazing. Good Job! Btw. There are somewhere else can be fixed that would be more perfect to the video as following. 1. KCR British Section before rename to East Rail, the Railway line represented in the black and white stripes line. 2. KCR: East Rail used #0089d0 ; West Rail used #c93a95 ; Ma On Shan Rail used #a44c0e ; Light Rail used #f79239 3. The KCR Circle Station Symbols is different to the MTR symbol. Those were be used in the same colour as the line instead of using the black stroke like MTR, and also the symbol size was bigger than the MTR version.

Thanks for the history lesson!

Extremely spectacular history man

Best video so far.

Wonderfully illustrated

Great video, please do Singapore and Klang Valley metro next

wonderful video

This video is awesome!!!

nice work mate

Didn't know that the MTR that I take to skool every day spanned such a large area, also didn't know that they plan to link East rail line to Admiralty, its now the MTR hotspot

Nice and beautiful animation

Amazing job

Крутое видео и крутая музыка! Молодец:)

Nice work, well researched!

It so amazing!! Here also haveTrams and Peak Tram.

What software do you use ?😀 Good videos , they are interesting

it would be even better if tram system on Hong Kong Island included but this video is awesome enough. well done!

Great video, could you at some point make a video on the Moscow metro that are in english like this one?

thank you so great

Very accurate representation, love it!

Кайфово... Обажаю смотреть твои ролики

This is accurate because I live in HongKong. Very accurate thanks! Make more of these!please

Epic!!! Can you make Shenzhen?

I'm too young to know these! thank you!

According to historical documents, the KCR British Section didn't really stop services like the Chinese Section in 1938. Instead, the railway still operates between Kowloon and Lo Wu, which had beed used as the temporary terminus again. (in 1937-1941, mainland China was under the war, but Hong Kong was not being invaded yet as it was a British colony). Suspension of the train services within Hong Kong should have happened in around 1941, when the Pacific War begins. The KCR timetables published in 1930s could show how the train services changed under such circumstances. (1) In 1935 - 1938, 6 pairs of train were running between Kowloon and Canton, while another 8 pairs were from Kowloon to Shumchun. (2) From May 1938, the train for Kowloon to Canton had been reduced from 6 pairs to 1 pair. (3) Since January 1939, all trains for Canton and Shumchun had been stopped, the northern terminus had been changed to Lo Wu until the suspension in 1941.

I did not know that so many stations were so recent!! I live in HK btw

Чтож, перезалив видео наверное сложное решение, ведь приходится жертвовать просмотрами, но во имя точности. Спасибо!

Hi MetroCucumber, where can I get a blind map like in the video?

UPDATE: On May 15, 2022, East Rail Line extends to Admiralty.

the fact that i remember going to the Ho man tin station on opening day when i was around 6 and that felt like yesterday, it's crazy

Готов посмотреть это видео ещё раз :)

Great job you are literally right

Appreciate, great work! But land reclamation is always in line with the Hong Kong rail history. Hong Kong coastline has undergone though a lot to the current condition, just like the rails

Cool! I wish to know how to make this video and what software should be used. Thx:)

THIS IS LIT OMG

И повторю, новый стиль обалденен)

10:08 屯馬開通真的很興奮（Tuen Ma opening is so exciting)

Эти шедевры можно 100 раз пересмотреть :)

is it some of the stations renaming was missing in the video, the Cheung Sha Wan was called So Uk in a while

Good and easy to understand.

Превьюха топ)

what software you are using to do this?

Is this a re-upload? Because I see some things which are different and changed a bit from before.

im from hk and this is really amazing

Thank u for making HK’s

I still remember that day MTR and KCR 2 into 1.

What editor did you use for this video?

Good job

很詳細準確，同時也是自己的成長印象。

omg its so smooth

Как приложение называется?

10:25 East Rail line will open in 15th May,2022

It would be great if you included the modernization of east rail line/KCR east rail

Evolution (backward) By the way nice video, greeting from Hong Kong

Намного лучше с русскими субтитрами. Просто прелесть. Спасибо большое

This is a great video though, will you make video on the evolution of Tokyo railway ?

This video is underrated

This is so cool, thank you Just found out there are Sha Tau Kau Railway in 1911… will Google why they close the railway…

tung chong line and airport express uses the same track from tsing yi to lantau

Cool! Can you Make The MRT Singapore Pls 🥺

Классная музыка

I feel old, because I remembered some of the old station and the KCR days... and guess what, im only born in 2003!

Do you have the future for MTR?

Пожалуйста сделай ролик про Берлинское метро. С учётом восточного и западного Берлинов.

The Modified initial system was renamed to Kwun tong line also splitting into tsuen wan line

Очень интересный вариант развития принял метрополитен Гонконга. Необычно. Кстати говоря, участок на 10:22 открылся 14.05.2022.

I love the song because it is so relaxed hey so I like it. And I like MTR. What’s the name of the song? Thank you !

Try doing São Paulo next!!

East Rail Line extension to Admiralty will effect at 15 May 2022

Metro Cucumber я очень рад что у тебя крутые видео. Но хочется новенького например развитие токио или ещё нью йорка.😥

it is kinda sad for me to now see that the "East rail line" will never serve Kowloon again. But that fact that it can serve the Hong Kong Island is still an evolution tho.