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were added to the KCR network in 2003 and 2004. All lines were leased by its former owner and operator
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stations, was subsequently extended and new lines were added by the operator, the
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entered service. The section, then ran only between
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Index

Hong Kong
Modified Initial System
MTR
Shek Kip Mei
Kwun Tong
Mass Transit Railway Corporation
British Section of the Kowloon-Canton Railway
electrified
suburban rail
West Rail
Ma On Shan Rail
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Light Rail Transit (Hong Kong)
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"Government has reached understanding with MTRCL on the terms for merging the MTR and KCR systems"
"LCQ6: Fare reduction for students after rail merger"
"LCQ9: Fare concessions offered to elderly passengers by MTRC"
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Sovereign states
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Brunei
Cambodia
China

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