Signal fault disrupts Hong Kong MTR’s Airport Express, Tung Chung line services

Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation has extended the time needed for its in-town check-in service to 120 minutes from 90 minutes after a signal equipment malfunction disrupted travel on the Airport Express and Tung Chung lines The rail operator said on Sunday at 7.10pm that a signalling fault near a depot at Siu Ho Wan on Lantau Island disrupted MTR train services on both lines and delayed travel times by about eight to 10 minutes. Engineers were working to resolve the issue, it said. The firm said...

By Danny Mok