Alignment
The 26-km Express Rail Link (XRL) runs from the terminus in West Kowloon to Shenzhen. There will be no intermediate station within the Hong Kong territory. The alignment runs beneath Yau Tsim Mong, Sham Shui Po, Kwai Tsing, Tsuen Wan and Yuen Long Districts. The Express Rail Link will operate entirely in dedicated tunnels.
In determining the Express Rail Link alignment, MTR Corporation has taken a number of factors into account. These include consideration of technical, operational, safety and geotechnical aspects, land requirements, effects on the community, as well as connectivity with the Mainland section. The Hong Kong Section of the XRL runs in tunnels, the construction of which will require resumption or temporary occupation of underground strata along the alignment.