Close MTR Earlier At Night For Tests: Govt Adviser
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2019-03-24 HKT 16:01
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A member of the government's Transport Advisory Committee says the MTR Corporation should consider cutting the network's operating hours to free up more time for trials of a new signalling system.
It was during a trial run of the new system that two trains collided near Central Station last Monday, leaving part of the Tsuen Wan Line closed for two days. Initial findings suggested a glitch in the software led to the crash.
Wilton Fok, a University of Hong Kong engineering expert, said at RTHK's City Forum on Sunday that trains could be stopped at 11pm so tests could start earlier.
He also said he didn't think it would cause much inconvenience to the public.
"Nowadays the MTR service runs until 1am. What if we could allow them to do a longer trial period. Let's say stop the trains at 11pm, so that they will have four hours in the middle of the night to do the testing instead of just two hours," Fok said.
"I think the number of citizens that would be affected by this shortened service time would not be that many."
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