Tsuen Wan Line Disruption To Continue On Tuesday

Commuters face a second day of rush-hour chaos after the MTR Corporation confirmed on its website that it would not reopen the stretch of the Tsuen Wan Line between Admiralty and Central on Tuesday morning.

It follows an early-morning crash on Monday, when an apparent glitch on a new signalling system caused two trains to collide.

Travellers between Admiralty and Central have been told to use the Island Line, while services on the Tsuen Wan Line will run at three-and-a-half-minute intervals, instead of the usual rush-hour service every two minutes.

The MTR Corporation is urging people to use other means of transport or other lines. On Monday, the Transport Department worked with franchise bus operators and the Star Ferry to increase services in an attempt to reduce the pressure on the MTR.

The MTR had warned that services were likely to be disrupted again because workers would have only three hours to attempt to clear the tracks overnight.