Disneyland Resort line

Hong Kong MTR railway line

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Disneyland Resort line
迪士尼綫

A Disneyland Resort line train at Sunny Bay station

Overview
Status| Operational
Owner| MTR Corporation
Locale| Districts: Tsuen Wan
Termini|

* Disneyland Resort
* Sunny Bay

Connecting lines|

* Tung Chung line

Stations| 2
Color on map|  Pink (#F173AC)
Service
Type| Rapid transit, driverless
System| MTR
Depot(s)| Siu Ho Wan
Rolling stock| 3 refurbished Metro Cammell EMUs (DC)
Ridership| 11,000 daily average (2010)[1]
History
Opened| 1 August 2005
Technical
Line length| 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
Number of tracks| Bi-directional single-track (with a single passing loop)
Character| At-grade
Track gauge| 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in)
Electrification| 1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Operating speed|

* Average: 55 km/h (34 mph)
* Maximum: 80 km/h (50 mph)[2]

Signalling|

* SelTrac LS, GoA4: UTO (since 2005)
* Traffic Control Technology CBTC (future)

Route map

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Legend

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Airport Express to AsiaWorld–Expo

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Siu Ho Wan Depot

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Airport Express to AsiaWorld–Expo

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North Lantau Hwy

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Sunny Bay Rd/Penny's Bay Hwy

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Magic Rd

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Disneyland Resort line

Traditional Chinese| 迪士尼綫
Simplified Chinese| 迪士尼线
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Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Díshìní xiàn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization| dihk sih nèih sin
Jyutping| dik6 si6 nei4 sin3
Geographically accurate route map of the Disneyland Resort line

The Disneyland Resort line (Chinese: 迪士尼綫) is a rapid transit line connecting Sunny Bay to the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, coloured pink on the network diagram. It is the seventh line of the former MTR network before the merger of MTR and KCR, and the world's first metro line designed to service a Disney theme park. There are only two stations on this line, Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort, and the line operates as a shuttle service between these two stations. Sunny Bay station is an interchange station with the Tung Chung line between Tsing Yi and Tung Chung stations. Administratively, the entire line is in Tsuen Wan District, despite being situated on Lantau Island, and is the only MTR line in Hong Kong to run within a single district. It is indicated in Pink on the MTR map.

## Construction

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The rail link was constructed by Gammon Construction and completed in April 2005.[3]

In preparation for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland on 12 September, the line started operating on 1 August 2005. The rolling stock is distinctive on account of its Mickey Mouse windows, interior couch seating, and Disneyland figurines displayed in the carriages.

On 4 September 2005, the Disneyland Resort line served nearly 40,000 passengers. Peak patronage occurs around 08:00–10:00 and 21:00–23:00 hours, at the parks' respective opening and closing times.

## Train design

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The Disneyland Resort line is 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) long, and has a travel time of around 6 minutes. Its track gauge is 1,432 mm (4 ft 8+3⁄8 in). The MTR designed a new driverless train and produced it by refitting existing M-Trains for the line which is designed with a Disney theme in mind. Bronze statues of well-known Disney characters, such as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, are included inside of the trains, and the windows are shaped like Mickey Mouse's head, instead of the rounded rectangles found on trains of other lines.

All of the trains used on the Disneyland Resort line were originally ordered from 1994 to 1998 as subtype H-Stock train (Phase 3 EMU, A/C 270-291, B/C 486-496). MTR contracted Alstom for these trains, but they were made in England, much like the Phase 1 and 2 trains ordered from 1979 to 1989 and made by Metro-Cammell (also in England), which was acquired by GEC Alsthom (now Alstom) in 1989. Units A/C274 A/C281 A/C284 A/C289 A/C291 and B/C490 are now used on the Disneyland Resort line; they were refurbished in 2005 by United Goninan, the same company that modernized the Urban Line trains from 1998 to 2001.

These trains are the first on the MTR to use automatic train operation during normal operation, followed by the CNR Changchun EMUs in service on the South Island line. However, unlike the South Island line, the operator's cab area has been retained, visible through glass windows at each end of the train.

* The platforms of the Disneyland Resort station show conspicuous Victorian features.

* Inside the Disneyland Resort line MTR M-trains. The grab handles resemble Mickey Mouse.

* M-Train at Disneyland Resort station

## Stations

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This is a list of the stations on the Disneyland Resort line.

List

Livery  | Station Name  | Images  | Interchange;
Adjacent transportation | Opening  | District

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English  | Chinese
Disneyland Resort Line (DRL)
| Sunny Bay | 欣澳  |  | Tung Chung line | 1 June 2005;
20 years ago  | Tsuen Wan
| Disneyland Resort | 迪士尼  |  | —  | 1 August 2005;
20 years ago

Disneyland Resort station was designed in Victorian architecture, while Sunny Bay was designed to be modern. This contrast in design was done to make passengers feel like they are travelling through time between the fantasy world of the Disneyland Resort and the rest of the city.[citation needed]

## See also

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* Disney portal
* Trains portal
* Hong Kong portal

* Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts

## References

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1. ^ "Daily average patronage and train loading on MTR Railway Lines in 2005 to 2010" (PDF). HKSAR Government. 8 June 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
2. ^ "Business Overview" (PDF). MTR. July 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
3. ^ "Gammon Construction awarded £238m". The Engineer. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Disneyland Resort line.

* Environmental reports of the Disneyland Resort Line (Penny's Bay Rail Link) Project Archived 2007-11-02 at the Wayback Machine
* Disneyland Resort Line project website Archived 2007-11-11 at the Wayback Machine
* A brochure of the Penny's Bay Rail Link project Archived 2005-04-13 at the Wayback Machine (Adobe Systems Acrobat (pdf) format)
* HKDL Source - The Premiere Hong Kong Disneyland Fansite - MTR Page

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* List of stations
* MTR Corporation

Rail
service|

| Lines|

| Rapid transit|

* Disneyland Resort line
* East Rail line
* Island line
* Kwun Tong line
* South Island line
* Tseung Kwan O line
* Tsuen Wan line
* Tuen Ma line
* Tung Chung line

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Airport rail link|

* Airport Express

Light rail|

* Light Rail

Cross-border |

* Hong Kong Express Rail Link
* ~~Guangdong through train~~
* ~~Shanghai through train *~~
* ~~Beijing through train *~~

Under construction
or planning|

* Northern Link
* South Island line (West)
* North Island line
* East Kowloon line
* Full list

Rolling
stock|

| In operation|

* Metro Cammell EMU (DC): M-Train
* Adtranz–CAF EMU: CAF-Train
* Rotem EMU: K-Train
* CNR Changchun EMU: C-Train
* CNR Changchun EMU: S-Train
* CRRC Sifang EMU: Q-Train
* SP1900/1950 EMU: IKK Train
* CRRC Changchun EMU: TML C-Train
* Hyundai Rotem EMU: R-Train
* Light Rail Rolling Stock
* ~~Lok 2000, KTT~~
* CSR Sifang EMU (XRL): CRH380A

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Retired|

* Metro Cammell EMU (AC): MLR

Non-rail
service|

* Ngong Ping 360
* MTR Bus (Northwest New Territories)
* MTR Feeder Bus
* Airport Express Shuttle Bus

* Operated solely by trains from mainland China

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Disneyland Resort line

Stations|

* Sunny Bay
* Disneyland Resort

Rolling stock|

* Metro Cammell EMU (DC)

Related articles|

* Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

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Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

Theme parks|

* Hong Kong Disneyland
* list of attractions

Hotels|

* Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel
* Disney's Hollywood Hotel
* Disney Explorers Lodge

Resort area|

* Disneyland Resort line
* Disneyland Resort station
* Sunny Bay station
* Disneyland Resort Pier
* Inspiration Lake

People|

* Jacky Cheung
* Michael Eisner
* Bill Ernest
* Andrew Kam
* Michael Rowse
* Marty Sklar

Events|

* Celebration in the Air
* Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons
* Happiest Homecoming on Earth
* Little League World Series (Asia-Pacific and Middle East Region)

Related topics|

* Disney Premier Access
* Hong Kong International Theme Parks
* Lantau Island, Hong Kong
* Team Disney Hong Kong
* Voluntears
* Walt Disney Imagineering
* List of incidents at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort

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Disney rail transport

Resort service|

* Marne-la-Vallée–Chessy station
* Disneyland Resort line
* Disney Resort station

| Monorail|

* Disneyland Monorail
* Walt Disney World Monorail System
* Disney Resort Line

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Steam|

* Disneyland Railroad
* Walt Disney World Railroad
* Fort Wilderness Railroad (defunct)
* Western River Railroad
* Disneyland Railroad (Paris)

Internal combustion|

* Casey Jr. Circus Train
* Viewliner Train of Tomorrow (defunct)
* Wildlife Express Train
* Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad

Electric|

* Mine Train Through Nature's Wonderland (defunct)
* DisneySea Electric Railway
* Red Car Trolley (defunct)

People mover|

* PeopleMover (Disneyland) (defunct)
* PeopleMover (Magic Kingdom)

Working animal|

* Main Street Vehicles (Disneyland)
* Main Street Vehicles (Magic Kingdom)
* Horse-Drawn Streetcars (Disneyland Park (Paris))

Predecessors|

* Grizzly Flats Railroad (defunct)
* Carolwood Pacific Railroad (defunct)

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