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List of railway stations in Hong Kong

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 16, 2026
Entity authorityQ11667666 ↗
Source-derived summary

For railway stations in Hong Kong, see:

List of MTR stations

MTR Light Rail § Stops and routes

Hong Kong International Airport Automated People Mover § Facts

Hong Kong Tramways § Routes and stops

Peak Tram § Route

Hong Kong Disneyland Railroad

Ocean Express

Conventional railway shares tracks with the East Rail line, a regional/suburban service integrated within the MTR network. Currently cross-border trains only stop at Hung Hom station in Kowloon. The Tuen Ma line was also built to conventional railway standard but currently only regional/suburban service is available.

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