The (Chinese: 西鐵綫) (formerly called West Rail, Chinese: 西鐵) is
one of the MTR lines in Hong Kong. It starts at Nam Cheong
Station in Sham Shui Po and ends at Tuen Mun Station in Tuen
Mun. Only two of its stations, Mei Foo Station and Tsuen Wan
West Station, were laid underground, with the others above
ground. Currently the West Rail Line provides a local service on
its own. No inter-city service is offered, making it effectively
more like a metro instead of a commuter railway, although it was
built in commuter railway standard, and was expected to
accommodate other trains in the future. The railway line was
operated by Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (KCRC) as part of
the three lines in its network prior to the MTR-KCR merger.
Operation has since since been taken over by MTR Corporation on
2 December 2007 after the merger completed. The line is coloured
magenta on the MTR map. The distance between Nam Cheong and Tuen
Mun stations is 30.5km. A railway to the northwestern New
Territories from the urban area