Empty R (Chinese: 空鐵/党鐵) refers to the MTR when its service is partially disrupted.
Its theme song and national anthem is Greensleeves, the same as that of the HKDSE examinations and the Hang Seng Bank.
The latter Chinese translation is political and means "(Political) Party Railway". The inclusion of this translation is for documentation purposes only, and I do NOT condone its views.
There have been several occasions where Empty R has arisen.
This article is NOT political and I do NOT endorse the crimes the vandals have done.
An image of the "Empty R" on 28th July 2024.1
My reconstruction of the cover of the booklet.12
The Empty R has arisen on 28th July 2024 to accomodate for large-scale asset renewal work of a tunnel in the Kwun Tong Line1. A limited edition booklet numbered L1384 07/2024 available in both English and Chinese have been published on that day2, only available in stations of the Kwun Tong Line, however as of now I am unable to obtain it due to the abundance of scalpers.
Please refer to 3.
Also known as the original Empty R, the outages from 1st to 9th October 2019 were caused by political vandals.
Map of the Empty R on 1st October 2019. Image released on Wikimedia under GFDL or CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of the Empty R on 4th October 2019. Image released on Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
The R was at its emptiest point, with only West Kowloon "Station" in operation.
Map of the Empty R on 5th October 2019. Image released on Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Only the Airport Express Line was open.
Map of the Empty R on 6th October 2019. Image released on Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of the Empty R on 7th October 2019. Image released on Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of the Empty R on 8th October 2019. Image released on Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
From 12pm, Tai Po Market Station and Po Lam Station opened up.
Map of the Empty R on 9th October 2019. Image released on Wikimedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
| Date | Time | Station Closed |
|---|---|---|
| 1/9 | 1310 | 🔷Airport Express (to AsiaWorld-Expo) |
| 1/9 | 1447 | AsiaWorld-Expo Station |
| 1/9 | 1630 | 🔷Airport Express |
| 1/9 | 1752 | Tung Chung Station |
| 1/9 | 1805 | Tsing Yi Station |
| 1/9 | 1810 | 🟣Copyright Strikeland Line |
| 1/9 | 1810 | 🟧Tung Chung Line |
| 6/9 | 0000 | Po Lam Station |
| 6/9 | 1622 | Prince Edward Station |
| 6/9 | 2215 | Mong Kok Station |
| 6/9 | 2234 | Yau Ma Tei Station |
| 6/9 | 2352 | 🟥Tsuen Wan Line (Lai Chi Kok to Central) |
| 7/9 | 1622 | Prince Edward Station |
| 7/9 | 2100 | Mong Kok Station |
| 7/9 | 2319 | Sha Tin Station |
| 7/9 | 2353 | Tai Po Market Station |
| 7/9 | 2343 | Tseung Kwan O Station |
| 8/9 | 1615 | Central Station |
| 8/9 | 1842 | Wan Chai Station |
| 8/9 | 2134 | Prince Edward Station |
| 8/9 | 2202 | Mong Kok Station |
| 15/9 | 1648 | Admiralty Station |
| 15/9 | 1759 | Wan Chai Station |
| 15/9 | 1935 | Causeway Bay Station |
| 21/9 | 1300 | Tuen Mun Station |
| 21/9 | 1500 | Yuen Long Station |
| 21/9 | 1553 | 🟨LR 507, 614P |
| 21/9 | 1614 | 🟨LR 615P |
| 21/9 | 1756 | 🟨Tuen Mun Area LR |
| 21/9 | 2140 | 🟨Yuen Long Area LR |
| 22/9 | 0900 | 🔷Airport Express: Kowloon, Tsing Yi, AsiaWorld-Expo |
| 22/9 | 1647 | Sha Tin Station |
| 22/9 | 1718 | Tsing Yi Station |
| 22/9 | 1833 | Kowloon Station |
| 22/9 | 1932 | Kwai Fong Station |
| 22/9 | 2218 | Prince Edward Station |
| 22/9 | 2218 | Mong Kok Station |
| 25/9 | 2142 | Sha Tin Station |
| 29/9 | 1545 | Wan Chai Station |
| 29/9 | 1647 | Admiralty Station |
| 29/9 | 1838 | Tin Hau Station |
| 29/9 | 1838 | Causeway Bay Station |
| Date | Time | Station Closed |
|---|---|---|
| 3/8 | 2254 | Mong Kok Station |
| 3/8 | 2254 | Yau Ma Tei Station |
| 5/8 | 2108 | 🟥Tsuen Wan Line (Sham Shui Po to Lai Chi Kok) |
| 10/8 | 2230 | Jordan Station |
| 10/8 | 2230 | Tsim Sha Tsui Station |
| 11/8 | 1905 | Fortress Hill Station |
| 11/8 | 2101 | Kwai Fong Station |
| 18/8 | 1440 | 🟦Island Line (Fortress Hill to Causeway Bay) |
| 23/8 | 2100 | (Temporary) Kwai Fong Station |
| 24/8 | 1200 | 🟩Kwun Tong Line (Tiu King Leng to Choi Hung, except Tiu King Leng, Yau Tong, and Choi Hung) |
| 25/8 | 1330 | Tsuen Wan Station |
| 25/8 | 1330 | Kwai Dong Station |
| 25/8 | 1330 | Tsuen Wan West Station |
| 31/8 | 1330 | Sai Ying Pun Station |
| 31/8 | 1330 | Admiralty Station |
| 31/8 | 2200 | Jordan Station |
| 31/8 | 2200 | Wan Chai Station |
| 31/8 | 2245 | Mong Kok Station |
| 31/8 | 2258 | Prince Edward Station |
| 31/8 | 2314 | 🟩Kwun Tong Line |
| 31/8 | 2314 | 🟥Tsuen Wan Line |
| 31/8 | 2350 | 🟦Island Line |
| 31/8 | 2350 | 🟢South Island Line |
| 31/8 | 2350 | 🟪Tsueng Kwan O Line |
| Date | Time | Station Closed |
|---|---|---|
| 12-13/6 | 2030 | Admiralty Station |
| 16/6 | 1402 | Tin Hau Station |
| 16/6 | 1608 | Tin Hau Station (only to Chai Wan) |
| 16/6 | 1608 | Causeway Bay Station (only to Chau Wan) |
| 1/7 | 0712 | Wan Chai Station |
| 1/7 | 0712 | Admiralty Station |
| 14/7 | 2209 | Sha Tin Station |
| 21/7 | 2350 | Yuen Long Station |
| 27/7 | 1922 | Long Ping Station |
| 28/7 | 2000 | 🟦Island Line (Sai Ying Pun to Kennedy Town) |
Footnotes
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https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/ktl-service-suspension.html ↩ ↩2 ↩3
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https://www.tkww.hk/a/202407/23/AP669f6a26e4b0519806913b17.html (Chinese) ↩ ↩2
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https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%8D%E5%B0%8D%E9%80%83%E7%8A%AF%E6%A2%9D%E4%BE%8B%E4%BF%AE%E8%A8%82%E8%8D%89%E6%A1%88%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95%E6%9C%9F%E9%96%93%E6%B8%AF%E9%90%B5%E7%9B%B8%E9%97%9C%E7%88%AD%E8%AD%B0 (Chinese) ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4