LC Paper No. CB(4)736/19-20(01)

Progress Update on Upgrading Signalling System for Railway Lines

Subcommittee on Matters Relating to Railways June 2020

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 1 Signalling Upgrade Programme

Awarded contract in 2015 to upgrade the signalling system of 7 MTR lines Increased reliability and overall capacity

Tsuen Wan Line Line Island Line Line Airport Express

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 2 Incident of the New Signalling System Testing on Line on 18 March 2019

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 3 Follow Up on the New Signalling System Testing Incident

Two Principles:

Recommendations Agreed terms and set out in the conditions with Investigation Panel the Contractor Report

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 4 Contractor’s Improvement Measures 1 2 3

Revamping the Replacing the software software design Enhancing the development and monitoring and process and work development control instructions team

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 5 Expected Timeline for Tsuen Wan Line Works Now - 2021 2021 - 2023 (About 1.5 year) (About 1.5 year) 1. Revamp and develop the software 4. On-site train tests with one development process and work train and multiple trains instructions 5. Full line and whole system 2. Verify and rectify the software testing under the new process 6. Reliability tests, commissioning 3. Test software, and drills obtain certification, and 3 years obtain consent from in total Government

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 6 Signalling Upgrade Progress on Each Line Design Equipment installation On-site train tests Testing and Tsuen Wan Line rectifying software

Island Line

Kwun Tong Line

Tseung Kwan O Preparing for Line installation Tung Chung Planning Line Disneyland Planning Resort Line

Airport Express Planning

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 7 COMPLETE the signalling upgrade

Provide a MORE RELIABLE train service

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 8 Thank you

MTR Corporation 19/06/2020 Page 9