Union vice-chairman reveals increased intervals between trains on Airport Express, Tung Chung line and Disneyland Resort line Patronage down by more than half amid school closures and work-from-home arrangements Hong Kong’s embattled rail operator is set to further cut services on three lines including the Airport Express, after the Covid-19 outbreak caused passenger numbers to plummet by more than half, the Post has learned. “This will be another round of reduction of services for the MTR, as the company has suffered devastating blows to its business over the past few months because of the pandemic. I am told that these three lines have been hit to an unimaginable level,” he said. In late February, the MTR Corporation started to reduce rail services during non-peak hours, weekends and public holidays, to cope with falling demand, with intervals between trains extended to up to eight minutes for urban ines, 15 minutes on the Airport Express, and 20 min...
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