====== Lilac Light Rail Route 715, 719, 719P ======
**Lilac Light Rail Route 715** (Chinese: **麗蓮輕鐵715綫**) is a [[lilac_light_rail]] route connecting Daimon North stop and Loyalty Hills stop, and is jointly owned by [[lilypad_rail]] and [[qingli_railways|Qingli Railways]]. This route is a placeholder before the completion Tempest part of the "Lilac Light Rail Reform Plan 2023" and future route 719.
**Lilac Light Rail Route 719** (Chinese: **麗蓮輕鐵719綫**) is a [[lilac_light_rail]] route connecting Tao Tung stop and Loyalty Hills stop, and is jointly owned by [[lilypad_rail]] and [[qingli_railways|Qingli Railways]]. This route is planned on the "Lilac Light Rail Reform Plan 2023" and will be opened in the future.
**Lilac Light Rail Route 719P** (Chinese: **麗蓮輕鐵719P綫**) is a [[lilac_light_rail]] route connecting Tao Tung stop and Eastwich-on-sea stop, and is jointly owned by [[lilypad_rail]] and [[qingli_railways|Qingli Railways]]. This route is planned on the "Lilac Light Rail Reform Plan 2023" and is the local version of route 719, which will be opened when Eastwich-on-sea station is completed.
^ Lilac Light Rail Route 715\\ 麗蓮輕鐵715綫 |^
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| {{mtr_letsplay:715_scrn.png?300}} ||
^ Overview |^
| **Operate location** | Tempest\\ Eastwich |
| **Transit type** | Light Rail Transit |
| **System** | [[lilac_light_rail]] |
| **Status** | Operational |
| **Starting stop** | Daimon North |
| **Terminus** | Loyalty Hills |
^ Technical |^
| **Character** | At-grade\\ Underground |
| **Maximum speed** | 80km/h |
| **Number of stations** | 2 |
| **Track gauge** | 1435mm\\ (4 ft 0.5 in)\\ standard gauge |
| **Electrification** | 750 DC Third Rail |
| **Depot** | Daimon North Depot |
| **Rolling stock** | Light Rail Phase I\\ Light Rail Phase II\\ Light Rail Phase III\\ Light Rail Phase IV\\ Light Rail Phase V |
| **Number of cars** | 2 |
^ Service |^
| **Opened** | 23 October 2023 |
| **Owner(s)** | [[qingli_railways|Qingli Railways]]\\ [[mtr_letsplay:lilypad_rail|Lilypad Rail]] |
| **Operator(s)** | [[lilypad_rail]] |
^ Lilac Light Rail Route 719\\ 麗蓮輕鐵719綫 |^
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^ Overview |^
| **Operate location** | Tempest\\ Eastwich |
| **Transit type** | Light Rail Transit |
| **System** | [[lilac_light_rail]] |
| **Status** | Unopened |
| **Starting stop** | Tao Tung |
| **Terminus** | Loyalty Hills |
^ Technical |^
| **Character** | At-grade\\ Underground |
| **Maximum speed** | 80km/h |
| **Number of stations** | 2 |
| **Track gauge** | 1435mm\\ (4 ft 0.5 in)\\ standard gauge |
| **Electrification** | 750 DC Third Rail |
| **Depot** | N/A |
| **Rolling stock** | Light Rail Phase I\\ Light Rail Phase II\\ Light Rail Phase III\\ Light Rail Phase IV\\ Light Rail Phase V |
| **Number of cars** | 2 |
^ Service |^
| **Opened** | N/A |
| **Owner(s)** | [[qingli_railways|Qingli Railways]]\\ [[mtr_letsplay:lilypad_rail|Lilypad Rail]] |
| **Operator(s)** | [[lilypad_rail]] |
^ Lilac Light Rail Route 719P\\ 麗蓮輕鐵719P綫 |^
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^ Overview |^
| **Operate location** | Tempest\\ Eastwich |
| **Transit type** | Light Rail Transit |
| **System** | [[lilac_light_rail]] |
| **Status** | Unopened |
| **Starting stop** | Tao Tung |
| **Terminus** | Eastwich-on-sea |
^ Technical |^
| **Character** | At-grade |
| **Maximum speed** | 80km/h |
| **Number of stations** | 2 |
| **Track gauge** | 1435mm\\ (4 ft 0.5 in)\\ standard gauge |
| **Electrification** | 750 DC Third Rail |
| **Depot** | N/A |
| **Rolling stock** | Light Rail Phase I\\ Light Rail Phase II\\ Light Rail Phase III\\ Light Rail Phase IV\\ Light Rail Phase V |
| **Number of cars** | 2 |
^ Service |^
| **Opened** | N/A |
| **Owner(s)** | [[qingli_railways|Qingli Railways]]\\ [[mtr_letsplay:lilypad_rail|Lilypad Rail]] |
| **Operator(s)** | [[lilypad_rail]] |
===== History =====
Route 719 was first proposed on 23 April 2023, when [[lrt_717_8|routes 717 and 718]] were under planning. At that time Tao Tung stop was not planned, and Route 719 was planned to run between Dynamic stop and Eastwich-on-sea stop.
The first generation of Route 719P was proposed later on 9 May 2023, which is an extension of route 719 to Tempest via Silicon Valley stop. On the same day, the extra terminating platform at Dynamic is renamed to a independent station, Tao Tung. The terminus of route 719 was then changed to Tao Tung stop instead of Dynamic stop.
The construction of these 2 lines didn’t start even for now because the construction of Eastwich-on-sea stop by [[lilypad_rail]] has never started.
On 1 July 2023, the plan of the first generation of Route 719P was announced to be abandoned as it was just overlapping with [[lrt_736|route 736P]] without bringing any benefits to the light rail system.
Meanwhile, in 29 March 2023, Lilypad Rail released a plan for the Blossom East Line, which was planned to intersect the Light Rail between Ho Shing and Wai Tam stations at San Shek Wan within the plan. Lilypad Rail chose the location to allow passengers to conveniently access the diving pool and rainbow slide found at San Shek Wan. However, due to Loyalty Hills lending much more favourably to a high-usage interchange between Blossom East Line and Marble Line, Lilypad Rail released a plan on 14 April 2023 to redirect Blossom East Line via Loyalty Hills. Finally, on 29 June 2023, Lilypad Rail and Qingli Railways decided to allow Blossom East Line to interchange at Loyalty Hills, and to create a Light Rail terminal to compensate for a north-south connection.
On 20 October 2023, [[qingli_railways|Qingli Railways]] released the "Lilac Light Rail Reform Plan 2023", and this plan included the route 719 and the second generation of route 719P. Route 719 is extended to Loyalty Hills from its original plan, and route 719P is exactly the same as the original 719 plan, running between Tao Tung stop and Eastwich-on-sea stop.
On 23 October 2023, Loyalty Hills light rail terminal is completed. However, there are still no available depots for route 719, so that [[lilypad_rail]] arranged a new route 715 running from Daimon North to Loyalty Hills, to be the placeholder of route 719 until a suitable depot for route 719 is found. Route 715 is using Daimon North Depot currently, sharing rolling stock with [[lrt_720|route 720]]. East San Shek Wan station is also added to the Loyalty Hills Light Rail plan in order to allow convenient access to the diving pool and rainbow slide for Blossom East Line passengers coming from Loyalty Hills. Sun Fat is also modified to create a second set of platforms for trains to and from Loyalty Hills, given that the junction is north of the station.
According to "Lilac Light Rail Reform Plan 2023", route 719 is tentatively decided to inherit the color of [[lrt_721_2|route 721]], and route 719P will be using dark orange as its line color.
===== Stations =====
^ Fare Zone ^ Name ^ District ^ Connections |^ Opened ^
| @#EEEEEE:Lilac Light Rail Route 715, 719, 719P
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| @#E3DBD1:\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ **9** | Tao Tung\\ 頭痛 | Tempest | [[lrt_721_2|{{721.png?40}}]] [[lrt_721_2|{{722.png?40}}]] [[lrt_735|{{735.png?40}}]] [[lrt_736|{{736.png?40}}]] [[lrt_736|{{736p.png?40&direct}}]] || 9 July 2023 |
| ::: | Dynamic\\ 耷捺蜜 | ::: | [[lrt_717_8|{{717.png?40}}]] [[lrt_717_8|{{718.png?40}}]] [[lrt_721_2|{{721.png?40}}]] [[lrt_721_2|{{722.png?40}}]] || ::: |
| ::: | Silver Dollar\\ 銀圓 | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| ::: | Morning Star\\ 晨星 | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| ::: | Deer Hollow\\ 鹿谷地 | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| ::: | Hung Sum (East)\\ 洪森（東） | ::: | [[lrt_761|{{761.png?40}}]] || 5 February 2023 |
| ::: | Hung Sum (West)\\ 洪森（西） | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| @#C0D7F7:\\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ **8** | Daimon North\\ 大門北 | ::: | [[lrt_720|{{720.png?40}}]] [[lrt_761|{{761.png?40}}]] || ::: |
| ::: | Ginga\\ 銀河 | ::: | [[lrt_720|{{720.png?40}}]] || 4 March 2023 |
| ::: | Chimera\\ 奇美拉 | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| ::: | Sand Farm\\ 沙田 | Eastwich | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| ::: | Inner Harbour Ferry Terminal\\ 內海客運碼頭 | ::: | [[lrt_720|{{720.png?40}}]] || ::: |
| ::: | ::: | ::: | Kallos Ferry || ::: |
| ::: | Eastwich-on-sea\\ 伊斯威奇海邊 | ::: | [[lrt_720|{{720.png?40}}]] || N/A |
| ::: | Tsing Fung\\ 清風 | ::: | ::: | ::: | 4 March 2023 |
| ::: | San Fat\\ 新發 | ::: | ::: | ::: | ::: |
| @#BBD3D7:\\ \\ **7** | East San Shek Wan\\ 東散石灣 | ::: | || 23 October 2023 |
| ::: | Loyalty Hills\\ 忠丘陵 | ::: | Loyalty Hills | ** Marble Line ** | ::: |
^ Remarks |||||^
| - Crossed-out station name means that the station will be served by route 719 or 719P in the future but not 715 ||||||
===== Fare Zones =====
- Fare Zone 7: East San Shek Wan ⇄ Loyalty Hills \\ - Fare Zone 8: Daimon North ⇄ Sun Fat \\ - Fare Zone 9: Tao Tung ⇄ Hung Sum (West) (Only suitable for route 719, 719P)
\\ Route 715, 719, 719P can meet up with other routes: 717, 718, 720, 721, 722, 735, 736, 736P, 761
===== Independent Sections =====
- Track section between Deer Hollow and Hung Sum (East) \\ - Track section between Hung Sum (West) and Daimon North \\ - Track section between Sun Fat and Loyalty Hills
===== Reference Pages =====
- [[lilac_light_rail]] \\ - [[lrt_601]] \\ - [[lrt_720]] \\ - [[lrt_721_2]]