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Lilac Light Rail Route 717/718
Lilac Light Rail Route 717/718 (Chinese: 麗蓮輕鐵717/ 718綫) are 2 circular routes jointly owned by Qingli Railways and Lilypad Rail, set up in Tempest and Sunrise area. Routes 717 and 718 are actually the same route, but in different directions. Route 717 is in clockwise direction; while Route 718 is in anti-clockwise direction.
| Lilac Light Rail Route 717/718 麗蓮輕鐵717/ 718綫 |
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| Overview | |
| Operate location | Tempest Sunrise |
| Transit type | Light Rail Transit |
| System | Lilac Light Rail |
| Status | Operational |
| Terminus | Sunrise |
| Technical | |
| Character | Overground At-grade Underground |
| Maximum speed | 60km/h |
| Number of stations | 32 |
| Track gauge | 1435mm (4 ft 0.5 in) standard gauge |
| Electrification | 750 DC Third Rail |
| Depot | Sunrise Light Rail Depot |
| Rolling stock | Light Rail Phase I Light Rail Phase II Light Rail Phase IV Light Rail Phase V |
| Number of cars | 1 or 2 |
| Service | |
| Opened | 9 July 2023 |
| Owner(s) | Qingli Railways Lilypad Rail |
| Operator(s) | Lilypad Rail |
History
On 2 April 2023, Lilypad Rail proposed route 717 going from Tempest to the west and turn north at Boundary Island stop.
On 9 April 2023, route 717 is proposed to further extend to Sunrise and then back to Tempest to form a circular route. Different directions of route 717 has been split into routes 717 and 718.
On 9 July 2023, the loop is completed and routes 717 and 718 has been fully operational since then.
Stations
| Fare Zone | Name | District | Connections | Opened | |||
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Lilac Light Rail Route 717/718 |
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 ↓ | ↑ | 10 | Tempest 坦派斯特 | Tempest |      | 5 February 2023 | |
| Tempest | Kallos Express Effirt Express |
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↓ | ↑ | Yamaura 山內 | | 9 July 2023 | |||
↓ | ↑ | Alpha 阿爾法 | |||||
↓ | ↑ | Beta 貝塔 |
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↓ | ↑ | Gamma 伽瑪 |
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↓ | ↑ | Delta 德爾塔 |
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↓ | ↑ | Kuk Wu 曲湖 |
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↓ | ↑ | Tam Ling 潭陵 | Sunrise | ||||
↓ | ↑ | Hattari 虛幻 |
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↓ | ↑ | Kaixa 凱撒 |
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↓ | ↑ | Tai Wai 堤圍 |  |
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↓ | ↑ | Kennedy 堅尼地 |
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↓ | ↑ | Sunrise 晨輝 | |
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| Sunrise | Llanmara Express | ||||||
↓ | ↑ | Kimberly 金伯利 | |
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↓ | ↑ | Shek Wan Tsuen 石溫泉 |
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↓ | ↑ | Cascade 級聯 |
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↓ | ↑ | 9 | Evening Spring 暮春 | Tempest | |||
↓ | ↑ | Lucky Dog 幸運狗 |
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↓ | ↑ | Big Stick 大棍 |
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↓ | ↑ | Little Stick 小棍 |
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↓ | ↑ | McHenry 麥亨利 |
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↓ | ↑ | Butterfly Interchange 蝴蝶轉車站 |
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↓ | ↑ | Dynamic 耷捺蜜 | |
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↑ | Silver Dollar 銀圓 |
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↓ | ↑ | Morning Star 晨星 |
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↓ | ↑ | Deer Hollow 鹿谷地 |
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↓ | ↑ | Boundary Island 邊境島 | | 5 February 2023 | |||
↓ | ↑ | Sidebay Ferry Pier 邊灣碼頭 | |
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| Kallos Ferry | |||||||
↓ | ↑ | Eastern Garden Lake 東園湖 | |
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↓ | ↑ | Dry Plains Cable Car Stop 乾草園纜車站 | |
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| Tempest Skyisland Cable Car | |||||||
↓ | ↑ | Badlands Forest 惡土森林 | |
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| | | 10 | Jura Forest 朱拉森林 |
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Fare Zones
- Fare Zone 9: Evening Spring ⇄ Badlands Forest
- Fare Zone 10: Jura Forest ⇄ Cascade
Route 717/718 can meet up with other routes: 721, 722, 735, 736, 736P, 761
Independent Sections
- Track section between Yamaura and Tai Wai
- Track section between Butterfly Interchange and Dynamic