Mass Transit Railway helps to move millions of people every day from one point to another, as this is Hong Kong’s major Mass Transport Carrier. There are many traveling benefits and limitations of using MTR, which I listed issue by point below.
Benefits of Using MTR:
Many benefits of using a jaint rail operator’s are: They give away things to the travelers’ many ways cash rebate, free ride, age benefits, and much more; there is a lot of stuff who wisely can benefit a lot. With time the payment options are modified. Now, scanning the QR close with WeChat pay, UnionPay, and Alipay available, passengers are using these payment modes daily.
Discount Octopus:
Using Hong Kong Octopus card in MTR, available lot of discounts and concession facilities like
Senior citizen discount in MassTransit Rail:
A person age 65 or above will be eligible to apply for a Senior Citizen card from MTR. The successful applicant can ride anywhere for each trip for HK $2; this discount is also applicable for Public buses, Green minibusses, ferries, etc.
Note: Elderly Octopus card is Green in color, slightly different from the regular adult card.
Kids discount Riding Rail:
Concessionary tickets are available for children aged 3 to 11 years; they also need to apply from MTR. In case of traveling without an octopus card, pay full payment. Any kids age below 3 yrs no need to pay any charges traveling Hong Kong Local Railway Transport.
Student discount card Hong Kong Metro:
All the students who apply for the particular card can get the concession for every MTR Travel.
Convenient mode of Transport for timing:
Especially in Hong Kong, timing matters a lot; during the office, our massive rush and huge traffic are easily avoided using MTR. You can reach from one point to other points with high accuracy of time, except for system error or some technical fault.
MTR transfer facility with no cost:
There are several MTR lines connected in certain stations; passengers transfer from one line to another lines without paying anything. Hong Kong MTR inside and out manages an obvious making and signing system so even tourists can easily access and travel MTR anywhere without difficulties.
Using octopus to cover various facilities:
Riding MTR with octopus only eligible to get the facilities of discount like a senior citizen, Kids age 3-11, students cars, disability card, etc.
Also, the more Octopus travel you do, the more redemption you can get from the mtr.
Limitations using MTR:
Some limitations are using MTR; this is as good and bad always side by side not one thing but everything and a time.
Some time very crowded:
MTR frequency is greatly appreciated during office time. It’s pretty faster, but because of the hefty pressure in the morning and evening, office time big rush inside the cabin. I observed that some stations like Central and Admiralty rush inside and go up and down the escalator.
Restricted oversized and bulk items while traveling.
Klook.comEspecially for travelers, moving around the city with their bulky luggage via MTR is challenging travel, and the operator at the station may restrict it.
However, Airport Express is available, especially for airport passengers to Airport-City-Airport. Also, there are various Check-in points in many stations for the passenger’s easiness.
Traveling benefits and limitations traveling MTR
