The project
HK Transit 3D is an independent, love-of-the-city project: a live 3D map of Hong Kong's public transport. The MTR's ten heavy-rail lines dive under the harbour and through the hills exactly where they do in reality, the Light Rail threads the northwest, the Island tram rattles along the north shore, franchised buses climb the real terrain, and ferries cross to the outlying islands — all at their scheduled times of day.
An honest note on "live": the map is a schedule simulation, not GPS tracking. Vehicles move according to real published frequencies for each time of day — rush-hour trains every ~2 minutes, night ferries few and far between — synchronised to the Hong Kong clock. Scrub time backwards and forwards, or press LIVE to see the network as it is right now.
- Real terrain — hills, harbour and islands from elevation data
- Depth-true tunnels and a per-line underground cross-section view
- Follow any vehicle, ride in the cab (premium)
- Trilingual: English · 繁體中文 · 简体中文
- 2D accessibility mode for slower devices
- Open data: OpenStreetMap · DATA.GOV.HK · AWS Terrain
A brief history of Hong Kong transport
Hong Kong moves more than 12 million passenger journeys a day on public transport — one of the highest shares of any city on Earth. It took 137 years to build that machine.
- 1888The Star Ferry begins crossing Victoria Harbour, and the Peak Tram starts climbing to the Peak — both still running today.
- 1904Electric trams — the "ding ding" — enter service along the Island's north shore.
- 1910The Kowloon–Canton Railway opens, linking Tsim Sha Tsui to the border at Lo Wu.
- 1972The Cross-Harbour Tunnel ends the era when only boats crossed the harbour.
- 1979The MTR's first line opens between Shek Kip Mei and Kwun Tong — the underground age begins.
- 1997Octopus launches: the world's first city-wide contactless transit card.
- 1998The Airport Express speeds to the new Chek Lap Kok airport as Kai Tak closes.
- 2007MTR and KCR merge into a single railway network.
- 2018The high-speed rail link and the 55 km Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge open in the same year.
- 2025Kai Tak Sports Park opens on the old airport runway — served, fittingly, by a station on the newest MTR line.