East line (Macau LRT)

East line
Overview
Status	Planned
Owner	Macau
Locale	Macau, China
Termini	Portas do Cerco Taipa Ferry Terminal
Stations	7
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Macau Light Rapid Transit
Services	1
Operator(s)	MTR (Macau)
Technical
Line length	7.8 km (4.85 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Character	Underground
Route map Legend Portas do Cerco Hipódromo Norte Zone A 1 Zone A 2 Zone A 3 Praia Grande Zone E Taipa Ferry Terminal (Taipa Line) This diagram: view talk edit

The East line (Chinese: 澳氹東線, Portuguese: Linha Leste) is a planned line of the Macau Light Rapid Transit. Unlike Macau's existing LRT line, which runs on an elevated guideway, the East line is planned to run entirely underground, constructed with a tunnel-boring machine.^[1] The line will from the terminus of the Taipa line at Taipa Ferry Terminal, and traverse Zone E of the Macau New Urban Zone, stopping in the centre of the zone. It will then cross under the Praia Grande to the southern end of New Urban Zone A. The track will run under the central greenway of zone A, stopping at 3 stations there. Finally, it will run underwater, along the coast of the Macau peninsula, stopping at stations at Areia Preta and Portas do Cerco.^[2] The line will be 7.8 km long.^[3]

Construction started in 2023 by a joint venture led by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation^[4] and the line is expected to be complete by 2028.^[5]

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