īaggage trolleys, wide fare gates, and free porter service are available at all stations except AsiaWorld–Expo to assist passengers with baggage. Each train has a special baggage container car and the checked baggage is scanned in bulk by a Mechanised Automatic Explosive Detection System. The Airport Express provides In-Town Check-In at the Hong Kong and Kowloon stations, where passengers on flights with selected airlines can receive boarding passes and check in their baggage before heading to the airport bags-free. On the trains, there are luggage racks next to each door, and each seat is equipped with in-seat loudspeakers for current news, advertisements and announcements shown on LCD televisions in front. The Airport Express offers more spacious and comfortable trains and stations than other MTR services. The two lines have their own tracks and platforms at all stations. The line shares tracks with the Tung Chung line only in the cross-harbour tunnel and from the Lantau Link through the split before reaching the airport island. The line continues on the Lantau Link and runs parallel to the North Lantau Highway to Airport station before terminating at AsiaWorld–Expo station. The line then runs along the western side of the Kowloon peninsula, crosses over the Rambler Channel rail bridge to Tsing Yi, and stops at Tsing Yi station. The Airport Express line runs from Hong Kong station in Central, crosses under the harbour to West Kowloon and stops at Kowloon station. With the opening of AsiaWorld–Expo, the line was extended to AsiaWorld–Expo station on 20 December 2005 and a journey on the entire route takes 28 minutes. With the opening of Sunny Bay station on the Tung Chung line in June 2005, the total journey time between the Airport and Hong Kong stations was increased to 24 minutes. The line initially terminated at Airport station and the entire journey time was 23 minutes. The Airport Express began service on 6 July 1998, the opening date of the new Hong Kong International Airport. The Lantau Airport Railway was developed as two separate MTR lines, the Tung Chung line and the Airport Express, with the two lines sharing tracks in some sections. The project began when the Chinese and British governments settled the financial and land agreements in November 1994. The government also invited the Mass Transit Railway Corporation to build an express line to the airport. In October 1989, the Hong Kong government decided to replace the over-crowded Kai Tak Airport, located in Kowloon, with a new airport to be constructed at Chek Lap Kok. The line is coloured teal on MTR system maps. The journey from Hong Kong station to the airport takes 24 minutes. The Tung Chung line terminates in the adjacent Tung Chung new town, with bus service to various areas at the airport, including the passenger terminals. The line continues to the airport and terminates at AsiaWorld–Expo. It runs parallel to the Tung Chung line, a traditional rapid transit line, from Hong Kong station to just south of the channel between Lantau Island and Chek Lap Kok, on which the airport was constructed. It is the only rail link to the airport's terminal. It links the urban area with the Hong Kong International Airport and the AsiaWorld–Expo exhibition and convention centre. The Airport Express ( Chinese: 機場快綫) is one of the ten lines of the Hong Kong MTR system.
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