TWO drivers were sent to the hospital as one reportedly injured his leg after two Hong Kong MTR trains collided with each other yesterday morning.

Train services between Central and Admiralty stations on Tsuen Wan Line would be suspended for the rest of yesterday, according to MTR Corp.

Train services between Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsuen Wan stations on Tsuen Wan Line would be departing every three and a half minutes.

The incident took place near the Central station at around

3 a.m. when a Tsuen Wan-bound train collided with a Central-bound train at the crossover section during a trial run for a new signal system.

Deputy commander of the Hong Kong Island Central Division of Hong Kong Fire Services Department said they received a call at 2:55 a.m., referring to the collision of two trains at the Central station.

“The firefighters arrived five minutes after receiving the call. The scene of the incident was about 100 meters from the platform of the Central station on Tsuen Wan Line. The accident involved two trains, one of which was in the direction of the Central station and the front of the train was damaged,” the official said.

“The other train was in the direction of the Tsuen Wan station, and the third and fourth carriages of this train were damaged.”

Hong Kong MTR services carry about 5.8 million passenger trips on average on a normal week day.

The MTR corporation urged commuters heading to the Central station to change at the Admiralty station for the Island line or take alternative public transport. (Xinhua)