# How Hong Kong Built a Subway Money Machine

- Source: Bloomberg Originals
- Published: 2026-10-27T08:00:38+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kGQ7gsrOeA
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/how-hong-kong-built-a-subway-money-machine-2656f9/

Hong Kong’s Mass Transit Railway is the most profitable transit system in the world. While subways tend to lose money everywhere else, the MTR funds its system through a real estate engine known as “land-value capture.” By directly integrating malls, offices and apartments into stations, the railway has created a self-funding loop that pays billions of dollars back to the government. Now, the MTR

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