From its starting base in Hong Kong, the Corporation has expanded into the Mainland China and taken on a range of railway-related projects and operations internationally. In the Mainland China, the Corporation now operates Beijing Metro Line 4, Line 14 and Line 16, Shenzhen Metro Longhua Line (Line 4) and Hangzhou Metro Line 1. Internationally, the Corporation operates and manages TfL Rail (will be renamed as "Elizabeth Line" in 2018) service in the United Kingdom, Melbourne Metro in Australia, Stockholm Metro, the Stockholm Pendeltåg commuter rail service and MTR Express, an intercity railway between Stockholm and Gothenburg in Sweden. In September 2014 the Northwest Rapid Transit Consortium, of which the Corporation is a shareholder, was awarded the Operations, Trains and Systems Public-Private Partnership contract for the Sydney Metro Northwest project in Australia. On top of that, the scope of the Corporation's consultancy business also covers cities across Asia, Australia and the Middle East.
