Heng Fa Chuen (MTR)

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Heng Fa Chuen Station 杏花邨站

Heng Fa Chuen station sign

Line Island Code HFC Service hours 0557/0037 Connections Bus, Minibus

District Eastern Area Chai Wan

Map MTR Website Coordinates 22.276900° N 114.239778° E

Opened May 1986 Type of station Ground Level Type of platforms Side No. of platforms 2 No. of entrances/exits 1 No. of escalators 4 No. of lifts 2 No. of shops 3

Heng Fa Chuen (Chinese: 杏花邨; Jyutping: hang6 faa1 cyun1; pinyin: Xìnghuācūn; lit. Almond Flower Village) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island Line. It is the only station on the line that is at ground level. The MTR depot for the Island Line is located Northeast to the station. The station is located in the heart of Heng Fa Chuen. The livery of the station is Orange Red.

Contents 1 History 2 Platforms 3 Shops 4 Entrances/exits 5 Transport Connections 5.1 Bus Routes 5.2 Minibus Routes 6 Neighbouring stations 7 See also

[edit] History

Heng Fa Chuen is one of two stations on the Island Line that has no Platform Screen Doors. The other station without such doors is the adjacent Chai Wan terminus which is located above ground. It is the only MTR station on the Island Line that has opposite side platforms, as opposed to side platforms on different levels of a station. (Note that the Sheung Wan Station has opposite platforms too, but with a wall in between.)

Before opening on May 31, 1986, names proposed for this station actually included: North Chai Wan (北柴灣站), Agonar or A Kung Ngam (阿公岩站), Chai Wan Quay (柴灣碼頭站), and Pak Sha Wan (白沙灣站). It was after the opening of phase one (of the Heng Fa Chuen development) that prompted the MTR to change the name to Heng Fa Chuen. It is also interesting to note that this station was primarily one for construction workers in the early 1980s, during the construction of Heng Fa Chuen.

[edit] Platforms

• Platform 1: Island Line towards Chai Wan
• Platform 2: Island Line towards Sheung Wan

Both platforms 1 and 2 are located on ground level, with the rails running right next to each other through the middle of the station. Therefore, commuters have to pick the specific escalator from the concourse that leads to their desired platforms.

[edit] Shops

• Circle K Mini-store
• 2 Hang Seng Bank ATMs
• Maxim's Cakes
• A Bank of China (Hong Kong) ATM
• A vending machine (Swire Coca-Cola)

[edit] Entrances/exits

• A: Paradise Mall

There is only 1 exit (Exits A) in Heng Fa Chuen. (Note the Exit has split to A1 & A2, but technically A1 is for Entrance & A2 is for Exit) They both lead to the west and east entrances of Paradise Mall, the only shopping centre in Heng Fa Chuen. It is interesting to note that Heng Fa Chuen had been the only station on any MTR lines that had only one exit/entrance, but it is now sharing this title with the Airport, Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort stations after their respective openings in July 1998, June 2005 and August 2005.

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] Bus Routes

To Siu Sai Wan & North Point Ferry Pier

• 85

To Sham Shui Po in the morning, Siu Sai Wan in the evening

• 118P

To Wan Chai Ferry Pier

• 8, N8

[edit] Minibus Routes

To Cheerful Garden

• 62 (Exit A2)

To Island Resort

• 62A (Exit A2)

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	MTR			Following station
Shau Kei Wan		Island Line		Chai Wan

[edit] See also

• Siu Sai Wan Station

[edit] Hong Kong MTR stations

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