Quarry Bay (MTR)
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Quarry Bay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌; Cantonese IPA: [tsɐk55 jy11 tsʰʊŋ55], Yale: jāk yùh chūng, Jyutping: zak1 jyu4 cung1; Mandarin Pinyin: Zéiyúcōng) is an underground station on the MTR Island Line on Hong Kong Island and Tseung Kwan O Line between Hong Kong Island and Tseung Kwan O New Town in the New Territories, Hong Kong. The livery is green.
The station was retrofitted in 1989 with the addition of Platforms 3 and 4, which served as the terminus of Kwun Tong Line until 2002. The line was then temporarily extended to North Point until August 18 of the same year. The two platforms are now a part of Tseung Kwan O Line.
The station is noted for having the deepest platforms on the MTR network, with deepest depth of 37m from the ground, to allow the tunnel to dive across the Victoria Harbour. The station's concourses, however, are at ground level and open directly to the street. As a result, four sets of escalators and many long passageways are necessary to connect the concourses to the deepest platforms.
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Platforms
- Upper level
- Platform 1: Island Line towards Chai Wan
- Platform 2: Island Line towards Sheung Wan
- Lower level
- Platform 3: Tseung Kwan O Line towards Po Lam
- Platform 4: Tseung Kwan O Line towards North Point
Platforms 1 and 2, and Platforms 3 and 4 are both island platforms.
Since platforms 3 and 4 were built some time after platforms 1 and 2, no platform interchanges are available in Quarry Bay station. Commuters interchanging between the two lines have to walk through a long passageway for about 5 minutes to reach the platforms of the other line.
This inconvenience is what prompted the MTRC to undergo the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works, which extended the Kwun Tong Line one stop to the west to North Point Station, where cross platform interchanges are provided. However, that extension only benefited people who resided west of North Point. Passengers living east of Quarry Bay must continue to change trains at Quarry Bay.
Shops
- Circle K Mini-store
- Hang Seng Bank (with ATMs)
- Hang Seng Bank ATMs
- Maxim's Cakes
- 2 Bank of China (Hong Kong) ATMs
- An automatic photo machine (Max Sight Photo-Me)
- A vending machine (Swire Coca-Cola)
Entrances/exits
- A King's Road, Taikoo Place
- B Finnie Street
- C Model Lane, Harbour Plaza North Point
Entrances/exits A and B share the same concourse while entrance/exit C has a separate concourse. Passengers are advised to check the direction signs before leaving the platform.
Transport connections
Bus
- To Tsz Wan Shan (Central)
- 116 (at exit A or B)
| Preceding station | MTR | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Point | Island Line | Tai Koo | ||
| North Point | Tseung Kwan O Line | Yau Tong | ||
