Hong Kong Station
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Hong Kong Station is the eastern terminus of the Tung Chung Line and Airport Express of the Hong Kong MTR metro system, situated between Man Cheung Street and Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong Island, and sits underneath the International Finance Centre. The Airport Express and Tung Chung Line stations, retail mall, pedestrian tunnels, footbridges and IFC Masterplan were all designed by Arup Associates (Hong Kong Office) in collaboration with Rocco Design Ltd, Ove Arup & Partners, and Meinhardt. The design and construction is chronicled in the book "Arup: Hong Kong Station" by Greg Pearce, Stuart Mercer, Graham Powell and Rodney Tan.
The station is connected to Central station via two tunnels. The walk between the two stations typically takes three to six minutes. The tunnels, which cross under Connaught Road Central, are equipped with travelators.
This station provides an in-town check-in service for flights departing Hong Kong International Airport and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the Central and Wan Chai areas.
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[edit] Station layout
| - | Overlying Properties | Exits |
| IFC Mall, One ifc, Two ifc | ||
| Footbridge to Central | ||
| Mid-levels escalator system, Star Ferry Pier | ||
| Ground | Airport Express Check-in |
Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops, Washrooms |
| Vending machines, Automatic teller machines | ||
| Luggage check-in | ||
| Carpark, Drop-off area | ||
| L1 Shops |
Shops | Shops, vending machine |
| Subway to carpark, escalators to Tung Chung Line | ||
| L2 Platforms |
Platform 1 | Airport Express towards AsiaWorld Expo |
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| Airport Express Concourse | Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops, Washrooms | |
| Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, ATMs | ||
| Taxi Stand, Airport Express shuttle buses | ||
| Exit C | Exits, Customer Service | |
| Subway to Central Station | ||
| L3 Concourse |
Tung Chung Line Concourse | Customer Service, MTRShops |
| Vending machines, ATMs | ||
| Octopus card promotion machine | ||
| Subway | Subway to Des Voeux Road Central and Central Station | |
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| L4 Platforms |
Platform 3 | Tung Chung Line towards Tung Chung and Disneyland Resort Line |
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| Platform 4 | Tung Chung Line towards Tung Chung and Disneyland Resort Line | |
Although two platforms have been constructed, Platform 1 is the only one in use to serve Airport Express trains. When a train arrives from the airport, and the driver walks over to the other end of the train for it to turn around. For the convenience of passengers, a taxi stand and a hotel shuttle service is provided on the same level once the passenger has exited through the gates.
The Tung Chung Line and Airport Express are located considerably far away from each other. The Tung Chung Line concourse is located one level below the Airport Express platform. There, passengers have to ride an escalator down one more level to reach the Tung Chung Line trains.
In July 2007, MTR installed two "Self-service Point" machines (first time in Hong Kong) at the Tung Chung Line platform. These unmanned machines help resolve passengers' issues such as lost the ticket or unable to use the Octopus card to exit. They also have a visual conference system so that the staff can help passengers out.[1]
[edit] Entrances/Exits
- A1/A2: Two IFC
- B1/B2: Exchange Square I/II
- C: Douglas Street
- D: Exchange Square III
- E1/E2: One IFC
- F: IFC Mall
[edit] Transport Connections
[edit] Bus Routes
These are the buses that provide a direct connection to Hong Kong Station. All bus routes begin with a capital M to show that they terminate at the Airport Express station. The ones without a capital M at the front means it either stops close by at Exchange Square or Hong Kong Station Public Transport Interchange.
[edit] Exchange Square Bus Terminus (Exit D)
To the Peak:
- 15
To Stanley:
- 66
To Lei Tung:
- 94X
To Shek O:
- 309
To Hong Sing Garden:
- 690
To Hang Hau (North):
- 692
To Sheung Tak:
- 692P
[edit] Hong Kong Station Bus Terminus (Outside In-Town Check in Area)
To Wah Fu North:
- M47
To Cyberport:
- M49, M49P
To South Horizons:
- M590
To Yiu Tung:
- M722
To Laguna City:
- 621
To Ma On Shan Town Centre:
- 681
[edit] Neighbouring stations
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| Terminus | Airport Express |
towards AsiaWorld-Expo
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| Terminus | Tung Chung Line |
towards Tung Chung
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proposed
towards Chai Wan
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| Terminus | Tsuen Wan Line
Transfer at: Central
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towards Tsuen Wan
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Terminus
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Island Line
Transfer at: Central
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towards Chai Wan
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[edit] Reference
- ^ MTR News release: Self-service Point to assist passengers; number 041/07 (Chinese). MTR (July 19, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-30.
