Sai Ying Pun Station

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Sai Ying Pun Station
Traditional Chinese:	西營盤
Simplified Chinese:	西营盘
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Xīyíngpán Yue (Cantonese) - Jyutping: sai1 jing4 pun4 - IPA: sɐɪ55 jɪŋ11 pʰʊn11 - Yale Romanization: sai1 ying4 pun4

Sai Ying Pun is a proposed station on the Hong Kong MTR Island Line serving the neighbourhood of Sai Ying Pun in northwestern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

Under the latest proposal as of June 2005, Sai Ying Pun will serve as a station on the proposed extension of the Island line known as West Island Line, as opposed to a transfer station to another line serving the Southern District with the same name as in previous plans.

The station appeared in Hong Kong Mass Transit: Further Studies in 1970. It was to be built as part of the Island Line in the 1980s, but construction of the line did not commence westwards beyond Sheung Wan, citing inadequate passengers and technical difficulties by contractors.

Contents 1 Proposed locations 2 Suggested design 2.1 Platforms 3 Neighbouring stations 4 References 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Proposed locations

In Outline Zoning Plan No. S/H3/20, the Planning Department of the government has indicated one possible location under Des Voeux Road West at Ko Shing Street as of December 2003. A ventilation shaft marked with MTR notices can be found at the intersection. A large void facing Des Voeux Road West, sealed, can also be found at a nearby medical centre, which some have speculated that it was reserved for a to-be-built exit. These findings suggest that this was the original proposed location.

However, in proposals submitted to the government by the MTR in May 2002, the proposed station was shifted further west to the intersection of Des Voeux Road West and Water Street.

In March 2004, the MTR moved the station back east but south of the initial alignment under King George V Memorial Park. Source from MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL) revealed to the local newspaper Ming Pao that this location was chosen to avoid any nuisance during works under major roads. The location would also better suit the needs of Mid-Levels residents, the source said.

[edit] Suggested design

[edit] Platforms

All information in this section is subject to change by MTR Corporation. Platform numbering are only speculations according to the current scheme used on other Island Line stations.

• Platform 1: Island Line to Chai Wan
• Platform 2: Island Line to Kennedy Town

Platform 1 will share the same concourse as platform 2.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
University towards Kennedy Town		Island Line West Island Line extension		Sheung Wan towards Chai Wan

[edit] References

• Yung, Chester and Chung, Danny. "Western on the MTR track. (1 July 2005). The Standard.

[edit] See also

• West Island Line and South Island Line
• Island Line (MTR)

[edit] External links

• Notes for Outline Zoning Plan No. S/H3/20 (Planning Department)

- showing one of the possible locations

• History of West Island Line (Hong Kong West Island Line Concern Group - Chinese only)

- information about the reserved space

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