Sheung Wan Station

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Sheung Wan 上環

Platform 2 in Sheung Wan station.

Line Island Code SHW Service hours 0605/0056 Connections Bus, Minibus, Tram

District Central and Western Area Sheung Wan

Map MTR Website Coordinates 22.286173° N 114.151763° E

Opened May 23, 1986 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Side No. of platforms 4 No. of exits 8

Sheung Wan Station
Traditional Chinese:	上環
Simplified Chinese:	上环
Transliterations Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin: Shànghuán Yue (Cantonese) - Jyutping: soeng6 waan4 - Yale Romanization: seung6 waan4

Sheung Wan is the western terminus of the Hong Kong MTR Island Line.

It was originally built in 1970 as Western Market but its construction was discontinued after further planning for the new lines. Upon the construction of the Island Line, the station was finally constructed and opened in May 1986. The livery colour of this station is khaki.

Contents 1 Station layout 2 Rumsey Street platforms 3 Entrances/exits 4 Transport Connections 4.1 Bus Routes 4.2 Hong Kong Tramways 4.3 Hong Kong-Macau Ferry 5 Neighbouring stations

[edit] Station layout

Ground	-	Exits
L1 Concourse	Des Voeux Road C Concourse	Customer Service, MTR Shops
		Hang Seng Bank, Vending Machines, ATM
	Rumsey Street Concourse	Customer Service, MTR Shops
		Hang Seng Bank, ATM
L2 Concourse	Des Voeux Road C Concourse	Walkway to all platforms
	Rumsey Street Concourse	Alternate Platforms
L3 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 1	Island Line towards Chai Wan
	Platform 2	Island Line termination platform
	Side platform, doors will open on the left

These are side platforms built along Des Voeux Road from Cleverly Street to Rumsey Street. Although platforms 1 and 2 are parallel to each other and are on opposite sides, there is a wall separating the two tracks giving a false impression that both platforms are separated by a long distance from each other. Both platforms are slightly longer than those on other MTR underground stations. It has been suggested that this was the result of problems in calculations during the station's construction.

[edit] Rumsey Street platforms

The platforms of the original Rumsey station, originally planned as the southern terminus of East Kowloon Line, still remain in Sheung Wan station. They are located near Exit E, and they are perpendicular to the Island Line platforms below.

Presently, the Rumsey Station platforms are incomplete platforms. They have a length of about three MTR EMUs, which is about 60 metres long, (while normal trains have eight each), do not have tracks and overhead power lines, and have all the tunnel entrances sealed with bricks.

[edit] Entrances/exits

• A1: Des Voeux Road Central
• A2: Wing Lok Street
• B: Des Voeux Road Central
• C: Connaught Road Central
• D: Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal
• E1/E2: Rumsey Street
• E3/E4: Vicwood Plaza

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] Bus Routes

To Kennedy Town:

• 1, 5B, 18. (Exit A1)

To Tin Wan (via Queen Mary Hospital):

• 46X (Exit E4)

To Ap Lei Chau:

• 91, 94. (Exit A2)

[edit] Hong Kong Tramways

Commuters can get out of Sheung Wan station at Exits A1, B, E1 or E3 to get to the tramways on Des Voeux Road Central, for their journey further westwards to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town.

[edit] Hong Kong-Macau Ferry

The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, located within Shun Tak Centre, provides frequent jetfoil, hydrofoil and hovercraft services to Macau and many other destinations in the Pearl River Delta. Exit D leads to the Ferry Terminal.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
Terminus		Island Line		Central towards Chai Wan
Sai Ying Pun opens 2012 towards Kennedy Town

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