Fortress Hill Station

Fortress Hill
炮台山

The Fortress Hill station platform.

Line      Island Line
Code FOH
Service hours 0608/0107
Connections Bus, Minibus, Tram
District Eastern
Area Causeway Bay

Fortress Hill

North Point
Map MTR Website
Coordinates
Opened May 31, 1985
Type of station Underground
Type of platforms Island
No. of platforms 2
No. of exits 2
No. of lifts 1
No. of shops 3

Station location

Fortress Hill Station
Chinese 炮台山
Literal meaning Mount Battery

Fortress Hill (Chinese: 炮台山, literally Mount Battery) is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of Hong Kong on the eponymous island. Like all MTR stations, Fortress Hill has a unique colour scheme; its livery is dark green. The distance between this station and Tin Hau to the west is approximately 480 metres, the second-closest stations after Mong Kok and Prince Edward.

Contents

Station layout

G
Ground
- exits
C
Concourse
Concourse customer service, MTRShops
vending machines, ATM
P
Platform
Platform 1      Island Line towards Chai Wan
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2      Island Line towards Sheung Wan

Fortress Hill is laid out in a similar manner to many MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they take another escalator ride down to the platform.

Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons.

There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system.

Gallery

Entrances and exits

There are two exits at Fortress Hill station. Both are located on the same side of King's Road (英皇道) but on opposite ends of the Fortress Metro Tower, a high-rise residential complex.

Bus connections

The following bus routes run along King's Road.

Routes found at King's Road (Exits A or B) To Braemar Hill:

To Lai Tak Tsuen:

To Pokfield Road:

To Stanley:

To Kennedy Town:

To Siu Sai Wan:

Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Sheung Wan
Island Line
towards Chai Wan