King's Road (Hong Kong)

King's Road

Fortress Hill section of King's Road
Chinese 英皇道
Tram in the North Point section of King's Road
King's Road, at the junction between North Point and Quarry Bay
Fook Cheong Building (福昌樓) in the Quarry Bay section of King's Road
Quarry Bay section of King's Road. North Point Government Primary School is on the left.

King's Road is a major east-west street along the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, extending from Tin Hau, where it joins Causeway Road, to Sai Wan Ho, where it joins Shau Kei Wan Road.

History

Originally part of the Shaukiwan Road, it was renamed in 1935 in honour of the Silver Jubilee of King George V's reign.

Features

From West to East.
In Tin Hau:

In North Point:

In Quarry Bay:

Traffic

The road is shared between automobile traffic and the Hong Kong Tramways system, and the east bound of the section between eastern Causeway Bay and Quarry Bay bus lane. Before the opening of Island Eastern Corridor, the road was plagued with traffic congestion. Various measures like creation of bus lanes were taken to alleviate the problem.

Part of the MTR Island Line runs underneath the road, and the following stations serve the Road: Tin Hau (exit A1), Fortress Hill (exits A and B), North Point (exits B1/B2/B3), Quarry Bay (exit A), Tai Koo.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ticketing through Cityline
  2. ↑ List of the Historic Buildings in Building Assessment (as of 21 September 2012) Archived 15 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Brief Information on proposed Grade III Items. Item #829 Archived 2013-09-22 at the Wayback Machine.

Coordinates: 22°17′06″N 114°13′05″E / 22.28493°N 114.21802°E / 22.28493; 114.21802

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