Hong Kong station

Hong Kong
Hong Kong; 香港
	MTR rapid transit station
	Station concourse
Chinese name
Chinese	香港
Cantonese Yale	Hēunggóng
Literal meaning	Fragrant harbour
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xiānggǎng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Hēunggóng
IPA	[hœ̂ːŋkɔ̌ːŋ]
Jyutping	Hoeng1gong2
General information
Location	Harbour View Street, Central; Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′06″N 114°09′29″E / 22.285°N 114.158°ECoordinates: 22°17′06″N 114°09′29″E / 22.285°N 114.158°E
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tung Chung line; Airport Express;
Platforms	3 (island platform (Tung Chung Line), side platform (Airport Express))
Connections	Central Station, bus, public light bus, tram, ferry
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	HOK
History
Opened	22 June 1998 (Tung Chung Line); 6 July 1998 (Airport Express);
Services
Proposed
Route map
Location
	Hong Kong Location within the MTR system

Hong Kong (Chinese: 香港; Cantonese Yale: Hēunggóng) is a station of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong. It is the eastern terminus of the Tung Chung Line and Airport Express. It is situated between Man Cheung Street and Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong Island, and sits underneath the International Finance Centre (IFC). It opened in 1998.

The station is connected to Central Station by a pedestrian subway. The walk between the two stations typically takes three to six minutes. The tunnels, which cross under Connaught Road Central, are equipped with moving walkways. Hong Kong 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.

History

Built as part of the Airport Railway project of the Airport Core Programme, Hong Kong Station sits on land reclaimed from Victoria Harbour in the early 1990s. The construction contract (numbered 501) was awarded to Japanese contractor Aoki Corporation and began on 12 June 1995.^[1]^[2]

The station was designed by the Hong Kong office of Arup Associates in collaboration with Rocco Design Architects and Ove Arup and Partners.^[3]^[4]^[5] The engineering company Meinhardt Group designed the building services while Davis Langdon and Seah were cost consultants.^[3]

Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa formally opened the Airport Railway by unveiling a plaque in the Hong Kong Station concourse on 21 June 1998. The station opened for passenger service with the Tung Chung Line on 22 June 1998.^[6] Airport Express service began on 6 July 1998, the same day the new Chek Lap Kok Airport opened.

Station layout

-	Overlying properties	Exits IFC Mall, One ifc, Two ifc Footbridge to Central Mid-levels escalator system, Star Ferry Pier
G	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 concourse
L2 Platforms	Side platform, not in service
	Platform 2	← No service, reserved platform
	Platform 1	← Airport Express towards Airport and AsiaWorld–Expo (Kowloon)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Airport Express Concourse	Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops, Washrooms Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, ATMs Taxi Stand, Airport Express shuttle buses
	Douglas Street Concourse	Exit C, Customer Service
L3	Tung Chung Line Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops Vending machines, ATMs Octopus card promotion machine
L3	Interchange passageway	Interchange passageway to Douglas Street Concourse and Central Station
L4 Platforms	Platform 4	← Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung (Kowloon)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
	Platform 3	← Tung Chung Line towards Tung Chung (Kowloon)

Although two Airport Express platforms have been constructed, only Platform 1 is in use. For the convenience of passengers, a taxi rank and a hotel shuttle service are provided on the same level once the passenger has exited through the gates.^[7]

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.^[7]

In July 2007, MTR installed two "Self-service Point" machines, for the first time in Hong Kong, at the Tung Chung Line platform. These unmanned machines help resolve passengers' issues such as having lost the ticket or being unable to use the Octopus card to exit. They also have a visual conference system so that the staff can assist passengers remotely.^[8]

Entrances and exits

A1/A2: Two IFC ^[9]
B1/B2: Exchange Square I/II^[9]
C: Douglas Street^[9]
D: Exchange Square III^[9]
E1/E2: One IFC ^[9]
F: IFC Mall^[9]

Transport connections

Bus routes

These bus routes provide a direct connection to Hong Kong Station. All bus routes that are prefixed by a capital M terminate at the Airport Express station. The ones not prefixed by a capital M stop close by at either Exchange Square or Hong Kong Station Public Transport Interchange.^[9]

Exchange Square Bus Terminus (Exit D)^[9]

to the Peak: 15
to Stanley: 6 series, 260 and 66
to Lei Tung/Ap Lei Chau: 91
to Hong Sing Garden: 690
to Cyberport: 30X
to South Horizons: 590

Hong Kong Station Bus Terminus (Under Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong and ifc mall)^[9]

to Laguna City: 621
to Ma On Shan Town Centre: 681

References

↑ "List of Current Contracts as at 31/12/96". Hong Kong Airport Core Programme. Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
↑ Wallis, Keith (13 June 1995). "Fined builder in $4b contract". South China Morning Post. p. 3.
1 2 Pearce, Greg; Mercer, Stuart; Powell, Graham; Tan, Rodney (20 March 2000). Arup: Hong Kong Station. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 3930698390.
↑ "Hong Kong Station". Arup Associates. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ "IFC and Hong Kong Station". Rocco Design Architects Limited. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
↑ Ng, Kang-chung (23 June 1998). "New line hiccups its way into service". South China Morning Post. p. 6.
1 2 "Hong Kong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
↑ "MTR News release: Self-service Point to assist passengers; number 041/07" (PDF) (in Chinese). MTR. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Hong Kong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

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[napco-1] "List of Current Contracts as at 31/12/96". Hong Kong Airport Core Programme. Hong Kong Government. Retrieved 13 April 2018.

[finedcontractor-2] Wallis, Keith (13 June 1995). "Fined builder in $4b contract". South China Morning Post. p. 3.

[arupbook-3] 1 2 Pearce, Greg; Mercer, Stuart; Powell, Graham; Tan, Rodney (20 March 2000). Arup: Hong Kong Station. Edition Axel Menges. ISBN 3930698390.

[arupassociates-4] "Hong Kong Station". Arup Associates. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[rocco-5] "IFC and Hong Kong Station". Rocco Design Architects Limited. Retrieved 16 April 2018.

[hiccup-6] Ng, Kang-chung (23 June 1998). "New line hiccups its way into service". South China Morning Post. p. 6.

[lay-7] 1 2 "Hong Kong Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

[8] "MTR News release: Self-service Point to assist passengers; number 041/07" (PDF) (in Chinese). MTR. 19 July 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2007.

[map-9] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Hong Kong Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 26 April 2015.

Airport Express
Stations	Hong Kong Kowloon Tsing Yi Airport AsiaWorld–Expo
Rolling stock	Adtranz–CAF EMU
History	Airport Core Programme

North Island line
Future projects of the MTR
Tung Chung line extension	(← Tung Chung line) Hong Kong Tamar
Tseung Kwan O line extension	Tamar Exhibition Centre Causeway Bay North North Point (Tseung Kwan O line →)
Stations that are proposed, under planning or under construction are shown in italics.