| Style: | MTR | ||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | |||||||||||||||
| Native Name: | 香港 | ||||||||||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh-Hant | ||||||||||||||
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| Address: | Harbour View Street | ||||||||||||||
| Borough: | Central, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates: | 22.285°N 114.158°W | ||||||||||||||
| Line: | |||||||||||||||
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| Structure: | Underground | ||||||||||||||
| Platform: |
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| Levels: | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks: | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Opened: | |||||||||||||||
| Architect: | Arup Group, Rocco Design Architects | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified: | (Overhead line) | ||||||||||||||
| Code: | HOK | ||||||||||||||
| Owned: | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Operator: | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||||
| Former: | Central North | ||||||||||||||
| Map Type: | Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core#Hong Kong Island | ||||||||||||||
| Map Alt: | Hong Kong MTR system map | ||||||||||||||
| Map State: | expanded | ||||||||||||||
Hong Kong is a station of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong. It is the eastern terminus of the and . 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 on 22 June 1998.
The station is connected to 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.
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.
See also: North Island line. The Airport Railway Extended Overrun Tunnel, envisaged to be upon completion, would extend the Tung Chung line and Airport Express tracks to the east of Hong Kong station. Such a tunnel would allow trains to change tracks at a crossover east of the station, rather than using the current crossover west of the station, thereby speeding up train turnaround times and increasing the overall capacity of the rail lines by allowing more trains to be run.
In 2011, under the Central Reclamation Phase III project, a 40metre section of the tunnel was built. The remaining 460-metre section of the tunnel, along with a new ventilation building near Tamar Park, was proposed in 2020. At that time, it was anticipated that the tunnel would be commissioned in 2032.[7]
| P1 | 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 | ||
| Platform 2 | No service, reserved platform | |
| Platform 1 | ← towards and | |
| 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 |
| Interchange passageway | Interchange passageway to Douglas Street Concourse and | |
| L4 Platforms | Platform 4 | ← towards |
| Platform 3 | ← Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung |
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 take an escalator or elevator down one additional level to access the Tung Chung line trains. In addition, passengers transferring from the Tung Chung line (or other MTR lines at Central) to Airport Express line or vice versa need to exit the paid area and reenter through the designated Airport Express fare gates or vice versa. If necessary, passengers seeking to transfer between Airport Express and the other lines serving Hong Kong and Central stations must purchase another ticket or top up their Octopus card to cover the cost of the next leg.
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]