Lei Tung station explained

Style:

MTR

Lei Tung

Native Name:

利東

Native Name Lang:

zh-Hant

Mlanguage:

T:	利東
Y:	Leihdūng
J:	Lei6dung1
P:	Lìdōng
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Address:

Lei Tung Estate Road, Ap Lei Chau

Borough:

Southern District, Hong Kong

Coordinates:

22.2421°N 114.1562°W

Structure:

Underground

Platform:

2 (1 island platform)

Levels:

Tracks:

Code:

LET

Owned:

MTR Corporation

Operator:

MTR Corporation

Map Type:

Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong Island

Map Alt:

Hong Kong MTR system map

Map State:

expanded

Lei Tung is an underground MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong on the eastern section of the, located beside Mount Johnston on Ap Lei Chau in Southern District. The station is named after the adjacent public housing estate of the same name, which it serves in addition to Ap Lei Chau Main Street. The station is located below Yue On Court and Lei Tung Estate. It is the southernmost railway station in Hong Kong.

History

The station was built by the Leighton Contractors–John Holland Joint Venture under a contract numbered 904, awarded May 2011, which also included South Horizons station and sections of running tunnel.^[1] It was constructed using the drill-and-blast method.^[2]

Lei Tung station was opened on 28 December 2016, with the rest of the South Island line.^[3]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exits
L7	Concourse	Customer service, MTRShops, vending machines, ATMs
Octopus Add Value Machine
L8 Platforms	Platform 2	towards →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 1	← South Island line towards (Terminus)

The station is underground with two tracks and an island platform. North of the station, the line rises onto Aberdeen Channel Bridge, a railway bridge designed by Atkins Global that spans the Aberdeen Channel.^[4]

Artworks in the station are Dawn of a New Day and Journeys Along the South Island Line (East) by local children under the respective leadership of Castally Leung Ching-man and Sum Sum Tse. The art is located in the passageway to exit A, as well as the concourse and lift cars of exit B.^[5] ^[6]

Entrances/exits

Lei Tung station has three exits. The exit to Lei Tung Estate Bus Terminal is connected to the concourse by lifts instead of escalators, due to the depth of the platforms. Passage from exit A to exit B does not require entering the paid area.^[5]

A1: Ap Lei Chau Main Street (ground level)
A2: Ap Lei Chau Bridge Road (accessed by lift)
B: Lei Tung Estate, Lei Tung Commercial Centre, taxi stand, bus terminal (all entry/exit by 4 lifts)

Notes and References

Web site: Progress Update. South Island Line. MTR Corporation. 14 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170116162350/http://www.mtr-southislandline.hk/en/progress/update/904.html. 16 January 2017. dead.
Web site: South Island Line (East) Rail Project Contract 904 . Leighton Asia. 14 January 2017.
Web site: MTR's South Island Line to open on December 28 . . 5 December 2016 .
Web site: Design of Aberdeen Channel Bridge, Hong Kong. 2011. atkinsglobal.com. Atkins Global. 1 November 2016.
Web site: MTR – South Island Line> Station Information > Lei Tung Station. mtr-southislandline.hk. 1 November 2016.
Web site: http://www.legco.gov.hk/yr12-13/chinese/panels/tp/tp_rdp/papers/tp_rdp0104cb1-379-2-ec.pdf#page=45 . zh:港鐵車站藝術計劃及進展Approach and Updates of MTR Art Programme. January 2013. Government of Hong Kong. 45–46. 1 November 2016.