Ocean Park station explained

Style:

MTR

Ocean Park

Native Name:

海洋公園

Native Name Lang:

zh-Hant

Mlanguage:

T:	海洋公園
Y:	Hóiyèung Gūngyún
P:	Hǎiyáng Gōngyuán
Showflag:	y

Address:

Wong Chuk Hang

Borough:

Southern District, Hong Kong

Coordinates:

22.2486°N 114.1743°W

Structure:

Elevated

Platform:

2 side platforms

Tracks:

Code:

OCP

Owned:

MTR Corporation

Operator:

MTR Corporation

Map Type:

Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong Island

Map Alt:

Hong Kong MTR system map

Map State:

expanded

Ocean Park is an MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong on the eastern section of the, which serves Ocean Park Hong Kong and Wong Chuk Hang. The station opened on 28 December 2016^[1] with the rest of the South Island line.

It takes around 4 minutes to travel from to Ocean Park station, which is 21 minutes faster than taking the Citybus route 629 from Admiralty station to Hong Kong Ocean Park.

The station is built above ground, north of Ocean Park Road, above the Ocean Park Bus Depot. A footbridge links the station with the park entrance. The station features three entrances/exits.

History

The station was constructed under a contract numbered 903, which included the construction of both Ocean Park and Wong Chuk Hang stations as well as the Aberdeen Channel Bridge. The contract was awarded to Leighton Asia in May 2011.^[2]

Ocean Park station opened on 28 December 2016.^[3]

Station layout

U2 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 2	towards (Terminus) →
Platform 1	← South Island line towards
Side platform, doors will open on the left
U1	Concourse	Customer service, MTRShops, footbridge to Ocean Park
G	Street level	Exits, park-and-ride facility

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms. Aedas, as part of the engineering team led by Atkins, is the architect for the station.^[4] The station was completed in October 2015, but opened with the rest of the South Island line East on 28 December 2016.^[5]

The station features different shades of blue glass, in wavy tile bands, as the main decoration. About 2700m2 of the concourse will be coloured blue, the pillars adorned with depictions of seals, penguins, jellyfish and dolphins and other marine life. On the ceiling is Flow, a hanging art installation created by Benson Kwun; this installation resembles a school of fish swimming through the air.^[6] Ocean Park is the second MTR station serving a theme park, after .

A park-and-ride facility is adjacent to the station.

Entrances/exits

Ocean Park station has three entrances/exits:

A: Ocean Park Public Transport Interchange, Ocean Park Road, Nam Fung Road (1 lift)
B: Footbridge to Ocean Park Hong Kong main entrance
C: Wong Chuk Hang Road, to Shouson Hill (1 lift)

Notes and References

Web site: MTR's South Island Line to open on December 28 . . 5 December 2016 .
Web site: Progress Update . South Island Line (East) . MTR Corporation . https://web.archive.org/web/20130228000514/http://www.mtr-southislandline.hk/en/construction/progress_update.html . 28 February 2013.
Web site: MTR South Island Line Opens for Passenger Service . MTR Corporation . 28 December 2016.
Web site: Spectrum Asia Issue 02/April 2011. AECOM.
News: Ocean Park MTR Station Opens... Sort Of. 28 October 2015. South China Morning Post. 3 November 2016.
Web site: MTR – South Island Line > Station Information > Ocean Park Station. mtr-southislandline.hk. 1 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161031130740/http://www.mtr-southislandline.hk/en/information/OCP.html. 31 October 2016. dead. dmy-all.