Shau Kei Wan station explained

Style:MTR
Shau Kei Wan
Native Name:筲箕灣
Native Name Lang:zh-Hant
Mlanguage:
L:Bamboo basin bay
J:Saau1gei1waan1
Y:Sāaugēiwāan
P:Shāojīwān
Showflag:py
Address:Mong Lung Street, Shau Kei Wan
Borough:Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates:22.2789°N 114.2289°W
Connections:
Structure:Underground
Platform:2 (1 island platform)
Levels:2
Tracks:2
Code:SKW
Owned:MTR Corporation
Operator:MTR Corporation
Map Type:Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong Island
Map Alt:Hong Kong MTR system map
Map State:expanded

Shau Kei Wan is a station on the Hong Kong MTR in the neighborhood of Shau Kei Wan. Its concourse is located underground, and an island platform is used to serve trains on the Island line, to and from and . Its station livery is blue.

The retrofitting of platform screen doors was completed in October 2005.

History

Construction of the station commenced in May 1982 on a newly reclaimed area of Aldrich Bay, and was carried out by Gammon Construction. Approximately 110348m2 of material was excavated during the course of construction. The station is around 12m (39feet) deep and 190m (620feet) long, and was built "bottom-up" within a steel sheet piled cofferdam. The structure was designed to support the new Island Eastern Corridor, an elevated motorway, directly above it.[1]

Shau Kei Wan station opened on 31 May 1985 as part of the first phase of the Island line.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

GGround levelExits
L1ConcourseCustomer Service, MTRShops
Vending machines, ATM
L2
Platform
Platform 1 towards
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2← Island line towards

Entrances and exits

Transport connections

Hong Kong Tramways (Exit B1)

Hong Kong Island's tram system terminates at Shau Kei Wan. The terminus can be accessed from Exit B1 along Shau Kei Wan Main Street East.

Notes and References

  1. Book: MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book . 1985 . Mass Transit Railway Corporation . 15–17.