South Horizons station explained

Style:

MTR

South Horizons

Native Name:

海怡半島

Native Name Lang:

zh-Hant

Mlanguage:

T:	海怡半島
J:	Hoi2ji4 Bun3dou2
Y:	Hóiyì Bundóu
P:	Hǎiyí Bàndǎo
Showflag:	y

Address:

Ap Lei Chau

Borough:

Southern District, Hong Kong

Coordinates:

22.2425°N 114.1491°W

Structure:

Underground

Platform:

2 (1 island platform)

Tracks:

Code:

SOH

Owned:

MTR Corporation

Operator:

MTR Corporation

Map Dot Label:

South Horizons station

Map Type:

Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong Island

Map Alt:

Hong Kong MTR system map

Map State:

expanded

South Horizons is an underground MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong, located on Ap Lei Chau in Southern District. It is the southern terminus of the . The station is located under the junction of Yi Nam Road and South Horizon Drive, and primarily serves residents of the South Horizons private housing estate (its namesake), in addition to Ap Lei Chau Estate and Ap Lei Chau West Industrial Area. The station has a unique shape in the form of a letter Y, and has no overrun track. It opened on 28 December 2016^[1] with the rest of the South Island line.

History

The station was built by the Leighton Asia – John Holland Joint Venture under a contract numbered 904, awarded May 2011, which also included Lei Tung station and sections of running tunnel.^[2] It was constructed using the cut-and-cover method.^[3]

Station layout

G	Street level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Customer service, MTRShops, vending machines, ATMs
Octopus Add Value Machine
L2 Platforms	Platform 2	towards →
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
Platform 1	South Island line towards Admiralty (Lei Tung) →

This underground station has two tracks and an island platform.^[4] The station's single concourse is located at the west of the station (near the bumper blocks), with all three exits extending from this concourse.^[4]

There are two artworks in the station. Along the glass walls of exits A and B, the work Tree Shadow in the Gridline, by Cheung Wai-lok, features shadows of trees in order to transition the exit passageways between indoors and outdoors.^[5] Meanwhile, on platform level, the mosaic Soaring Horizon, created by children overseen by Karen Pow Cheuk-mei, features the surrounding landscape on the horizon, including the sea.

Entrances/exits

South Horizons station has three exits serving the residential buildings of South Horizons. There are two lifts for exit C.

A: Ap Lei Chau Estate (using an footbridge) / South Horizons Phase 1 & 4, Marina Square East Centre
B: South Horizons Phase 2 & 3, South Horizon Drive, Marina Square West Wing
C: South Horizons Phase 3 & 4, Yi Nam Road, public transport interchange

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. MTR Corporation. 14 January 2017.
Web site: South Island Line (East) Rail Project Contract 904. Leighton Asia. 14 January 2017.
Web site: MTR – South Island Line > Station Information > South Horizons Station. mtr-southislandline.hk. 1 November 2016.
Web site: 港鐵車站藝術計劃及進展Approach and Updates of MTR Art Programme. January 2013. Government of Hong Kong. 47–48. 1 November 2016.