Causeway Bay station
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Causeway Bay (Template:Zh) is an underground metro station on the MTR network in Hong Kong. It is located between Template:STN and Template:STN stations on the Template:Lnl, and sits underneath Great George Street near Hennessy Road and Yee Wo Street. Named for the Causeway Bay area and its abundant shopping centres, the station serves various malls including Hysan Place, Sino Plaza, Sogo, and the nearby Victoria Park.
A line servicing Hong Kong Island had been part of the initial 1967 plans for a metro system in the city. The Island line would be approved in 1980 while construction began two years later. In 1985 the station opened along with the first section of the line, which would be extended westward toward Kennedy Town in 2014. The station consists of two separate concourses situated atop two platforms stacked vertically due to geographical constraints and has 6 exits.
History
Planning
Template:Further In 1967, the government of Hong Kong saw the need for a public transport system. British transport consultants Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates were commissioned to write the Mass Transport Study, which proposed a new underground railway.<ref>Rail Mass Transit for Developing Countries: Proceedings of the Conference Organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Held in London on 9–10 October 1989 Template:Webarchive, Thomas Telford, 1990, page 141</ref> The plan included the Template:Lnl between Template:STN and Template:STN stations, as well as the Kwun Tong line, Tsuen Wan line, and the Shatin line. Three lines would become part of the early stages of the MTR, while the Shatin line would eventually be shelved and never built.<ref name=mtrhk365>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Concerns that the Island line would be prohibitively expensive at a time where the MTR was not profitable led the public to believe the government favoured light rail; however, the Transport Advisory CommitteeTemplate:Emdashthen the agency responsible for public transportation planningTemplate:Emdashconfirmed that fears of surface construction disrupting the main artery of the island would mean the underground metro was ultimately chosen.<ref name="SCMP Island Line Controversy">Template:Cite news</ref>
As late as 1980, plans instead named the station "Valley". Causeway Bay was one of the stations planned for above-station property development, along with Admiralty, Wan Chai, and Western Market.<ref name="SCMP Island Line relocation">Template:Cite news</ref>
The Island line was built last; by the time construction had started in October 1982, the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines were already operational.<ref name=twword>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Construction
At least 5,000 local residents were rehoused to accommodate construction of the Island line.<ref name="SCMP Island Line relocation" />
Contract 405 for the construction of the station and tunnels was awarded to Kumagai Gumi, and civil works began in October 1982. The joint venture between Marples Ridgway and LTA also built the station's structure.
The station construction site was sold by the MTR in 1984 to Taisei Corporation for $380m, now the location of Sogo Hong Kong.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The station opened with the first section of the Island line from Template:STN to Chai Wan on 31 May 1985.<ref name="mtrhk365" />
Design
Along with 36 other stations on the Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, and Island Lines, Causeway Bay was designed by then-chief architect Roland Paoletti, who would later go on to design the Jubilee Line extension of the London Underground.<ref name=Paoletti>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Paoletti elected for each station to feature its own colour scheme and walls painted in calligraphyTemplate:EndashCauseway Bay's station colour is purple.
Services
The station is situated between Template:STN and Template:STN stations on the Template:Lnl.<ref name=mtrmap>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The typical off-peak service is 17 trains per hour in both directions, which is a train every 3–6 minutes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Station layout
The platforms of Causeway Bay station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with platform 1 above platform 2.
| G | Ground level | Exits |
| - | Western Concourse | Vending machines, ATM |
| L1 Concourses |
Eastern Concourse | Customer Service, MTRShops |
| Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, ATM | ||
| Octopus promotion machine, tourist information centre | ||
| Western Concourse | Customer Service | |
| ATM, i-centre internet service | ||
| L2 Platform |
Side platform, doors will open on the left | |
| Platform Template:MTR platform | Template:0 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) → | |
| L3 Concourse |
Southern Concourse | Customer Service |
| Vending machines, ATM, Octopus Promotion Machine | ||
| L5 Platform |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
| Platform Template:MTR platform | ← Template:Rcb Island line towards Template:STN (Template:STN) | |
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Platform 1 (2021)
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West Concourse (2018)
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East Concourse (2017)
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South Concourse (2018)
Entrances/exits
Causeway Bay is a primary shopping district in Hong Kong<ref group="note">This causes the station to be very busy all day long.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref></ref> with exits from the MTR leading directly into major outlets such as Sogo and Times Square, which can be accessed through a long, upward sloping pedestrian walkway at Exit A.
Unlike other MTR stations, there are three different concourses in Causeway Bay station. After exiting the paid areas through the turnstiles, the other two concourses are inaccessible underground. The west and east concourses were opened on 31 May 1985 with the opening of the station, while the south concourse and Exit A were opened in 1994 with the opening of Times Square.
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Exit B (2023)
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Exit C (2020)
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Lift access (2018)
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Exit E (2020)
South concourse
In the basement of Times Square:
- A: Times Square<ref name = "map">Template:MTRsource</ref>
West concourse
In the basement of Causeway Bay Plaza (Phase 1):
- B: Causeway Bay Plaza
- C: Sino Plaza<ref name = "map" />
East concourse
In the basement of Sogo Department Store:
- D1
/D2/D3/D4: Sogo Department Store - E: Victoria Park
- F1: Jardine's Crescent
- F2: Hysan Place<ref name = "map" />
Transport connections
Bus routes
These are the bus routes found in the vicinity of Causeway Bay station that provide connections with other areas not served by the MTR including Aberdeen/Wah Kwai Estate, Braemar Hill, Happy Valley, Jardine's Lookout, Kennedy Town, Lai Tak Tsuen, Lei Tung Estate, Tsuen Wan, Sham Wan/Wong Chuk Hang, Hoi Lai Estate, South Horizons, The Peak, Tin Wan, Tsing Yi/Cheung On, Wah Fu.
Hong Kong Tramways
Hong Kong Island's tramway system consists of an inner loop branching out at Causeway Bay towards Happy Valley. The nearest tram stop is located along Percival Street near the end of Matheson Street.
Gallery
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Platform 2 (2013)
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Causeway Bay station East Concourse (2011)
