Shau Kei Wan station

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hong Kong English Template:More citations needed Template:Infobox station Shau Kei Wan (Template:Zh) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Template:Lnl 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 Template:STN and Template:STN. 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 Template:Convert of material was excavated during the course of construction. The station is around Template:Convert deep and Template:Convert 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.<ref name="commemorativebook">Template:Cite book</ref>

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.

G Ground level Exits
L1 Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Vending machines, ATM
L2
Platform
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Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform Template:MTR platform Template:Rcb Island line towards Template:STN (Template:STN)

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Entrances and exits

  • A1: Perfect Mount Gardens
  • A2: Po Man Street
  • A3: Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus Wheelchair user access
Exit A3 (Old)
Exit A3 (New)

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.

References

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