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{{short description|MTR interchange station on Hong Kong Island}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Quarry Bay
| native_name        = 鰂魚涌
| native_name_lang   = zh-Hant
| style              = MTR
| style2             = Island, Tseung Kwan O
| symbol_location    = hk
| symbol             = MTR
| type               = [[MTR]] [[rapid transit]] station
| image              = Quarry Bay Station 2021 06 part3.jpg
| image_caption      = Platform 3
| mlanguage          = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|t=鰂魚涌|s=鲗鱼涌|l=Octopus stream|j=Zak1jyu4cung1|y=Jākyùchūng|p=Zéiyúchōng|showflag=py}}
| address            = Near [[Wah Shun Gardens]], [[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]], [[Quarry Bay]]
| borough            = [[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern District]], Hong Kong
| country            = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|22.2878|114.2096|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation          = 
| line               = {{plainlist|
*{{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}}
*{{rcb|MTR|Tseung Kwan O|croute}}
}}
| connections        = {{plainlist|
*{{rint|bus}} [[Bus services in Hong Kong|Bus]], [[public light bus|minibus]]
}}
| distance           = 
| structure          = Underground
| platform           = 4 (2 [[island platforms]])
| depth              = {{cvt|37|m|ft}}
| levels             = 2
| tracks             = 4
| parking            = 
| bicycle            = 
| opened             = {{Plainlist|1=
* {{rcb|MTR|Island|small|note=: {{start date and age|df=y|1985|5|31}}}}
* {{rcb|MTR|Kwun Tong|small|note=: {{start date and age|df=y|1989|8|6}}}}
}}
| opening            = 
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = 
| accessible           = {{URL|1=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_search.php?query_type=search&station=32|2=Yes}}
| code               = QUB
| owned              = [[MTR Corporation]]
| operator           = MTR Corporation
| zone               = 
| former             = 
| passengers         = 
| pass_year          = 
| pass_percent       = 
| pass_system        = 
| mpassengers        = 
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=MTR
|line1=Island|left1=North Point|right1=Tai Koo
|line2=Tseung Kwan O|left2=North Point|right2=Yau Tong|to-right2=Po Lam or LOHAS Park
}}
| other_services     = {{Adjacent stations|system=MTR
|line=Kwun Tong|to-left=Yau Ma Tei|left=Lam Tin|right=North Point|note-mid=(2001-2002)|to-right=North Point
}}
| other_services_header = Former services
| map_type           = Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong Island
| map_alt            = Hong Kong MTR system map
| map_caption        = Location within the [[MTR]] system
| route_map          = {{routemap
| inline      = 1
| legend      = track
| map-title   = {{rcb|MTR|is|link}} Upper platforms
| map         =
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utdSTR\dPLT!~d*1__align=bl\utdSTR
utdSTR\dPLT!~d*2__align=br\utdSTR
cd!~utPSTR(L)\c!~dPLT\utPSTR(R)
utSTRg\utSTRf
utSTR!~MFADEf\utSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{STN|North Point|x}}
| map2-title  = {{rcb|MTR|tk|link}} Lower platforms
| map2        =
utSTR!~MFADEg\utSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{STN|Yau Tong|x}}
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cd!~utPSTR(L)\c!~dPLT\utPSTR(R)
utSTRg\utSTRf
utSTR!~MFADEf\utSTR!~MFADEf ~~ ~~ ~~ to {{STN|North Point|x}}
}}
| map_state          = expanded
}}
'''Quarry Bay''' ({{zh|t=鰂魚涌}}; [[Yale romanization of Cantonese|Cantonese Yale]]: Jāk'yùhchūng) is a [[List of MTR stations|station]] on the {{lnl|MTR|isl}} and {{lnl|MTR|tko}} of the [[MTR]] in [[Quarry Bay]] on [[Hong Kong Island]]. The station livery is teal green.

==Location==

As with all stations on the Island line, Quarry Bay is located on the northern shore of [[Hong Kong Island]]. Platforms 1 and 2 are built beneath [[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]] to [[Pak Fuk Road]]. Platforms 3 and 4 are built beneath King's Road to the south of [[Model Housing Estate]].

==History==
The construction contract was awarded to Paul Y. Construction (now [[Paul Y. Engineering]]) and work started in 1982.<ref>{{Cite book |title=MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book |date=1985 |publisher=Mass Transit Railway Corporation}}</ref>

In the course of constructing Quarry Bay station, with the initial two platforms, {{Convert|70000|m3|4=0}} of rock was excavated and {{Convert|28000|m3|4=0}} of concrete was poured.<ref>{{cite news|title='Narrow platforms' concern by elderly|url=http://hknews.lib.hku.hk.eproxy1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/16_05.04/66221.pdf|access-date=19 September 2014|work=South China Morning Post|date=31 May 1985|archive-date=14 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240714065843/http://hknews.lib.hku.hk.eproxy1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/16_05.04/66221.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> The station opened as part of the first phase of the Island line on 31 May 1985. The station was expanded in 1989 with the addition of platforms 3 and 4, which served as the terminus of {{lnl|MTR|kt}} upon the opening of the [[Eastern Harbour Crossing]].

The station was badly congested in the mid-1990s. With a capacity of 30,000 people per hour, it was "close to saturation". Contingency plans were developed to evacuate trains ahead of Quarry Bay to avoid overcrowding, while construction options were planned to alleviate the problem permanently.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ball|first1=Steve|title=MTR may evacuate to avoid big crowds|url=http://hknews.lib.hku.hk.eproxy1.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/16_05.05/66642.pdf|access-date=19 September 2014|work=South China Morning Post|date=19 February 1994}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> On 27 September 2001, the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works was completed, extending the Kwun Tong line to [[North Point station]] and providing an easier and more spacious interchange there for Central bound passengers. On 4 August 2002, the Kwun Tong line platforms began serving the newly opened {{lnl|MTR|tko}} instead.

==Station layout==
The station is noted for having the deepest platforms in the MTR network by [[metres above sea level]] to allow the Tseung Kwan O line tunnel to traverse [[Victoria Harbour]]. They are also among the deepest by metres below ground level ({{Citation needed span|text=with a maximum depth of {{cvt|37|m|ftin}} below ground level,|date=April 2015}}, although {{STN|HKU|x}} and {{STN|Sai Ying Pun|x}} stations are deeper<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/isl_wd_passengerguide.html|publisher=[[MTR Corporation]]|title=Extension of Island Line to Western District|access-date=26 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426062508/http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/main/isl_wd_passengerguide.html|archive-date=26 April 2015}}</ref>) The station's concourses, however, are at ground level and open directly onto the street. As a result, four sets of escalators and many long passageways are necessary to connect the concourses to the deepest platforms. The walking time between concourse and Tseung Kwan O line platforms takes five minutes, therefore passengers are not allowed to enter the [[paid area]] of the station from seven minutes before the last train departs, which is different from the five minutes applied at other stations.

Since platforms {{MTR platform|TKO|3}} and {{MTR platform|TKO|4}} were built some time after platforms {{MTR platform|Island|1}} and {{MTR platform|Island|2}}, no [[cross-platform interchange]] is available in Quarry Bay station. Commuters interchanging between the two lines have to walk through a long passageway and two flights of escalators for about five minutes to reach the platforms of the other line.

This inconvenience and increasing passenger numbers were what prompted the [[MTR Corporation|MTRC]] to undergo the [[MTR#Tseung Kwan O line|Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works]], which extended the Kwun Tong line one station to the west to [[North Point station]], where cross-platform interchanges are provided. The platform numbers of platforms 3 and 4 were switched when the Kwun Tong line was extended to North Point on 27 September 2001.

{|border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;" |'''G'''
| style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;" |[[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]] Concourse
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;width:500px;vertical-align:top;"|Exits, Footbridge to Finnie Street
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;" |'''L1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;" |Model Lane Concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray; border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top;" |Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|'''L2<br />Platform'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" |Platform {{MTR platform|ISL|1}}
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" |{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|isl|yes}} towards {{STN|Chai Wan|x}} <small>({{STN|Tai Koo|x}})</small> →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Island platform]], doors will open on the right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform {{MTR platform|ISL|2}}
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|isl|box}} Island line towards {{STN|Kennedy Town|x}} <small>({{STN|North Point|x}})</small>
|
|- Walkway connecting Island and Tseung Kwan O Lines
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|'''L3<br />Platform'''
|Platform {{MTR platform|TKO|3}}
|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|tko|yes}} towards {{STN|Po Lam|x}} or {{STN|LOHAS Park|x}}<small>({{STN|Yau Tong|x}})</small> →{{0|→}}
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Island platform]], doors will open on the right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform {{MTR platform|TKO|4}}
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|tko|box}} Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point <small>(Terminus)</small>
|}<ref>{{MTRsource|layout|qub|Quarry Bay|31 July 2014}}</ref>

===Entrances and exits===
* '''A''':&nbsp; [[King's Road (Hong Kong)|King's Road]], [[Taikoo Place]] {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
* '''B''':&nbsp; Finnie Street
* '''C''':&nbsp; Model Lane, Harbour Plaza North Point<ref>{{MTRsource|map|qub|Quarry Bay|31 July 2014}}</ref>{{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}

Entrances/exits A and B share the same concourse while entrance/exit C has a separate concourse.

===Shops===
*[[Circle K]] Mini-store
*Hang Seng Bank ATM
*[[Maxim's Caterers|Maxim's Cakes]]
*2 [[Bank of China (Hong Kong)]] ATMs
*An [[photo booth|automatic photo machine]] (Max Sight Photo-Me)
*A [[vending machine]] ([[Swire]] [[Coca-Cola]])

==Gallery==
{{Gallery|width=220|height=165|align=center
|File:Quarry Bay Station 2014 02 part1.JPG|Platform 2 (Towards Kennedy Town)
|File:Quarry Bay Station 2014 04 part1.JPG|Platform 4 (Towards North Point)
|File:HK North Point Model Lane MTR C.JPG|Exit C
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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{{Tseung Kwan O Line navbox}}
{{Eastern District, Hong Kong}}

[[Category:MTR stations on Hong Kong Island]]
[[Category:Island line (MTR)]]
[[Category:Tseung Kwan O line]]
[[Category:Quarry Bay]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1985]]