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{{short description|MTR station on Hong Kong Island}}
{{distinguish|Chai Wan station}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox station
| name               = Wan Chai
| native_name        = 灣仔
| native_name_lang   = zh-Hant
| style              = MTR
| style2             = Island
| symbol_location    = hk
| symbol             = MTR
| type               = [[MTR]] [[rapid transit]] station
| image              = Wan Chai Station 2021 05 part2.jpg
| image_caption      = Platform 2 of Wan Chai station
| mlanguage          = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|t=灣仔|s=湾仔|l=Little Bay|j=Waan1zai2|y=Wāanjái|p=Wānzǎi|showflag=y}}
| address            = Intersection between [[Hennessy Road]] and [[O'Brien Road]], [[Wan Chai]]
| borough            = [[Wan Chai District]], Hong Kong
| country            = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|22.2773|114.1728|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation          = 
| line               = {{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}}
| connections        = {{plainlist|
*{{rint|ferry}} Ferry
*{{ric|Hong Kong Tramways}} [[Hong Kong Tramways|Tram]]
*{{rint|bus}} [[Bus services in Hong Kong|Bus]], [[public light bus|minibus]]
}}
| distance           = 
| structure          = Underground
| platform           = 2 (2 split level [[side platforms]])
| depth              = 
| levels             = 2
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = 
| bicycle            = 
| opened             = {{start date and age|df=y|1985|5|31}}
| opening            = 
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = 
| accessible           = {{URL|1=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_search.php?query_type=search&station=27|2=Yes}}
| code               = WAC
| owned              = [[MTR Corporation]]
| operator           = MTR Corporation
| zone               = 
| former             = 
| passengers         = 
| pass_year          = 
| pass_percent       = 
| pass_system        = 
| mpassengers        = 
| services           = {{Adjstn|system=MTR|line=Island|left=Admiralty|right=Causeway Bay}}
| map_type           = Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core#Hong Kong Island
| map_alt            = Hong Kong MTR system map
| map_caption        = Location within the [[MTR]] system
| route_map          = {{Routemap
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'''Wan Chai''' ({{zh|t=灣仔}}) is a [[List of MTR stations|station]] on the {{lnl|MTR|isl}} of the Hong Kong [[MTR]] rapid transit system. The livery colour is lime green. It serves the [[Wan Chai]] locality within the district of the same name. The station platforms are located underneath [[Hennessy Road]], a major trunk road connecting the [[Central and Western District|Central]] and [[Eastern District, Hong Kong|Eastern]] districts.

==History==
The station was built under [[Southorn Playground]]. It opened along with the Island line on 31 May 1985. It was built by a [[Soletanche|Bachy Soletanche]]–Dragages joint venture and Japanese contractor [[Maeda Corporation|Maeda]].<ref>{{Cite book |title=MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book |date=1985 |publisher=Mass Transit Railway Corporation}}</ref> Entrance D was opened for public on 22 December 2017. Its passageway crosses underneath [[Southorn Playground]] and [[Johnston Road]], then joins the underground mall in Lee Tung Street Redevelopment Project.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Subways and Station Entrances/Exits Wan Chai Station Lee Tung Street Subway|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/projects/projects_improvement_subways_wac.html|publisher=MTR|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref> It is expected to ease the overcrowding problem at entrance A3 and Johnston Road crossing.<ref>{{cite web|title=港鐵灣仔站利東街行人隧道 站利東街行人隧道工程 最新進展及臨時交通管理措施|url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/eng/projects/images/dc_report_wac_subway_2014_017.pdf|publisher=Wan Chai District Council|access-date=24 March 2016}}</ref>

==Station layout==
{|border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;"|'''U1'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;"|Footbridge
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:350px;vertical-align:top;"|Footbridge along O'Brien Road towards Wan Chai North<br />([[Immigration Tower]], [[Central Plaza (Hong Kong)|Central Plaza]], [[Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]], [[Wan Chai Pier]], {{STN|Exhibition Centre|x|MTR}})
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|'''G'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Ground level
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Exits
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|'''L1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|Concourse
|Customer Service, MTRShops
|-
|[[Hang Seng Bank]], vending machines, [[Automated teller machine|ATM]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Octopus promotion machine
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=4|'''L3<br />Platform'''
|Platform {{MTR platform|ISL|1}}
|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|isl|yes}} towards {{STN|Chai Wan|x}} <small>({{STN|Causeway Bay|x}})</small> →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Lower Concourse
|Customer Service
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|iCentre internet service
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|'''L5<br />Platform'''
|Platform {{MTR platform|ISL|2}}
|← {{rcb|MTR|isl|box}} Island line towards {{STN|Kennedy Town|x}} <small>({{STN|Admiralty|x|MTR}})</small>
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the left</small>
|}

The platforms of Wan Chai station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with Platform 1 above Platform 2.<ref>{{MTRsource|layout|wac|Wan Chai|31 July 2014}}</ref>

[[File:Wan Chai Station 2020 03 part2.jpg|thumb|250px|Platform 1 of Wan Chai station]]

Due to the large catchment of Wan Chai station and the locality as a business hub and centre for tourists, government offices, foreign embassies and institutions, the station houses more than 50 ticket gates as distributed across three ticket halls (two at the concourse and one at platform level). There are 8 station exits, two of which were constructed in 1999 to provide a more convenient reach for the southern areas of Wan Chai. The footbridge above O'Brien Road, which connects the [[Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre]], the [[Immigration Tower]] (Immigration Department of Hong Kong) and the Star Ferry Pier (Wan Chai Pier), was extended to reach one of these new exits above [[Hennessy Road]].

The tunnel for eastbound trains towards [[Causeway Bay station]] has once featured a mobile advertisement, which was presented in the form of a slideshow across the length of the tunnel. The large number of sequential panels allowed passengers to view the advertisement as a slideshow, as trains undertakes their journey to the next station.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jcdecaux-transport.com.hk/products/mtr-advertising |title=MTR Advertising {{!}} JCDecaux-Transport |website=www.jcdecaux-transport.com.hk |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130709213843/http://www.jcdecaux-transport.com.hk/products/mtr-advertising |archive-date=2013-07-09}} </ref>

==Usage and overcrowding==
As the only railway station of Wan Chai and its Central Business District, this station serves a large number of residents and commuters. In reference to consultation document Our Future Railway, average train loading from Wan Chai to Causeway Bay is approximately 71%. Government consultants analysed that there would not be a significant drop by 2031, even if train frequencies were to increase.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.gov.hk/en/residents/government/publication/consultation/docs/2013/Railway_Stage2.pdf|title=Our Future Railway|publisher=Transport and Housing Bureau|year=2013|location=Hong Kong|pages=22}}</ref>

==Entrances/exits==
*'''A1''': [[Lockhart Road]]
*'''A2''': [[Hennessy Road]] (Northern Side)
*'''A3''': [[Johnston Road]]
*'''A4''': Hennessy Road (By Wanchai Computer Centre) {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
*'''A5''': Hennessy Road Footbridge, [[Central Plaza (Hong Kong)|Central Plaza]],([[Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre|HK Convention and Exhibition Centre]]/[[Exhibition Centre station (MTR)|Exhibition Centre Station]]){{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
*'''B1/B2''': Southorn Playground
*'''C''': [[Lockhart Road]]
*'''D''': [[Lee Tung Street|Lee Tung Avenue]] {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}

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