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Shau Kei Wan station

Coordinates: 22°16′44″N 114°13′44″E / 22.2789°N 114.2289°E / 22.2789; 114.2289
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Shau Kei Wan

筲箕灣
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinShāojīwān
Cantonese YaleSāaugēiwāan
Literal meaningBamboo basin bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShāojīwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSāaugēiwāan
JyutpingSaau1gei1waan1
General information
LocationMong Lung Street, Shau Kei Wan
Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′44″N 114°13′44″E / 22.2789°N 114.2289°E / 22.2789; 114.2289
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Island line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeSKW
History
Opened31 May 1985; 39 years ago (1985-05-31)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Sai Wan Ho
towards Kennedy Town
Island line Heng Fa Chuen
towards Chai Wan
Track layout
1
2
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Shau Kei Wan
Location within the MTR system
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Shau Kei Wan
Shau Kei Wan (Hong Kong Island)

Shau Kei Wan (Chinese: 筲箕灣; Cantonese Yale: Sāaugēiwāan) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island line 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 Kennedy Town and Chai Wan. Its station livery is blue.

The retrofitting of platform screen doors was completed in October 2005.

History

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Construction of the station commenced in May 1982 on a newly reclaimed area of Aldrich Bay, and was carried out by Gammon Construction. Approximately 110,348 cubic metres (3,896,903 cu ft) of material was excavated during the course of construction. The station is around 12 metres (39 ft 4 in) deep and 190 metres (623 ft 4 in) 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.[1]

Shau Kei Wan station opened on 31 May 1985 as part of the first phase of the Island line.

Station layout

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Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

G Ground level Exits
L1 Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Vending machines, ATM
L2
Platform
Platform 1      Island line towards Chai Wan (Heng Fa Chuen)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2      Island line towards Kennedy Town (Sai Wan Ho)

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Entrances and exits

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Transport connections

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Hong Kong Tramways (Exit B1)

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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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  1. ^ MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book. Mass Transit Railway Corporation. 1985. pp. 15–17.
  2. ^ "Shau Kei Wan Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Shau Kei Wan Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.