Chinese 柯士甸 Jyutping o1 si6 din1 Operated by MTR Corporation Phone +852 2314 5201 | Hanyu Pinyin Owned by KCR Corporation Opened 16 August 2009 Tracks 2 | |
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Location Wui Cheung Road × Wui Man Road, Kwun Chung
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong Address Austin Rd, Jordan, Hong Kong Owner Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation Similar Jordan Station, Hung Hom Station, Shek Kip Mei Station, Lok Fu Station, Kowloon Station | ||
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Austin (Chinese: 柯士甸) is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the West Rail Line in Hong Kong, situated perpendicular to Wui Cheung Road and Austin Road West, and formerly adjacent to Jordan Road Ferry Pier Bus Terminus. It is the only intermediate station along the Kowloon Southern Link project, built to connect the West Rail Line and East Rail Line. Construction was finished in July 2009 and the station opened on 16 August 2009.
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Station layout
The station has two tracks and one island platform. The surface station building is divided into two parts by Wui Cheung Road. It was located adjacent to the Canton Road Government Offices until that structure was demolished in 2011. As of 2014, construction on an MTR residential property development, The Austin, is well underway on the site of the former government offices.
During early construction stages, the station was temporarily named "West Kowloon Station" (Chinese: 九龍西站). The construction contract KDB200 (West Kowloon Station and Tunnels – Jordan Road to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station) was awarded to the Leighton-Balfour Beatty-Kumagai-John Holland Joint Venture (renamed to "Link 200 Joint Venture" on 9 August 2005) at an estimated contract sum of HK$2.018 billion. This station is part of this contract.
By interchanging between Kowloon and Austin stations, Airport Express passengers using Octopus cards can connect to the MTR urban lines for free, immediately before or after the Airport Express journey. Airport Express passengers can travel around the two stations by walking through Exit B5 of this station or using the complimentary Airport Express shuttle bus service. However, it only provides out-of-system connection to Kowloon Station for Tung Chung Line passengers.
The station design includes provision for a direct connection to the West Kowloon Terminus, which is presently under construction.