Traditional Chinese 灣仔 Cantonese Yale Wāanjái Hanyu Pinyin Opened 31 May 1985 Level 2 | Simplified Chinese 湾仔 Literal meaning Mini-bay Yale Romanization Wāanjái Owner MTR Corporation | |
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Address Hennessy Rd, Wan Chai, Hong Kong Platforms in use 2 (split level side platforms) Similar Causeway Bay Station, Chai Wan Station, Central Station, Quarry Bay Station, Shau Kei Wan Station | ||
Wan Chai (Chinese: 灣仔) is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR. 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 Eastern districts.
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History
The station was built under Southorn Playground. It opened along with the Island Line on 31 May 1985. It was built by a Bachy Soletanche–Dragages joint venture.
Station layout
The platforms of Wan Chai station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with Platform 1 above Platform 2.
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.
Entrances/exits
Future Entrance/exit
This new entrance is under construction until early 2017. Its passageway crosses underneath Southorn Playground and Johnston Road, then join the underground mall in Lee Tung Street Redevelopment Project. It is expected to ease the overcrowding problem at entrance A3 and Johnston Road crossing.