Shau Kei Wan station

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Shau Kei Wan

筲箕灣
Shau Kei Wan; 筲箕灣
MTR rapid transit station
	Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	筲箕灣
Simplified Chinese	筲箕湾
Hanyu Pinyin	Shāojīwān
Cantonese Yale	Sāaugēiwāan
Literal meaning	Bamboo basin bay
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shāojīwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sāaugēiwāan
Jyutping	Saau1gei1waan1
General information
Location	Mong Lung Street, Shau Kei Wan; Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′44″N 114°13′44″E / 22.2789°N 114.2289°E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Tram; Bus, minibus;
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SKW
History
Opened	31 May 1985; 38 years ago
Services
Track layout
Track layout
	Legend
Location
	Shau Kei Wan Location within the MTR system 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

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

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

G	Ground level	Exits
C/L1	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
		Vending machines, ATM
P 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

A1: Perfect Mount Gardens
A2: Po Man Street
A3: Shau Kei Wan Bus Terminus
B1: Shau Kei Wan Main Street East
B2: Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence
B3: Aldrich Bay Road
C: Mong Lung Street
D1: Tam Kung Temple, Hong Kong Art School
D2: Aldrich Garden^[3]

Transport connections

Hong Kong Tramways (Exit B1)

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

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

[commemorativebook-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.

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