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Admiralty Station (MTR)

Admiralty
金鐘
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Admiralty Station 2014 04 part1.JPG
Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 金鐘
Simplified Chinese 金钟
Literal meaning Golden Bell
General information
Location Drake Street × Tamar Street, Admiralty
Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°16′44″N 114°09′53″E / 22.2788°N 114.1646°E / 22.2788; 114.1646Coordinates: 22°16′44″N 114°09′53″E / 22.2788°N 114.1646°E / 22.2788; 114.1646
Owned by MTR Corporation
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 6 (island platforms)
Connections Bus, public light bus, tram
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 3
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code ADM
History
Opened
  • 12 February 1980 (1980-02-12) (Kwun Tong Line)
  • 31 May 1985 (1985-05-31) (Island Line)
  • 28 December 2016 (South Island Line)
Services
Preceding station   MTR logo.svg MTR   Following station
Terminus
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
towards Kennedy Town
Island Line
towards Chai Wan
Terminus South Island Line
  Future services  
Terminus North South Corridor
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Admiralty
Location within the MTR system

Admiralty (Chinese: 金鐘) is an MTR station located on Hong Kong Island, in an area often referred to as Admiralty. The station's livery is blue. The station connects the Tsuen Wan Line with the Island Line in cross-platform interchange type. Before the opening of the Tsuen Wan branch line in 1982, it was part of the Kwun Tong Line.

The station is named after HMS Tamar (a place of land now known as the Tamar site), once the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong - this, even though HMS Tamar had never actually been called the Admiralty. It was built on the former site of the Hong Kong naval dockyards, which was built in 1878 and demolished in the 1970s.

In 2016, the station underwent major expansion to accommodate two new sets of platforms for a new station underneath it. The new Admiralty station serves two more MTR lines, the South Island Line and the North South Corridor (part of the Sha Tin to Central Link).

The Government had given the MTR Corporation first refusal on the 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m2) site, which was subsequently sold to it in 1976 for around HK$200 million for cash and equity consideration.

The Admiralty Centre, United Centre and Queensway Plaza formed part of development, and sit directly above the station.


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