Admiralty Station (MTR)

Admiralty 金鐘
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	金鐘
Simplified Chinese	金钟
Literal meaning	Golden Bell
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jīnzhōng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization gam1 jung1 Jyutping gam1 zung1
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)	Tsuen Wan Line      Island Line      South Island Line
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   Following station Central Terminus Tsuen Wan Line Tsim Sha Tsui towards Tsuen Wan Central towards Kennedy Town Island Line Wan Chai towards Chai Wan Terminus South Island Line Ocean Park towards South Horizons   Future services   Terminus North South Corridor of the Sha Tin to Central Link Exhibition towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Location
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.