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Central Station (MTR)

Central
中環
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
HKMTRCentralStation 2007.jpg
Platforms 1 and 2 on the Tsuen Wan Line
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 中環
Simplified Chinese 中环
General information
Location Des Voeux Road Central/Chater Road, Central
Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°16′55″N 114°09′27″E / 22.2820°N 114.1576°E / 22.2820; 114.1576Coordinates: 22°16′55″N 114°09′27″E / 22.2820°N 114.1576°E / 22.2820; 114.1576
Owned by MTR Corporation
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 4 (island platform (Tsuen Wan Line), 2 split level side platforms (Island Line))
Connections           Hong Kong Station, bus, public light bus, tram, ferry, Peak Tram
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 3
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code CEN
History
Opened
  • 12 February 1980 (1980-02-12) (Kwun Tong Line)
  • 23 May 1986 (1986-05-23) (Island Line)
Previous names Chater
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 Airport Express
Transfer at: Hong Kong
Tung Chung Line
Transfer at: Hong Kong
towards Tung Chung
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Central
Location within the MTR system

Central (Chinese: 中環) is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red but brown on the Tsuen Wan Line platforms. The station is the southern terminus of the Tsuen Wan Line, a stop on the Island Line, and connects to Hong Kong Station, which serves the Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express.

The station was originally named Chater Station. It was initially conceived to cater for 330,000 passengers daily and was planned to be 380 metres (1,250 ft) long – one of the longest stations in the world. More than 200,000 passengers use this station daily. The longest distance between two exits is approximately 700m.

Central Station was included in the Hong Kong Mass Transport Study, a system proposed in September 1967. Together with Western Market Station, it was to serve as an interchange station of the Kwun Tong Line and Island Line. In the recommended system, the Tsuen Wan Line would end at Admiralty. The station was originally planned to be located under Des Voeux Road Central between Jubilee Street and Pedder Street.

In 1970, in the Hong Kong Mass Transit Further Studies, the station was proposed as two separate but connected stations: Chater Station (遮打站) under Chater Road and Pedder Station (必打站) under Pedder Street), which would serve the Kong Kow Line (now Tsuen Wan Line) and Island Line respectively.


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