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Fortress Hill Station

Fortress Hill
炮台山
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Fortress Hill Station 2014 04 part1.JPG
Platform 1
Chinese name
Chinese 炮台山
Literal meaning Mount Battery
General information
Location Fortress Metro Tower, King's Road, Fortress Hill
Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°17′17″N 114°11′37″E / 22.2881°N 114.1936°E / 22.2881; 114.1936Coordinates: 22°17′17″N 114°11′37″E / 22.2881°N 114.1936°E / 22.2881; 114.1936
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 2 (island platform)
Connections Bus, public light bus, tram
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 1
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code FOH
History
Opened
  • 31 May 1985 (1985-05-31)
Services
Preceding station   MTR logo.svg MTR   Following station
towards Kennedy Town
Island Line
towards Chai Wan
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Fortress Hill
Location within the MTR system

Fortress Hill (Chinese: 炮台山, literally Mount Battery) is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of Hong Kong on the eponymous island. Like all MTR stations, Fortress Hill has a unique colour scheme; its livery is dark green. The distance between this station and Tin Hau to the west is approximately 480 metres, the second-closest stations after Mong Kok and Prince Edward.

Fortress Hill is laid out in a manner similar to many other MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they take another escalator ride down to the platform.

Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons.

There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system.

There are two exits at Fortress Hill station. Both are located on the same side of King's Road (英皇道) but on opposite ends of the Fortress Metro Tower, a high-rise residential complex.


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