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Quarry Bay Station

Quarry Bay
鰂魚涌
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Quarry Bay Station 2014 02 part3.JPG
Platform 3
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 鰂魚涌
Simplified Chinese 鲗鱼涌
Cantonese Yale Jākyùchūng
Literal meaning Crucian Carp Stream
General information
Location Near Wah Shun Gardens, King's Road, Quarry Bay
Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°17′16″N 114°12′35″E / 22.2878°N 114.2096°E / 22.2878; 114.2096Coordinates: 22°17′16″N 114°12′35″E / 22.2878°N 114.2096°E / 22.2878; 114.2096
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 4 (island platforms)
Connections Bus
Construction
Structure type Underground
Depth 37 metres (121 ft)
Platform levels 2
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code QUB
History
Opened
  • 31 May 1985 (1985-05-31) (Island Line)
  • 6 August 1989 (1989-08-06) (Kwun Tong Line)
Services
Preceding station   MTR logo.svg MTR   Following station
towards Kennedy Town
Island Line
towards Chai Wan
Terminus
Tseung Kwan O Line
towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park
  Former services  
towards Yau Ma Tei
Kwun Tong Line
Terminus
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Quarry Bay
Location within the MTR system

Quarry Bay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌; Cantonese Yale: Jākyùchūng) is an underground station on the MTR Island and Tseung Kwan O lines in Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island. The station livery is teal green.

As with all stations on the Island Line, Quarry Bay is located on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island. Platforms 1 and 2 are built beneath King's Road to Pak Fuk Road. Platforms 3 and 4 are built beneath King's Road to the south of Model Housing Estate.

In the course of constructing Quarry Bay Station, with the initial two platforms, 70,000 cubic metres of rock was excavated and 28,000 cubic metres of concrete was poured. The station opened as part of the second phase of the Island Line on 31 May 1985. The station was expanded in 1989 with the addition of Platforms 3 and 4, which served as the terminus of Kwun Tong Line upon the opening of the Eastern Harbour Crossing.

The station was badly congested in the mid-1990s. The station had a capacity of 30,000 people per hour, and was "close to saturation". Contingency plans were developed to evacuate trains ahead of Quarry Bay to avoid overcrowding, while construction options were planned to alleviate the problem permanently. On 27 September 2001, the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works was completed, extending the Kwun Tong Line to North Point Station and providing an easier and more spacious interchange there for Central-bound passengers. On 4 August 2002, the Kwun Tong Line platforms began serving the newly formed Tseung Kwan O Line instead.


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