Sai Ying Pun Station

Sai Ying Pun 西營盤
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	西營盤
Simplified Chinese	西营盘
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Xīyíngpán Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization sai1 ying4 pun4 IPA [sɐ́i jɪ̏ŋ pʰȕːn] Jyutping sai1 jing4 pun4
General information
Location	Intersections between High Street, Centre Street, and Third Street, Sai Ying Pun Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′08″N 114°08′34″E / 22.2856°N 114.1427°E / 22.2856; 114.1427Coordinates: 22°17′08″N 114°08′34″E / 22.2856°N 114.1427°E / 22.2856; 114.1427
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island Line
Platforms	2 (island platform)
Connections	Bus, public light bus, tram
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	50 metres (160 ft)
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SYP
History
Opened	29 March 2015 (2015-03-29)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station HKU towards Kennedy Town Island Line Sheung Wan towards Chai Wan
Location
Sai Ying Pun Location within the MTR system

Sai Ying Pun (Chinese: 西營盤) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island Line. It serves the neighbourhood of Sai Ying Pun and the western part of Mid-Levels in northwestern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Sai Ying Pun station opened on 29 March 2015, completing the West Island Line extension of the Island Line.

Sai Ying Pun serves as an intermediate station on the West Island Line, as opposed to a transfer station to another line serving the Southern District with the same name as in some previous plans.

Plans for the station first appeared in Hong Kong Mass Transit: Further Studies in 1970. It was to be built as part of the Island Line in the 1980s, but construction of the line did not commence westwards beyond Sheung Wan, due to inadequate forecast passenger numbers and technical difficulties identified by contractors.

In Outline Zoning Plan No. S/H3/20, the Planning Department of the government indicated one possible location under Des Voeux Road West at Ko Shing Street as of December 2003. A ventilation shaft marked with MTR notices can be found at the intersection. A large void facing Des Voeux Road West, sealed, can also be found at a nearby medical centre, which some have speculated that it was reserved for a to-be-built exit. These findings suggest that this was the original proposed location.

However, in proposals submitted to the government by the MTR in May 2002, the proposed station was shifted further west to the intersection of Des Voeux Road West and Water Street.

In March 2004, the MTR moved the station back east but south of the initial alignment under King George V Memorial Park. A source from MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL) revealed to the local newspaper Ming Pao that this location was chosen to avoid any nuisance during works under major roads. The location would also better suit the needs of Mid-Levels residents, the source said.