Quarry Bay station

Quarry Bay

鰂魚涌
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform 3
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鰂魚涌
Simplified Chinese鲗鱼涌
Hanyu PinyinZéiyúchōng
Cantonese YaleJākyùchūng
Literal meaningOctopus stream
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZéiyúchōng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJākyùchūng
JyutpingZak1jyu4cung1
General information
LocationNear Wah Shun Gardens, King's Road, Quarry Bay
Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′16″N 114°12′35″E / 22.2878°N 114.2096°E / 22.2878; 114.2096
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth37 m (121 ft)
Platform levels2
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeQUB
History
Opened
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
North Point
towards Kennedy Town
Island line Tai Koo
towards Chai Wan
North Point
Terminus
Tseung Kwan O line Yau Tong
towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park
Former services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Lam Tin
towards Yau Ma Tei
Kwun Tong line
(2001-2002)
North Point
Terminus
Track layout
     Upper platforms
1
2
     Lower platforms
3
4
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Quarry Bay
Location within the MTR system
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Quarry Bay
Quarry Bay (Hong Kong Island)

Quarry Bay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌; Cantonese Yale: Jāk'yùhchūng) is a station on the Island line and Tseung Kwan O line of the MTR in Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island. The station livery is teal green.

Location

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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.

History

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The construction contract was awarded to Paul Y. Construction (now Paul Y. Engineering) and work started in 1982.[1]

In the course of constructing Quarry Bay station, with the initial two platforms, 70,000 cubic metres (2,472,027 cu ft) of rock was excavated and 28,000 cubic metres (988,811 cu ft) of concrete was poured.[2] The station opened as part of the first 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. With a capacity of 30,000 people per hour, it 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.[3] 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 opened Tseung Kwan O line instead.

Station layout

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The station is noted for having the deepest platforms in the MTR network by metres above sea level to allow the Tseung Kwan O line tunnel to traverse Victoria Harbour. They are also among the deepest by metres below ground level (with a maximum depth of 37 m (121 ft 5 in) below ground level,[citation needed], although HKU and Sai Ying Pun stations are deeper[4]) The station's concourses, however, are at ground level and open directly onto the street. As a result, four sets of escalators and many long passageways are necessary to connect the concourses to the deepest platforms. The walking time between concourse and Tseung Kwan O line platforms takes five minutes, therefore passengers are not allowed to enter the paid area of the station from seven minutes before the last train departs, which is different from the five minutes applied at other stations.

Since platforms 3 and 4 were built some time after platforms 1 and 2, no cross-platform interchange is available in Quarry Bay station. Commuters interchanging between the two lines have to walk through a long passageway and two flights of escalators for about five minutes to reach the platforms of the other line.

This inconvenience and increasing passenger numbers were what prompted the MTRC to undergo the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works, which extended the Kwun Tong line one station to the west to North Point station, where cross-platform interchanges are provided. The platform numbers of platforms 3 and 4 were switched when the Kwun Tong line was extended to North Point on 27 September 2001.

G King's Road Concourse Exits, Footbridge to Finnie Street
L1 Model Lane Concourse Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops
L2
Platform
Platform 1      Island line towards Chai Wan (Tai Koo)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2      Island line towards Kennedy Town (North Point)
L3
Platform
Platform 3      Tseung Kwan O line towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park(Yau Tong)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 4      Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point (Terminus)

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Entrances and exits

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Entrances/exits A and B share the same concourse while entrance/exit C has a separate concourse.

Shops

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References

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  1. ^ MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book. Mass Transit Railway Corporation. 1985.
  2. ^ "'Narrow platforms' concern by elderly" (PDF). South China Morning Post. 31 May 1985. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  3. ^ Ball, Steve (19 February 1994). "MTR may evacuate to avoid big crowds" (PDF). South China Morning Post. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Extension of Island Line to Western District". MTR Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Quarry Bay Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Quarry Bay Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.