Admiralty station (MTR)

Admiralty

金鐘
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Platform 3 of Admiralty station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese金钟
Hanyu PinyinJīnzhōng
Cantonese YaleGāmjūng
Literal meaningAdmiralty Bell
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīnzhōng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationGāmjūng
JyutpingGam1zung1
General information
LocationDrake Street × Tamar Street, Admiralty
Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′44″N 114°09′53″E / 22.2788°N 114.1646°E / 22.2788; 114.1646
Owned byKowloon-Canton Railway Corporation (East Rail line)
MTR Corporation (Island, South Island and Tsuen Wan lines)
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms8 (4 island platforms)
Tracks8
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Depth43 m (141 ft)
Platform levels3
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeADM
History
Opened
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Central
Terminus
Tsuen Wan line Tsim Sha Tsui
towards Tsuen Wan
Central
towards Kennedy Town
Island line Wan Chai
towards Chai Wan
Terminus East Rail line Exhibition Centre
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
South Island line Ocean Park
Track layout
          Upper platforms
3
1
L2
L3
4
2
     Middle platforms
to Exhibition Centre
7
8
     Lower platforms
6
5
L6
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
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Location within the MTR system
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
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Admiralty (Hong Kong urban core)
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
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Admiralty (Hong Kong Island)

Admiralty (Chinese: 金鐘; Jyutping: Gam1 zung1; Cantonese Yale: Gāmjūng) is a station of the MTR rapid transit system in Admiralty, Hong Kong.

The station's livery is blue and white. Served by the largest number of lines of any MTR station at four: the East Rail line, the Tsuen Wan line, the Island line, and the South Island line, Admiralty is a major interchange station within the MTR network.

The station and surrounding area are named after HMS Tamar, once the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong. It was built on the former site of the naval dockyards, which were built in 1878 and demolished in the 1970s. The Chinese name, which translates to "gold clock", refers to a clock with gold-coloured numerals and hands that was located on the main building of Wellington Barracks from 1890 to 1962.

Between 2011 and 2016, the station underwent major expansion to accommodate two new sets of platforms underneath the original structure to serve two more MTR lines, the South Island line and the East Rail line (part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project). The South Island line opened in 2016, while the East Rail line platforms opened on 15 May 2022.[2][3] Accommodating over 100,000 passengers per peak hour, it has since become the busiest station in the MTR network.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference rthk20161205 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "港鐵東鐵綫過海段5月15日開通!首班車 5.25am 會展站通往紅磡". 14 May 2022.
  3. ^ "港鐵東鐵綫過海段通車 不少鐵路迷乘搭稱心情很興奮".
  4. ^ Chan, Alice; Kwok, Vincent; Suen, Timothy; Sykes, Fiona; Taylor, Ian; Tsang, Matthew; Wade, Colin; Wade, Colin; Wong, Jason; Wong, Young; Yiu, Jack. "The making of a mega-interchange railway station". The Arup Journal (1/2023): 44–53. Retrieved 10 July 2023.