Chai Wan station

Chai Wan

柴灣
MTR MTR rapid transit station
Both platforms of Chai Wan station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Hanyu PinyinCháiwān
Cantonese YaleChàaiwāan
Literal meaningFirewood Bay
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinCháiwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationChàaiwāan
IPACháiwān
JyutpingCaai4waan1
General information
LocationKut Shing Street, Chai Wan
Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°15′52″N 114°14′12″E / 22.2644°N 114.2368°E / 22.2644; 114.2368
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Island line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeCHW
History
Opened31 May 1985; 39 years ago (1985-05-31)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Heng Fa Chuen
towards Kennedy Town
Island line Terminus
Track layout
to Chai Wan Depot
2
1
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Chai Wan
Location within the MTR system
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Chai Wan
Chai Wan (Hong Kong Island)

Chai Wan (Chinese: 柴灣) is the eastern terminus of the MTR Island line on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the only station on the Island line that is elevated. The station is located at the junction of Chai Wan Road and Island Eastern Corridor, and serves Siu Sai Wan and Chai Wan, a primarily residential and industrial town. The bus terminus nearby has bus and minibus routes to Siu Sai Wan and Stanley, as well as the nearby residential developments. Chai Wan was also the southernmost railway station in Hong Kong, prior to the opening of Lei Tung station on the South Island line on 28 December 2016.

There were no platform screen doors when this station was opened, but the MTR Corporation has retrofitted automatic platform gates on both platforms in 2011.[1]

  1. ^ "Updated background brief on installation of platform screen doors and automatic platform gates at railway stations" (PDF). Legislative Council Secretariat. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.