Fortress Hill Station (MTR)

MTR infobox
livery=Green
namecolour=White
line=Island

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caption=The Fortress Hill station platform.
district=Eastern
area=Causeway BayFortress HillNorth Point
open=May 31, 1985
type=Underground
platformtype=Island
platformno=2
exitno=2
liftno=1
esculatorno=4
shopno=3
code=FOH
hours=0608/0107
connections= Bus, Minibus, Tram
engname=Fortress Hill
chiname=炮台山
coordinatesN=22.288143
coordinatesE=114.193637 Chinese
c=炮台山
l=Mount Battery
p=Pàotáishān
j=paau3 toi4 saan1
y=paau3 toi4 saan1

Fortress Hill (Chinese: 炮台山, literally Mount Battery) is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of Hong Kong on the eponymous island. As with all MTR stations, Fortress Hill has a unique colour scheme; its livery is dark green. The distance between this station and Tin Hau to the west is approximately 480 metres, the second-closest stations after Mong Kok and Prince Edward.

tation layout

Fortress Hill is laid out in a similar manner to many MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they can then choose in which direction they would like to travel and take another escalator ride down to the respective platform.

Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in the simple island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons.

There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system. In addition, there is also a stairway that few people use as it is in a separate corridor. The perceived privacy of this stairway has manifested with incidents of people having sex there.

Gallery

Entrances and exits

There are two exits at Fortress Hill station. Both are located on the same side of King's Road (英皇道) but on opposite ends of the Fortress Metro Tower, a high-rise residential complex.

*Fortress Hill exit A (炮台山站A出口)
**for the AIA Tower and Citicorp Centre
*Fortress Hill exit B (炮台山站B出口)
**for the Olympia Plaza and Electric Centre

Bus connections

The following bus routes run along King's Road.

Routes found at King's Road (Exits A or B)To Braemar Hill:
*25, 25C, 27, 529, To Lai Tak Tsuen:
*81To Pokfield Road:
*23To Stanley:
*63 On Weekdays and Saturdays
*65 On Sundays and HolidaysTo Kennedy Town:
*10To Siu Sai Wan:
*8X