- Chai Wan Station
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Chai Wan
柴灣Two platforms of Chai Wan Station
Line Island Line Code CHW Service hours 0555/0035 Connections Bus, Minibus District Eastern Area Chai Wan Map MTR Website Coordinates 22°15′52″N 114°14′13″E / 22.264372°N 114.236838°ECoordinates: 22°15′52″N 114°14′13″E / 22.264372°N 114.236838°E Opened 31 May 1985 Type of station Elevated Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 2 No. of exits 5 No. of escalators 9 No. of lifts 1 No. of shops 6 Station location
Chai Wan Station Traditional Chinese 柴灣 Simplified Chinese 柴湾 Literal meaning Firewood Bay Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Cháiwān Cantonese (Yue) - Jyutping caai4 waan1 - IPA [tsʰa̬ːi wáːn] - Yale Romanization chaai4 waan1 Chai Wan is the eastern terminus of 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 it serves Chai Wan, a primarily residential and industrial town, and the bus terminus nearby has bus and minibus routes to Siu Sai Wan and Stanley, as well as the nearby residential developments. It is also the southernmost railway station in Hong Kong, and is also the southernmost rapid transit station in China.
There are no platform screen doors at this station, but the MTR Corporation has retrofitted automatic platform gates on both platforms.
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Station layout
Platforms Platform 1 Island Line towards Sheung Wan Island platform, doors will open on the left/right Platform 2 Island Line towards Sheung Wan Concourse Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines Ground - Exits, transport interchange Passengers from Chai Wan going to Sheung Wan can board trains on either platforms. The platform from which a train will leave first is indicated on a display board.
An overrun track is present to allow trains to reverse direction if they travel beyond Chai Wan Station. However, this set of tracks are rarely used, as trains arriving at Chai Wan Station leave for Sheung Wan by pulling out of the same platform.
Entrances/exits
- A: New Jade Gardens
- B: Cheung Lee Street
- C: the Transport Interchange
- D: Ning Foo Street
- E: Hing Wah Estate
Transport Connections
There is a public transport interchange located beneath the station concourse, accessible by exiting the station from Exit C.
Transport Interchange (Exit C)
Bus Route To Island Resort:
- 82M (Mon-Fri only), N8X(at nights only)
To Cape Collinson:
- 388(only on days around Ching Ming Festival and Chung Yeung Festival)
Minibus Routes To Cape Collinson:
- 18M
To Chai Wan Pier and Hing Man Estate:
- 20M
To Fung Wah Estate:
- 43M
To Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital:
- 48M
To Siu Sai Wan:
- 47M, 44M(at nights only)
To Stanley:
- 16X
To Chung Hom Kok:
- 16M
Others
- Taxi Stand
Neighbouring stations
Preceding station MTR Following station towards Sheung WanIsland Line Terminus Categories:- Chai Wan
- MTR stations
- A: New Jade Gardens
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