AsiaWorld–Expo is the
western terminus of the of the
Hong Kong
Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...
MTR. It serves the
AsiaWorld–Expo in the northeast corner of
Chek Lap Kok, the island on which the
Hong Kong International Airport is located.
The AsiaWorld–Expo is an exhibition centre designed to host largescale events located adjacent to Hong Kong International Airport. The Airport Express was extended with a new station at AsiaWorld–Expo to accommodate visitors and organisers.
History
Tracks were already laid to the site of the AsiaWorld–Expo station when Airport Express inaugurated on 6 July 1998, trains had to terminate at
Airport
An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial Aviation, air transport. They usually consist of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surf ...
but they were originally used as a turn back siding before the station was built. The station opened on 20 December 2005 together with the exhibition centre, allowing it to be accessible by rail from the central business district and other MTR stations.
Station layout
Like the other stations on the Airport Express, AsiaWorld–Expo contains platform screen doors. However, the screen doors at this station are different from other stations of the Airport Express (except the now closed Terminal 2 platforms of
Airport station), as they are designed for the trains of
Tung Chung line
The Tung Chung line () is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, linking the town of Tung Chung with central Hong Kong. It was built in the 1990s as part of the Airport Railway project, part of the construction of the new ...
as well, so those trains can also be used to run services from and to the station in order to increase passenger flow when large exhibitions or concerts are being held.
Entrances/exits
*A: AsiaWorld–Expo East Entrance
*B: AsiaWorld–Expo West Entrance
(opens only during large-scale events)
File:AWE (AEL).jpg, AsiaWorld–Expo station Exit A in December 2005
File:MTR AWE Exit B faregate.JPG, AsiaWorld–Expo station Exit B in March 2008
References
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MTR stations in the New Territories
Airport Express (MTR)
Chek Lap Kok
Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2005