Disneyland Resort () is a station on the

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MTR The Mass Transit Railway (MTR) is a major public transport network serving :Hong Kong. Operated by the MTR Corporation Limited (MTRCL), it consists of heavy rail, light rail, and feeder bus service centred on a 10-line rapid transit network ...

. It was built to serve the

Hong Kong Disneyland Resort The Hong Kong Disneyland Resort is a resort built and owned by Hong Kong International Theme Parks Limited, a joint venture of the Government of Hong Kong and The Walt Disney Company in Hong Kong on reclaimed land beside Penny's Bay, at the ...

, and is located in Penny's Bay.

History

It opened for public use on 1 August 2005, in preparation for the opening of Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which opened on 12 September that year.

Station features

The station is designed in a Victorian style, with spacious open areas. It has also been designed with a

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theme in mind to match the décor of the park. Architecture firm

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was the architect for the and, consequently, for the and Disneyland Resort stations. This station is the second to have only one platform, after

Po Lam station Po Lam () is the northern terminus MTR station of the . It is located on Mau Yip Road, Po Lam, in the New Territories of Hong Kong, sandwiched by Phases 1 to 3 of Metro City. Built by Maeda Corporation, it opened on 18 August 2002. The name o ...

on the . The platform is equipped with

automatic platform gates Platform screen doors (PSDs), also known as platform edge doors (PEDs), are used at some train, rapid transit and people mover stations to separate the Railway platform, platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and ...

to prevent passengers from accidentally falling onto the track. This kind of gate was the first of its kind to be introduced in Hong Kong. As of 2015, the current automatic platform gates are as long as a four-car train and can be extended in the future to accommodate a train length of up to eight cars. There is only one exit at this station. There is a bus interchange at

. R8 parallels the Disneyland Resort line. Routes R33 and R42 operate only on Sundays and public holidays.

Gallery

File:Disneyland Resort Station (17).JPG, Main lobby File:Disneyland Resort Station Platform 20130726.jpg, Platform view File:Disneyland Resort Station (22).JPG, View of the lobby and platform File:Disneyland MTR, Disneyland Station.JPG, A train awaits departure at night

Station layout

References

{{Tsuen Wan District Disneyland Resort line Hong Kong Disneyland Resort MTR stations in the New Territories Penny's Bay Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2005 Railways of amusement parks in Hong Kong 2005 establishments in Hong Kong

History

Station features

Gallery

Station layout

See also

References