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Jordan is a station on the Hong Kong MTR . It has dark green and light green livery. It is named after Jordan Road.
Jordan station is located in
Location
Jordan station is located in Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
at the intersection of two main thoroughfares: Nathan Road
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden ...
and Jordan Road, the station eponymously named after the latter. The northern portion of Kowloon Park
Kowloon Park is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has an area of and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.Leisure and Cultural Services DepartmentKowloon Park: Historical Background
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is only a few blocks south of the station and King's Park is about 250m northeast using Jordan Road. A number of important hotels, buildings, and shopping centres are within walking distance of the station. These include the Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong
Novotel Hong Kong Nathan Road Kowloon () is a 4-star hotel in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Formerly known as the Majestic Hotel, the hotel reopened in April 2008, following a HK$188 million (approx US$24 million) refurbishment programme, upgraded to 4-st ...
, Baden-Powell International House, Eaton Hotel Hong Kong
Eaton HK (), owned by the Great Eagle Holdings, Great Eagle Group, is a four-star hotel located at 380 Nathan Road in Kowloon, between Jordan, Hong Kong, Jordan and Yau Ma Tei, near the Temple Street Night Market and the Jade Market.
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, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office
The Antiquities and Monuments Office (AMO) was established in 1976 under the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance to protect and preserve Hong Kong's historic monuments. Housed in the Former Kowloon British School, the AMO is responsible for iden ...
.
History
Jordan station opened on 16 December 1979 as part of the second phase of the Modified Initial System that extended the from to . When the opened on 10 May 1982, the Kwun Tong line was shortened and terminated at , the first stop north of Jordan, and Jordan was transferred to the Tsuen Wan line. In 2000, along with five other stations on the Tsuen Wan line, Jordan became one of the first stations in the MTR network to be retrofitted withplatform screen doors
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 platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...
which aid in ventilation, crowd control and passenger safety.
Station layout
Jordan is laid out similarly to many MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse, and then one more level down to the centre island with two platforms.Entrances/exits
* A: Yue Hwa Chinese Products * B: Queen Elizabeth Hospital ** B1: Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong / Chung Hing Hotel / Eaton Hotel ** B2:Diocesan Girls' School
Diocesan Girls' School (DGS) (), and Diocesan Girls’ Junior school, one of the oldest girls' schools in Hong Kong and a well known secondary and primary school in Kowloon, HK, was founded in 1860 by the Anglican (Episcopalian) Church (Hong K ...
/ Queen Elizabeth Hospital
* C: Bowring Street
** C1: Austin Road
Austin Road is a road in-between Tsim Sha Tsui and Jordan, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It was named after John Gardiner Austin, Colonial Secretary of Hong Kong from 1868 to 1879. The northeast part of this street is noted for clubs, fields, and milita ...
** C2: Bowring Street, Kwun Chung Municipal Services Building
* D: Austin Road
* E: Prudential Centre / Pruton Prudential Hotel
See also
*Jordan, Hong Kong
Jordan () is an area in Hong Kong, located on Kowloon Peninsula. It is named after a road of the same name in the district. The area is bordered by King's Park to the east, Tsim Sha Tsui to the south, Ferry Point to the west, and Yau Ma Tei ...
References
{{Tsuen Wan Line navbox MTR stations in Kowloon Tsuen Wan line Kwun Chung Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1979