Causeway Bay () is a station on the

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. The station is between and stations on the . It serves the locality of East Point within

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. The station is at the core of the historical East Point neighbourhood, as reflected by the namesake road and the large number of public facilities named after Causeway Bay which are located to the east and the south of Victoria Park instead of around the MTR station; however the station's presence has caused the surrounding area to be colloquially called "

Causeway Bay Causeway Bay is an area and a bay on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, straddling the border of the Eastern and the Wan Chai districts. It is a major shopping, leisure and cultural centre in Hong Kong, with a number of major shopping centres. Th ...

History

In 1967, Freeman Fox and Wilbur Smith Associates released the government-commissioned Mass Transport Study, which proposed a new underground railway. The plan included the between and stations. When the Mass Transport Provisional Authority was founded, minor alterations were made with the to Kennedy Town section delayed. The government gave approval on the 95-million-dollar construction of the line on 23 December 1980 and work started in October 1982. In 1984, the station construction site was sold by MTR to

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for $380m, now the location of

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. The station opened with the first section of the Island line from to Chai Wan on 31 May 1985.

Services

The station is situated between and stations on the. The typical off-peak service is 17 trains per hour in both directions, which is a train every 3–6 minutes. There was a time when there was a special service in operation between Admiralty and on the Island line due to shortage of train operators. This service was withdrawn after 1 October 1986, about 5 months after the extension to .

Station layout

The platforms of Causeway Bay station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with platform 1 above platform 2. Causeway Bay Station 2021 05 part1.jpg, Platform 1 (2021) Causeway Bay Station 2018 06 part6.jpg, West Concourse (2018) Causeway Bay Station Concourse 2017.jpg, East Concourse (2017) Causeway Bay Station 2018 09 part2.jpg, South Concourse (2018)

Entrances/exits

Causeway Bay is a primary shopping district in Hong Kong with exits from the MTR leading directly into major outlets such as Sogo and

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, which can be accessed through a long, upward sloping pedestrian walkway at Exit A. Unlike other MTR stations, there are three different concourses in Causeway Bay station. After exiting the paid areas through the

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s, the other two concourses are inaccessible underground. The west and east concourses were opened on 31 May 1985 with the opening of the station, while the south concourse and Exit A were opened in 1994 with the opening of

. Causeway Bay Station 2020 08 part2.jpg, Exit B (2020) Causeway Bay Station 2020 08 part1.jpg, Exit C (2020) Causeway Bay Station 2018 06 part3.jpg, Lift access (2018) Causeway Bay Station 2020 08 part5.jpg, Exit E (2020)

South concourse

In the basement of

: *A: Times Square

West concourse

In the basement of Causeway Bay Plaza (Phase 1): *B: Causeway Bay Plaza *C:

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East concourse

In the basement of Sogo Department Store: *D1/D2/D3/D4: Sogo Department Store *E: Victoria Park *F1: Jardine's Crescent *F2: Hysan Place

Transport connections

Bus routes

These are the bus routes found in the vicinity of Causeway Bay station that provide connections with other areas not served by the MTR including

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/ Cheung On, Wah Fu.

Hong Kong Tramways

Hong Kong Island's tramway system consists of an inner loop branching out at Causeway Bay towards Happy Valley. The nearest tram stop is located along Percival Street near the end of Matheson Street.

Plans to expand Causeway Bay station

In November 2006, MTR announced they would build an underground shopping mall and expand the current Causeway Bay station. The station will add 5 new exits: *E1: East Point Road *E2:

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at Hong Kong Building *F1: Former Hennessy Centre *F2: Yee Wo Street at McDonald's Building *F3: Paterson Street and the current Exit E (Great George Street next to

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) will be removed. The plan also triples the current station size.

Gallery

Causeway Bay Station 2013 part2.jpg, Platform 2 (2013) HK Causeway Bay Station East Concourse 2011.jpg, Causeway Bay station East Concourse (2011)

Notes

References

External links

* {{Wan Chai District Causeway Bay East Point, Hong Kong MTR stations on Hong Kong Island Island line (MTR) Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1985 1985 establishments in Hong Kong