Jordan is a station on the Hong Kong

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. It has dark green and light green livery. It is named after

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Jordan station is located in

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at the intersection of two main thoroughfares:

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and

, the station eponymously named after the latter. The northern portion of

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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,

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Eaton Hotel Hong Kong Eaton HK (), owned by the Great Eagle Group, is a four-star hotel located at 380 Nathan Road in Kowloon, between Jordan and Yau Ma Tei, near the Temple Street Night Market and the Jade Market. History The Eaton Hotel occupies the location ...

, and the

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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 with

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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:

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/ Queen Elizabeth Hospital * C: Bowring Street ** C1:

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** C2: Bowring Street, Kwun Chung Municipal Services Building * D: Austin Road * E: Prudential Centre / Pruton Prudential Hotel

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{{Tsuen Wan Line navbox MTR stations in Kowloon Tsuen Wan line Kwun Chung Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1979

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