Tamar () is a station on MTR's proposed

North Island line The North Island line is a proposal to provide rapid transit service for the area between the existing MTR Island line and the northern coast of Hong Kong Island in order to relieve the already congested Island line. Originally, according to th ...

(NIL) on the north shore of Hong Kong Island. It will be located on the former site of HMS ''Tamar'' on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Tamar station will be the eastern terminus of the and the western terminus of the . It will also act as a transfer station between the two lines. According to a 2014 study, it was suggested to start construction of the station in 2021 and open it in 2026. Geographically, the MTR station is located to the south, while Tamar Park is located to the north. The station would sit at the foot of the Central Government Complex, directly under

Tamar Park Tamar Park () is an urban park in Admiralty, Hong Kong covering around with the design concept of 'perpetual green'. The park occupies 80% of the Tamar site public space and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of th ...

History

In 2006, the Hong Kong Government was set to implement the Tamar Development Project. The new Government Complex was inaugurated in 2011, but the timetable of the construction of the NIL station was still undecided. On 21 February 2013, the

Highways Department Highways Department is a department of the Hong Kong Government responsible for developing Hong Kong's road and railway network as well as road maintenance. History The department was previously an office within the former Civil Engineering De ...

published an improved version of the "Railway Development Strategy." As part of the second phase of public consultation for the North Island line, the department created two proposals: a "swap" scheme and an "interchange" scheme. In the former plan, the North Island line would be split in two lines. The Tung Chung line would extend east from

Hong Kong station Hong Kong () is a station of the MTR metro system in Hong Kong. It is the eastern terminus of the and . It is situated between Man Cheung Street and Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong Island, and sits underneath the International Financ ...

to serve the new Tamar, , and stations before using the current Island line track from to . Meanwhile, the Tseung Kwan O line would extend west past

North Point station North Point () is a station on the Hong Kong MTR and the western terminus of the , located in North Point on Hong Kong Island. The livery of the station is tomato orange. The interchange between the Island line and the Tseung Kwan O line is a ...

to the Island line's station before going along the current Island line to the Kennedy Town station. In the latter, the Tung Chung line would be extended one stop, from Hong Kong to Tamar, while the Tseung Kwan O line would be extended three stops, from North Point to Causeway Bay North, Exhibition, and Tamar (with Tamar becoming an interchange station and terminal for the two lines). The Hong Kong government opted for the "interchange" scheme in 2014, which meant that the Tamar station would be a four-track, two-level station, as opposed to the two-track, one-level station proposed as part of the "swap" scheme.

References

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