Disneyland Resort () is a
station on the
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
MTR . It was built to serve the
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and is located in
Penny's Bay
Penny's Bay or Chok Ko Wan () was a bay in north-eastern Lantau Island, and had been a port since the Ming dynasty. The bay has since been reclaimed and is the site of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, which consists of the Hong Kong Disneyland ...
.
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
Disney
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...
theme in mind to match the décor of the park. Architecture firm
Aedas
Aedas is an architectural firm with eleven International offices founded by the Welsh architect Keith Griffiths. Aedas provides services in architecture, interior design, urban design, masterplanning and graphic design. It was established in 2002 ...
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 Train station#Terminus, terminus MTR List of MTR stations, 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 (Hong Kong), Metro City. ...
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 platform from train tracks, as well as on some bus rapid transit, tram and light rail syste ...
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
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. 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
See also
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Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
Rail transport can be found in every theme park resort property owned or licensed by Disney Parks, Experiences and Products, one of the four business segments of the Walt Disney Company. The origins of Disney theme park rail transport can be t ...
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