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AsiaWorld-Expo is a station on the Airport Express
Airport Express (MTR)

The is one of the lines of the Mass Transit Railway serving Hong Kong. It links the principal urban areas of Hong Kong to Hong Kong International Airport and the associated AsiaWorld-Expo exhibition and convention centre....
 of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
's MTR
MTR

MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....
. It serves the AsiaWorld-Expo
AsiaWorld-Expo

The AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre....
 on the northeast corner of Chek Lap Kok
Chek Lap Kok

Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong, China.Chek Lap Kok was one of the two islands merged together via land reclamation techniques into to the 12.48 km? platform for the current Hong Kong International Airport....
, the island on which the Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , because it was built on the Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong#Islands of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from the old Hong Kong Airport ....
 is located.

AsiaWorld-Expo
AsiaWorld-Expo

The AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre....
 is an exhibition centre designed to host large scale trade fairs, exhibitions, conventions and concerts. It is located adjacent to Hong Kong International Airport. To better serve the travelling needs of exhibitors and visitors, the Airport Express Line has been extended with a new station at the AsiaWorld-Expo.






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AsiaWorld-Expo is a station on the Airport Express
Airport Express (MTR)

The is one of the lines of the Mass Transit Railway serving Hong Kong. It links the principal urban areas of Hong Kong to Hong Kong International Airport and the associated AsiaWorld-Expo exhibition and convention centre....
 of Hong Kong
Hong Kong

Hong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located in Southern China in East Asia, bordering the province of Guangdong to the north and facing the South China Sea to the east, west and south....
's MTR
MTR

MTR, or Mass Transit Railway, is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. The MTR first began service in 1979 and officially merged with the Kowloon Canton Railway on 2 December 2007, still bearing the same name in English....
. It serves the AsiaWorld-Expo
AsiaWorld-Expo

The AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre....
 on the northeast corner of Chek Lap Kok
Chek Lap Kok

Chek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong, China.Chek Lap Kok was one of the two islands merged together via land reclamation techniques into to the 12.48 km? platform for the current Hong Kong International Airport....
, the island on which the Hong Kong International Airport
Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport is the main airport in Hong Kong. It is colloquially known as Chek Lap Kok Airport , because it was built on the Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong#Islands of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from the old Hong Kong Airport ....
 is located.

AsiaWorld-Expo
AsiaWorld-Expo

The AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre....
 is an exhibition centre designed to host large scale trade fairs, exhibitions, conventions and concerts. It is located adjacent to Hong Kong International Airport. To better serve the travelling needs of exhibitors and visitors, the Airport Express Line has been extended with a new station at the AsiaWorld-Expo. The station opened on 20 December 2005, in time for the opening of the new exhibition centre on the same date. The extension provides convenient rail access to the exhibition centre from the central business district and other stations on the MTR network. Its platform screen doors, which are still fitted, are different from the other stations of the Airport Express (shown below), as the screen doors are designed for the train of Tung Chung Line as well, which those train may also be used to run services from and to the station, in order to increase passenger flow during the time that large exhibition or concerts are holding.

Station layout


L1
Concourse
ConcourseExits(AsiaWorld-Expo
AsiaWorld-Expo

The AsiaWorld-Expo is one of the two major convention and exhibition facilities in Hong Kong along with Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre....
),Customer Service, automatic teller machines
G
Platform
Side platform
Side platform

Railway platforms at railway stations on double lines can be side platforms or island platforms. With side platforms, track centres remain the same, and no space is lost for slewing the track to wider centres, as would be needed for an island platform....
, doors will open on the right
Platform 1 towards Airport
Airport (MTR)

Airport is a List of Hong Kong MTR stations on the of Hong Kong's MTR. It serves the Hong Kong International Airport, and is integrated with the passenger terminal....
 and Hong Kong
Hong Kong (MTR)

Hong Kong Station is the eastern terminal station of the and of the Hong Kong MTR rapid transit system, situated between Man Cheung Street and Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Island, and sits underneath the International Finance Centre....
2
Island platform
Island platform

An island platform on a railway is where a single Railway platform lies between two Rail trackss, serving both of them. Usually, the two tracks are on the same line, running in opposite directions....
, not in use
Platform 3 emergency platform


Platforms 1 and 2 share a same track.

Entrances/exits

  • A: AsiaWorld-Expo East Entrance
  • B: AsiaWorld-Expo West Entrance (Opens only during large-scale events)


Neighbouring stations


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