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Hong Kong Station is the eastern terminus
Terminal Station
Terminal Station is a 1953 film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman. The film was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival.-Production:...

 of the Tung Chung Line and Airport Express
Airport Express (MTR)
The Airport Express 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 the Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 MTR
MTR
Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 metro
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 system, situated between Man Cheung Street and Harbour View Street, Central
Central, Hong Kong
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula...

, Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

, and sits underneath the International Finance Centre
International Finance Centre
The International Finance Centre is an integrated commercial development on the waterfront of Hong Kong's Central District....

. The Airport Express and Tung Chung Line stations, retail mall, pedestrian tunnels, footbridges and IFC Masterplan were all designed by Arup Associates (Hong Kong Office) in collaboration with Rocco Design Architects Limited
Rocco Design Architects Limited
Rocco Design Architects Limited , led by Rocco Yim, is a prominent design architectural firm based in Hong Kong. It is responsible for the design of many iconic buildings in the special administrative region and Guangdong province, including the International Finance Centre, Hong Kong Station and...

, Ove Arup & Partners, and Meinhardt. The design and construction is chronicled in the book "Arup: Hong Kong Station" by Greg Pearce, Stuart Mercer, Graham Powell and Rodney Tan.

The station is connected to Central station via two tunnels. The walk between the two stations typically takes three to six minutes. The tunnels, which cross under Connaught Road Central, are equipped with moving walkways
Moving walkway
A moving walkway or moving sidewalk is a slow moving conveyor mechanism that transports people, across a horizontal...

.

This station provides an in-town check-in service for flights departing 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 , being built on the island of Chek Lap Kok by land reclamation, and also to distinguish it from its predecessor, the closed Kai Tak Airport.The airport opened for commercial...

 and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the Central
Central, Hong Kong
Central is the central business district of Hong Kong. It is located in Central and Western District, on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, across Victoria Harbour from Tsim Sha Tsui, the southernmost point of Kowloon Peninsula...

 and Wan Chai
Wan Chai
Wan Chai is a metropolitan area situated at the western part of the Wan Chai District on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. Its other boundaries are Canal Road to the east, Arsenal Street to the west and Bowen Road to the south. The area north of Gloucester Road is often called...

 areas.

Station layout

- Overlying Properties Exits
IFC Mall, One ifc, Two ifc
Footbridge to Central
Mid-levels escalator system, Star Ferry
Star Ferry
The Star Ferry, or The "Star" Ferry Company, is a passenger ferry service operator in Hong Kong. Its principal routes carry passengers across Victoria Harbour, between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon...

 Pier
G
Ground
Airport Express
Check-in
Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops, Washrooms
Vending machine
Vending machine
A vending machine is a machine which dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, alcohol, cigarettes, lottery tickets, consumer products and even gold and gems to customers automatically, after the customer inserts currency or credit into the machine....

s, Automatic teller machines
Luggage check-in
Carpark, Drop-off area
L1
Shops
Shops Shops, vending machine
Subway to carpark, escalators to Tung Chung Line concourse
L2
Platforms
Side platform, not in use
Reserved Platform siding
Platform 1 towards AsiaWorld Expo
Side platform, doors will open on the left
Airport Express
Concourse
Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops, Washrooms
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank
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, vending machines, ATMs
Taxi Stand, Airport Express shuttle buses
Douglas Street
Concourse
Exit C, Customer Service
L3
Concourse
Tung Chung Line
Concourse
Customer Service, MTRShops
Vending machines, ATMs
Octopus card promotion machine
Interchange
passageway
Interchange passageway to Douglas Street Concourse and Central Station
L4
Platforms
Platform 4 towards Tung Chung and Disneyland Resort Line
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
Platform 3 towards Tung Chung and Disneyland Resort Line


Although two platforms have been constructed, Platform 1 is the only one in use to serve Airport Express trains. When a train arrives from the airport, and the driver walks over to the other end of the train for it to turn around. For the convenience of passengers, a taxi stand and a hotel shuttle service is provided on the same level once the passenger has exited through the gates.

The Tung Chung Line and Airport Express are located considerably far away from each other. The Tung Chung Line concourse is located one level below the Airport Express platform. There, passengers have to ride an escalator down one more level to reach the Tung Chung Line trains.

In July 2007, MTR installed two "Self-service Point" machines (first time in Hong Kong) at the Tung Chung Line platform. These unmanned machines help resolve passengers' issues such as lost the ticket or unable to use the Octopus card
Octopus card
The Octopus card is a rechargeable contactless stored value smart card used to transfer electronic payments in online or offline systems in Hong Kong...

 to exit. They also have a visual conference system so that the staff can help passengers out.

Entrances/Exits

  • A1/A2: Two IFC
  • B1/B2: Exchange Square I/II
  • C: Douglas Street
  • D: Exchange Square III
  • E1/E2: One IFC
  • F: IFC Mall

Bus Routes

These are the buses that provide a direct connection to Hong Kong Station. All bus routes begin with a capital M to show that they terminate at the Airport Express station. The ones without a capital M at the front means it either stops close by at Exchange Square or Hong Kong Station Public Transport Interchange.

Exchange Square Bus Terminus (Exit D)
To the Peak:
  • 15

To Stanley:
  • 6 series, 260 and 66

To Lei Tung:
  • 94

To Hong Sing Garden:
  • 690

To Hang Hau (North):
  • 692

To Cyberport
Cyberport
Cyberport is a creative digital community with a cluster of technology and digital content tenants. It is owned and managed by Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited which is wholly owned by the Hong Kong SAR Government...

:
  • 30X

To South Horizons
South Horizons
South Horizons is a private housing estate located at the western end of the island of Ap Lei Chau, in Hong Kong, near Ap Lei Chau Estate...

:
  • 590


Hong Kong Station Bus Terminus (Under Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong
Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong is a five-star hotel building in Sun Hung Kai Properties-owned International Finance Centre, Central, Hong Kong that was completed and opened in September 2005. It is a 45-storey building offering 399 rooms and 519 residential units...

and ifc mall)
To Wah Fu North:
  • M47

To Laguna City:
  • 621

To Ma On Shan Town Centre:
  • 681

Neighbouring stations

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