Siu Ho Wan is a
bayA bay is an area of water mostly surrounded or otherwise demarcated by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds....
on the north shore of
Lantau IslandLantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District, but a small part in the northeast of the island belongs to Tsuen Wan District. It has an area...
in
Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
. The bay is largely reclaimed for the bus
depotDepot is from the French dépôt which means a deposit or a storehouse. In English, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:-Transportation:...
s. The
Airport ExpressThe 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....
, Tung Chung Line of MTR and
North Lantau HighwayNorth Lantau Highway is part of Route 8 of Hong Kong, linking Hong Kong International Airport and Lantau Island with the rest of the territory...
run across the
reclamationThis article is about Land reclamation in Hong Kong.Land is in short supply in Hong Kong and land reclamation has been conducted there since the mid-19th century.-Projects:...
of the bay. The Siu Ho Wan MTR depot lays on the reclaimed shore between Siu Ho Wan and Tai Ho Wan and is currently used by Airport Express, Tung Chung Line and
Disneyland Resort LineThe is an MTR line connecting Yam O to the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. It is the MTR's seventh line, and the world's first metro line designed to service a Disney theme park, and also the world's first driverless heavy transit line. There are only two stations on this line, Sunny Bay and...
.
In the 1990s, the Hong Kong Government reclaimed the bay in order to construct links to the new airport at
Chek Lap KokChek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong.Chek Lap Kok was one of the two islands merged together via land reclamation techniques into to the 12.48 km² platform for the current Hong Kong International Airport...
and the new town of
Tung ChungTung Chung, namely the eastern stream, is an area situated on the north-western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Tung Chung, currently one of the latest generation of new towns, was formerly a rural village around Tung Chung Wan, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma...
, including the North Lantau Highway, Airport Express and Tung Chung Line.
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Siu Ho Wan is a
bayA bay is an area of water mostly surrounded or otherwise demarcated by land. Bays generally have calmer waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some waves and often reducing winds....
on the north shore of
Lantau IslandLantau Island, also Lantao, based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Administratively, it is part of the Islands District, but a small part in the northeast of the island belongs to Tsuen Wan District. It has an area...
in
Hong KongHong Kong , officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a highly autonomous territory of the People's Republic of China, facing Guangdong to the north and the South China Sea to the east, west and south...
. The bay is largely reclaimed for the bus
depotDepot is from the French dépôt which means a deposit or a storehouse. In English, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:-Transportation:...
s. The
Airport ExpressThe 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....
, Tung Chung Line of MTR and
North Lantau HighwayNorth Lantau Highway is part of Route 8 of Hong Kong, linking Hong Kong International Airport and Lantau Island with the rest of the territory...
run across the
reclamationThis article is about Land reclamation in Hong Kong.Land is in short supply in Hong Kong and land reclamation has been conducted there since the mid-19th century.-Projects:...
of the bay. The Siu Ho Wan MTR depot lays on the reclaimed shore between Siu Ho Wan and Tai Ho Wan and is currently used by Airport Express, Tung Chung Line and
Disneyland Resort LineThe is an MTR line connecting Yam O to the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort. It is the MTR's seventh line, and the world's first metro line designed to service a Disney theme park, and also the world's first driverless heavy transit line. There are only two stations on this line, Sunny Bay and...
.
History
In the 1990s, the Hong Kong Government reclaimed the bay in order to construct links to the new airport at
Chek Lap KokChek Lap Kok is an island in the western waters of Hong Kong.Chek Lap Kok was one of the two islands merged together via land reclamation techniques into to the 12.48 km² platform for the current Hong Kong International Airport...
and the new town of
Tung ChungTung Chung, namely the eastern stream, is an area situated on the north-western coast of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Tung Chung, currently one of the latest generation of new towns, was formerly a rural village around Tung Chung Wan, and along the delta and lower courses of Tung Chung River and Ma...
, including the North Lantau Highway, Airport Express and Tung Chung Line. The government also built a depot there for the MTR lines. The highway was completed in 1997, and the MTR lines in 1998 (in time for the opening of the new airport).
Soon after that, the government constructed a new tunnel link from Siu Ho Wan to
Discovery BayDiscovery Bay is a mixed, primarily residential, development comprising a residential development and private and public recreational facilities in Hong Kong, situated on the north-eastern coast of Lantau Island in the New Territories. The development spans an area of 650 hectares, and includes...
, which was opened in 2000 and known as the
Discovery Bay TunnelThe Discovery Bay Tunnel is a toll tunnel that links Discovery Bay Road at Yi Pak Au to Cheung Tung Road at Siu Ho Wan beside the North Lantau Highway...
.
Transportation
By Bus:
- New Lantao Bus
The New Lantao Bus Company Limited – known as New Lantao Bus, or NLB – is a franchised bus company operating in Hong Kong.-History:...
No.36 Tung Chung MTR Station - Siu Ho Wan (3 scheduled buses daily）