Central station (MTR)

Central (Chinese: 中環; Cantonese Yale: Jūngwàan) is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red but brown on the Tsuen Wan line platforms. The station is the southern terminus of the Tsuen Wan line, a stop on the Island line, and connects to Hong Kong station, which serves the Tung Chung line and the Airport Express.

Central

中環
MTR rapid transit station
Platforms 1 and 2 on the Tsuen Wan line in January 2018
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese中環
Simplified Chinese中环
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuán
Cantonese YaleJūngwàan
Literal meaningCentral ring
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuán
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJūngwàan
JyutpingZung1waan4
General information
LocationDes Voeux Road Central/Chater Road, Central
Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°16′55″N 114°09′27″E
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms
Tracks4
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels3
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeCEN
History
Opened
Previous namesChater (Tsuen Wan line)
Pedder (Island line)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Terminus Tsuen Wan line Admiralty
towards Tsuen Wan
Sheung Wan
towards Kennedy Town
Island line Admiralty
towards Chai Wan
Transfer at Hong Kong
Terminus Airport Express
transfer at Hong Kong
Kowloon
Tung Chung line
transfer at Hong Kong
Kowloon
towards Tung Chung
Track layout
03/2019 collision accident
1
3
L2 (uppermost)
2
L3
4
L4 (lowest)
to Sheung Wan
Location
Central
Location within the MTR system
Central
Central (Hong Kong urban core)
Central
Central (Hong Kong Island)

The station was originally named Chater. It was initially conceived to cater to 330,000 passengers daily and was planned to be 380 m (1,250 ft) long – one of the longest stations in the world. More than 200,000 passengers use this station daily. The longest distance between two exits is approximately 700m.

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