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Central 中環

Platforms 1 and 2 on the Tsuen Wan Line.

Line Island Tsuen Wan Code CEN Service hours 0607/0058 Connections Bus, Minibus, Tram, Ferry, Peak Tram

District Central and Western Area Central

Map MTR Website Coordinates 22.281978° N 114.157626° E

Opened Feb 1980 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Side (Island Line), Island (Tsuen Wan Line) No. of platforms 4 No. of exits 13

Platform 3 on the Island Line.

Central Station Sign

Central Station Exit D2

The platforms of Tsuen Wan Line are located under the Chater Road, next to the Legislative Council Building

Central station is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red, except for the station's Tsuen Wan Line platform where its livery is dark brown. The station is the southern terminus for the Tsuen Wan Line and also connects with the Island Line, and also the Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express via Hong Kong station.

The Station was once known as two stations, Pedder Station and Chater Station.

Chater station was initially conceived to cater for average daily traffic of 330,000 passengers, and was to have been 380 metres long - amongst the longest station in the world^[1]. More than 200,000 passengers use this station daily. The longest distance between two subway exits is approximately 700m.

The Central Station was in the recommended system of 1967 study^[2]. Together with Western Market Station, it was to serve as the interchange station of the Kwun Tong Line and Island Line. In the recommended system, Tsuen Wan Line would end in Admiralty rather than Central. Its designated position was originally under Des Voeux Road Central between Jubilee Street and Pedder Street (between Queen Victoria Street and Theatre Lane).

The Central Station was once named as two separate stations in English: Chater (opened 1982 for Tsuen Wan Line) and Pedder (open 1986 for Island Line). In Chinese, however, the name remained as "中環". Later both English names were superseded by the name Central.

Central Station has 4 platforms on three levels, excluding those of Hong Kong Station. Hong Kong Station and Central Station are linked by a pedestrian passage.

Platforms 1 and 2 are situated on a shared Island platform on the middle level. They are served by the Tsuen Wan Line and were built directly under Chater Road, extending from Des Voeux Road Central to Club Street. These platforms make up the southern terminus of the Tsuen Wan Line.

Platforms 3 and 4 are built beneath Des Voeux Road Central at the intersection of Pedder Street, stretching from World-Wide House to Alexandra House. Platform 3 is situated on the upper level, whilst platform 4 is on the lowermost level, and they sandwich Platforms 1 and 2. They are side platforms built on the northern side of the road, with Platform 3 on top of Platform 4. Escalators are provided between the 3 levels, to facilitate passengers who interchange.

As part of the Airport Core Programme ([1]) during the 1990s, an underground passage was built between Central and Hong Kong stations to allow transfers from the Island Line and Tsuen Wan Line to the Airport Express and Tung Chung Line. The passage opened in 1998 with the opening of these two new lines of the MTR.

Central Station stretches across the entire length of Chater Road to Statue Square in the east, and along Des Voeux Road to Li Yuen Street East in the west. The distance between the easternmost and westernmost exits is approximately 700m.

Central is also one of the transport hubs of Hong Kong. The area around Central (and Hong Kong stations) has a wide range of transport options that includes tramways, buses, ferries, minibuses and more. These are all the connections the commuter can refer to when travelling to areas not served by the MTR network from Central.

The area is a major transport hub for Hong Kong (see also Transport in Hong Kong).

• Bus
  • KMB, serving only cross-harbour routes on Hong Kong Island
  • First Bus
  • Citybus

• Minibus

• Trains and Trams
  • MTR - Island Line, Tsuen Wan Line, Tung Chung Line, Airport Express at Hong Kong
  • Tram (exits B, C and K)
  • Peak Tram (exit J3)

• Ferries - Commuters can access walk across the bus terminus to their respective pier from the exit near the In Town Check-in Counters in Hong Kong station. Passengers who wish to use the Star Ferry can get out at Exit A and walk across the Central Elevated Walkway to the Star Ferry Pier.
  • New World First Ferry, to Silvermine Bay (Mui Wo), Peng Chau and Cheung Chau
  • Hong Kong & Kowloon Ferry, to Sok Kwu Wan and Yung Shue Wan on Lamma
  • Star Ferry, to Tsim Sha Tsui and Hung Hom
  • Discovery Bay Ferry, to Tsim Sha Tsui East and Discovery Bay
  • Park Island Ferry

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