Central South Station

Central South
中環南
MTR
Proposed MTR rapid transit station
Location Central
Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Owned by KCR Corporation
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Construction
Structure type Underground
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
TerminusNorth South Corridor
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau

Central South (Chinese: 中環南站) is a planned MTR station on the Sha Tin to Central Link. If constructed, the station will serve as the southern terminus of the North South Corridor. In the 2012 and 2013 MTR annual reports, Central South station is still marked on the Future Stations and Network Map.

History

When KCRC submitted its first proposal on the new line, the station was named Central West, and had a site to the west of the one in the current proposal.

In 2004 KCRC submitted a new proposal, which pointed out that there are technical problems on the original planned location of the station, due to the soft soil found there. The proposal suggested an option of placing the station somewhere south of Upper Albert Road.[1]

In 2008, the Government announced that it was considering the proposal that MTR had recently submitted, in which Central South station will be cancelled. The Government had promised that the details of the final plan will be revealed in early February.[2]

On 11 March 2008, a new proposal of the project was announced, in which Central South Station will not be built during the meantime as a better site has yet to be found.[3]

References

  1. KCRC (February 2004). "Progress report of SCL" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  2. "SCL construction details expected soon". Ming Pao. 2008-02-03. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  3. "政府全資374億建沙中線(A4)". Ming Pao. 2008-03-12.
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