Sheung Wan Station

Sheung Wan 上環
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	上環
Simplified Chinese	上环
Literal meaning	Upper ring
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Shànghuán Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization seung6 waan4 Jyutping soeng6 waan4
General information
Location	Des Voeux Road Central, Sheung Wan Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′10″N 114°09′06″E / 22.2862°N 114.1518°E / 22.2862; 114.1518Coordinates: 22°17′10″N 114°09′06″E / 22.2862°N 114.1518°E / 22.2862; 114.1518
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island Line
Platforms	2 (side platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus, tram
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	SHW
History
Opened	23 May 1986 (1986-05-23)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Sai Ying Pun towards Kennedy Town Island Line Central towards Chai Wan
Location
Sheung Wan Location within the MTR system

Sheung Wan (Chinese: 上環) is a station of the Hong Kong MTR Island Line.

It was originally built in 1970 as Western Market but its construction was discontinued after further planning for the new lines. Upon the construction of the Island Line, the station was finally constructed and opened in May 1986. The station served as westbound terminus of the Island line until the extension of the line to Kennedy Town, which commenced in 2014. The livery colour of this station is khaki.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to Central 1 2 to Sai Ying Pun

The platforms are built under Des Voeux Road from Cleverly Street to Rumsey Street. Although platforms 1 and 2 are parallel to and directly opposite each other, there is a wall separating the two tracks giving a false impression that both platforms are separated by a long distance from each other.^[1] Both platforms are slightly longer than those on other MTR underground stations. It has been suggested that this was the result of problems in calculations during the station's construction. The former, never-completed Rumsey Station platforms of the East Kowloon Line are still located at the station (see § Rumsey Street platforms).^[1]

Rumsey Street platforms

Rumsey Station Concourse

The "phantom" platforms under Rumsey Street

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The platforms of the original Rumsey station, originally planned as the southern terminus of East Kowloon Line, still remain in Sheung Wan station. They are located near Exit E, and they are perpendicular to the Island Line platforms below.

Presently, the Rumsey Station platforms are incomplete platforms. They have a length of about three MTR EMUs (while normal trains have eight each), which is about 60 metres long, do not have tracks and overhead power lines, and have all tunnel entrances sealed with bricks.

In recent years, one of the proposal for the usage of the Rumsey Street platforms has been for it to be the terminus of the West Island Line (then a separate line). However, with the decision to make the West Island Line to be an extension of the Island Line, instead of a separate line, there are no more proposals to utilize the Rumsey Street platforms. Since then, the MTR Corporation has boarded up the abandoned platforms, and they are no longer visible.

Entrances and exits

• A1: Des Voeux Road Central
• A2: Wing Lok Street
• B: Des Voeux Road Central
• C: Connaught Road Central
• D: Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal
• E1/E2: Rumsey Street
• E3/E4/E5 : Infinitus Plaza^[2]

Transport connections

Hong Kong Tramways

Commuters can get out of Sheung Wan station at Exits A1, B, E1 or E3 to get to the tramways on Des Voeux Road Central, for their journey further westwards to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town.

Hong Kong-Macau Ferry

The Hong Kong-Macau Ferry Terminal, located within Shun Tak Centre, provides frequent jetfoil, hydrofoil and hovercraft services to Macau and many other destinations in the Pearl River Delta. Exit D leads to the Ferry Terminal.

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