Quarry Bay station

Quarry Bay (Chinese: 鰂魚涌; Cantonese Yale: Jāk'yùhchūng) is a station on the Island line and Tseung Kwan O line of the MTR in Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island. The station livery is teal green.

Quarry Bay 鰂魚涌
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 3
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鰂魚涌
Simplified Chinese	鲗鱼涌
Hanyu Pinyin	Zéiyúchōng
Cantonese Yale	Jākyùchūng
Literal meaning	Octopus stream
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zéiyúchōng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jākyùchūng Jyutping Zak1jyu4cung1
General information
Location	Near Wah Shun Gardens, King's Road, Quarry Bay Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′16″N 114°12′35″E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island line Tseung Kwan O line
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	37 m (121 ft)
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	QUB
History
Opened	Island line : 31 May 1985; 39 years ago (1985-05-31)   Kwun Tong line : 6 August 1989; 35 years ago (1989-08-06)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station North Point towards Kennedy Town Island line Tai Koo towards Chai Wan North Point Terminus Tseung Kwan O line Yau Tong towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park
Former services
Preceding station MTR Following station Lam Tin towards Yau Ma Tei Kwun Tong line (2001-2002) North Point Terminus
Track layout Legend      Upper platforms to Tai Koo 1 2 to North Point      Lower platforms to Yau Tong 3 4 to North Point
Location Quarry Bay Location within the MTR system Show map of MTR Quarry Bay Quarry Bay (Hong Kong Island) Show map of Hong Kong Island

Location

As with all stations on the Island line, Quarry Bay is located on the northern shore of Hong Kong Island. Platforms 1 and 2 are built beneath King's Road to Pak Fuk Road. Platforms 3 and 4 are built beneath King's Road to the south of Model Housing Estate.

History

The construction contract was awarded to Paul Y. Construction (now Paul Y. Engineering) and work started in 1982.^[1]

In the course of constructing Quarry Bay station, with the initial two platforms, 70,000 cubic metres (2,472,027 cu ft) of rock was excavated and 28,000 cubic metres (988,811 cu ft) of concrete was poured.^[2] The station opened as part of the first phase of the Island line on 31 May 1985. The station was expanded in 1989 with the addition of platforms 3 and 4, which served as the terminus of Kwun Tong line upon the opening of the Eastern Harbour Crossing.

The station was badly congested in the mid-1990s. With a capacity of 30,000 people per hour, it was "close to saturation". Contingency plans were developed to evacuate trains ahead of Quarry Bay to avoid overcrowding, while construction options were planned to alleviate the problem permanently.^[3] On 27 September 2001, the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works was completed, extending the Kwun Tong line to North Point station and providing an easier and more spacious interchange there for Central bound passengers. On 4 August 2002, the Kwun Tong line platforms began serving the newly opened Tseung Kwan O line instead.

Station layout

The station is noted for having the deepest platforms in the MTR network by metres above sea level to allow the Tseung Kwan O line tunnel to traverse Victoria Harbour. They are also among the deepest by metres below ground level (with a maximum depth of 37 m (121 ft 5 in) below ground level,^{[citation needed]}, although HKU and Sai Ying Pun stations are deeper^[4]) The station's concourses, however, are at ground level and open directly onto the street. As a result, four sets of escalators and many long passageways are necessary to connect the concourses to the deepest platforms. The walking time between concourse and Tseung Kwan O line platforms takes five minutes, therefore passengers are not allowed to enter the paid area of the station from seven minutes before the last train departs, which is different from the five minutes applied at other stations.

Since platforms 3 and 4 were built some time after platforms 1 and 2, no cross-platform interchange is available in Quarry Bay station. Commuters interchanging between the two lines have to walk through a long passageway and two flights of escalators for about five minutes to reach the platforms of the other line.

This inconvenience and increasing passenger numbers were what prompted the MTRC to undergo the Quarry Bay Congestion Relief Works, which extended the Kwun Tong line one station to the west to North Point station, where cross-platform interchanges are provided. The platform numbers of platforms 3 and 4 were switched when the Kwun Tong line was extended to North Point on 27 September 2001.

G	King's Road Concourse	Exits, Footbridge to Finnie Street
L1	Model Lane Concourse	Exits, Customer Service, MTRShops
L2 Platform	Platform 1	→      Island line towards Chai Wan (Tai Koo) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	←      Island line towards Kennedy Town (North Point)
L3 Platform	Platform 3	→      Tseung Kwan O line towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park(Yau Tong) →→
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 4	←      Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point (Terminus)

^[5]

Entrances and exits

• A:  King's Road, Taikoo Place
• B:  Finnie Street
• C:  Model Lane, Harbour Plaza North Point^[6]

Entrances/exits A and B share the same concourse while entrance/exit C has a separate concourse.

Shops

• Circle K Mini-store
• Hang Seng Bank ATM
• Maxim's Cakes
• 2 Bank of China (Hong Kong) ATMs
• An automatic photo machine (Max Sight Photo-Me)
• A vending machine (Swire Coca-Cola)

Gallery

• 
  Platform 2 (Towards Kennedy Town)
• 
  Platform 4 (Towards North Point)
• 
  Exit C

References

1. MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book. Mass Transit Railway Corporation. 1985.
2. "'Narrow platforms' concern by elderly" (PDF). South China Morning Post. 31 May 1985. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
3. Ball, Steve (19 February 1994). "MTR may evacuate to avoid big crowds" (PDF). South China Morning Post. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
4. "Extension of Island Line to Western District". MTR Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
5. "Quarry Bay Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
6. "Quarry Bay Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.