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{{Infobox station |
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| name = Olympic |
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| native_name = 奧運 |
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| type = {{MTR Infobox station line| line = Tung Chung}} |
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| image = Olympic Station 2021 04 part1.jpg |
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| image_caption = Station exterior |
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| address = [[Lin Cheung Road]] × [[Cherry Street, Hong Kong|Cherry Street]], [[Tai Kok Tsui]] |
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| address = [[Lin Cheung Road]] × [[Cherry Street, Hong Kong|Cherry Street]], [[Tai Kok Tsui]] |
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| borough = [[Yau Tsim Mong District]], Hong Kong |
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| coordinates = {{coord|22.3178|114.1602|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |
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* {{rint|bus}} [[Bus services in Hong Kong|Bus]], [[public light bus|minibus]] |
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| structure = At-grade |
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| platform = 2 [[side platforms]] |
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| levels = 1 |
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| tracks = 4 |
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| opened = {{start date and age|df=y|1998|6|22}} |
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| architect = CYS Associates |
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| accessible = {{URL|1=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_search.php?query_type=search&station=41|2=Yes}} |
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| code = OLY |
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| owned = [[MTR Corporation]] |
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| operator = MTR Corporation |
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| former = Tai Kok Tsui |
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|line2=Airport Express|nonstop2=yes |
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| map_type = Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core |
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| map_alt = Hong Kong MTR system map |
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| map_caption = Location within the [[MTR]] system |
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'''Olympic''' is a [[List of |
'''Olympic''' is a [[List of MTR stations|station]] on the {{lnl|MTR|tcl}} of Hong Kong's [[MTR]]. The livery is dodger blue. |
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The station was originally named [[Tai Kok Tsui]] in proposals outlined by [[Government of Hong Kong|the government]] in the [[Airport Core Programme]] during the 1990s. In 1996, however, when [[Lee Lai-shan]] won the first ever Olympic gold medal of Hong Kong in [[windsurfing]] at the [[Atlanta]] [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and two Hong Kong sportsmen, Cheung Yiu-cheung and Chiu Chung-lun, also won Gold medals in the [[Paralympic Games]] of the same year, the (then-under construction) station was renamed ''Olympic'' on 16 December 1996, paying tribute to those achievements of Hong Kong athletes. The station is decorated with the pictures of the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and is named after the [[Olympic Games]]. |
The station was originally named [[Tai Kok Tsui]] in proposals outlined by [[Government of Hong Kong|the government]] in the [[Airport Core Programme]] during the 1990s. In 1996, however, when [[Lee Lai-shan]] won the first ever Olympic gold medal of Hong Kong in [[windsurfing]] at the [[Atlanta]] [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and two Hong Kong sportsmen, Cheung Yiu-cheung and Chiu Chung-lun, also won Gold medals in the [[Paralympic Games]] of the same year, the (then-under construction) station was renamed ''Olympic'' on 16 December 1996, paying tribute to those achievements of Hong Kong athletes. The station is decorated with the pictures of the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] and is named after the [[Olympic Games]]. |
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Olympic is only one of two stations on the Tung Chung line not shared with another line, the other being [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]]. |
Olympic is only one of two stations on the Tung Chung line not shared with another line, the other being [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]].<ref>{{MTRsource|layout|oly|Olympic|27 Feb 2015}}https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/en/services/routemap.pdf</ref> |
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==History== |
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The construction contract for the station was awarded to the [[Laing O'Rourke|Laing]]-[[Hip Hing Construction|Hip Hing]] joint venture in November 1994. |
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On 22 June 1998, Olympic station opened in sync with Tung Chung line. |
On 22 June 1998, Olympic station opened in sync with Tung Chung line. |
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==Station layout== |
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Both [[side platform]]s are parallel to each other and are at ground level. They do not share the same island platform due to the Airport Express trains running through the station, between the two platforms, without stopping. |
Both [[side platform]]s are parallel to each other and are at ground level. They do not share the same island platform due to the Airport Express trains running through the station, between the two platforms, without stopping. The {{lnl|MTR|tml}} also does not serve this station, despite running under the east side of the station near Lin Cheung Road. Instead, a transfer between the two lines is offered at [[Nam Cheong station]], the next station north. |
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|Platform <span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tung Chung}};">'''1'''</span> |
|Platform <span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tung Chung}};">'''1'''</span> |
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|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR| |
|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|tcl|yes}} towards [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]] <small>([[Nam Cheong station|Nam Cheong]])</small> → |
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|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small> |
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Airport Express}}">'''Airport Express'''</span> |
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Airport Express}}">'''Airport Express'''</span> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR| |
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|ae|yes}} does not stop here → |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Airport Express}}">'''Airport Express'''</span> |
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|<span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Airport Express}}">'''Airport Express'''</span> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR| |
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|ae|box}} Airport Express does not stop here |
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|style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small> |
|style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 2px grey;"|Platform <span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tung Chung}};">'''2'''</span> |
|style="border-bottom:solid 2px grey;"|Platform <span style="color:#{{rcr|MTR|Tung Chung}};">'''2'''</span> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 2px grey;"|← {{rcb|MTR| |
|style="border-bottom:solid 2px grey;"|← {{rcb|MTR|tcl|box}} Tung Chung line towards [[Hong Kong station|Hong Kong]] <small>([[Kowloon station (MTR)|Kowloon]])</small> |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Street level |
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Street level |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Lin Cheung Road, |
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Lin Cheung Road, Sham Mong Road |
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Exits |
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Exits |
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==Entrances and exits== |
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[[File:201611 Concourse of Olympic Station.jpg|thumb|Concourse (paid area)]] |
[[File:201611 Concourse of Olympic Station.jpg|thumb|Concourse (paid area)]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2013 part2.jpg|thumb|Platform 2]] |
[[File:Olympic Station 2013 part2.jpg|thumb|Platform 2]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2017 12 part1.jpg|thumb|Platform 1]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2017 12 part2.jpg|thumb|Platform 2]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station Exit C Lobby 2018.jpg|thumb|Exit C]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part1.jpg|thumb|Platform 2]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part2.jpg|thumb|Platform 1]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part5.jpg|thumb|Platforms in Sport Cycling]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part13.jpg|thumb|MTR Olympic Station Platform Arts in the Sport [[Rowing (sport)|Rowing]]]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part21.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit C1]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station platforms 2021 08 part1.jpg|thumb|Platform 1]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station platforms 2021 08 part2.jpg|thumb|Platform 2]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station concourse 2021 08 part1.jpg|thumb|Concourse (paid area)]] |
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All exits are reached by pedestrian footbridges extending in different directions from the concourse, which is built in a rectangular box between [[West Kowloon Highway]] and [[Lin Cheung Road]]. |
All exits are reached by pedestrian footbridges extending in different directions from the concourse, which is built in a rectangular box between [[West Kowloon Highway]] and [[Lin Cheung Road]]. |
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*'''A1''': Island Harbourview Bus Terminus |
*'''A1''': Island Harbourview Bus Terminus |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part28.jpg|thumb|Olympic Station Exit A1]] |
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*'''A2''': Island Harbourview, Olympian City 1 {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}} |
*'''A2''': [[Island Harbourview]], [[Olympian City]] 1 {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}} |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part17.jpg|thumb|Olympic Station Exit A2]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part18.jpg|thumb|Olympic Station Exit B]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station Exit B (2) 12-06-2020.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit B]] |
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*'''C1''': Sham Mong Road {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}} |
*'''C1''': Sham Mong Road {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}} |
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*'''C2''': Cherry Street |
*'''C2''': [[Cherry Street, Hong Kong|Cherry Street]] |
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*'''C3''': HSBC Centre Towers 2 and 3 |
*'''C3''': HSBC Centre Towers 2 and 3 |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part19.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit C3]] |
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*'''C4''': HSBC Centre Tower 1 |
*'''C4''': HSBC Centre Tower 1 |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part20.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit C4]] |
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*'''C5''': Florient Rise |
*'''C5''': [[Florient Rise]] |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part23.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit C5]] |
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*'''D1''': Cherry Street |
*'''D1''': Cherry Street |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part26.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit D1]] |
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*'''D2''': Lin Cheung Road |
*'''D2''': Lin Cheung Road |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part25.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit D2]] |
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*'''D3''': Olympian City 2 and 3 {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}} |
*'''D3''': Olympian City 2 and 3 {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}} |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part24.jpg|thumb|Olympic Exit D3]] |
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*'''E''': Bank of China Centre, Olympian City 1,The |
*'''E''': [[Bank of China Centre]], Olympian City 1, [[The Long Beach]], Hampton Place {{access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}<ref>{{MTRsource|map|oly|Olympic|28 March 2015}}</ref> |
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[[File:Olympic Station 2020 06 part16.jpg|thumb|Olympic Station Exit E (June 2020)]] |
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== Transport connections == |
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=== Bus routes === |
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*2E - Kowloon City Ferry ↔ Pak Tin |
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*10 - Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui |
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*12 - Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) |
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*13D - Po Tat ↔ Island Harbourview |
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*16 - Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue) |
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*16X - Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) → Mong Kok (Park Avenue) (Morning Peak Service) |
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*18 - Nam Cheong station ↺ Oi Man |
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*31B - Shek Lei ↔ Olympic station |
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*32 - Shek Wai Kok ↔ Olympic station |
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*33A - Mong Kok (Park Avenue) ↔ Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) |
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*37 - Kwai Shing (Central) ↔ Olympic station |
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*43C - Cheung Hong ↔ Island Harbourview (Rush Time Service) |
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*52X - Tuen Mun Central ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue) |
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*66X - Tai Hing ↔ Olympic station |
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*68X - Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Fuk Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue) |
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*72X - Tai Po Central ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue) |
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*87B - Sun Tin Wai ↔ Island Harbourview |
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*265B - Tin Heng Estate ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue) |
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*270B - Sheung Shui ↔ Olympic station |
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*287X - Pok Hong Estate ↺ Jordan |
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*887 - Sha Tin Racecourse → Mong Kok (Park Avenue) (Racing days only) |
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;[[New World First Bus]] |
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*701 - Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong station ↺ Mong Kok |
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*701S - Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong station ↺ Mong Kok (Night Service) |
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*971 - Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Shek Pai Wan |
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;NWFB/KMB towards Hong Kong Island |
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*904 - Lai Chi Kok ↔ Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay) |
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*905 - Lai Chi Kok ↔ Wan Chai Ferry |
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*914 - Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Causeway Bay (Tin Hau) |
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*914P - Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)(Morning Peak Service) |
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*914X - Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)(Morning Peak Service) |
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;[[Citybus (Hong Kong)|Citybus]] towards Airport/[[AsiaWorld-Expo]] |
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*A21 - Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ [[Hung Hom station]] |
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*E21 - [[AsiaWorld–Expo]] ↔ Island Harbourview |
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*N23 - Tung Chung ↔ Sze Wan Shan (Via: Airport) |
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{{Reflist}} |
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[[Category:Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1998]] |
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[[Category:1998 establishments in Hong Kong]] |
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Olympic 奧運 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 奧運 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 奥运 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cantonese Yale | Ouwahn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Lin Cheung Road × Cherry Street, Tai Kok Tsui Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°19′04″N 114°09′37″E / 22.3178°N 114.1602°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operated by | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Tung Chung line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Connections | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Architect | CYS Associates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Station code | OLY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | 22 June 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Previous names | Tai Kok Tsui | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic is a station on the Tung Chung line of Hong Kong's MTR. The livery is dodger blue.
The station was originally named Tai Kok Tsui in proposals outlined by the government in the Airport Core Programme during the 1990s. In 1996, however, when Lee Lai-shan won the first ever Olympic gold medal of Hong Kong in windsurfing at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and two Hong Kong sportsmen, Cheung Yiu-cheung and Chiu Chung-lun, also won Gold medals in the Paralympic Games of the same year, the (then-under construction) station was renamed Olympic on 16 December 1996, paying tribute to those achievements of Hong Kong athletes. The station is decorated with the pictures of the 1996 Summer Olympics and is named after the Olympic Games.
Olympic is only one of two stations on the Tung Chung line not shared with another line, the other being Tung Chung.[1]
History
[edit]The construction contract for the station was awarded to the Laing-Hip Hing joint venture in November 1994.
On 22 June 1998, Olympic station opened in sync with Tung Chung line.
Station layout
[edit]Both side platforms are parallel to each other and are at ground level. They do not share the same island platform due to the Airport Express trains running through the station, between the two platforms, without stopping. The Tuen Ma line also does not serve this station, despite running under the east side of the station near Lin Cheung Road. Instead, a transfer between the two lines is offered at Nam Cheong station, the next station north.
U2 | Concourse | Exits, customer service, MTRshops, Hang Seng Bank |
Vending machines, automatic teller machines | ||
G | Ground level | Exit A1, Island Harbourview Bus Terminus |
Street level | Lin Cheung Road, West Kowloon Highway | |
Platform 1 | Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung (Nam Cheong) → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Airport Express | Airport Express does not stop here → | |
Airport Express | ← Airport Express does not stop here | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 2 | ← Tung Chung line towards Hong Kong (Kowloon) | |
Street level | Lin Cheung Road, Sham Mong Road | |
Exits | Exit B, C1, C2, Olympic Station Bus Terminus |
Entrances and exits
[edit]All exits are reached by pedestrian footbridges extending in different directions from the concourse, which is built in a rectangular box between West Kowloon Highway and Lin Cheung Road.
- A1: Island Harbourview Bus Terminus
- A2: Island Harbourview, Olympian City 1
- B: HSBC Centre Towers 2 and 3
- C1: Sham Mong Road
- C2: Cherry Street
- C3: HSBC Centre Towers 2 and 3
- C4: HSBC Centre Tower 1
- C5: Florient Rise
- D1: Cherry Street
- D2: Lin Cheung Road
- E: Bank of China Centre, Olympian City 1, The Long Beach, Hampton Place [3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympic Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 27 February 2015.https://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/en/services/routemap.pdf
- ^ "Olympic Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
- ^ "Olympic Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.