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Kennedy Town station
Platform to Chai Wan
General information
Line(s)Island
Other information
Station codeKET
Services
TerminusTemplate:HK-MTR lines
Kennedy Town station
Traditional Chinese堅尼地城
Simplified Chinese坚尼地城
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJiānnídì Chéng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationgin1 nei4 dei6 sing4
Jyutpinggin1 nei4 dei6 sing4
IPA[kʰíːn lȅi tʰèi ɕɪ̏ŋ]

Kennedy Town is the terminus of the Island Line. The station serves the Kennedy Town area on the northwestern end of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong.

When the station first appeared in Hong Kong Mass Transit: Further Studies in 1970, it was simply known as Kennedy (Chinese: 堅尼地). It was to be built as part of the Island Line in the 1980s, but construction of the line did not commence westwards beyond Sheung Wan, citing inadequate passengers and technical difficulties by contractors.

Under the latest proposal as of June 2005, Kennedy Town would be served by West Island Line as an extension of the Island Line, a heavy rail system, instead of being served by a medium capacity rail shared by commuters from Southern District, after pressure from local community groups.

Construction

The MTR Corporation let out a tender for the construction of the Kennedy Town Station and overrun tunnel. It was awarded to Gammon Construction, (half owned by Balfour Beatty) for 1.3 billion HK dollars. The tunnel is 650 meters in length. Travel time from this station to Sheung Wan is expected to be eight minutes.[2] Construction commenced in 2010 and is expected to be complete by 2014. As at February 2011 excavation work has commenced at each station entrance and demolition of the swimming pool has started. The re-provisioning of the Kennedy Town Swimming Pool was awarded as a contract to Paul Y. Construction Company Ltd in July 2009 and was finished in 2011.[3]

Station layout

The station is located under the site of the previous Kennedy Town Swimming Pool located on Smithfield.[4] There is a public transport interchange on the ground level of the station.

G Ground level Exits/Entrances, public transport interchange
C Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
P
Platforms 		Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1 → Template:HK-MTR box towards Chai Wan (HKU) →
Platform 2 ← Template:HK-MTR box terminus platform (Alighting only)
Side platform, doors will open on the left

Entrances/exits[5]

  • A: Smithfield (Old Kennedy Town Swimming Pool)
  • B: Rock Hill Road, North Street
  • C: Forbes Street, Smithfield, Kennedy Town Playground

Community Facilities

  • Kennedy Town Community Complex
    Kennedy Town Community Complex
  • Kennedy Town Kai-fong Welfare Association
    Kennedy Town Kai-fong Welfare Association
  • New Kennedy Town Swimming Pool opened in 2011
    New Kennedy Town Swimming Pool opened in 2011

References

  1. ^ "West Island Line targets to open in December 2014, 90% of works complete" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 2014-05-29.
  2. ^ "MTR West Island Line progresses". Railway Gazette. 31 March 2010. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
  3. ^ "Projects West Island Line Work Progress".
  4. ^ Proposed location of Kennedy Town Station, MTR Corporation
  5. ^ Site Plan of Kennedy Town Station, West Island Line EIA Reports
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