Shau Kei Wan station


Shau Kei Wan is a station on the Hong Kong MTR in the neighborhood of Shau Kei Wan. Its concourse is located underground, and an island platform is used to serve trains on the Island line, to and from and. Its station livery is deep blue.
The retrofitting of platform screen doors was completed in October 2005.

History

Construction of the station commenced in May 1982 on a newly reclaimed area of Aldrich Bay, and was carried out by Gammon Construction. Approximately of material was excavated during the course of construction. The station is around deep and long, and was built "bottom-up" within a steel sheet piled cofferdam. The structure was designed to support the new Island Eastern Corridor, an elevated motorway, directly above it.
Shau Kei Wan station opened on 31 May 1985 as part of the first phase of the Island line.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.

Entrances and exits

Transport connections

Hong Kong Tramways (Exit B1)

Hong Kong Island's tram system terminates at Shau Kei Wan. The terminus can be accessed from Exit B1 along Shau Kei Wan Main Street East.