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The Olympic Station (奧運站) is one of the stations of the MTR Tung Chung Line, located in Yau Tsim Mong District, West of Tai Kok Tsui, located on the newly reclaimed land at the boundary of Cherry Street, West Kowloon Highway and Lin Cheung Road. The station was designed by CYS Associates (Hong Kong) Limited (周余石(香港)有限公司). It started construction in 1994 and opened simultaneously with Tung Chung Line on 22 June 1998.

Airport Express passes through this station, and Tuen Ma Line passes in parallel with the Lin Cheung Road southbound line next to this station, but neither line has a station here .

Station symbol[]

The station was officially named the Olympic Station on December 16, 1996, to pay tribute to the achievements of Hong Kong athletes in the Atlanta Olympic and to carry forward the Olympic spirit. Steel blue is the main color inside the station, and murals representing different sports are printed on the platform walls, closely following the theme of "Olympic".

Station structure[]

Floor and Facilities Distribution[]

U2 Lobby Exit Bridges, Customer Service Centre, shops, self-serve kiosk, digital service station
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Platforms
Platform 1 Tung Chung Line to Tung ChungDisneyland Resort Line
Platform 2 Tung Chung Line to Hong Kong

Platform[]

Oly plat 2

Olympic Station Platform 2 (July 2009)

Olympic Station has two side platforms for use by Tung Chung Line. Between the two platforms is the Airport Express track, but the line does not stop at this station, and there is no platform.

On the walls of the two platforms, there are patterns of athletes competing in different sports, which is a major feature of this station.

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Tung Chung Line Platform 2: Hong Kong direction (right door)→
Airport Express rail (train to Hong Kong direction)→

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Airport Express rail (train to AsiaWorld Expo direction)
Tung Chung Line Platform 1: Tung Chung direction (door on the right)
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Concourse[]

The station concourse of Olympic Station is located above the platform.

The paid area of this station is located in the center of the lobby, and the two ends are non-paid areas, leading to exits A and B and exits C to E respectively. There are non-paid passages between the two. Customer Service Center is located in the center of the lobby; there are also 11 MTR Shops, vending machines and automatic teller machines in the lobby.

Exits[]

There are five major exits in Olympic Station, which are subdivided into 12 exits, distributed at both ends of the lobby.

As the Olympic Station is surrounded by two high-speed roads (West Kowloon Highway and Lin Cheung Road), the Olympic Station project includes the construction of five footbridges connecting the station and surrounding development projects to provide pedestrians with a convenient connection network, so this All exits of the station are connected to pedestrian bridges, leading to many surrounding housing estates and shopping malls, and at the same time serving as a passage for pedestrians to cross the road.

Although some exits are located at both ends of the lobby, their destinations are very close. For example, Exit A2 and Exit E are located at both ends of the lobby, but the destinations are also in the Olympian City Phase I shopping mall, and they are only two bunk.

Olympic station exit information
Exit Name Location Main surrounding locations shown on signs Facilities
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit AMTR Exit 1 Island Harbourview Junction of Lin Cheung Road (northbound) and Cherry Street slip road, G/F (Ground Floor), Olympian City Phase 1 Shopping Center This exit has stairs
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit AMTR Exit 2 Guide path(s) available at this exit This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground Between Shop UG02 and UG03, UG Floor, Olympian City Phase I (inside the shopping mall)
  • Island Harbourview
  • Bank of China Centre
  • Government Service Centre
  • Hampton Place
  • Marine Department
  • Olympian City Phase 1
  • One Silversea
  • Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School (West Kowloon)
  • Tai Kok Tsui Catholic Primary School (Hoi Fan Road)
  • The Long Beach
This exit is on the same level as the concourse
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit blankMTR Exit BMTR Exit blank This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground HSBC Center Tower 2 and Tower 3 Pass through the platform of HSBC Center and then connect to Shenwang Road via stairs (near Olympic Station Public Transport Interchange) This exit has stairs This exit is on the same level as the concourse
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit CMTR Exit 1 Lifts available at this exit HSBC Center One G/F, HSBC Center (junction of Sham Mong Road and Cherry Street)
  • Sham Mong Road
This exit has a lift This exit has an escalator This exit has stairs
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit CMTR Exit 2 G/F, HSBC Center (at the junction of Cherry Street and Haijing Street)
  • Cherry Street
  • Fu Tor Loy San Tsuen
  • Ming Kei College
  • Sharon Lutheran School
  • Silka West Kowloon Hotel
  • Tai Kok Tsui Road
This exit has an escalator This exit has stairs
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit CMTR Exit 3 Guide path(s) available at this exit This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground HSBC Center Platform
  • HSBC Centre Towers 2 & 3
This exit is on the same level as the concourse
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit CMTR Exit 4 This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground
  • One HSBC Centre
This exit is on the same level as the concourse
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit CMTR Exit 5 This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground Between Shops 201 and 202A, Level 2, West 9 Zone Kids, Florient Rise (inside the mall)
  • Florient Rise
  • West 9 Zone Kids
This exit is on the same level as the concourse
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit DMTR Exit 1 Olympian City Phase 2 and Phase 3 Junction of Cherry Street and Lin Cheung Road (southbound), G/F (Ground Floor), Olympian City Phase II This exit has stairs
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit DMTR Exit 2
  • Lin Cheung Road
This exit has stairs
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit DMTR Exit 3 This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground Guide path(s) available at this exit Between Shops UG15 and UG16, UG Floor, Olympian City Phase II, near the atrium (inside the mall)
  • Olympian City Phase 2 and Phase 3
  • Central ParkPark Avenue
  • Charming Garden
  • Heep Hong Hoi Fu Centre
  • Lee Kwok Po Secondary School
  • Hoi Fu Court
  • Hong Kong Red Cross Headquarters
  • Po Leung Kuk Camões Tan Siu Lin Primary School
  • Hong Kong Polytechnic University West Kowloon Campus
  • The Hermitage
  • Yang Memorial Methodist Social Service Centre
  • Yau Ma Tei Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road)
This exit is on the same level as the concourse
MTR Exit Logo smallMTR Exit blankMTR Exit EMTR Exit blank Guide path(s) available at this exit This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground Hoi Fan Road On the side of Shop UG02, UG Floor, Olympian City Phase I, Elevator Lobby of Bank of China Center (inside the shopping mall)
  • Hoi Fan Road
  • Bank of China Centre
  • Government Service Centre
  • Hampton Place
  • Island Harbourview
  • Marine Department
  • Olympian City Phase 1
  • One Silversea
  • Sir Ellis Kadoorie Secondary School
  • Tai Kok Tsui Catholic Primary School (Hoi Fan Road)
  • The Long Beach
This exit is on the same level as the concourse
Legend: This exit has a lift has a lift/This exit has an escalator has an escalator/This exit has stairs exit has Stairs/This exit is on the same level as the concourse exits are on the same floor
Barrier-free design of exits: Lifts available at this exit Elevators/This exit is on the same floor as the station concourse, and there is no height difference on the ground exits and destinations Located on the same floor / Guide path(s) available at this exit Guide Path for the Blind

Shop & Self-Service[]

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Train Service[]

Olympic Station is the intermediate station of the Tung Chung Line. Passengers can take trains in the direction of Tung Chung or Hong Kong at this station to and from Lantau Island and Tsing Yi , West Kowloon and the North Shore of Hong Kong Island.


Tung Chung Line Stations
Upward Station Name and Livery Station Code Upward Platform Downward Platform Connection(s) District Opened on
Dot1 東涌 Tung Chung TUC 1/2 Ngong Ping 360 Islands June 22, 1998
Dot1 欣澳 Sunny Bay SUN 1 2 Disneyland Resort Line Tsuen Wan [SUB] June 1, 2005
Dot1 青衣 Tsing Yi TSY 3 4 Airport Express Kwai Tsing June 22, 1998
Dot1 荔景 Lai King LAK 3 4 Tsuen Wan Line [LAK]
Dot1 南昌 Nam Cheong NAC 3 4 Tuen Ma Line Sham Shui Po December 16, 2003
Dot1 奧運 Olympic OLY 1 2 Yau Tsim Mong District June 22, 1998
Dot1 九龍 Kowloon KOW 3 4 Airport Express
Template:High Speed RailHong Kong West Kowloon Station
Dot1 香港 Hong Kong HOK 3/4 Airport Express
Tsuen Wan LineIsland LineCentral Station
Central & Western
Downward Station Name and Livery Station Code Upward Platform Downward Platform Connection(s) District Opened on
Remarks
  • SUB Despite located on Lantau Island, it is allocated into Tsuen Wan District due to its historical ferry connections with Tsing Lung Tau of Tsuen Wan District.
  • LAK The platform used by the downward train was opened on May 10, 1982 following the opening of the Tsuen Wan Line. After that, the platform was expanded and the original Tsuen Wan Line track was paved flat. The current position of the down track on the Tung Chung Line is different from that on the original Tsuen Wan Line.
Olympic Station Train Service Hours
Station Opening Time: 05:57 - 01:15
(10minutes before the first train to 10 mins after the last train departs)
Line Destination First Train Last train
Tung Chung Line
Upward Tung Chung 06:07 00:55
Downward Hong Kong 06:07 01:05
  • Passengers might not enter gates 5 minutes prior to the departure of last train.
  • Please refer to the Service Hours List of the MTR Website.

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Station Ticketing[]

MTR City Ticket, Tung Chung - Hong Kong Monthly Pass Enhanced Edition and some MTR Commemorative Ticket are also applicable to this station.

The fare from this station to the station of each traffic line:

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Shuttle traffic[]

Interchange Discount[]

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Emergency Shuttle[]

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Station History[]

The Olympic Station built in Tai Kok TsuiReclamation Area is one of the stations on the Tung Chung Line. It started construction as early as 1994 and was advanced in 1998 Completed, the total investment amounted to 426 million Hong Kong dollars.

Station Naming[]

Airport Railway The station located in Tai Kok Tsui is planned to be named "Tai Kok Tsui Station" (大角咀站) after the area where it is located at the planning stage. However, MTR Corporation announced in July 1996 that it was considering changing the name of the station in response to the request of the real estate developer, and planned to adopt the "Cherry Station" (櫻桃街站) suggested by residents in the area. ) one. [2][3]

Later, the Hong Kong team achieved unprecedented success in the 1996 Summer Olympic and Paralympics held in Atlanta, USA. Windsurfing player Lee Lai Shan even won Hong Kong's first Olympic medal in history. In addition to rewarding Lee with free rides for life, the MTR Corporation also reached an agreement with the Hong Kong Federation of Hong Kong and the Olympic Committee. On 16 December of the same year, the station was renamed "Olympic Station" in recognition of the outstanding achievements of local athletes. In keeping with the theme of the "Olympic Games", there are also patterns of various athletes competing on the walls of the platform at this station.

Station Openend[]

The Olympic Station was opened on 22 June 1998 with the opening of Tung Chung Line.

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Additional facilities[]

The urban renewal project "Hai Tao Wan" was completed in mid-2009. Therefore, a new exit was added to the Olympic Station. The footbridge branched from Exit C, and another bridge across Haijing Street connected to West Kowloon at the base of Hai Tao Wan. shopping mall.

The exit was designated as exit C5, and the project was completed in July 2009 and opened for use in August of the same year.

Sell Smart Tickets[]

The MTR has gradually updated its ticketing system since the end of 2013, replacing the magnetic tape tickets that have been used since the opening of the subway with multi-purpose smart tickets. Olympic Station became the first station to sell smart one-way ticket. One-way ticket vending machine and Customer Service Center have changed to sell new tickets, attracting many railway fans and ticket collectors to go to this station to buy them.

Change of platform over the years[]

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22 June 1998 to 5 July 1998 platform configuration
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Hong Kong direction (right door) →
Construction in progress (Airport Express down track (Trains to Hong Kong))
Construction in progress (Airport Express up track (Trains to Airport))
Tung Chung Line Platform 1: Tung Chung direction (door on the right)
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Platform configurations from 6 July 1998 to 19 December 2005
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Tung Chung Line Platform 2: Hong Kong direction (right door)→
Airport Express descending rail (train heading to Hong Kong direction)→
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Airport Express uplink rail (train to airport direction)
Tung Chung Line Platform 1: Tung Chung direction (door on the right)
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20 December 2005 to Template:Tung Chung Line Extension platform configuration before opening to traffic
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Tung Chung Line Platform 2: To Hong Kong (right door)→
Airport Express descending rail (train heading to Hong Kong direction)→
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Airport Express up track (train heading towards AsiaWorld Expo)
Tung Chung Line Platform 1: To Tung Chung (door on the right)
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Platform configuration after the opening of Template:Tung Chung Line Extension and before the opening of Template:North Island Line
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Tung Chung Line Platform 2: Hong Kong direction (right door)→
Airport Express descending rail (train heading to Hong Kong direction)→
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Airport Express up track (train heading towards AsiaWorld Expo)
Tung Chung Line Platform 1: Tung Chung West direction (door on the right)
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Template:North Hong Kong Island Line platform configuration after opening to traffic
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Tung Chung Line Platform 2: Po LamLOHAS Park direction (door on the right)→
Airport Express descending rail (train heading to Hong Kong direction)→
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Airport Express up track (train heading towards AsiaWorld Expo)
Tung Chung Line Platform 1: Tung Chung West direction (door on the right)
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Future Development[]

Template:North Island Line[]

Template:North Island Line Stations After the opening of Template:North Hong Kong Island Line, the platform configuration of Olympic Station is as follows:

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Tung Chung Line Platform 2}} Po LamLOHAS Park direction (door on the right)→
Airport Express rail (train to Hong Kong direction)→
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Airport Express rail (train to AsiaWorld Expo direction)
Tung Chung Line Platform 1}} Tung Chung West direction (door on the right)
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