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Written by: Zhong Yan
2021-06-19 17:17
Last update date: 2021-06-19 17:21
A number of engineering scandals broke out, including cutting steel bars, falsifying inspection records and other issues. After nearly three years of investigation and reinforcement, the new expansion platform of Hung Hom Station will finally open tomorrow (20th).
The West Rail Line will be the first to use the station’s new platform to prepare for the full opening of the Tuen Ma Line on June 27.
After using the crescent platform, passengers who transfer at Hung Hom Station should note that East Rail passengers cannot transfer to West Rail at the platform opposite to the same floor. They need to bypass the station concourse and transfer to the crescent platform. Follow the normal adult steps It takes about 3 minutes to walk.
"Hong Kong 01" integrates the transfer arrangements of Hung Hom Station, so that readers can grasp the precautions for transfer after the opening of the new platform.
▼Tuen Ma Line Hung Hom Station▼
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The new platform of the Tuen Ma Line at Hung Hom Station will be opened tomorrow. East Rail passengers transfer to the West Rail at Hung Hom Station and need to go to the new platform level through the station concourse before they can transfer to the West Rail Line. Normal adult pace requires walking about 3 minutes.
The new arrangement is to prepare for the full opening of the Tuen Ma Line on June 27. From tomorrow, West Rail will continue to use Hung Hom Station as its terminal. However, after all passengers have disembarked, trains with no passengers will continue to run. Tak Station was converted to the first phase of the Tuen Ma Line and continued to operate, allowing the trains to operate in accordance with the daily train schedule for the full opening of the Tuen Ma Line.
From tomorrow, East Rail passengers need to take the escalator to the station lobby and follow the instructions to the new platform.
Because West Rail will no longer use the original platform.
The MTR will add pedestrian connections on the original four platforms to open up the East Rail platforms on both sides. There will be three pedestrian connections tomorrow, and the number will be increased to five in about two weeks.
As for the inbound passengers of the Hung Hom Cross-Harbour Tunnel or Polytechnic University, they can use the newly-added mid-level lobby entrance and exit directly to the station lobby and take the West Rail to the new platform.
Hung Hom Station will be marked in the colors of the relevant railway lines. The East Rail Line is light blue and the West Rail Line is purple (it will be changed to brown when the Tuen Ma Line opens to traffic on June 27), instructing passengers to go to each Corresponding platform.
The station lobby will also be upgraded with 18 access gates and 12 ticket vending machines.
In addition, the new platform is also more spacious than the current platform, with platform screen doors and air-conditioning, and the display screen will inform passengers of the carriage status of the train's off-get off work train.
The service hours of East Rail Line and West Rail Line at Hung Hom Station have not been changed.
(MTR website)
From tomorrow on, East Rail and West Rail will not be able to transfer at the opposite platform on the same floor at Hung Hom Station.
The MTR said earlier that the departure time of the first and last trains of the West Rail Line, the first phase of the Tuen Ma Line, and the East Rail will be "fine-tuned" to facilitate passengers to transfer to various routes.
However, "Hong Kong 01" has not seen any changes to the service hours of the three lines. The MTR announced that the first trains of the East Rail Line and West Rail Line at Hung Hom Station tomorrow will still be at 5:30 and 5:53 in the morning, and the online display shows , The last trains of the two lines also continued to leave at 0:25 am the next day.
Part of the site for the extension of Hung Hom Station on the Shazhong Line
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