LOHAS Park station

This article is about the MTR station. For the town area, see LOHAS Park.

LOHAS Park

康城
MTR MTR rapid transit station
LOHAS Park station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese康城
Cantonese YaleHōngsìhng
Literal meaningHealth City
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinKāngchéng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationHōngsìhng
IPA[hɔ́ːŋ.sɪ̏ŋ]
JyutpingHong1sing4
General information
Location1 LOHAS Park Road, LOHAS Park, Tseung Kwan O
Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°17′45″N 114°16′08″E / 22.2957°N 114.2689°E / 22.2957; 114.2689
Owned byMTR Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)Tseung Kwan O line
Platforms2 (1 island platform)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeLHP
History
Opened26 July 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-26)
Electrified1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Tseung Kwan O
towards North Point
 Tseung Kwan O line Terminus
Track layout
Legend
to Tseung Kwan O
to Tseung Kwan O
Depot
2
1
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
LOHAS Park
Location within the MTR system

LOHAS Park (Chinese: 康城; Cantonese Yale: Hōngsìhng)[1] is a Mass Transit Railway station on the Tseung Kwan O line of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It opened on 26 July 2009.

Location

The station serves a residential project called LOHAS Park (formerly "Dream City") at Area 86. The first tenders for the construction of Phase 1 were completed in January 2005. Next to the Tseung Kwan O line Depot, it is the easternmost railway station in Hong Kong.[2]

Transit-oriented development

In accordance with both MTR's "Rail + Property" funding scheme and one of the goals of the Tseung Kwan O line being to connect large housing estates on the eastern side of Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong Island, LOHAS Park is a site for transit-oriented development. LOHAS Park will be the largest MTR property development, a 32.08 ha (79.27 acres) site with 50 towers containing 21,500 apartments and approximately 45,000 m2 (480,000 sq ft) of retail.[3]

History

During the construction stages, the station was temporarily named Tseung Kwan O South, after its location in the southern part of the Tseung Kwan O New Town.[4]

Since the station opened on 26 July 2009, the Tseung Kwan O line has been split into two branches at Tseung Kwan O, with the original northern branch towards Po Lam, and the new southern branch towards LOHAS Park. This is the second branch in the MTR system, after Lok Ma Chau station on the East Rail line.[5]

Service controversy

To operate the branch, MTR instituted a "3+1" service whereby every fourth train runs to LOHAS Park.[6] After 8 December 2014, MTR instituted a "2+1" service in peak hours. During off peak and Sundays, a shuttle train between LOHAS Park and Tiu Keng Leng would operate. This is one example when the "terminus" of some trains are within intermediate stations.

Although MTR compensated for the slight reduction of service by decreasing headways by ten seconds to 2.5 minutes, residents and passengers have complained that the branched nature of the line has increased delays. MTR says that its on-time rate is still 99.9%.[7]

Station layout

U3
Podium 		Podium Exit C, Passageway to LOHAS Park
U2 Concourse Customer service centre, MTRShops, Exit B, Public Transport Interchange
U1
Platform 		Platform 1 ←      Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point (Tseung Kwan O)
Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
Platform 2 ←      Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point (Tseung Kwan O)

There are two platform faces on an island platform. Like in other underground MTR stations, platform screen doors have been installed.[8]

Entrances and exits

Podium (U3)

  • C: LOHAS Park
    • C1: LOHAS Park, LOHAS Youth S.P.O.T., The Capitol, Le Prestige, Le Prime, La Splendeur
    • C2: LOHAS Park Wheelchair user access

Concourse (U2)

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  • LOHAS Park station Exit C
    LOHAS Park station Exit C
  • LOHAS Park station concourse
    LOHAS Park station concourse
  • Platform 1
    Platform 1
  • LOHAS Park station Exit B
    LOHAS Park station Exit B
  • LOHAS Park station Exit A (closed 14 March 2022)
    LOHAS Park station Exit A (closed 14 March 2022)

See also

References

  1. ^ The Chinese name of this station, "康城" comes from the Chinese name of the served nearby housing estate, "日出康城". And the English name of this station, "LOHAS Park", is the same as this housing estate, "LOHAS Park".
  2. ^ "LOHAS Park Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
  3. ^ LOHAS Park property developments: Summary of development details MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04
  4. ^ In the most recent business overview MTR used LOHAS Park instead of Tseung Kwan O South to identify the station. On 18 October 2008 MTR held a ceremony to name the station "LOHAS Park". "將軍澳港鐵新站命名「康城」". Sing Tao Daily. 19 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
  5. ^ "MTR gets passengers ready for changes on Tseung Kwan O line". South China Morning Post. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ LOHAS Park station and Tseung Kwan O Line "3+1" new train service arrangement MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04
  7. ^ LOHAS Park takes rap - for the delays on the rails Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Standard Retrieved 2011-03-04
  8. ^ "LOHAS Park Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.