North Point Station

North Point 北角
MTR rapid transit station
File:North Point Station 2013 part5.JPG Platform 3
Chinese name
Chinese	北角
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Běijiǎo Yue: Cantonese Jyutping bak1 gok3 Yale Romanization bak1 gok3 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Pak-kak
General information
Location	Near Roca Centre, King's Road, North Point Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island Line      Tseung Kwan O Line
Platforms	4 (island platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus, tram, ferry
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	NOP
History
Opened	31 May 1985 (1985-05-31) (Island Line) 27 September 2001 (2001-09-27) (Tseung Kwan O Line, as part of Kwun Tong Line)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Fortress Hill towards Kennedy Town Island Line Quarry Bay towards Chai Wan Terminus Tseung Kwan O Line Quarry Bay towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park
Location
North Point Location within the MTR system

North Point is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island Line and the western terminus of the Tseung Kwan O Line, located in North Point on Hong Kong Island. The livery of the station is tomato orange.

History

This station was opened in 1985 upon the completion of the Island Line. Until 2001, the station was only used by that line, and the layout of the station at that time featured a stacked side platform arrangement with trains running towards Sheung Wan Station operating on the level above trains running towards Chai Wan Station. Between 2001 and 2002, this station was expanded to facilitate a cross-platform interchange with the Tseung Kwan O Line. A new platform was constructed on each level opposite the existing platform and the station served as the temporary terminus of Kwun Tong Line. On August 4, 2002, the section of Tseung Kwan O Line from this station to Yau Tong was opened to allow passengers to develop familiarity with the new cross-harbour interchange arrangement. Since August 18, 2002, this station serves as the interchange station between the two lines as well as the terminus of Tseung Kwan O Line.

As cross-platform arrangement goes, the transfer distance is considered to be longer than other MTR cross-platform interchanges such as Prince Edward Station; however, it is nevertheless much more convenient for commuters to transfer than passing through the corridors in Quarry Bay Station, which provides no cross-platform arrangement.

Timetable

Line		Destination	First train	Last train
	Island Line	Chai Wan	06:19	01:09
		Kennedy Town	06:06	00:47
	Tseung Kwan O Line	Po Lam	06:13	01:12
		LOHAS Park	Peak hours only
Source: MTR

Station layout

G	-	Exits
Walkway	Walkway	Exits, walkway to all exits
Walkway	Walkway	MTRshops Walkway to all exits
Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRshops Vending machines, Automatic teller machines Octopus Promotion Machine
Upper Level Platforms	Platform 2	←      Island Line towards Kennedy Town (Fortress Hill)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for Island Line and right for Tseung Kwan O Line
	Platform 4	←      Tseung Kwan O Line termination platform
Lower Level Platforms	Platform 1	Island Line towards Chai Wan (Quarry Bay) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right for Island Line and left for Tseung Kwan O Line
	Platform 3	Tseung Kwan O Line towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park (Quarry Bay) →

Entrances/exits

All exits are located on King's Road and the side streets nearby.

• A1/A4: Java Road
• A2: Marble Road
• A3: Odeon Plaza
• B1/B2/B3: King's Road
• B4: Tsat Tze Mui Road

Transport connections

North Point is the home of a large bus terminus, situated at the North Point Ferry Pier. (Exit A1) At the same time, other modes of transport like buses, trams and taxis are accessed at King's Road, which can be reached through Exits B1 and B3.

Ferry

The North Point Ferry Pier (entrance/exit A1) provides services to Hung Hom, Kowloon City and Kwun Tong. Passengers who wish to take the ferry should leave North Point Station at entrance/exit A1, and follow Shu Kuk Street until they reach the bus terminus. The ferry pier is by the shore.

Gallery

• North Point Station Access 201009.jpg

  Long passageway between two platforms

• North Point Station Platfrom 1.jpg

  Platform 1 (Towards Chai Wan)

• North Point Station Island Line Platform.jpg

  Platform 2 (Towards Kennedy Town)

• North Point Station TKO Line Platform.jpg

  Platform 4 (termination platform)

See also

• North Island Line