Fortress Hill station

Fortress Hill (Chinese: 炮台山; Cantonese Yale: Paautòisāan, literally Barbette Hill) is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of Hong Kong on the eponymous island. Like all MTR stations, Fortress Hill has a unique colour scheme; its livery is dark green. The distance between this station and Tin Hau to the west is approximately 480 metres, the second-closest stations after Mong Kok and Prince Edward.

Fortress Hill 炮台山
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Chinese	炮台山
Cantonese Yale	Paautòisāan
Literal meaning	Barbette Hill
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pàotáishān Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Paautòisāan Jyutping Paau3toi4saan1
General information
Location	Fortress Metro Tower, King's Road, Fortress Hill Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′17″N 114°11′37″E
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island line
Platforms	2 (island platform)
Connections	Bus, public light bus, tram
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes (with staff assistance from street to concourse)
Other information
Station code	FOH
History
Opened	31 May 1985 (1985-05-31)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Tin Hau towards Kennedy Town Island line North Point towards Chai Wan
Track layout to North Point 1 2 to Tin Hau
Location
Fortress Hill Location within the MTR system

History

On 31 May 1985, Fortress Hill station opened in sync with the Island Line.

Station layout

Fortress Hill is laid out in a manner similar to many other MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they take another escalator ride down to the platform.

Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons.

There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system.

The downward escalators pour would-be passengers into the crowd of alighting passengers, creating a dangerous situation every two minutes during rush hour.

G	Ground level	Exits
C	Concourse	customer service, MTRShops
		vending machines, ATM
P Platform	Platform 1	→      Island line towards Chai Wan (North Point) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Entrance/exit vestibule
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	←      Island line towards Kennedy Town (Tin Hau)

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  The longest escalators in the MTR system

Entrances and exits

There are two exits at Fortress Hill station. Both are located on the same side of King's Road (英皇道) but on opposite ends of the Fortress Metro Tower, a high-rise residential complex.[2]

• A: for the AIA Tower and Citicorp Centre
• B: for the Olympia Plaza and Electric Centre

References

1. "Fortress Hill Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
2. "Fortress Hill Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.