Ocean Park station

Ocean Park (Chinese: 海洋公園; Cantonese Yale: Hóiyèung Gūngyún) is an MTR rapid transit station in Hong Kong on the eastern section of the South Island Line, which serves Ocean Park Hong Kong. It opened on 28 December 2016[1] with the rest of the South Island Line.

For the defunct Staten Island Railway station, see Ocean Park station (Staten Island Railway).

Ocean Park 海洋公園
MTR rapid transit station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	海洋公園
Simplified Chinese	海洋公园
Cantonese Yale	Hóiyèung Gūngyún
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Hǎiyáng Gōngyuán Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hóiyèung Gūngyún
General information
Location	Wong Chuk Hang Southern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°14′55″N 114°10′27″E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	South Island line
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Other information
Station code	OCP
History
Opened	28 December 2016 (2016-12-28)[1]
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Admiralty Terminus South Island line Wong Chuk Hang towards South Horizons
Track layout to Admiralty Nam Fung Tunnel portal 2 1 to Wong Chuk Hang
Location
Ocean Park Location within the MTR system

It takes around 4 minutes to travel from Admiralty station to Ocean Park Station, which is 21 minutes faster than taking the Citybus route 629 from Admiralty station to Hong Kong Ocean Park.

The station is built above ground, north of Ocean Park Road, above the Ocean Park Bus Depot. A footbridge links the station with the park entrance. In total, the station features three entrances/exits.

History

The station was constructed under a contract numbered 903, which included the construction of both Ocean Park and Wong Chuk Hang stations as well as the Aberdeen Channel Bridge. The contract was awarded to Leighton Asia in May 2011.[2]

Ocean Park station opened on 28 December 2016.[3]

Station layout

U2 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 2	→      South Island line towards Admiralty (Terminus) →
	Platform 1	←      South Island line towards South Horizons (Wong Chuk Hang)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
U1	Concourse	Customer service, MTRShops, footbridge to Ocean Park
G	Street level	Exits, park-and-ride facility

This elevated station has two tracks and two side platforms.[4] Aedas, as part of the engineering team led by Atkins, is the architect for the station.[5] The station was completed in October 2015, but opened with the rest of the South Island Line East in end of December 2016.[6]

The station features different shades of blue glass, in wavy tile bands, as the main decoration. About 2,700 square metres (29,000 sq ft) of the concourse will be coloured blue, the pillars adorned with depictions of seals, penguins, jellyfish and dolphins and other marine life. On the ceiling is Flow, a hanging art installation created by Benson Kwun; this installation resembles a school of fish swimming through the air.[4] Ocean Park is the second MTR station serving a theme park, after Disneyland Resort.

A park-and-ride facility is adjacent to the station.

Entrances/exits

Ocean Park Station has three entrances/exits:

• A: Ocean Park Public Transport Interchange, Ocean Park Road, Nam Fung Road (1 lift)[4]
• B: Footbridge to Ocean Park Hong Kong main entrance [4]
• C: Wong Chuk Hang Road, to Shouson Hill (1 lift)[4]

References

1. "MTR's South Island Line to open on December 28". RTHK. 5 December 2016.
2. "Progress Update". South Island Line (East). MTR Corporation. Archived from the original on 28 February 2013.
3. "MTR South Island Line Opens for Passenger Service" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 28 December 2016.
4. "MTR – South Island Line > Station Information > Ocean Park Station". mtr-southislandline.hk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
5. "Spectrum Asia Issue 02/April 2011" (PDF). AECOM.
6. "Ocean Park MTR Station Opens... Sort Of". South China Morning Post. 28 October 2015. Retrieved 3 November 2016.