Olympic station

Olympic
Olympic; 奧運
	MTR rapid transit station
	Station exterior
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	奧運
Simplified Chinese	奧运
Cantonese Yale	Ouwahn
Literal meaning	Olympics
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Àoyùn
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Ouwahn
Jyutping	Ou3wan6
General information
Location	Lin Cheung Road × Cherry Street, Tai Kok Tsui; Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°19′04″N 114°09′37″E
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tung Chung line;
Platforms	2 (side platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	OLY
History
Opened	22 June 1998;
Services
	Airport Express does not stop here
Route map
Location
	Olympic Location within the MTR system

Olympic is a station on the Tung Chung line of Hong Kong's MTR. The livery is dodger blue.

The station was originally named Tai Kok Tsui in proposals outlined by the government in the Airport Core Programme during the 1990s. In 1996, however, when Lee Lai-shan won the first ever Olympic gold medal of Hong Kong in windsurfing at the Atlanta 1996 Summer Olympics and two Hong Kong sportsmen, Cheung Yiu-cheung and Chiu Chung-lun, also won Gold medals in the Paralympic Games of the same year, the (then-under construction) station was renamed Olympic on 16 December 1996, paying tribute to those achievements of Hong Kong athletes. The station is decorated with the pictures of the 1996 Summer Olympics and is named after the Olympic Games.

Olympic is only one of two stations on the Tung Chung Line not shared with another line, the other being Tung Chung.

History

On 22 June 1998, Olympic station opened in sync with Tung Chung Line.

Station layout

Both side platforms are parallel to each other and are at ground level. They do not share the same island platform due to the Airport Express trains running through the station, between the two platforms, without stopping.

U2	Concourse	Exits, customer service, MTRshops, Hang Seng Bank
U2	Concourse	Vending machines, automatic teller machines
G	Ground level	Exit A1, Island Harbourview Bus Terminus
	Street level	Lin Cheung Road, West Kowloon Highway
	Platform 1	→ Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung (Nam Cheong) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Airport Express	→ Airport Express does not stop here →
	Airport Express	← Airport Express does not stop here
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← Tung Chung line towards Hong Kong (Kowloon)
	Street level	Lin Cheung Road, Sham Mong Road
	Exits	Exit B, C1, C2, Olympic Station Bus Terminus

[1]

Entrances and exits

Concourse (paid area)

Platform 2

All exits are reached by pedestrian footbridges extending in different directions from the concourse, which is built in a rectangular box between West Kowloon Highway and Lin Cheung Road.

A1: Island Harbourview Bus Terminus
A2: Island Harbourview, Olympian City 1
B: HSBC Centre Towers 2 and 3
C1: Sham Mong Road
C2: Cherry Street
C3: HSBC Centre Towers 2 and 3
C4: HSBC Centre Tower 1
C5: Florient Rise
D1: Cherry Street
D2: Lin Cheung Road
D3: Olympian City 2 and 3
E: Bank of China Centre, Olympian City 1 [2]

Transport connections

Bus routes

Kowloon Motor Bus

2E- Kowloon City Ferry ↔ Pak Tin
10- Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui
12- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
13D- Po Tat ↔ Island Harbourview
16- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
16X- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) → Mong Kok (Park Avenue) (Morning Peak Service)
18- Nam Cheong station ↺ Oi Man
31B- Shek Lei ↔ Olympic station
32- Shek Wai Kok ↔ Olympic station
33A- Mong Kok (Park Avenue) ↔ Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower)
37- Kwai Shing (Central) ↔ Olympic station
43C- Cheung Hong ↔ Island Harbourview (Rush Time Service)
52X- Tuen Mun Town Centre ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
66X- Tai Hing ↔ Olympic station
68X- Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Fuk Estate) ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
72X- Tai Po Central ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
87B- Sun Tin Wai ↔ Island Harbourview
265B- Tin Heng Estate ↔ Mong Kok (Park Avenue)
270B- Sheung Shui ↔ Olympic station
287X- Pok Hong Estate ↺ Jordan
887- Sha Tin Racecourse → Mong Kok (Park Avenue) (Racing days only)

New World First Bus

701- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong station ↺ Mong Kok
701S- Hoi Lai Estate /Nam Cheong station ↺ Mong Kok (Night Service)
971- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Shek Pai Wan

NWFB/KMB towards Hong Kong Island

904- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Kennedy Town (Belcher Bay)
905- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Wan Chai Ferry
914- Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)
914P- Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)(Morning Peak Service)
914X- Hoi Lai Estate → Causeway Bay (Tin Hau)(Morning Peak Service)

Citybus towards Airport/AsiaWorld-Expo

A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom station
E21- AsiaWorld-Expo ↔ Island Harbourview
N23- Tung Chung ↔ Sze Wan Shan (Via: Airport)

References

"Olympic Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.
"Olympic Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

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[1] "Olympic Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.

[2] "Olympic Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 28 March 2015.