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{{short description|MTR station on Hong Kong Island}}
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{{Infobox station
| name               = Causeway Bay
| native_name        = 銅鑼灣
| native_name_lang   = zh-Hant
| style              = MTR
| style2             = Island
| symbol_location    = hk
| symbol             = MTR
| type               = [[MTR]] [[rapid transit]] station
| image              = Causeway Bay Station 2021 05 part4.jpg
| image_caption      = Platform 2 (2021)
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| address            = [[Hennessy Road]] × [[Yee Wo Street]], [[East Point, Hong Kong|East Point]]
| borough            = [[Wan Chai District]], [[Hong Kong]]
| country            = 
| coordinates        = {{coord|22.2802|114.1835|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation          = 
| line               = {{rcb|MTR|Island|croute}}
| connections        = {{plainlist|
*{{ric|Hong Kong Tramways}} [[Hong Kong Tramways|Tram]]
*{{rint|bus}} [[Bus services in Hong Kong|Bus]], [[public light bus|minibus]]
}}
| distance           = 
| structure          = Underground
| platform           = 2 (2 split level [[side platforms]])
| depth              = {{cvt|30|m|ft}}
| levels             = 2
| tracks             = 2
| parking            = 
| bicycle            = 
| opened             = {{start date and age|df=y|1985|5|31}}
| opening            = 
| closed             = 
| rebuilt            = 
| electrified        = 
| accessible         = {{URL|1=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_search.php?query_type=search&station=28|2=Yes}}
| code               = CAB
| owned              = [[MTR Corporation]]
| operator           = MTR Corporation
| zone               = 
| former             = East Point
| passengers         = 
| pass_year          = 
| pass_percent       = 
| pass_system        = 
| mpassengers        = 
| services           = {{Adjacent stations|system=MTR|line=Island|left=Wan Chai|right=Tin Hau}}
| map_type           = Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core#Hong Kong Island
| map_alt            = Hong Kong MTR system map
| map_caption        = Location within the [[MTR]] system
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'''Causeway Bay''' ({{zh|t=銅鑼灣|cy=Tùnglòwāan}}) is an underground [[metro station]] on the [[MTR]] network in [[Hong Kong]]. It is located between {{STN|Wan Chai|x}} and {{STN|Tin Hau|x}} stations on the {{lnl|MTR|isl}}, and sits underneath [[Great George Street, Hong Kong|Great George Street]] near [[Hennessy Road]] and [[Yee Wo Street]]. Named for the Causeway Bay area and its abundant shopping centres, the station serves various malls including [[Hysan Place]], [[Sino Plaza]], [[Sogo Hong Kong|Sogo]], and the nearby [[Victoria Park (Hong Kong)|Victoria Park]].

A line servicing [[Hong Kong Island]] had been part of the initial 1967 plans for a metro system in the city. The Island line would be approved in 1980 while construction began two years later. In 1985 the station opened along with the first section of the line, which would be extended westward toward [[Kennedy Town station|Kennedy Town]] in 2014. The station consists of two separate concourses situated atop two platforms stacked vertically due to geographical constraints and has 6 exits. 

==History==

===Planning===
{{further|MTR#History|Island line (MTR)#History}}
In 1967, the government of Hong Kong saw the need for a public transport system. British transport consultants [[Wilbur Smith Associates|Freeman, Fox, Wilbur Smith & Associates]] were commissioned to write the Mass Transport Study, which proposed a new underground railway.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=mzBdy6w82psC&q=Freeman%2C+Fox%2C+Wilbur+Smith+&pg=PA141 ''Rail Mass Transit for Developing Countries: Proceedings of the Conference Organized by the Institution of Civil Engineers, and Held in London on 9–10 October 1989''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805070120/https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mzBdy6w82psC&lpg=PA141&ots=aP5vsZP35d&dq=Freeman%2C%20Fox%2C%20Wilbur%20Smith%20%26%20Associates%20mtr&pg=PA141#v=onepage&q=Freeman,%20Fox,%20Wilbur%20Smith%20&%20Associates%20mtr&f=true |date=5 August 2016 }}, Thomas Telford, 1990, page 141</ref> The plan included the {{lnl|MTR|isl}} between {{STN|Kennedy Town|x}} and {{STN|Chai Wan|x}} stations, as well as the [[Kwun Tong line]], [[Tsuen Wan line]], and the [[East Kowloon line|Shatin line]]. Three lines would become part of the early stages of the MTR, while the Shatin line would eventually be shelved and never built.<ref name=mtrhk365>{{cite web |url=http://mtr.hk365day.com/Railway/History/main.html |title=歷史 |work=MTR之今昔Expo |publisher=MTR之今昔 |language=Cantonese |access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> Concerns that the Island line would be prohibitively expensive at a time where the MTR was not profitable led the public to believe the government favoured [[light rail]]; however, the Transport Advisory Committee{{emdash}}then the agency responsible for public transportation planning{{emdash}}confirmed that fears of surface construction disrupting the main artery of the island would mean the underground metro was ultimately chosen.<ref name="SCMP Island Line Controversy">{{cite news |last1=Choi |first1=Barry |title=TAC backs Island MTR line |url=https://hknews.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/16_09.01/67688.pdf |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |agency=[[Hong Kong University]] |date=6 December 1980}}</ref>

As late as 1980, plans instead named the station "Valley". Causeway Bay was one of the stations planned for above-station property development, along with [[Admiralty station (MTR)|Admiralty]], [[Wan Chai station|Wan Chai]], and [[Sheung Wan|Western Market]].<ref name="SCMP Island Line relocation">{{cite news |last1=Choi |first1=Barry |title=Island Line gets go-ahead |url=https://hknews.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/16_05.02/65973.pdf |access-date=9 March 2024 |work=[[South China Morning Post]] |date=24 December 1980}}</ref>

The Island line was built last; by the time construction had started in October 1982, the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines were already operational.<ref name=twword>{{cite web |url=http://www.twword.com/wiki/%E6%B8%AF%E5%B3%B6%E7%B7%9A |title=歷史 |work=港島線 |publisher=台灣Word |access-date=27 May 2016 |date=6 December 2013 |language=Cantonese}}</ref>

===Construction===
At least 5,000 local residents were rehoused to accommodate construction of the Island line.<ref name="SCMP Island Line relocation" />

Contract 405 for the construction of the station and tunnels was awarded to [[Kumagai Gumi]], and civil works began in October 1982. The joint venture between [[Marples Ridgway]] and LTA also built the station's structure.  

The station construction site was sold by the MTR in 1984 to [[Taisei Corporation]] for $380m, now the location of [[Sogo Hong Kong]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sim|first=Suzanne|date=7 April 1984|title=MTR Causeway Bay site fetches $380m|work=[[South China Morning Post]]|url=https://hknews.lib.hku.hk/newspaper/view/16_05.03/66136.pdf|access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref> The station opened with the first section of the Island line from {{STN|Admiralty|x|MTR}} to Chai Wan on 31 May 1985.<ref name="mtrhk365" />

===Design===
Along with 36 other stations on the Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, and Island Lines, Causeway Bay was designed by then-chief architect [[Roland Paoletti]], who would later go on to design the [[Jubilee Line extension]] of the [[London Underground]].<ref name=Paoletti>{{cite web |url=http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/InternationalNews/Press/2002/HongKong-ACityOnTheMove.aspx |title=Hong Kong – A city on the move |publisher=Royal Institute of British Architects |access-date=12 October 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224153634/http://www.architecture.com/NewsAndPress/News/InternationalNews/Press/2002/HongKong-ACityOnTheMove.aspx |archive-date=24 February 2008}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|date=2016-12-07|title=The surprising reason Hong Kong's MTR stations are colour coded|url=https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/travel-leisure/article/2051751/why-every-hong-kong-mtr-station-different-colour-reason-may|access-date=2021-03-22|website=[[South China Morning Post]]|language=en}}</ref> Paoletti elected for each station to feature its own colour scheme and walls painted in calligraphy{{endash}}Causeway Bay's station colour is purple.

==Services==
The station is situated between {{STN|Wan Chai|x}} and {{STN|Tin Hau|x}} stations on the {{lnl|MTR|isl}}.<ref name=mtrmap>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/archive/en/services/routemap.pdf |title=MTR system map |publisher=MTR |access-date=27 May 2016}}</ref> The typical off-peak service is 17 trains per hour in both directions, which is a train every 3–6 minutes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/train_service_index.html |title=Service Hours |work=Services and Facilities |publisher=MTR |access-date= 27 May 2016}}</ref>

==Station layout==
The platforms of Causeway Bay station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with platform 1 above platform 2.

{|border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;width:50px;vertical-align:top;"|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;"|Ground level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:350px;vertical-align:top;"|Exits
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Western Concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;"|Vending machines, [[Automated teller machine|ATM]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" |'''L1<br />Concourses'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=3|Eastern Concourse
|Customer Service, MTRShops
|-
|[[Hang Seng Bank]], vending machines, [[Automated teller machine|ATM]]
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Octopus promotion machine, tourist information centre
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Western Concourse
|Customer Service
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|ATM, i-centre internet service
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" rowspan="2" |'''L2<br />Platform'''
| colspan="2" style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" |<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the left</small>
|-
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |Platform {{MTR platform|ISL|1}}
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|isl|yes}} towards {{STN|Chai Wan|x}} <small>({{STN|Tin Hau|x}})</small> →
|-
| rowspan="2" |'''L3<br />Concourse'''
| rowspan="2" |Southern Concourse
|Customer Service
|-
|Vending machines, [[Automated teller machine|ATM]], Octopus Promotion Machine
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|'''L5<br />Platform'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|<small>[[Side platform]], doors will open on the right</small>
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform {{MTR platform|ISL|2}}
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|← {{rcb|MTR|isl|box}} Island line towards {{STN|Kennedy Town|x}} <small>({{STN|Wan Chai|x}})</small>
|}<ref>{{MTRsource|layout|cab|Causeway Bay|31 July 2014}}</ref>

<gallery>
Causeway Bay Station 2021 05 part1.jpg|Platform 1 (2021)
Causeway Bay Station 2018 06 part6.jpg|West Concourse (2018)
Causeway Bay Station Concourse 2017.jpg|East Concourse (2017)
Causeway Bay Station 2018 09 part2.jpg|South Concourse (2018)
</gallery>

==Entrances/exits==
Causeway Bay is a primary shopping district in Hong Kong{{#tag:ref|This causes the station to be very busy all day long.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mtr.hk365day.com/Railway/lineIntro/ISL/main.html |title=銅鑼灣 Causeway Bay (CAB) |work=港島線簡介 |publisher=MTR之今昔 |access-date=27 May 2016 |language=Cantonese}}</ref>|group=note}} with exits from the MTR leading directly into major outlets such as [[Sogo]] and [[Times Square (Hong Kong)|Times Square]], which can be accessed through a long, upward sloping pedestrian walkway at Exit A.

Unlike other MTR stations, there are three different concourses in Causeway Bay station. After exiting the paid areas through the [[turnstile]]s, the other two concourses are inaccessible underground. The west and east concourses were opened on 31 May 1985 with the opening of the station, while the south concourse and Exit A were opened in 1994 with the opening of [[Times Square (Hong Kong)|Times Square]].

<gallery>
Causeway Bay Station Exit B 2023 04 part1.jpg|Exit B (2023)
Causeway Bay Station 2020 08 part1.jpg|Exit C (2020)
Causeway Bay Station 2018 06 part3.jpg|Lift access (2018)
Causeway Bay Station 2020 08 part5.jpg|Exit E (2020)
</gallery>

===South concourse===
In the basement of [[Times Square (Hong Kong)|Times Square]]:
*'''A''': Times Square<ref name = "map">{{MTRsource|map|cab|Causeway Bay|31 July 2014}}</ref>

===West concourse===
In the basement of Causeway Bay Plaza (Phase 1):
*'''B''': Causeway Bay Plaza
*'''C''': [[Sino Plaza]]<ref name = "map" />

===East concourse===
In the basement of [[Sogo Hong Kong|Sogo]] Department Store:
*'''D1{{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}/D2/D3/D4''': Sogo Department Store
*'''E''': [[Victoria Park (Hong Kong)|Victoria Park]]
*'''F1''': Jardine's Crescent
*'''F2''': [[Hysan Place]]<ref name = "map" />

==Transport connections==

===Bus routes===
These are the bus routes found in the vicinity of Causeway Bay station that provide connections with other areas not served by the MTR including [[Aberdeen, Hong Kong|Aberdeen]]/[[Wah Kwai Estate]], [[Braemar Hill]], [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]], [[Jardine's Lookout]], [[Kennedy Town]], [[Lai Tak Tsuen]], [[Lei Tung Estate]], [[Tsuen Wan]], [[Sham Wan (Southern District)|Sham Wan]]/[[Wong Chuk Hang]], [[Hoi Lai Estate]], [[South Horizons]], [[Victoria Peak|The Peak]], [[Tin Wan]], [[Tsing Yi]]/[[Cheung On Estate|Cheung On]], [[Wah Fu]].

===Hong Kong Tramways===
Hong Kong Island's tramway system consists of an inner loop branching out at Causeway Bay towards Happy Valley. The nearest tram stop is located along Percival Street near the end of Matheson Street.

== Gallery == 
<gallery>
Causeway Bay Station 2013 part2.jpg|Platform 2 (2013)
HK Causeway Bay Station East Concourse 2011.jpg|Causeway Bay station East Concourse (2011)
</gallery>

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline|Causeway Bay Station}}

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[[Category:Causeway Bay]]
[[Category:East Point, Hong Kong]]
[[Category:MTR stations on Hong Kong Island]]
[[Category:Island line (MTR)]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1985]]