Austin station (MTR)
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Austin is an underground MTR rapid transit station on the Template:Lnl in Hong Kong, situated perpendicular to Wui Cheung Road and Austin Road West, and formerly adjacent to Jordan Road Ferry Pier Bus Terminus.[1]
History
Austin station was built as part of the Kowloon Southern Link project, built to connect the West Rail line and Template:Lnl. KCR Corporation originally planned two stations along the new section of line: Austin and Canton Road stations. The latter station was cancelled due to failed negotiations with private landowners. As a result, Austin was the only new station built as part of the Kowloon Southern Link scheme. It is also the first KCR-owned station to be opened after the MTR took over operations of the KCR network.
During the planning and early construction stages, the station was called "West Kowloon station" (Template:Zh).[2] The construction contract KDB200 (West Kowloon Station and Tunnels – Jordan Road to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station) was awarded to the Leighton-Balfour Beatty-Kumagai-John Holland Joint Venture (renamed to "Link 200 Joint Venture" on 9 August 2005) for an estimated contract sum of HK$2.018 billion. This station is part of this contract. Construction was finished in July 2009 and the station opened on 16 August that year. It was named after Austin Road.
It was located adjacent to the Canton Road Government Offices until that structure was demolished in 2011.[3] An MTR residential property development, The Austin, was subsequently constructed on the site of the former government offices.
A direct connection between Austin station and the West Kowloon Terminus was opened on 23 September 2018.
A new underground pedestrian link between Austin station and Xiqu Centre, a Chinese opera house, was opened on 21 March 2021.
On 27 June 2021, the Template:Lnl officially merged with the Template:Lnl (which was already extended into the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 at the time) in East Kowloon to form the new Template:Lnl, as part of the Shatin to Central link project. Hence, Austin was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.
Station layout
| 1 | Northern concourse | Exit B4, B5, footbridge to Jordan Road, Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station, Elements, Kowloon station |
| Southern concourse | Exit D4, footbridge to Hong Kong West Kowloon railway station, Staff-only area | |
| G | Northern concourse | Exit B, Wui Cheung Road |
| Southern concourse | Exit D, Wui Man Road, transport interchange, taxi stand | |
| S | Austin Road West subway | Exit F, subway to Austin Road, Austin Road West, Canton Road, The Victoria Towers, China Ferry Terminal |
| C | Concourse | Customer services, MTR Shops, toilets, Exit A, C, E |
| Jordan Road subway | Subway to Canton Road, Jordan Road, Ferry Street | |
| P | Platform 1 | Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) → |
| Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 | ← Template:Rcb Tuen Ma line towards Template:STN (Template:STN) | |
The station has two tracks and one island platform.[4] The surface station building is divided into two parts by Wui Cheung Road.[5]
By interchanging between Template:STN and Austin stations, Template:Lnl passengers using Octopus cards can connect to the MTR urban lines for free, immediately before or after the Airport Express journey.[6] Airport Express passengers can travel around the two stations by walking through Exit B5 of this station or using the complimentary Airport Express shuttle bus service. However, it only provides out-of-system connection to Kowloon station for Template:Lnl passengers with gate charges.
Exits A and F are respectively connected with the pedestrian subways at the Jordan Road and the Austin Road junctions with Canton Road. But unlike cases like the subway at the Ngau Tau Kok station, the other exits of these two subways connected to Austin are not numbered.[7][8][9][10]
Entrances/exits
- Northern concourse[11]
- A: Jordan Road Wheelchair user access
- B1/B2: Wui Cheung Road Wheelchair user access
- B3: The Austin Wheelchair user access
- B4: Hong Kong West Kowloon Wheelchair user access
- B5: ELEMENTS, Kowloon Station Wheelchair user access
- C: Hong Kong West Kowloon Station Wheelchair user access
- Southern concourse[11]
- D1/D2: Austin Road West and West Kowloon Cultural District Wheelchair user access
- D3: Grand Austin Wheelchair user access
- D4: Hong Kong West Kowloon Station Wheelchair user access
- E: Xiqu Centre Wheelchair user access
- F: China Ferry Terminal and Austin Road Wheelchair user access
See also
References
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