Wan Chai Station

Wan Chai 灣仔
MTR rapid transit station
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Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	灣仔
Simplified Chinese	湾仔
Literal meaning	Mini-bay
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Wānzǎi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping waan1 zai2 Yale Romanization waan1 jai2
General information
Location	Intersection between Hennessy Road and O'Brien Road, Wan Chai Wan Chai District, Hong Kong
Coordinates
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island Line
Platforms	2 (split level side platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus, tram, ferry
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	WAC
History
Opened	31 May 1985 (1985-05-31)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Admiralty towards Kennedy Town Island Line Causeway Bay towards Chai Wan
Location
Wan Chai Location within the MTR system

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Platform 1

Wan Chai is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR. The livery colour is lime green. It serves the Wan Chai locality within the district of the same name. The station platforms are located underneath Hennessy Road, a major trunk road connecting the Central and Eastern districts.

Due to the large catchment of Wan Chai station and the locality as a business hub and centre for tourists, government offices, foreign embassies and institutions, the station houses more than 50 ticket gates as distributed across three ticket halls (two at the concourse and one at platform level). There are 8 station exits, two of which were constructed in 1999 to provide a more convenient reach for the southern areas of Wan Chai. The footbridge above O'Brien Road, which connects the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the Immigration Tower (Immigration Department of Hong Kong) and the Star Ferry Pier (Wan Chai Pier), was extended to reach one of these new exits above Hennessy Road.

The tunnel for eastbound trains towards Causeway Bay Station has once featured a mobile advertisement, which was presented in the form of a slideshow across the length of the tunnel. The large number of sequential panels allowed passengers to view the advertisement as a slideshow, as trains undertakes their journey to the next station.

Timetable

Line		Destination	First train	Last train
	Island Line	Chai Wan	06:11	01:01
		Kennedy Town	06:03	00:54
Source: MTR

Station layout

The platforms of Wan Chai station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with Platform 1 above Platform 2.

FB Footbridge	Footbridge	Footbridge along O'Brien Road towards Wan Chai North (Immigration Tower, Central Plaza, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Wan Chai Pier)
G Ground	-	Exits
C Concourse	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
		Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, ATM
		Octopus promotion machine
P1 Platform	Platform 1	Island Line towards Chai Wan (Causeway Bay) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Lower Concourse	Customer Service
		iCentre internet service
P2 Platform	Platform 2	←      Island Line towards Kennedy Town (Admiralty)
	Side platform, doors will open on the left

Entrances/exits

• A1: Lockhart Road
• A2: Hennessy Road (Northern Side)
• A3: Johnston Road
• A4: Hennessy Road (By Wanchai Computer Centre)
• A5: Hennessy Road
• B1/B2: Southorn Playground
• C: Lockhart Road