Admiralty station (MTR)
Admiralty (Chinese: 金鐘; Cantonese Yale: Gāmjūng) is a Mass Transit Railway (MTR) station located on Hong Kong Island, in an area often referred to as Admiralty. The station's livery is blue and white. The station connects the Tsuen Wan line with the Island line and the South Island line. Before the opening of the Tsuen Wan branch line in 1982, it was part of the Modified Initial System. The station and the region are named after HMS Tamar (a place of land now known as the Tamar site), once the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong – this, even though HMS Tamar had never actually been called the Admiralty. It was built on the former site of the Hong Kong naval dockyards, which was built in 1878 and demolished in the 1970s. The Chinese name, which translates to 'Gold or Golde Clock', refers to a clock with gold-coloured numerals and hands that was centred on the main building of Wellington Barracks from 1890 to 1962. In 2011 to 2016, the station underwent major expansion to accommodate two new sets of platforms underneath the original structure to serve two more MTR lines, the South Island line and the East Rail line (part of the Sha Tin to Central Link). One of the East Rail Line platforms opened on 8 October 2021, but the other will open in May 15th of 2022, with the commencement of the second phase of the Sha Tin to Central Link. The South Island line opened in 2016.
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Drake Street, Hong Kong Island Admiralty (Central and Western District)
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N 22.2788 ° | E 114.1646 ° |
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金鐘廊 Queensway Plaza
Drake Street
Hong Kong Island, Admiralty (Central and Western District)
Hong Kong, China
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