West Kowloon Station

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Hong Kong West Kowloon Station
香港 西 九龍 站
Railway station shortly before the opening in September 2018 (view from the southeast)
Railway station shortly before the opening in September 2018 (view from the southeast)
Data
Platform tracks 15th
opening 23rd September 2018
Architectural data
architect Aedas , AECOM
location
City / municipality Kowloon
Special Administrative Region Hong Kong
Country People's Republic of China
Coordinates 22 ° 18 '13 "  N , 114 ° 9' 54"  E Coordinates: 22 ° 18 '13 "  N , 114 ° 9' 54"  E
Railway lines

Guangzhou – Hong Kong high-speed line Beijing – Hong Kong
high-speed line

List of train stations in China

The Hong Kong West Kowloon Station , abbreviated to WKS ( Chinese  西 九龍 站  /  西 九龙 站 , Pinyin Xī Jiǔlóngzhàn , Jyutping Sai 1 Gau 2 lung 6 zaam 6 , short: 西 九 站 , Xījiǔzhàn , Jyutping Sai 1 gau 2 zaam 6 ) on the The Kowloon Peninsula is the terminus of the Guangzhou – Shenzhen – Hong Kong high-speed line in Hong Kong . The facility had been under construction since 2010 and opened in September 2018. During the construction phase it was initially referred to as the West Kowloon Terminus .

West Kowloon Station is the only station in the Hong Kong SAR that has been connected to the Chinese network of high-speed lines . The station is located underground and is connected to the Chinese mainland by a 26-kilometer-long tunnel . The station occupies an area of ​​11 hectares. In addition to 15 tracks on 11 platforms, the border controls of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the People's Republic of China are also located in the station. The MTR Corporation anticipates first year of operation with a daily 99,000 passengers. 400,000 square meters of commercial space will be arranged above the train station under a 45-meter-high walk-on roof that will serve as a viewing terrace.

The facility is located on Victoria Harbor immediately north of the planned West Kowloon Cultural District . Next to the station is the Kowloon Station of the Airport Express on the west side and the Austin Station of the West Rail Line of the Kowloon-Canton Railway on the east side . The latter was called West Kowloon Station during the planning and construction .

See also

Web links

Commons : Category: Hong Kong West Kowloon Station  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ New route opened: Quickly from Hong Kong to China. tagesschau.de, September 23, 2018, accessed on October 2, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Kai Strittmatter: Half a continent in nine hours . In: sueddeutsche.de . October 9, 2018, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed October 16, 2018]).
  3. ^ Frequency and Capacity. In: Express Rail Link . MTR Corporation , accessed April 15, 2014 .
  4. ^ West Kowloon Terminus, Hong Kong, China. World Architecture News, September 3, 2012, accessed December 30, 2012 .
  5. ^ Environmental Impact Assessment of Hong Kong Section of Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Express Rail Link. (PDF; 594 kB) AECOM Environment, May 2012, accessed on December 30, 2012 .