Tai Koo Station

Tai Koo
太古
MTR
MTR rapid transit station

Platform 1
Chinese name
Chinese 太古
Literal meaning Swire
General information
Location Kornhill, King's Road, Quarry Bay
Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°17′05″N 114°12′58″E / 22.2846°N 114.2161°E / 22.2846; 114.2161Coordinates: 22°17′05″N 114°12′58″E / 22.2846°N 114.2161°E / 22.2846; 114.2161
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 2 (island platform)
Connections Bus, public light bus, tram
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 1
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code TAK
History
Opened
  • 31 May 1985 (1985-05-31)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Kennedy Town
Island Line
towards Chai Wan
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Tai Koo
Location within the MTR system

Tai Koo (Chinese: 太古) is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in Kornhill, Quarry Bay on Hong Kong Island and serves the area of Kornhill, including Kornhill Gardens, and Taikoo Shing. Tai Koo has a unique colour scheme; its livery is crimson. Tai Koo station is one of the busiest stations in the system.

The station was named after Taikoo Shing, which was built on the former site of Taikoo Dockyard. The docks were in turn named after Swire, which the station ultimately shares a Chinese name with.

History

Track layout
Legend
to Sai Wan Ho
1
2
to Quarry Bay

The Island Line opening ceremony was held in this station in May 1985 and was officiated by then-MTR chairman Sir Wilfrid Newton and Governor of Hong Kong Sir Edward Youde, who unveiled the commemorative plaques at the concourse level. The station is built in what was, at the time of its construction, the largest man-made cavern in Asia.[1]

Station layout

Tai Koo adheres to the general layout of most MTR stations. At ground level, there are numerous alphanumerically-named entrances and exits.

Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in the simple island platform layout. Unlike most of the other underground stations on the Island Line, Tai Koo does not have separate tubes for each track and platform, but is located in a single tube encompassing both the concourse and the platform. Although it was not built in the cut and cover method, it is similar to cut and cover stations in that although there are escalators and stairs in the middle of the platform, it has an open design and the platforms are not separated. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons.

G Ground level Exits
C Concourse customer service, MTRShops
vending machines, ATM
Octopus promotion machine
P
Platform
Platform 1      Island Line towards Chai Wan (Sai Wan Ho)
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2      Island Line towards Kennedy Town (Quarry Bay)

[2]

Entrances/exits

There are five groups of entrances and exits at Tai Koo station labeled A to E. In certain circumstances, there are subsets of these exit groups; these are marked with numbers.[3]

Transport connections

Minibus

To Kornhill
To Mount Parker Lodge
To Nam Fung Sun Chuen

Bus

To Tsz Wan Shan (Central)

References

  1. Forsyth, Neil (1990). Underground Pride. Mass Transit Railway Corporation. Retrieved 21 November 2013 via YouTube.
  2. "Tai Koo Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
  3. "Tai Koo Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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