From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fortress Hill Station
Fortress Hill Station
Fortress Hill
炮台山
Fortress Hill Station
The Fortress Hill station platform. Chinese 炮台山
Literal meaning Mount Battery
Line Island Line
Code FOH
Battery)
Fortress Hill (Chinese: 炮台山, literally Mount Battery is
Service hours 0608/0107 a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR sys-
Connections Bus, Minibus, Tram tem. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of
District Eastern Hong Kong on the eponymous island. Like all MTR sta-
Area Causeway Bay tions, Fortress Hill has a unique colour scheme; its livery
Fortress Hill is dark green. The distance between this station and Tin
North Point Hau to the west is approximately 480 metres, the second-
closest stations after Mong Kok and Prince Edward.
Map MTR Website
Coordinates 22°17′17″N 114°11′37″E
/ 22.288143°N Station layout
114.193637°E / G - exits
22.288143; Ground
114.193637Coordinates:
C Concourse customer service, MTRShops
22°17′17″N 114°11′37″E
Concourse vending machines, ATM
/ 22.288143°N
114.193637°E / P Platform 1 Island Line towards Chai
22.288143; 114.193637 Platform Wan
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Opened May 31, 1985
Platform 2 Island Line towards Sheung
Type of station Underground
Wan
Type of platforms Island
Fortress Hill is laid out in a similar manner to many MTR
No. of platforms 2 stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take
No. of exits 2 escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse
No. of lifts 1 level they take another escalator ride down to the plat-
No. of shops 3 form.
Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform
Station location
layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Un-
derground stations, each track and platform is in a sep-
arate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Fortress Hill Station
Preceding station MTR Following station
Tin Hau Island Line North Point
towards Sheung Wan towards Chai Wan
between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with posite ends of the Fortress Metro Tower, a high-rise resi-
platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons. dential complex.
There are only four escalators that connect the con- • : for the AIA Tower and Citicorp Centre
course and the platforms; they are some of the longest in • : for the Olympia Plaza and Electric Centre
the MTR system.[citation needed]
Gallery Bus connections
The following bus routes run along King’s Road.
Routes found at King’s Road (Exits A or B) To Braemar
Hill:
25C, 27, 529,
• , 25C 27 529
To Lai Tak Tsuen:
•
To Pokfield Road:
•
To Stanley:
• On Weekdays and Saturdays
• On Sundays and Holidays
To Kennedy Town:
•
To Siu Sai Wan:
• The longest escalators in the MTR system
•
Entrances and exits
There are two exits at Fortress Hill station. Both are lo-
cated on the same side of King’s Road (英皇道) but on op-
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Categories:
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• Fortress Hill
• Railway stations opened in 1985
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