Chai Wan station

Location
	Chai Wan Location within the MTR system Chai Wan Chai Wan (Hong Kong Island)

Track layout
	Legend

Chai Wan

柴灣
Chai Wan; 柴灣
MTR rapid transit station
	Both platforms of Chai Wan station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	柴灣
Simplified Chinese	柴湾
Hanyu Pinyin	Cháiwān
Cantonese Yale	Chàaiwāan
Literal meaning	Firewood Bay
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Cháiwān
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Chàaiwāan
IPA	Cháiwān
Jyutping	Caai4waan1
General information
Location	Kut Shing Street, Chai Wan; Eastern District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°15′52″N 114°14′12″E / 22.2644°N 114.2368°E
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Island line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus;
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	CHW
History
Opened	31 May 1985; 39 years ago
Services
Track layout
Track layout
	Legend
Location
Location
	Chai Wan Location within the MTR system Chai Wan Chai Wan (Hong Kong Island)

Chai Wan (Chinese: 柴灣) is the eastern terminus of the MTR Island line on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. It is the only station on the Island line that is elevated. The station is located at the junction of Chai Wan Road and Island Eastern Corridor, and serves Siu Sai Wan and Chai Wan, a primarily residential and industrial town. The bus terminus nearby has bus and minibus routes to Siu Sai Wan and Stanley, as well as the nearby residential developments. Chai Wan was also the southernmost railway station in Hong Kong, prior to the opening of Lei Tung station on the South Island line on 28 December 2016.

There were no platform screen doors when this station was opened, but the MTR Corporation has retrofitted automatic platform gates on both platforms in 2011.^[1]

History

The station was built on part of Chai Wan Park and the site of a pre-existing minibus terminus. Construction commenced in July 1982 and was carried out by the British contractor George Wimpey. The foundation is formed by hand-dug caissons, while the structure comprises reinforced concrete poured in situ. Over 11,000 cubic metres of concrete was poured.^[2]

It opened on 31 May 1985 as part of the first phase of the Island line.^[3]

Station layout

U2 Platforms	Platform 1	← Island line towards Kennedy Town (Heng Fa Chuen)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Platform 2	← Island line towards Kennedy Town (Heng Fa Chuen)
U1	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
		Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
G	Street level	Exits, transport interchange

Passengers from Chai Wan going to Kennedy Town can board trains on either platforms. The platform from which a train will leave first is indicated on a display board.^[4]

An overrun track is present to allow trains to stop and reverse direction if they travel beyond Chai Wan station. However, this set of tracks is rarely used, as trains arriving at Chai Wan station leave for Kennedy Town by pulling out of the same platform.

As this station is close to Chai Wan depot, after peak hours, some Island Line trains will suspend services and return to Chai Wan depot after clearing passengers at this station. The first signal will be sounded when the train enters the station. At the same time, the platform will make an announcement before the train arrives and when the train enters the station. After the train arrives, the second signal will be sounded before the doors are opened and passengers are dropped off. The destination display screen Depot will be displayed, and the platform display will show that this train is not carrying passengers, so that waiting passengers know that the train will not carry passengers when it arrives at the station. Before the train closes the door and leaves the station, the red and blue signal lights at the west end of the platform will light up with the word DP (meaning Depot) in white, and the horn will sound again, and it will drive directly back to Chai Wan Depot.

The same thing will happen after the last train to Chai Wan arrives here.

Entrances and exits

A: New Jade Gardens, Chai Wan Industrial Area, Cape Collinson - San Ha Columbarium, Siu Sai Wan ^[5]
B: Cheung Lee Street^[5]
C: Public transport interchange^[5]
D: Ning Foo Street^[5]
E: Hing Wah Estate^[5]

References

^ "Updated background brief on installation of platform screen doors and automatic platform gates at railway stations" (PDF). Legislative Council Secretariat. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
^ MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book. Mass Transit Railway Corporation. 1985. pp. 5–7.
^ Hong Kong's third line opens International Railway Journal June 1985 page 50
^ "Chai Wan Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Chai Wan Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

[1] "Updated background brief on installation of platform screen doors and automatic platform gates at railway stations" (PDF). Legislative Council Secretariat. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

[commemorativebook-2] MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book. Mass Transit Railway Corporation. 1985. pp. 5–7.

[3] Hong Kong's third line opens International Railway Journal June 1985 page 50

[4] "Chai Wan Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

[map-5] "Chai Wan Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.

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