LOHAS Park station

LOHAS Park (Chinese: 康城; Cantonese Yale: Hōngsìng)[1] is a rapid transit station on the Tseung Kwan O line of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It opened on 26 July 2009.

LOHAS Park 康城
MTR rapid transit station
LOHAS Park Station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	康城
Cantonese Yale	Hōngsìng
Literal meaning	healthy city
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kāngchéng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hōngsìng IPA [hɔ́ːŋsȅŋ] Jyutping Hong1sing4
General information
Location	1 LOHAS Park Road, LOHAS Park, Tseung Kwan O Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′45″N 114°16′08″E
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tseung Kwan O line
Platforms	2 (Island platforms)
Connections	Bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	LHP
History
Opened	26 July 2009
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Tseung Kwan O towards North Point Tseung Kwan O line Rush hours only Terminus Tseung Kwan O towards Tiu Keng Leng Tseung Kwan O line Off-peak shuttle service
Track layout to Tseung Kwan O to Tseung Kwan O Depot 2 1
Location
LOHAS Park Location within the MTR system

Location

The station serves a residential project called LOHAS Park (formerly "Dream City") at Area 86. The first tenders for the construction of Phase 1 were completed in January 2005. Next to the Tseung Kwan O line Depot, it is the easternmost railway station in Hong Kong.[2]

Transit-oriented development

In accordance with both MTR's "Rail + Property" funding scheme and one of the goals of the Tseung Kwan O line being to connect large housing estates on the eastern side of Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong Island, LOHAS Park is a site for transit-oriented development. LOHAS Park will be the largest MTR property development, a 32.08 ha (79.3 acres) site with 50 towers containing 21,500 apartments and approximately 45,000 m² (480,000 sq ft) of retail.[3]

History

During the construction stages, the station was temporarily named Tseung Kwan O South, after its location in the southern part of the Tseung Kwan O New Town.[4]

Since the station opened on 26 July 2009, the Tseung Kwan O line has been split into two branches at Tseung Kwan O, with the original northern branch towards Po Lam, and the new southern branch towards LOHAS Park. This is the second branch in the MTR system, after Lok Ma Chau station on the East Rail line.

Service controversy

To operate the branch, MTR instituted a "3+1" service whereby every fourth train runs to LOHAS Park.[5] After 8 December 2014, MTR instituted a "2+1" service in peak hours. During off peak and Sundays, a shuttle train between LOHAS Park and Tiu Keng Leng would operate. This is one example when the "terminus" of some trains are within intermediate stations.

Although MTR compensated for the slight reduction of service by decreasing headways by ten seconds to 2.5 minutes, residents and passengers have complained that the branched nature of the line has increased delays. MTR claims that its on-time rate is still 99.9%.[6]

Station layout

U3 Podium	Podium	Exit C, Passageway to LOHAS Park
U2	Concourse	Customer service centre, MTRShops, Exit B
U1 Platform	Platform 1	←      Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point peak hours, Tiu Keng Leng other times (Tseung Kwan O)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left/right
	Platform 2	←      Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point peak hours, Tiu Keng Leng other times (Tseung Kwan O)
G	Exit	Exit A, transport interchange

There are two platform faces on an island platform. Like in other underground MTR stations, platform screen doors have been installed.[7]

Podium (U3)

• C: LOHAS Park
  • C1: LOHAS Park, LOHAS Youth S.P.O.T.,The Capitol, Le Prestige, Le Prestige, La Splendeur
  • C2: LOHAS Park

Concourse (U2)

• B: The LOHAS, Public Transport Interchange

Ground (G)

• A: Tseung Kwan O South Waterfront Promenade , Shaw Film Studio

Transport connections

Minibus and taxis can be accessed from Exit A.

Minibus Route

To Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate:

• 112M[2]

Bus Routes

To Ngau Tau Kok station:

• 98

To Kwun Tong station:

• 98B*

To Tsim Sha Tsui East:

• 98D Special Route*

To Mei Foo:

• 98S*

To Tsuen Wan West station:

• 290B*/290X

To Hang Hau station:

• 298E

To Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate:

• 98/298E/796X/797M

To Tsim Sha Tsui East:

• 796P*/796X

To Kowloon Bay:

• 797

To Tseung Kwan O station:

• 797M

To Sha Tin station:

• 798B*

To Airport:

• A29P (5:25 and 6:35 only)

Former bus routes

Circular via The Capitol, Le Prestige, Le Primer

• NR215 (Termination Effective 28 October 2012)

Gallery

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  LOHAS Park Station Exit C
• 
  LOHAS Park Station concourse
• 
  Platform 1
• 
  LOHAS Park Station Exit B
• 
  LOHAS Park Station Exit A

See also

• LOHAS Park
• Tseung Kwan O New Town

References

1. The Chinese name of this station, "康城" comes from the Chinese name of the served nearby housing estate, "日出康城". And the English name of this station, "LOHAS Park", is the same as this housing estate, "LOHAS Park".
2. "LOHAS Park Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
3. LOHAS Park property developments: Summary of development details MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04
4. In the most recent business overview MTR used LOHAS Park instead of Tseung Kwan O South to identify the station. On 18 October 2008 MTR held a ceremony to name the station "LOHAS Park". "將軍澳港鐵新站命名「康城」". Sing Tao Daily. 19 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
5. LOHAS Park station and Tseung Kwan O Line "3+1" new train service arrangement MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04
6. LOHAS Park takes rap - for the delays on the rails Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Standard Retrieved 2011-03-04
7. "LOHAS Park Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.