Sai Wan Ho station

MTR station on Hong Kong Island

Sai Wan Ho

西灣河

MTR rapid transit station

Platform 1

Chinese name

Traditional Chinese

西灣河

Simplified Chinese

西湾河

Hanyu Pinyin

Xīwānhé

Cantonese Yale

Sāiwāanhó

Literal meaning

Western bay river

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Xīwānhé
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanization	Sāiwāanhó
Jyutping	Sai1waan1ho2

General information

Location

Near Tai On Building, Shau Kei Wan Road, Sai Wan Ho
Eastern District, Hong Kong

Coordinates

Tram
Ferry
Bus, minibus

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Platform levels

Accessible

Yes

Architect

Yorke Rosenberg Mardall

Other information

Station code

SWH

History

Opened

31 May 1985; 38 years ago (1985-05-31)

Services

Preceding station	MTR			Following station
Tai Koo towards Kennedy Town		Island line		Shau Kei Wan towards Chai Wan

Track layout

Legend

					to Shau Kei Wan

			1		UP (upper level)
			2		LP (lower level)


					to Tai Koo

Location
Sai Wan Ho Location within the MTR system Show map of MTR Sai Wan Ho Sai Wan Ho (Hong Kong Island) Show map of Hong Kong Island

Sai Wan Ho (Chinese: 西灣河; Cantonese Yale: Sāiwāanhó) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island line. It was opened on 31 May 1985. It is located under Shau Kei Wan Road in Sai Wan Ho in the Eastern District.

History

The site of the present-day station concourse was home to the old Sai Wan Ho Market, operated by the Urban Council, which was demolished to make way for the MTR station. Construction commenced in May 1982. The station was built under two interfacing construction contracts. The 7.6-metre-diameter station tunnels (which contain the platforms) were built by Nishimatsu Construction, a Japanese contractor, under particularly difficult geological conditions. The off-street station concourse was constructed by a joint venture formed by Gammon Construction, Kier, and a now-defunct Scottish contractor called Lilley. The concourse was constructed within diaphragm walls from the top down, and was designed to support a new Urban Council complex and residential estate (called Felicity Garden) above it.^[1]

Sai Wan Ho station opened on 31 May 1985 as part of the first phase of the Island line.

Station layout

The platforms of Sai Wan Ho station are constructed in a stacked arrangement, with platform 2 above platform 1.

G	Ground level	Exits
L2	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops
L2	Concourse	Vending machines, ATM
L4 Platform	Platform 2	Side platform, doors will open on the right
L4 Platform	Track 2	← Island line towards Kennedy Town (Tai Koo)
L5 Platform	Platform 1	Side platform, doors will open on the left
L5 Platform	Track 1	→ Island line towards Chai Wan (Shau Kei Wan) →

^[2]

Entrances and exits

A: Tai On Street
B: Shau Kei Wan Road^[3]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sai Wan Ho Station.

^ MTRC Island Line Opening Commemorative Book. Mass Transit Railway Corporation. 1985. pp. 23–25.
^ "Sai Wan Ho Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
^ "Sai Wan Ho Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.