Fortress Hill Station
History
On 31 May 1985, Fortress Hill station opened with the first phase of the Island line. The station was built by Paul Y. Construction (now Paul Y. Engineering).
Station layout
Fortress Hill is laid out in a manner similar to many other MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they take another escalator ride down to the platform.
Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons. As with most of the Island Line platforms, the platform walls are curved.
There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system.
G | Ground level | Exits |
L1 | Concourse | Customer service, MTR shops |
ATM | ||
L3 Platform |
Platform 1 | Island line towards Chai Wan (North Point) → |
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Entrance/exit vestibule | ||
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 2 | ← Island line towards Kennedy Town (Tin Hau) |
Entrances and exits
There are two exits at Fortress Hill station. Both are located on the same side of King's Road (英皇道) but on opposite ends of the Fortress Metro Tower, a high-rise residential complex.
- A: for the AIA Tower and Citicorp Centre
- B: for the Olympia Plaza and Electric Centre
References
- ^ "Fortress Hill Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Fortress Hill Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.