Sheung Wan is a station on the of the Hong Kong MTR network. The station serves the neighbourhood of Sheung Wan and the western part of Central District. The livery colour of this station is light brown.
The station was originally planned in 1970 as WM but its construction was discontinued after further planning for the new lines. Upon the construction of the Island line, the station was finally constructed and opened on 23 May 1986. From its opening until the line's extension to in 2014, Sheung Wan was the westbound terminus of the Island line.
History
The station was originally proposed under the name Western Market in the 1967 Hong Kong Mass Transport Study, and was to be the southbound terminus of Kwun Tong line as well as its interchange with the Island line. Due to economic and contractual difficulties, the Hong Kong Government decided not to proceed with the construction of the full system, and the Island line was put on hold.
The Hong Kong Government authorised the construction of the -long Island line between Sheung Wan and in December 1980. Work on the station commenced in June 1982 and the construction contract was awarded to a Nishimatsu–Aoki joint venture.
The station was originally planned to open along with the rest of the line, but completion of the station was delayed by the reprovisioning of government offices in the Fire Brigade Building (where Hang Seng Bank Head Office now stands) and the fruit wholesale market on New Market Street, which had to be demolished for the setting up of vertical shaft and crossover box, respectively.
When Island line started operation on 31 May 1985, trains had to terminate at and the section between Admiralty and Sheung Wan was not operational. It was not until 23 May 1986 that Sheung Wan station was opened as the western terminus of the Island line. There is a plaque in the station concourse, unveiled by Financial Secretary John Henry Bremridge, commemorating the completion of the Island line.
Sheung Wan served as the western terminus of the Island line until the extension of the line to Kennedy Town in 2014.
Station layout
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|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:100px;vertical-align:top;"|Street level
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Des Voeux Road Central Concourse
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Hang Seng Bank, Vending Machines, ATM
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|Rumsey Street Concourse
|Customer Service, MTR Shops
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Hang Seng Bank, ATM
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=2|L3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Des Voeux Road Central Concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Walkway to all platforms
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Rumsey Street Concourse
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Alternate Platforms
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=5|L5<br />Platforms
|style="border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;font-size:85%;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Side platform, doors will open on the left
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform
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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" colspan="2"|Wall
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|Platform
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The platforms are built under Des Voeux Road Central from Cleverly Street to Rumsey Street. Although platforms 1 and 2 are parallel and directly opposite to each other, there is a wall separating the two tracks giving a false impression that both platforms are separated by a long distance from each other.
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File:Sheung Wan Station Exit A1 2024 06 part1.jpg|Entrance & Exit A1
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit A2 2024 06 part2.jpg|Entrance & Exit A2
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit B 2024 06 part1.jpg|Entrance & Exit B
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit C 2024 06 part1.jpg|Entrance & Exit C
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit D 2024 07 part1.jpg|Entrance & Exit D
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit E1 2024 06 part1.jpg|Entrance & Exit E1
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit E2 2024 06 part2.jpg|Entrance & Exit E2
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit E3 2024 06 part3.jpg|Entrance & Exit E3
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit E4 2024 06 part4.jpg|Entrance & Exit E4
File:Sheung Wan Station Exit E5 2024 06 part5.jpg|Entrance & Exit E5
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Transport connections
Hong Kong Tramways
Commuters can get out of Sheung Wan station at Exits A1, B, E1 or E3 to get to the tramways on Des Voeux Road Central, for their journey further westwards to Sai Ying Pun, Shek Tong Tsui and Kennedy Town.
Hong Kong-Macau Ferry
The Hong Kong–Macau Ferry Terminal, located within Shun Tak Centre, provides frequent jetfoil, hydrofoil and hovercraft services to Macau and many other destinations in the Pearl River Delta. Exit D leads to the Ferry Terminal.