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Central Station (MTR)

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The platforms of Tsuen Wan Line are located under the Chater Road, next to the Legislative Council Building
Platform 3 on the Island Line
There are many Exits in Central Station.
Central Station Exit B
Central Station Exit K

Central station is an MTR station. It is located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's main color is firebrick red. For the Tsuen Wan Line's platform, the main color is dark brown. The station is the southern terminus for the Tsuen Wan Line and also connects with the Island Line, and also the Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express in Hong Kong Station.

The station was once called as Chater Station. Chater Station was built to carry for average daily traffic of 330,000 passengers at first, and was to have been 380 metres (1,250 ft) long – one of the longest stations in the world.[1] More than 200,000 passengers use this station every day. The longest distance between two exits is around 700 m.

Timetable

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Line Destination First train Last train
Island Sheung Wan 06:07 00:58
Chai Wan 06:07 00:58
Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan 06:06 00:54
Source: [2]
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References

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  1. "MTR briefing for public". Hong Kong: South China Morning Post. 3 December 1976.
  2. "Central Station timetable" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2014-08-11.