Admiralty (MTR)

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Admiralty (Trad. Chinese: 金鐘, Jyutping: gam1 zung1, pinyin: Jīnzhōng, lit. "golden bell") station is an MTR station located on the Hong Kong Island, in an area often referred to as Admiralty. The station's livery is dodger blue. The station connects the with the .

The station is named after the HMS Tamar (a place of land now known as Tamar site), once the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong - this, even though HMS Tamar had never actually been the Admiralty. It was built on the former site of the Hong Kong dockyards, which was built in 1878 and demolished in the 1970s.

Platforms

Upper Level

• Platform 1: Tsuen Wan Line to Tsuen Wan
• Platform 2: Island Line to Sheung Wan

Passengers from areas east of Admiralty travelling to Kowloon can change trains by passing from platform 2 straight through the concourse to platform 1.

Lower Level

• Platform 3: Island Line to Chai Wan
• Platform 4: Tsuen Wan Line to Central

Platforms 3 and 4 share the same concourse. Passengers arriving from Kowloon to Hong Kong Island can change trains to all destinations east of Admiralty by walking across the concourse.

Entrances/exits

Admiralty is part of the Central Business District of Hong Kong Island. There are many office buildings around the station. A major shopping mall, Pacific Place is accessed through a long pedestrian walkway from Exit F.

• A: Admiralty Centre
• B: Lippo Centre
• C1/C2: Queensway
• D: United Centre
• E1/E2: Harcourt Garden/Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts
• F: Pacific Place

Transport Connections

There is a bus terminus stretching across the length of Admiralty that can be reached by Exits B, C2 and D. This buses connect to many different parts of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories.

Bus Routes

Admiralty Gardens Bus Stop (Exit C2)

To Aberdeen:

• 70

To Ap Lei Chau:

• 90, 97

To Chi Fu Fa Yuan:

• 37B

To Stanley (via Repulse Bay):

• 6, 66 (Via Wong Nai Chung Gap)
• 6X, 260 (Express Route via Aberdeen Tunnel)
• 6A (Via Aberdeen Tunnel, Peak Hours only)

To The Peak:

• 15

To South Horizons:

• 90B

To Wong Chuk Hang:

• 75

Pacific Place Bus Stop (Exit F)

To Mid-Levels:

• 23 (Terminates at Pokfield Road)
• 23A (Robinson Road Circular)
• 23B (Park Road Circular)
• 26 (Hollywood Road Circular)

To Chi Fu Fa Yuen:

• 37A

To Wah Fu:

• 40, *40M

Admiralty (Drake Street) or Admiralty MTR Bus Terminus (Exits B, C2, D)

To Aberdeen:

• 70M

To Mid-Levels:

• 12A (MacDonnell Road Circular)
• 12M (Park Road Circular)

To Ocean Park:

• 629

To Wah Kwai:

• 43X

To Po Tat Estate:

• 601

To Ma On Shan (Lee On):

• 680
• 680A
• 680P

To Tin Shui Wai Town Center:

• 967

Admiralty Centre Bus Stop (Facing Harcourt Road) (Exit A)

To Taikoo Shing:

• 720A

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station	MTR			Following station
Central		Tsuen Wan Line		Tsim Sha Tsui
Central		Island Line		Wan Chai

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