MTR Hung Hom Station

Hung Hom Station was planned to be a super interchange station under the Shatin-to-Central Link project and transformed in two phases.

The first phase involved the connection from Tai Wai to Hung Hom to form the Tuen Ma Line. During this phase, Hung Hom Station remained as a terminal station of East Rail Line while serving as an interchange station of Tuen Ma Line at its newly constructed part.

The second phase brought East Rail Line across the harbour. In this phase, the East Rail Line changed from a 12-car to a 9-car railway and modifications to all the existing 13 operating East Rail Line stations from Lo Wu/Lok Ma Chau to Mong Kok were required.

To accommodate these rail extension plans, an underground level platform and an at-grade platform have been built beneath and alongside the existing Hung Hom station podium, which was a freight yard and intercity train terminal. A key challenge was to maintain full operations of the existing railway lines while modification works take place. To minimise noise during the daily train operations from 5am to 1am, the station could only undergo 3 to 4 hours of noise-bearing construction a day.

Unlike other conventional subway stations, where the E&M plant rooms are typically located underground, the Hung Hom Station extension used an existing freight yard for platform and E&M plant rooms, reducing construction cost for underground space.

The project also involved the decommissioning of existing commercial areas during different construction stages to incorporate new escalators, staircases and lifts connecting to the new platforms, under an operating station environment and without affecting the operation of the Customs Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) and intercity train service.

Our design also included the improvement of the existing fire protection system by adding long throw sprinklers. Indeed, Hung Hom Station is the first Hong Kong railway station to adopt these long throw sprinklers.