LOHAS Park ()The Chinese name of this station, " comes from the Chinese name of the served nearby housing estate, ". And the English name of this station, "LOHAS Park", is the same as this housing estate, "LOHAS Park". is a Mass Transit Railway station on the of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It opened on 26 July 2009 and its livery is lavender.
Location The station serves a residential project called LOHAS Park (formerly "Dream City") at Area 86. The first tenders for the construction of Phase 1 were completed in January 2005. Next to the Tseung Kwan O line Depot, it is the easternmost railway station in Hong Kong.
Transit-oriented development In accordance with both MTR's "Rail + Property" funding scheme and one of the goals of the Tseung Kwan O line being to connect large housing estates on the eastern side of Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong Island, LOHAS Park is a site for transit-oriented development. LOHAS Park will be the largest MTR property development, a site with 50 towers containing 21,500 apartments and approximately of retail.LOHAS Park property developments: Summary of development details MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04
History During the construction stages, the station was temporarily named Tseung Kwan O South, after its location in the southern part of the Tseung Kwan O New Town.In the most recent business overview MTR used LOHAS Park instead of Tseung Kwan O South to identify the station. On 18 October 2008 MTR held a ceremony to name the station "LOHAS Park".
Since the station opened on 26 July 2009, the Tseung Kwan O line has been split into two branches at Tseung Kwan O, with the original northern branch towards Po Lam, and the new southern branch towards LOHAS Park. This is the second branch in the MTR system, after Lok Ma Chau station on the .
Service controversy To operate the branch, MTR instituted a "3+1" service whereby every fourth train runs to LOHAS Park.LOHAS Park station and Tseung Kwan O Line "3+1" new train service arrangement MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04 After 8 December 2014, MTR instituted a "2+1" service in peak hours. During off peak and Sundays, a shuttle train between LOHAS Park and Tiu Keng Leng would operate. This is one example when the "terminus" of some trains are within intermediate stations.
Although MTR compensated for the slight reduction of service by decreasing headways by ten seconds to 2.5 minutes, residents and passengers have complained that the branched nature of the line has increased delays. MTR says that its on-time rate is still 99.9%.LOHAS Park takes rap - for the delays on the rails The Standard Retrieved 2011-03-04
Station layout U3PodiumPodiumExit C, Passageway to LOHAS ParkU2ConcourseCustomer service centre, MTRShops, Exit B, Public Transport InterchangeU1PlatformPlatform ← Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point (Tseung Kwan O)Island platform, doors will open on the left/rightPlatform ← Tseung Kwan O line towards North Point (Tseung Kwan O) There are two platform faces on an island platform. Like in other underground MTR stations, platform screen doors have been installed.
Entrances and exits
Podium (U3) C: LOHAS Park C1: LOHAS Park, LOHAS Youth S.P.O.T., The Capitol, Le Prestige, Le Prime, La Splendeur C2: LOHAS Park
Concourse (U2) B: The LOHAS, Public Transport Interchange
Gallery
See also LOHAS Park Tseung Kwan O New Town
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