Tung Chung Station

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Tung Chung
東涌

The platform of the Tung Chung Station

The platform of the Tung Chung Station

Line Tung Chung
Code TUC
Service hours 0602/0043
Connections Bus, Ferry, Cable Car
District Islands
Area Tung Chung
Map MTR Website
Opened June 22, 1998
Type of station Underground
Type of platforms Island
No. of platforms 2
No. of exits 4
No. of lifts 1
No. of shops 14
Tung Chung Station
Traditional Chinese: 東涌
Simplified Chinese: 东涌
The gates and lift in the concourse of the Tung Chung Station
The gates and lift in the concourse of the Tung Chung Station
The Citygate entrance/exit of the Tung Chung Station
The Citygate entrance/exit of the Tung Chung Station

Tung Chung is the western terminal station on the Hong Kong MTR Tung Chung Line. It is located in Tung Chung, along the northern shore of Lantau Island. The station serves as an access to the Ngong Ping Cable Car. Its livery is blue violet.

Contents

[edit] Station layout

G
Concourse
(Ground)
Concourse Exits, transport interchange, Ngong Ping 360 cable car station
Customer service, MTRshops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machines, automatic teller machines
Octopus promotion machine
L2
Platforms
Platform 1 Tung Chung Line towards Hong Kong and Disneyland Resort Line
Island platforms, doors will open on the left/right
Platform 2 Tung Chung Line towards Hong Kong and Disneyland Resort Line

Both platforms share the same island platform underground. A "First Train" indicator is provided along the platform indicating to passengers which train to board.

[edit] Entrances/Exits

The Tung Chung station concourse is on ground level. There are 4 exits in total, and 2 are on each end of the concourse.

  • A: Fu Tong Estate/Urban Taxi Stand Wheelchair user access
  • B: West side of Citygate Plaza/Transport Interchange
  • C: East side of Citygate Plaza Wheelchair user access
  • D: Lantau Island Taxi Stand

[edit] Transport Connections

[edit] Bus Routes

All bus routes listed below can be accessed through Exit B, which leads to the transport interchange.

To the Airport (Passenger Terminal):

To the AsiaWorld-Expo:

  • S1

To the Airport Service Areas:

  • S1, S52, S52P, S64, S64P

To Discovery Bay:

To Mui Wo/Pui O:

  • 3, 3M

To Tai O:

  • 11

To Ngong Ping/Po Lin Monastery:

  • 23

To Shek Mun Kap (Law Hon Monastery):

  • 34

To Siu Ho Wan:

  • 36

To Yat Tung Estate:

  • 34, 37, 38, N38, S52, S52P, S64

To Tung Chung (North):

  • 37

[edit] Taxis

An Urban (Red) Taxi stand is found outside Exit A. A Lantau (Blue) Taxi Stand at Exit D providing taxi services to Lantau Island.

[edit] Ngong Ping Cable Car

Opened on September 18, 2006, the MTR-owned Ngong Ping Cable Car connects Tung Chung and Ngong Ping where the Po Lin Monastery and Tian Tan Buddha are located. The Tung Chung Cable Car Terminal is about 200 metres away from Exit B of Tung Chung station.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

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