55-753: Admiralty ( Chinese : 金鐘 ; Jyutping : Gam1 zung1 ; Cantonese Yale : Gāmjūng ) is a station of the MTR rapid transit system in Admiralty, Hong Kong . The station's livery is blue and white. Served by the largest number of lines of any MTR station at four: the East Rail line , the Tsuen Wan line , the Island line , and the South Island line , Admiralty is a major interchange station within
110-588: A retronym applied to non-simplified character sets in the wake of widespread use of simplified characters. Traditional characters are commonly used in Taiwan , Hong Kong , and Macau , as well as in most overseas Chinese communities outside of Southeast Asia. As for non-Chinese languages written using Chinese characters, Japanese kanji include many simplified characters known as shinjitai standardized after World War II, sometimes distinct from their simplified Chinese counterparts . Korean hanja , still used to
165-471: A Central-bound train from Tsim Sha Tsui . The driver decided to complete the journey and passengers were evacuated from the train in Admiralty. Admiralty station was expanded to serve two additional lines - the South Island line on level L6 and the East Rail line on level L5. The South Island line platforms opened on 28 December 2016, after a public open day on 24th of that month, giving residents in
220-509: A certain extent in South Korea , remain virtually identical to traditional characters, with variations between the two forms largely stylistic. There has historically been a debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters . Because the simplifications are fairly systematic, it is possible to convert computer-encoded characters between the two sets, with the main issue being ambiguities in simplified representations resulting from
275-534: A semi-circular skylight that brings natural light in from Rodney Street . Through floor L5—the top level of a 24 metres (79 ft) span cavern—passengers could access the East Rail line platforms sited in adjoining tunnels on the same level, or reach the South Island line platforms below, which are located 34 metres (112 ft) below ground. As the primary interchange point between the Tsuen Wan line ,
330-511: A separate fare scheme from the rest of the MTR system). Central station has four platforms on three levels. The top level includes platform 3 and is built beneath Des Voeux Road Central at the intersection of Pedder Street , stretching from World-Wide House to Alexandra House , on the northern side of the road. The platform serves Chai Wan-bound trains on the Island line and this level includes
385-869: Is 産 (also the accepted form in Japan and Korea), while in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan the accepted form is 產 (also the accepted form in Vietnamese chữ Nôm ). The PRC tends to print material intended for people in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in traditional characters. For example, versions of the People's Daily are printed in traditional characters, and both People's Daily and Xinhua have traditional character versions of their website available, using Big5 encoding. Mainland companies selling products in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan use traditional characters in order to communicate with consumers;
440-405: Is a new bamboo-covered landscaped deck over Harcourt Garden. The second, Urban Soundscape by Otto Li, is located along either side of the escalator shaft between the new and current stations. It depicts passengers' journeys through Admiralty. Anchoring the atrium is the suspended aluminium sculpture Mapping Our Journey by American artist Talley Fisher, representing the four MTR lines converging at
495-498: Is approximately 700m. There are 13 entrances, connecting buildings, shopping malls, main roads and ground transport facilities nearby. Central station is one of the major transport hubs of Hong Kong. It is commonly used as a connecting hub for commuters travelling from the Tung Chung line to the Island line, and Tsuen Wan line. The area around Central station and Hong Kong station offers a wide range of transport options, including
550-660: Is served by buses that connect to many different parts of Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and the New Territories. Traditional Chinese characters Traditional Chinese characters are a standard set of Chinese character forms used to write Chinese languages . In Taiwan , the set of traditional characters is regulated by the Ministry of Education and standardized in the Standard Form of National Characters . These forms were predominant in written Chinese until
605-493: The Chinese Commercial News , World News , and United Daily News all use traditional characters, as do some Hong Kong–based magazines such as Yazhou Zhoukan . The Philippine Chinese Daily uses simplified characters. DVDs are usually subtitled using traditional characters, influenced by media from Taiwan as well as by the two countries sharing the same DVD region , 3. With most having immigrated to
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#1732780854547660-731: The Hong Kong Mass Transit Further Studies , the station was proposed as two separate but connected stations: Chater station ( 遮打站 ) under Chater Road and Pedder station ( 必打站 ) under Pedder Street), which would serve the Kong Kow line (now Tsuen Wan line) and Island line respectively. Contracts 106 and 809, which consist of the construction of the two stations and tunnels, were awarded to Metro Joint Venture, comprising Hochtief AG , Dragages et Travaux Publics , Gammon (HK) Limited , and Sentab. The station first opened as Chater station on 12 February 1980 as
715-439: The Island line , the East Rail line , and the South Island line , Admiralty is heavily congested during rush hours. Admiralty and North Point are the only cross-platform interchange stations on Hong Kong Island between lines serving it and Kowloon in the MTR system. It is also the only interchange station for the South Island line. Despite trains departing at capacity (every 2.1 minutes), commuters frequently have to board
770-566: The Kensiu language . Central station (MTR) Central ( Chinese : 中環 ; Cantonese Yale : Jūngwàan ) is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island . The station's livery is firebrick red but brown on the Tsuen Wan line platforms. The station is the southern terminus of the Tsuen Wan line , a stop on the Island line , and connects to Hong Kong station (via an underground passageway), which serves
825-640: The Shanghainese -language character U+20C8E 𠲎 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-20C8E —a composition of 伐 with the ⼝ 'MOUTH' radical—used instead of the Standard Chinese 嗎 ; 吗 . Typefaces often use the initialism TC to signify the use of traditional Chinese characters, as well as SC for simplified Chinese characters . In addition, the Noto, Italy family of typefaces, for example, also provides separate fonts for
880-640: The Southern District quicker access to Hong Kong Island's central business district. The opening date was delayed from 2015 due to technical problems in the deep tunnels for the new platforms. During the Central Station crash, Admiralty was the southern terminus of the Tsuen Wan line . The East Rail line began servicing Admiralty on 15 May 2022, allowing commuters from the northeast New Territories to travel directly to Admiralty. A new single level underground transfer lobby with natural light
935-560: The Tung Chung line and the Airport Express . The station was originally named Chater Station (due to its location near Chater Road ). It was initially conceived to cater to 330,000 passengers daily and was planned to be 380 m (1,250 ft) long – one of the longest stations in the world. More than 200,000 passengers use this station daily. The longest distance between two exits is approximately 700m. Central station
990-489: The fare control , lobby, shops, Customer Service Centre and other major facilities. On floor L2, passengers can access Platforms 4 (Tsuen Wan line to Central) and 3 (Island line to Chai Wan). One floor down, on level L3, are Platforms 2 (Island line to Kennedy Town ) and 1 (Tsuen Wan line to Tsuen Wan).There are very wide passageways between the two platforms on each of floors L2 and L3; they are also curved platforms with trains going in opposite directions. The platforms are in
1045-569: The Island line platforms came into service. One component of the Airport Core Programme between 1991 and 1998 was a railway connecting the new Hong Kong International Airport to the city centre. To link Central with the nearby Hong Kong station, the southern terminus of the Tung Chung line and the Airport Express, a passageway was built under Connaught Road Central to connect the two stations. The passageway starts at
1100-407: The Island line trains bound for Chai Wan from platform 3. In the extension part built to the east of the original Tsuen Wan / Island line station box, a 30 metres (98 ft) tall atrium extends 5 floors below ground. Inside the atrium, there are five escalators from floor L2 (platforms 3 and 4), and another five from L3 (platforms 1 and 2), connecting to the circulation mezzanine on floor L5 under
1155-523: The MTR network. The station and surrounding area are named after HMS Tamar , once the headquarters of the Royal Navy in Hong Kong. It was built on the former site of the naval dockyards , which were built in 1878 and demolished in the 1970s. The Chinese name, which translates to "gold clock", refers to a clock with gold-coloured numerals and hands that was located on the main building of Wellington Barracks from 1890 to 1962. Between 2011 and 2016,
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#17327808545471210-483: The Pedder Street concourse and was built with a design similar to that of Hong Kong station. The passage connects the paid areas of both stations (particularly from Central to the Tung Chung line of Hong Kong station). There is no unpaid link (though access to the Airport Express line at Hong Kong station from other lines at Central or vice versa requires an out-of-system transfer as the Airport Express line follows
1265-555: The People's Republic of China, traditional Chinese characters are standardised according to the Table of Comparison between Standard, Traditional and Variant Chinese Characters . Dictionaries published in mainland China generally show both simplified and their traditional counterparts. There are differences between the accepted traditional forms in mainland China and elsewhere, for example the accepted traditional form of 产 in mainland China
1320-587: The United States during the second half of the 19th century, Chinese Americans have long used traditional characters. When not providing both, US public notices and signs in Chinese are generally written in traditional characters, more often than in simplified characters. In the past, traditional Chinese was most often encoded on computers using the Big5 standard, which favored traditional characters. However,
1375-513: The busiest station in the MTR network. The government gave the Mass Transit Railway Corporation first refusal on the 60,000-square-foot (5,600 m) site, which was sold to it in 1976 for around HK$ 200 million for cash and equity consideration. The Admiralty Centre, United Centre and Queensway Plaza commercial buildings formed part of the development, and sit directly above the station. On 12 February 1980,
1430-399: The concourse and Island line platform levels to help harbour -crossing passengers make an informed choice between the two lines. These PIDS panels display a countdown to their next two trains, as well as simulations of real-time crowdedness on their respective platforms. The station expansion project has brought three artworks to the station. The first is Sense of Green by Tony Ip, which
1485-494: The connecting walkway to Hong Kong station. The middle level includes platforms 1 and 2 using a shared island . They serve the Tsuen Wan line and were built directly under Chater Road , extending from Des Voeux Road Central to Club Street . The bottom level, two levels from the top level, is platform 4, for Island line trains in the direction of Kennedy Town. Passengers from platform 3 transferring to platforms 1 or 2 use
1540-410: The curved walls typical of most other stations on the Island line. The end of the Admiralty stabling siding shared by Tsuen Wan and Island lines is located below the Tsuen Wan line platforms. Central station stretches underneath Chater Road from Statue Square in the east and underneath Des Voeux Road to Li Yuen Street East in the west. The distance between the easternmost and westernmost exits
1595-410: The demand at Admiralty. The existing signalling system of Tsuen Wan line was planned to be upgraded by Thales Transport & Security in 2018 for long-term use. In addition, the 2022 extension of the East Rail line (from Hung Hom to Admiralty) has helped to divert some cross-harbour demand from the Tsuen Wan line, thereby reducing congestion. New "Cross-Harbour Easy" panels have been installed on
1650-578: The glass roof of the interchange concourse and has since opened. While the East Rail line tracks will have sidings for terminating trains south of the station, the South Island line tracks end at bumper blocks north of the station with no overrun track. The narrowest part of the existing platforms on L3 was widened to provide better access to the first and second cars of the Tsuen Wan line trains, as well as last two cars of Island line trains. Island line passengers travelling towards Tsuen Wan now have easier access to these cars. The expansion brought new toilets in
1705-493: The inverse is equally true as well. In digital media, many cultural phenomena imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan into mainland China, such as music videos, karaoke videos, subtitled movies, and subtitled dramas, use traditional Chinese characters. In Hong Kong and Macau , traditional characters were retained during the colonial period, while the mainland adopted simplified characters. Simplified characters are contemporaneously used to accommodate immigrants and tourists, often from
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1760-725: The mainland. The increasing use of simplified characters has led to concern among residents regarding protecting what they see as their local heritage. Taiwan has never adopted simplified characters. The use of simplified characters in government documents and educational settings is discouraged by the government of Taiwan. Nevertheless, with sufficient context simplified characters are likely to be successfully read by those used to traditional characters, especially given some previous exposure. Many simplified characters were previously variants that had long been in some use, with systematic stroke simplifications used in folk handwriting since antiquity. Traditional characters were recognized as
1815-682: The majority of Chinese text in mainland China are simplified characters , there is no legislation prohibiting the use of traditional Chinese characters, and often traditional Chinese characters remain in use for stylistic and commercial purposes, such as in shopfront displays and advertising. Traditional Chinese characters remain ubiquitous on buildings that predate the promulgation of the current simplification scheme, such as former government buildings, religious buildings, educational institutions, and historical monuments. Traditional Chinese characters continue to be used for ceremonial, cultural, scholarly/academic research, and artistic/decorative purposes. In
1870-983: The merging of previously distinct character forms. Many Chinese online newspapers allow users to switch between these character sets. Traditional characters are known by different names throughout the Chinese-speaking world. The government of Taiwan officially refers to traditional Chinese characters as 正體字 ; 正体字 ; zhèngtǐzì ; 'orthodox characters'. This term is also used outside Taiwan to distinguish standard characters, including both simplified, and traditional, from other variants and idiomatic characters . Users of traditional characters elsewhere, as well as those using simplified characters, call traditional characters 繁體字 ; 繁体字 ; fántǐzì ; 'complex characters', 老字 ; lǎozì ; 'old characters', or 全體字 ; 全体字 ; quántǐzì ; 'full characters' to distinguish them from simplified characters. Some argue that since traditional characters are often
1925-452: The middle of the 20th century, when various countries that use Chinese characters began standardizing simplified sets of characters, often with characters that existed before as well-known variants of the predominant forms. Simplified characters as codified by the People's Republic of China are predominantly used in mainland China , Malaysia, and Singapore. "Traditional" as such is
1980-677: The official script in Singapore until 1969, when the government officially adopted Simplified characters. Traditional characters still are widely used in contexts such as in baby and corporation names, advertisements, decorations, official documents and in newspapers. The Chinese Filipino community continues to be one of the most conservative in Southeast Asia regarding simplification. Although major public universities teach in simplified characters, many well-established Chinese schools still use traditional characters. Publications such as
2035-700: The original standard forms, they should not be called 'complex'. Conversely, there is a common objection to the description of traditional characters as 'standard', due to them not being used by a large population of Chinese speakers. Additionally, as the process of Chinese character creation often made many characters more elaborate over time, there is sometimes a hesitation to characterize them as 'traditional'. Some people refer to traditional characters as 'proper characters' ( 正字 ; zhèngzì or 正寫 ; zhèngxiě ) and to simplified characters as 簡筆字 ; 简笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'simplified-stroke characters' or 減筆字 ; 减笔字 ; jiǎnbǐzì ; 'reduced-stroke characters', as
2090-400: The paid area, a lift between the concourse and, ground level, and artwork in the station. The expansion works saw the station size being expanded significantly. The number of platforms doubled from 4 to 8, the number of floors increased from 3 to 8, and the number of escalators increased from 8 to 42. Today, Admiralty station has a total of six underground floors; the uppermost (L1) floor has
2145-496: The regular escalators on the Chater Road concourse. There are designated escalators from platforms 1 and 2 to platform 4 for the sole purpose of transfer. The Tsuen Wan line platforms are straight and were built by cut-and-cover. Most of the length of the Island line platforms is the same, although the eastern part (towards Admiralty ) is curved and the gap is large, as they are located in sections of bored tunnels and have
2200-577: The renaming of some other stations on the Kwun Tong and Tsuen Wan lines. The English name of the station was changed to "Central" in 1982. The construction contract for the station on the Island line was awarded to the Aoki / Tobishima [ ja ] joint venture. Construction for the Island line was carried out in early 1983 and connected the new platforms with the original structure. The Island line began servicing Central on 23 May 1986 when it
2255-543: The second or even the third train when changing lines. The situation deteriorated following fare cuts following the MTR–KCR merger . Temporary measures are undertaken during peak hours, including the deployment of additional station assistants, adjustment of escalator directions and making pacifying announcements by local celebrities. During evening peak hours, some Tsuen Wan line trains are taken out of service at Central, and placed back into service at Admiralty, in order to relieve
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2310-498: The segment of the Kwun Tong line between Central and Tsim Sha Tsui was opened. At the time, Admiralty and Central stations were the only two MTR stations on Hong Kong Island. The platforms began serving the Tsuen Wan line on 17 May 1982. Admiralty was designed to be a transfer station with the then-planned Island line . On 31 May 1985, the first phase of the Island line (between Admiralty and Chai Wan ) opened, with Admiralty
2365-541: The shape of a trapezium . Because all the platforms are curved, there are large stickers in front of the platform screen doors with " Mind the gap " text, which can only be found in this station. (This can be seen in the image of Admiralty Station in this page.) Passengers travelling from Eastern District and Wan Chai District can walk across to platform 1 to board the Tsuen Wan line trains bound for Kowloon , Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan . Passengers travelling from Kowloon, Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan can walk across and board
2420-418: The station as well as the intersection of individuality and community. Admiralty is part of the central business district of Hong Kong Island. There are many office buildings around the station. A major shopping centre, Pacific Place , is accessed through a pedestrian walkway from Exit F. There is a bus terminus stretching across the length of Admiralty that can be reached from exits B, C2 and D. The terminus
2475-464: The station underwent major expansion to accommodate two new sets of platforms underneath the original structure to serve two more MTR lines, the South Island line and the East Rail line (part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project). The South Island line opened in 2016, while the East Rail line platforms opened on 15 May 2022. Accommodating over 100,000 passengers per peak hour, it has since become
2530-519: The temporary western terminus of the Island line. To facilitate cross-platform interchange , the Tsuen Wan- and Chai Wan-bound platforms were located on a very wide island platform on the lower level, while the Central-bound and termination platforms shared another very wide island platform on the upper level. When the second part of the Island line (Admiralty to Sheung Wan ) opened in 1986,
2585-538: The termination platform became the Sheung Wan-bound platform, while the other platforms remained unchanged. In 2014, the Sheung Wan-bound platform became the Kennedy Town-bound platform. At 9:14 a.m. on 5 January 2004, 14 passengers suffered minor injuries when a 55-year-old man suffering from delusional disorder ignited two gas cylinders full of paint thinner in the first train car of
2640-526: The terminus of the Kwun Tong line . Only a portion of the station came into operation as the Island line had not been opened yet. The station was named Chater in English but 中環 (Central) in Chinese. This would be misleading as many thought that the Chinese name would be 遮打, a transliteration and the Chinese name of the namesake road. When the Island line between Admiralty and Chai Wan opened on 31 May 1985, MTR renamed Chater to Central together with
2695-636: The traditional character set used in Taiwan ( TC ) and the set used in Hong Kong ( HK ). Most Chinese-language webpages now use Unicode for their text. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) recommends the use of the language tag zh-Hant to specify webpage content written with traditional characters. In the Japanese writing system , kyujitai are traditional forms, which were simplified to create shinjitai for standardized Japanese use following World War II. Kyūjitai are mostly congruent with
2750-985: The traditional characters in Chinese, save for minor stylistic variation. Characters that are not included in the jōyō kanji list are generally recommended to be printed in their traditional forms, with a few exceptions. Additionally, there are kokuji , which are kanji wholly created in Japan, rather than originally being borrowed from China. In the Korean writing system , hanja —replaced almost entirely by hangul in South Korea and totally replaced in North Korea —are mostly identical with their traditional counterparts, save minor stylistic variations. As with Japanese, there are autochthonous hanja, known as gukja . Traditional Chinese characters are also used by non-Chinese ethnic groups. The Maniq people living in Thailand and Malaysia use Chinese characters to write
2805-518: The ubiquitous Unicode standard gives equal weight to simplified and traditional Chinese characters, and has become by far the most popular encoding for Chinese-language text. There are various input method editors (IMEs) available for the input of Chinese characters . Many characters, often dialectical variants, are encoded in Unicode but cannot be inputted using certain IMEs, with one example being
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#17327808545472860-587: The words for simplified and reduced are homophonous in Standard Chinese , both pronounced as jiǎn . The modern shapes of traditional Chinese characters first appeared with the emergence of the clerical script during the Han dynasty c. 200 BCE , with the sets of forms and norms more or less stable since the Southern and Northern dynasties period c. the 5th century . Although
2915-438: Was built to the east of the original concourse, allowing passengers to transfer to the new lines. The atrium was also expanded. The station extension, located under Harcourt Garden , incorporates 34 escalators and five lifts to integrate with the existing station. The East Rail line takes up one level under the transfer lobby, with the South Island line being directly below it. Exits E1 and E2 were rebuilt as one exit to accommodate
2970-442: Was extended beyond Admiralty to Sheung Wan and the Island line platforms came into service. The construction contract for the station on the Island line was awarded to the Aoki /Tobishima joint venture. Construction for the Island line was carried out in early 1983 and connected the new platforms with the original structure. The Island line began servicing Central on 23 May 1986 when it was extended beyond Admiralty to Sheung Wan and
3025-628: Was included in the Hong Kong Mass Transport Study , a system proposed in September 1967. Together with Western Market station , it was intended to serve as an interchange station for the Kwun Tong line and Island line. In the recommended system, the Tsuen Wan line would terminate at Admiralty (in the report also known as Naval Dockyard). The station was originally planned to be located under Des Voeux Road Central between Jubilee Street and Pedder Street . In 1970, in
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