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Jordan station
MTR station in Kowloon, Hong Kong
MTR station in Kowloon, Hong Kong
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| name | Jordan | |
| native_name | 佐敦 | |
| native_name_lang | zh-Hant | |
| style | MTR | |
| style2 | Tsuen Wan | |
| symbol_location | hk | |
| symbol | MTR | |
| type | MTR rapid transit station | |
| image | Jordan Station Exit A 2024 08 part1.jpg | |
| image_caption | Exit A of Jordan Station | |
| mlanguage | ||
| address | Jordan Road, Jordan | |
| country | Hong Kong | |
| coordinates | ||
| line | ||
| connections | {{plainlist | |
| structure | Underground | |
| platform | 2 (1 island platform) | |
| levels | 1 | |
| tracks | 2 | |
| opened | ||
| accessible | yes | |
| code | JOR | |
| owned | MTR Corporation | |
| operator | MTR Corporation | |
| former | Kwun Chung | |
| services | ||
| map_type | Hong Kong MTR#Hong Kong urban core | |
| map_alt | Hong Kong MTR system map | |
| map_caption | Location within the MTR system | |
| route_map | {{Routemap | |
| inline | 1 | |
| legend | track | |
| utdSTR\dPLT!~d*1__align | bl\utdSTR | |
| utdSTR\dPLT!~d*2__align | br\utdSTR | |
| map_state | expanded |
- Bus, minibus utSTR!~MFADEg\utSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ to utSTRg\utSTRf utdSTR\dPLT!~d1__align=bl\utdSTR utdSTR\dPLT!~d2__align=br\utdSTR cd!~utPSTR(L)\c!~dPLT\utPSTR(R) utABZg2\utSTR!~utSTRc3 utSTR!~utSTRc1\utABZg+4 utSTRg\utSTRf utSTR!~MFADEf\utSTR!~MFADEf~~ ~~ ~~ to
Jordan is an MTR station on the . It has dark green and light green livery. It is named after Jordan Road.
Location
Jordan station is located in Jordan at the intersection of two main thoroughfares: Nathan Road and Jordan Road, the station eponymously named after the latter. The northern portion of Kowloon Park is only a few blocks south of the station and King's Park is about 250m northeast using Jordan Road. A number of important hotels, buildings, and shopping centres are within walking distance of the station. These include the Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong, Baden-Powell International House, Eaton Hotel Hong Kong, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office.
History
Contract 102 was awarded to Nishimastu Construction for the station's construction. Jordan station opened on 16 December 1979 as part of the second phase of the Kwun Tong line that extended the from to . When the opened on 17 May 1982, the Kwun Tong line was shortened and terminated at , the first stop north of Jordan, and Jordan was transferred to the Tsuen Wan line. In 2000, along with five other stations on the Tsuen Wan line, Jordan became one of the first stations in the MTR network to be retrofitted with platform screen doors which aid in ventilation, crowd control and passenger safety.
Station layout
Jordan is laid out similarly to many MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse, and then one more level down to the centre island with two platforms.
| Platform | Tsuen Wan line towards () |
|---|
Entrances/exits
- A: Yue Hwa Chinese Products Emporium (Yue Hwa Emporium)
- B: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- B1: Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong / Chung Hing Hotel / Eaton Hotel
- B2: Diocesan Girls' School / Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- C: Bowring Street
- C1: Austin Road, Kowloon Park, Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Kowloon Park Swimming Pool, Tsim Sha Tsui Polise Station, Park Lane Shopper's Boulevard
- C2: Bowring Street, Kwun Chung Municipal Services Building
- D: Austin Road
- E: Prudential Centre / Pruton Prudential Hotel
References
References
- {{MTRsource. map. jor. Jordan. 30 July 2014
- "Hong Kong to retrofit platform screen doors". [[American Public Transportation Association]].
- {{MTRsource. layout. jor. Jordan. 30 July 2014
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