Fortress Hill station


Fortress Hill is a station on the Island Line of the Hong Kong MTR system. The station is located in the Fortress Hill section of Hong Kong on the eponymous island. Like all MTR stations, Fortress Hill has a unique colour scheme; its livery is dark green. The distance between this station and Tin Hau to the west is approximately 480 metres, the second-closest stations after Mong Kok and Prince Edward.

History

On 31 May 1985, Fortress Hill station opened in sync with the Island Line.

Station layout

Fortress Hill is laid out in a manner similar to many other MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they take another escalator ride down to the platform.
Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons.
There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system.
The downward escalators pour would-be passengers into the crowd of alighting passengers, creating a dangerous situation every two minutes during rush hour.

Entrances and exits

There are two exits at Fortress Hill station. Both are located on the same side of King's Road but on opposite ends of the Fortress Metro Tower, a high-rise residential complex.