Sunny Bay is an MTRstation in Yam O. It is between Tung Chung and Tsing Yi stations. The station is an interchange station between the Tung Chung Line and the Disneyland Resort Line to Hong Kong Disneyland. The station was originally to be named Yam O. Yam O was not used probably because of its ominous connotations. The station was the first MTR station to have automatic platform gates installed on the edge of its platforms. These gates range from to the height of the platform screen doors found in other MTR stations. In line with ground level and above-ground MTR stations, Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort Station are not air conditioned, and rely on their open architecture to keep the temperature low. Services to the station commenced on 1 June 2005. The transfer facilities to the Disneyland Resort Line opened on 1 August 2005. The livery of the station is slate grey. Platforms 1 and 3 are located opposite to each other to allow easy interchange of trains for passengers travelling from the urban areas. Architecture firmAedas was the architect for the Disneyland Resort Line and the architect for the Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort Stations. The Airport Express passes through the centre of the station without stopping. This station features emergency platforms for the Airport Express.
History
On 22 June 1998, Tung Chung line opened. Airport Express opened two weeks later on 6 July. However, Sunny Bay station has not built at the time. On 1 June 2005, in order to prepare for the opening of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Sunny Bay station was opened initially for the staff of the resort. Two months later, 1 August 2005, Disneyland Resort Line also opened to the public.
Station layout
Passengers travelling from Hong Kong can disembark and board Disneyland Resort trains departing from the opposite platform. Passengers returning from Disneyland Resort must cross a footbridge to reach platform 2 to board Tung Chung Line trains heading towards Hong Kong. The exit gates are located on the same level and on the same side of the rail tracks as Platform 2.
Entrance/exit
A: Transport interchange
Situated in reclaimed land near Yam O, the area is uninhabited and the sole exit leads to an emergency car park and transport interchange. As of 2005, the interchange is solely used by residents of Discovery Bay as the only bus routes run from the interchange to Discovery Bay, and as of late 2018, local passengers use this station in order to change for border route B5 in order to change for buses to Macau and Zhuhai.
