I'd love to be able to write something adventurous and dramatic about this, but in reality, apart from the standard sharp exit after we heard voices on the other side of a doorway, in hindsight this was actually a pretty straight forward mission. Obviously with Monkey out this way for a while we were going at it full steam ahead and this was two from two as far as MTR was concerned.
Ho Man Tin Station (HOM) is located beneath the fill platform (currently occupied by the open space car park) bounded by Fat Kwong, Chung Hau and Yan Fung streets and will serve as the interchange station for the proposed Shatin to Central Link (SCL). The station adopts a "cascading" approach allowing vertical circulation between platforms and concourses to minimize the station footprint and to keep passenger flow decision points to a minimum. There are three entrances proposed for the station:
Ho Man Tin Station (HOM) is located beneath the fill platform (currently occupied by the open space car park) bounded by Fat Kwong, Chung Hau and Yan Fung streets and will serve as the interchange station for the proposed Shatin to Central Link (SCL). The station adopts a "cascading" approach allowing vertical circulation between platforms and concourses to minimize the station footprint and to keep passenger flow decision points to a minimum. There are three entrances proposed for the station:
- Entrance A serves the Fat Kwong Street and Yan Fung Street road junction. Ventilation louvers for tunnel ventilation are integrated with the entrance and there is an adjoining cooling tower to serve the whole KTE.
- Entrance B is located at Chung Hau Street and is linked with the station via lifts and a firemen's stair.
- Entrance C faces Chatham Road North and is the main entrance for the Hung Hom neighbourhood. It is an external corridor link split into Entrance C1 that provide access to the Yan Fung Street and Chatham Road North junction; and Entrance C2 that links with a footbridge across Chatham Road North to Wuhu Street.
In addition, subway / covered walkway / footbridge will be provided to enhance pedestrian connectivity from the station to Ho Man Tin and Oi Man Estates. A series of louvers is incorporated into the station façade.
The station will be constructed by cut & cover method. Excavated spoil will be carted away to the barging point for disposal and the permanent structures will be built bottom-up using conventional in-situ concrete construction.
None of the tunnels have reached the station yet on the levels we looked at, although I suspect the lower level has broken through. Unfortunately the afore mentioned men in next room prevented us from looking closer. The marks on the end of the tunnels in the last two shots are the result of blasting to excavate the station.
The station itself is a lot closer to being finished, the platform gates have started being installed and there are even advertising screens on the tunnel walls in the platform area.
The station will be constructed by cut & cover method. Excavated spoil will be carted away to the barging point for disposal and the permanent structures will be built bottom-up using conventional in-situ concrete construction.
None of the tunnels have reached the station yet on the levels we looked at, although I suspect the lower level has broken through. Unfortunately the afore mentioned men in next room prevented us from looking closer. The marks on the end of the tunnels in the last two shots are the result of blasting to excavate the station.
The station itself is a lot closer to being finished, the platform gates have started being installed and there are even advertising screens on the tunnel walls in the platform area.
