Central South Station

Central South
中環南

Hong Kong MTR rapid transit station
Station location and services
Line	North South Corridor
District	Central and Western
Area	Central
Station design
Structure	Underground
Events
Expected open	Yet to be decided
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Central South (Trad. Chinese: 中環南站) is a planned MTR station on the Sha Tin to Central Link. When completed, the station will be serviced by East Rail Line and will serve as its southern terminus. In the 2012 and 2013 MTR annual report, Central South station is still marked on the Future Stations and Network Map.

History

When KCRC submitted its first proposal on the new line, the station was named Central West, and had a site to the west of the one in the current proposal.

In 2004 KCRC submitted a new proposal, which pointed out that there are technical problems on the original planned location of the station, due to the soft soil found there. The proposal suggested an option of placing the station somewhere south of Upper Albert Road.^[1]

In 2008, the Government announced that it was considering the proposal that MTR had recently submitted, in which Central South station will be cancelled. The Government had promised that the details of the final plan will be revealed in early February.^[2]

On 11 March 2008, a new proposal of the project was announced, in which Central South Station will not be built during the meantime as a better site has yet to be found.^[3]

Proposed neighbouring stations

References

1. KCRC (February 2004). "Progress report of SCL" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-02-05.
2. "SCL construction details expected soon". Ming Pao. 2008-02-03. Archived from the original on 2008-02-08. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
3. "政府全資374億建沙中線(A4)". Ming Pao. 2008-03-12.