Jordan (MTR)
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Jordan is a station on the Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

 MTR
MTR
Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 Tsuen Wan Line. It has dark green and light green livery. It is named after Jordan Road. About 220,000 passengers go through this station every day.

Location

Jordan is located in Kwun Chung
Kwun Chung
Kwun Chung , or Koon Chung in early document, is an area of Hong Kong, southwest of Yau Ma Tei located in the Yau Tsim Mong District of western Kowloon Peninsula. South of the area, across Austin Road is Tsim Sha Tsui by Victoria Harbour...

 at the intersection of two main thoroughfares: Nathan Road and Jordan Road
Jordan Road
Jordan Road is a road in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It spans from the West Kowloon Highway in West Kowloon, through Ferry Point to Gascoigne Road, and is a major east-west road in southern Kowloon.-Ferry Pier:...

, the station eponymously named after the latter. The northern portion of Kowloon Park
Kowloon Park
Kowloon Park is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. It is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.-History:...

 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
Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong
Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong is a 4-star hotel in Hong Kong. The hotel is the first signature Novotelto be created under the brand's "natural living" design perspective...

, Baden-Powell International House
Baden-Powell International House
The BP International, more formally known as Baden-Powell International House, is a large, 25-storey three star hotel and conference centre in the touristically attractive Tsim Sha Tsui on the Kowloon Peninsula, Hong Kong. The formal address is 8 Austin Road.-Hotel:BP International has 529 rooms...

, Eaton Hotel Hong Kong
Eaton Hotel Hong Kong
Eaton Hotel Hong Kong is a four-star hotel in Hong Kong. It is owned and managed by Langham Hotels International, which is a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Great Eagle Holdings Limited...

, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office
Antiquities and Monuments Office
Antiquities and Monuments Office was established when the Antiquities and Monuments Ordinance was enacted in 1976, to preserve Hong Kong's monuments under appropriate protection....

.

History

Jordan station opened on 31 December 1979 as part of the second phase of the MTR that extended the Kwun Tong Line from Shek Kip Mei
Shek Kip Mei (MTR)
Shek Kip Mei is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Kwun Tong Line.Shek Kip Mei Station served as terminus in the very early phase of the Kwun Tong Line ....

 to Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui (MTR)
Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan Line. The station, originally opened in 1979 on the Kwun Tong Line, serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui...

. When the Tsuen Wan Line opened on 10 May 1982, the Kwun Tong Line was shortened and terminated at Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei
Yau Ma Tei, also known as Waterloo , is an area in the Yau Tsim Mong District in the south of the Kowloon Peninsula in Hong Kong.-Name:Yau Ma Tei is a phonetic transliteration of the name 油麻地 in Cantonese...

, 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
Platform screen doors
Platform screen doors and platform edge doors at train or subway stations screen the platform from the train. They are a relatively new addition to many metro systems around the world, with some platform doors retrofitted rather than installed with the metro system itself. They are widely used in...

 which aid in ventilation, crowd control and passenger safety.

Station layout

Jordan is laid out in a similar manner to many MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they can then choose in which direction they would like to travel and take another escalator ride down to the respective platform. Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in the simple island platform layout. Jordan was one of the first stations in the MTR system to incorporate platform screen doors.
Ground - Exits
L1
Concourse
Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machine, ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
L2
Platforms
Platform 1 towards Tsuen Wan
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 towards Central
Central (MTR)
Central station is an MTR station located in the Central area of Hong Kong Island. The station's livery is firebrick red, except for the station's Tsuen Wan Line platform where its livery is dark brown...


Entrances/exits

  • A: Yue Hwa Chinese Products
  • B: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
    • B1: Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong / Chung Hing Hotel
    • B2: Diocesan Girls' School
  • C: Kowloon Park
    • C1: Austin Road
    • C2: Bowring Street
  • D: Austin Road
  • E: Prudential Centre/ Pruton Prudential Hotel

Minibus Routes

To Whampoa Estate:
  • 26 (Exit B2)


To Hung Hum Station:
  • 6 (Exit C2)


To Queen Elizabeth Hospital:
  • 57M (Exit B2)


To The Waterfront:
  • 26 (Exit B2)


To Parc Palais
  • 80M (Exit B2)

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Bus Routes

To Hung Hum Bay Centre:
  • 2E (Exit B2)


To Lok Man Sun Chuen:
  • 14 (Exit B2)

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