Garden Road (Peak Tram)

Last updated April 03, 2019

Garden Road (Chinese :花園道) is the lower terminus of the Peak Tram line. It is located on the bottom floor of the St. John's Building on Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong, 28m above sea level.

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The Peak Tram is a funicular railway in Hong Kong, which carries both tourists and residents to the upper levels of Hong Kong Island. Running from Garden Road Admiralty to Victoria Peak via the Mid-Levels, it provides the most direct route and offers good views over the harbour and skyscrapers of Hong Kong.

St. John's Building is a skyscraper in Central on Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. Owned and operated by Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels, it is built on the slope beside Garden Road and Cotton Tree Drive. The ground floor serves as the Garden Road terminus of the Peak Tram.

History

The Garden Road Station for the Peak Tram opened in 1889. In 1935 a new terminus was built along with the St John's Apartments: a reinforced concrete building, with eight studio flats and a two-bedroom penthouse.^[1]^[2] In 1964 the apartments were demolished to make way for a modern 14-storey commercial and residential building . This building was in turn replaced by the current 22-storey building.^[3]

Neighbouring landmarks

The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Evangelist It serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Hong Kong Island and mother church to the Province of Hong Kong and Macao. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Hong Kong.

The Hong Kong Park is a public park next to Cotton Tree Drive in Central, Hong Kong. Built at a cost of HK$398 million and opened in May 1991, it covers an area of 80,000 m² and is an example of modern design and facilities blending with natural landscape.

The Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens is one of the oldest zoological and botanical centres in the world. It occupies an area of 5.6 hectares at Mid-levels, on the northern slope of Victoria Peak in Hong Kong. Founded in 1864, its first stage had been opened to the public in 1871. It is the oldest park in Hong Kong.

Feeder transport

NWFB Route 15C is operated between Central Ferry Piers and Garden Road Peak Tram Terminus with single decker buses. The fare is exactly HK$4.2.

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The Island line is one of eleven lines of the MTR, the mass transit system in Hong Kong. It runs from Kennedy Town in Western to Chai Wan in the Eastern District. The line first opened on 31 May 1985. It currently travels through 16.3 kilometres (10.1 mi) in 34 minutes along its route, serving 17 stations. The line is indicated by the colour, dark blue, on the MTR map.

The Tsuen Wan line is one of the eleven lines of the metro network in Hong Kong's MTR. It is indicated in red on the MTR map.

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References

↑ "Panoramio - Photo of Peak Tram Station, Garden Road 1959". panoramio.com. 1959. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
↑ Hui Chik Shek Enesco (2000). Peak Tram Station – Extension (PDF). Thesis Report.
↑ "Our History". The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. Retrieved 2011-02-10.

Preceding stop		Peak Tram		Following stop
Terminus		Peak Tram		Kennedy Road towards The Peak

Coordinates: 22°16′40″N114°09′33″E / 22.277729°N 114.159172°E / 22.277729; 114.159172

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[1] "Panoramio - Photo of Peak Tram Station, Garden Road 1959". panoramio.com. 1959. Retrieved 21 June 2011.

[thesis-2] Hui Chik Shek Enesco (2000). Peak Tram Station – Extension (PDF). Thesis Report.

[3] "Our History". The Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels. Retrieved 2011-02-10.