Jordan station

Jordan 佐敦
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 2 of Jordan station
Chinese name
Chinese	佐敦
Hanyu Pinyin	Zuǒdūn
Cantonese Yale	Jódēun
Literal meaning	Jordan
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zuǒdūn Wade–Giles Tso3-tun1 Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jódēun Jyutping Zo3deon1
General information
Location	Jordan Road, Jordan Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°18′18″N114°10′18″E / 22.3049°N 114.1718°E / 22.3049; 114.1718
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	JOR
History
Opened	16 December 1979;45 years ago (1979-12-16)
Previous names	Kwun Chung
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Tsim Sha Tsui towards Central Tsuen Wan line Yau Ma Tei towards Tsuen Wan
Track layout Legend to Yau Ma Tei 1 2 to Tsim Sha Tsui
Location Jordan Location within the MTR system Show map of MTR Jordan Jordan (Hong Kong urban core) Show map of Hong Kong urban core

Jordan is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan line. It has dark green and light green livery. It is named after Jordan Road.

Location

Jordan station Concourse

Jordan station Artwork "PERSIMMON"

Jordan station is located in Jordan at the intersection of two main thoroughfares: Nathan Road and Jordan Road, the station eponymously named after the latter. The northern portion of Kowloon Park is only a few blocks south of the station and King's Park is about 250m northeast using Jordan Road. ^[1] 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, Baden-Powell International House, Eaton Hotel Hong Kong, and the Antiquities and Monuments Office. ^[1]

History

Contract 102 was awarded to Nishimastu Construction for the station's construction. Jordan station opened on 16 December 1979 as part of the second phase of the Kwun Tong line that extended the Kwun Tong line from Shek Kip Mei to Tsim Sha Tsui. When the Tsuen Wan line opened on 17 May 1982, the Kwun Tong line was shortened and terminated at Yau Ma Tei, 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 which aid in ventilation, crowd control and passenger safety. ^[2]

Station layout

Jordan is laid out similarly to many MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse, and then one more level down to the centre island with two platforms.

G	Ground level	Exits
L1	Concourse	Customer Service, MTRShops, Hang Seng Bank, vending machine, ATMs Octopus promotion machine
L2 Platforms	Platform 1	→      Tsuen Wan line towards Tsuen Wan (Yau Ma Tei) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	←      Tsuen Wan line towards Central (Tsim Sha Tsui)

^[3]

Entrances/exits

• A: Yue Hwa Chinese Products Emporium
  (Yue Hwa Emporium)
• B: Queen Elizabeth Hospital
  • B1: Novotel Nathan Road Kowloon Hong Kong / Chung Hing Hotel / Eaton Hotel
  • B2: Diocesan Girls' School / Queen Elizabeth Hospital
• C: Bowring Street
  • C1: Austin Road, Kowloon Park, Kowloon Park Sports Centre, Kowloon Park Swimming Pool, Tsim Sha Tsui Polise Station, Park Lane Shopper's Boulevard
  • C2: Bowring Street, Kwun Chung Municipal Services Building
• D: Austin Road
• E: Prudential Centre / Pruton Prudential Hotel ^[1]

See also

• Jordan, Hong Kong

References

1. "Jordan Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 30 July 2014.
2. "Hong Kong to retrofit platform screen doors". American Public Transportation Association. Archived from the original on 23 October 2006. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
3. "Jordan Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation . Retrieved 30 July 2014.