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Encyclopedia > Airport (MTR)
Airport Station, Platform Level (from Hong Kong).
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Airport Station, Platform Level (from Hong Kong).
This article is about Airport Station of the MTR, for the line of the same name, see Airport Express.

Airport (Traditional Chinese: 機場; Jyutping: gei1 coeng4; pinyin: jī cháng) is the western terminus station on Airport Express of Hong Kong's MTR. It serves the Hong Kong International Airport. The station is integrated with the Passenger Terminal of the airport, and for the convenience of the travellers, no exit or entry gates are installed. Therefore, travellers can walk straight into the terminal building through the exit for their check-in procedures. (If they have not completed In-Town Check-in.) Ticket baskets are provided on the departure level for the travellers to dump their used tickets in. A souvenir shop is also found there. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2162 KB) Summary Airport, Platform Level, Airport Express, MTR Hong Kong. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2162 KB) Summary Airport, Platform Level, Airport Express, MTR Hong Kong. ... Interior of the MTR Airport Express train. ... Traditional Chinese characters are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... Jyutping (Traditional Chinese: 粵拼; Simplified Chinese: 粤拼; pinyin: yuèpÄ«n; Yale: yuhtpÄ«ng; sometimes spelled Jyutpin) is a romanization system for Standard Cantonese developed by the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) in 1993. ... Pinyin (Chinese: 拼音, pÄ«nyÄ«n) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to HànyÇ” PÄ«nyÄ«n (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonemic notation and transcription to Roman script) for Standard... A terminal station, or terminus (plural: termini) is commonly used to describe a bus station or rail station (US: train station, UK: railway station). ... This is a list of the stations of the Hong Kong metro system known as the MTR. Names are in both English and Cantonese. ... Interior of the MTR Airport Express train. ... Logo of the MTR corporation Causeway Bay station on the Island Line. ... Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) (IATA: HKG, ICAO: VHHH) (Chinese: 香港國際機場, Jyutping: hoeng1 gong2 gwok3 zai3 gei1 coeng4, pinyin: XiānggÇŽng Guójì JÄ«chÇŽng) is the principal airport serving Hong Kong. ...


Platforms

Departure Level

  • Platform 1: Airport Express to Asia World-Expo

Platform 1 is where travellers going towards the airport get off. When the Asia World-Expo opens in December 2005, passengers may get onto the coaches here to get to the exhibition center. Currently, an extra platform is being constructed on the opposite of the existing platform to allow for future access to Skyplaza, that is currently under construction.


Arrival Level

  • Platform 2: Airport Express to Hong Kong

Although no entry gates are provided at the Airport Station, travellers must still buy tickets from the ticket machines located in the Arrivals Hall of the airport before boarding the . Otherwise, they may not be able to get out through the exit gates at Tsing Yi, Kowloon or Hong Kong stations. Tsing Yi Station Entrance Tsing Yi (Chinese: 青衣; Jyutping: cing1 ji1; pinyin: QÄ«ngyÄ«) is an interchange station of Tung Chung Line of MTR and Airport Express on Tsing Yi Island. ... Kowloon ( Traditional Chinese: 九龍; Jyutping: gau2 lung4; pinyin: jiǔ lóng) is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Tung Chung Line and the Airport Express. ...


Exit to the Hong Kong International Airport

Travellers who arrive at the Airport can immediately enter the terminal with any baggage they have and walk into the passenger terminal. No exit gates are provided.


Neighbouring Stations

Preceding Station
Line
Following Station
Tsing Yi
Airport Express
AsiaWorld-Expo


Tsing Yi Station Entrance Tsing Yi (Chinese: 青衣; Jyutping: cing1 ji1; pinyin: Qīngyī) is an interchange station of Tung Chung Line of MTR and Airport Express on Tsing Yi Island. ... Interior of the MTR Airport Express train. ... AsiaWorld-Expo is a station on the Airport Express of Hong Kongs MTR. It serves the AsiaWorld-Expo on the northeast corner of Chek Lap Kok, the island of the Hong Kong International Airport. ...

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Kwun Tong Whampoa Garden | Ho Man Tin | Yau Ma Tei | Mong Kok | Prince Edward | Shek Kip Mei | Kowloon Tong 1 | Lok Fu | Wong Tai Sin | Diamond Hill | Choi Hung | Kowloon Bay | Ngau Tau Kok | Kwun Tong | Lam Tin | Yau Tong | Tiu Keng Leng
Tsuen Wan Central | Admiralty | Tsim Sha Tsui 1 | Jordan | Yau Ma Tei | Mong Kok | Prince Edward | Sham Shui Po | Cheung Sha Wan | Lai Chi Kok | Mei Foo 2 | Lai King | Kwai Fong | Kwai Hing | Tai Wo Hau | Tsuen Wan
Island Kennedy Town | University | Sai Ying Pun | Sheung Wan | Central | Admiralty | Wan Chai | Causeway Bay | Tin Hau | Fortress Hill | North Point | Quarry Bay | Tai Koo | Sai Wan Ho | Shau Kei Wan | Heng Fa Chuen | Chai Wan
Tung Chung Fortress Hill | Exhibition | Tamar | Hong Kong | Kowloon | Olympic | Nam Cheong 2 | Lai King | Tsing Yi | Sunny Bay | Tung Chung
Airport Express Hong Kong | Kowloon | Tsing Yi | Airport | AsiaWorld-Expo
Tseung Kwan O Tin Hau | North Point | Quarry Bay | Yau Tong | Tiu Keng Leng | Tseung Kwan O | Hang Hau | Po Lam | Tseung Kwan O South
Disneyland Resort Sunny Bay | Disneyland Resort
1) Interchange with KCR East Rail   2) Interchange with KCR West Rail

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