Hong Kong train buffs get first look at new Exhibition Centre station ahead of opening of final section of city’s most expensive rail project
- New Hung Hom-Admiralty section of the HK$90.7 billion Sha Tin to Central link will open on Sunday
- Fans wowed by new Exhibition Centre station, calling it ‘beautiful’, while a World War II bomb uncovered during construction and now on display is ‘amazing’
Hong Kong’s railway buffs have been given a first look at the MTR’s new Exhibition Centre station, including a display featuring a large World War II bomb uncovered during construction, ahead of the May 15 opening of the final section of the long-overdue Sha Tin to Central link.
Around 400 to 500 visitors, mostly railway fans and families with young children, had queued up outside a station exit near the Harbour Centre in Wan Chai before the open day began at 10am on Monday, a public holiday for Buddha’s Birthday.
The 1,400 tickets available were snapped up in minutes after being distributed for free on the “MTR Mobile” application and “The Gulu”, a mobile ticketing app, last Thursday. Each ticket allowed entry for up to four people.
Rail giant the MTR Corporation said 4,000 people, including 200 guests from non-government organisations, had visited the station on Monday.
Visitors took photos and videos of the station, which features grey mosaic walls, and posed next to the casing of the 1,000-pound bomb, on display along with other exhibits and artworks.
