^ "List of Current Contracts as at 31/12/96".They also have a visual conference system so that the staff can assist passengers remotely. These unmanned machines help resolve passengers' issues such as having lost the ticket or being unable to use the Octopus card to exit. In July 2007, MTR installed two "Self-service Point" machines, for the first time in Hong Kong, at the Tung Chung line platform. If necessary, passengers seeking to transfer between Airport Express and the other lines serving Hong Kong and Central stations must purchase another ticket or top up their Octopus card to cover the cost of the next leg. In addition, passengers transferring from the Tung Chung line (or other MTR lines at Central) to Airport Express line or vice versa need to exit the paid area and reenter through the designated Airport Express fare gates or vice versa. There, passengers have to take an escalator or elevator down one additional level to access the Tung Chung line trains. The Tung Chung line concourse is located one level below the Airport Express platform. The Tung Chung line and Airport Express are located considerably far away from each other. For the convenience of passengers, a taxi rank and a hotel shuttle service are provided on the same level once the passenger has exited through the gates. Island platform, doors will open on the left or rightĪlthough two Airport Express platforms have been constructed, only Platform 1 is in use. ← Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung (Kowloon) Interchange passageway to Douglas Street Concourse and Central Taxi Stand, Airport Express shuttle buses Side platform, doors will open on the right ← Airport Express towards Airport and AsiaWorld–Expo ( Kowloon) Subway to carpark, escalators to Tung Chung line concourse Vending machines, Automatic teller machines Mid-levels escalator system, Star Ferry PierĮxits, Customer Service, MTRShops, Washrooms At that time, it was anticipated that the tunnel would be commissioned in 2032. The remaining 460-metre section of the tunnel, along with a new ventilation building near Tamar Park, was proposed in 2020. In 2011, under the Central Reclamation Phase III project, a 40-metre section of the tunnel was built. Such a tunnel would allow trains to change tracks at a crossover east of the station, rather than using the current crossover west of the station, thereby speeding up train turnaround times and increasing the overall capacity of the rail lines by allowing more trains to be run. The Airport Railway Extended Overrun Tunnel, envisaged to be 500 metres upon completion, would extend the Tung Chung line and Airport Express tracks to the east of Hong Kong station. Airport Express service began on 6 July 1998, the same day the new Chek Lap Kok Airport opened. The station opened for passenger service with the Tung Chung line on 22 June 1998.
Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa formally opened the Airport Railway by unveiling a plaque in the Hong Kong station concourse on 21 June 1998.
The engineering company Meinhardt Group designed the building services while Davis Langdon and Seah were cost consultants.
The station was designed by the Hong Kong office of Arup Associates in collaboration with Rocco Design Architects and Ove Arup and Partners. The construction contract (numbered 501) was awarded to Japanese contractor Aoki Corporation and began on 12 June 1995. Built as part of the Airport Railway project of the Airport Core Programme, Hong Kong station sits on land reclaimed from Victoria Harbour in the early 1990s.
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