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LOHAS Park 康城
MTR rapid transit station
LOHAS Park station
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	康城
Cantonese Yale	Hōngsìhng
Literal meaning	Health City
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Kāngchéng Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Hōngsìhng IPA [hɔ́ːŋ.sɪ̏ŋ] Jyutping Hong1sing4
General information
Location	1 LOHAS Park Road, LOHAS Park, Tseung Kwan O Sai Kung District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′45″N 114°16′08″E / 22.2957°N 114.2689°E / 22.2957; 114.2689
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tseung Kwan O line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Bus, minibus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Platform levels	1
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	LHP
History
Opened	26 July 2009; 15 years ago (2009-07-26)
Electrified	1,500 V DC (Overhead line)
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Tseung Kwan Otowards North Point Tseung Kwan O line Terminus
Track layout Legend to Tseung Kwan O to Tseung Kwan O Depot 2 1
Location LOHAS ParkLocation within the MTR system

LOHAS Park (Chinese: 康城; Cantonese Yale: Hōngsìhng) is a Mass Transit Railway station on the Tseung Kwan O line of the MTR system in Hong Kong. It opened on 26 July 2009.

Location

The station serves a residential project called LOHAS Park (formerly "Dream City") at Area 86. The first tenders for the construction of Phase 1 were completed in January 2005. Next to the Tseung Kwan O line Depot, it is the easternmost railway station in Hong Kong.

Transit-oriented development

In accordance with both MTR's "Rail + Property" funding scheme and one of the goals of the Tseung Kwan O line being to connect large housing estates on the eastern side of Victoria Harbour to Hong Kong Island, LOHAS Park is a site for transit-oriented development. LOHAS Park will be the largest MTR property development, a 32.08 ha (79.27 acres) site with 50 towers containing 21,500 apartments and approximately 45,000 m (480,000 sq ft) of retail.

History

During the construction stages, the station was temporarily named Tseung Kwan O South, after its location in the southern part of the Tseung Kwan O New Town.

Since the station opened on 26 July 2009, the Tseung Kwan O line has been split into two branches at Tseung Kwan O, with the original northern branch towards Po Lam, and the new southern branch towards LOHAS Park. This is the second branch in the MTR system, after Lok Ma Chau station on the East Rail line.

Service controversy

To operate the branch, MTR instituted a "3+1" service whereby every fourth train runs to LOHAS Park. After 8 December 2014, MTR instituted a "2+1" service in peak hours. During off peak and Sundays, a shuttle train between LOHAS Park and Tiu Keng Leng would operate. This is one example when the "terminus" of some trains are within intermediate stations.

Although MTR compensated for the slight reduction of service by decreasing headways by ten seconds to 2.5 minutes, residents and passengers have complained that the branched nature of the line has increased delays. MTR says that its on-time rate is still 99.9%.

Station layout

There are two platform faces on an island platform. Like in other underground MTR stations, platform screen doors have been installed.

Entrances and exits

Podium (U3)

• C: LOHAS Park
  • C1: LOHAS Park, LOHAS Youth S.P.O.T., The Capitol, Le Prestige, Le Prime, La Splendeur
  • C2: LOHAS Park

Concourse (U2)

• B: The LOHAS, Public Transport Interchange

Gallery

• LOHAS Park station Exit C
• LOHAS Park station concourse
• Platform 1
• LOHAS Park station Exit B
• LOHAS Park station Exit A (closed 14 March 2022)

See also

• LOHAS Park
• Tseung Kwan O New Town

References

1. The Chinese name of this station, "康城" comes from the Chinese name of the served nearby housing estate, "日出康城". And the English name of this station, "LOHAS Park", is the same as this housing estate, "LOHAS Park".
2. "LOHAS Park Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
3. LOHAS Park property developments: Summary of development details MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04
4. In the most recent business overview MTR used LOHAS Park instead of Tseung Kwan O South to identify the station. On 18 October 2008 MTR held a ceremony to name the station "LOHAS Park". "將軍澳港鐵新站命名「康城」". Sing Tao Daily. 19 October 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
5. "MTR gets passengers ready for changes on Tseung Kwan O line". South China Morning Post. 20 July 2009. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
6. LOHAS Park station and Tseung Kwan O Line "3+1" new train service arrangement MTR Retrieved 2011-03-04
7. LOHAS Park takes rap - for the delays on the rails Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Standard Retrieved 2011-03-04
8. "LOHAS Park Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 October 2016.

v t e Sai Kung District
Areas	Clear Water Bay Sai Kung Town Tai Mong Tsai Wong Mo Ying Ta Ku Ling Tiu Keng Leng Tseung Kwan O Hang Hau Po Lam Tseung Kwan O New Town Tseung Kwan O South
Landmarks	Cham Shan Monastery Clear Water Bay Country Park Clear Water Bay Haven of Hope Hospital Hong Kong Global Geopark Kiu Tsui Country Park LOHAS Park Sai Kung East Country Park Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate TVB City Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground Historic churches of Sai Kung Peninsula Public housing estates in Tseung Kwan O Beaches Clear Water Bay First Beach Hap Mun Bay Beach Kiu Tsui Beach Silverstrand Beach Trio Beach
Education	Tertiary Hong Kong Design Institute Caritas Institute of Higher Education Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Primary/secondary Evangel College French International School of Hong Kong Tsueng Kwan O Campus HKMLC Queen Maud Secondary School Hong Kong Academy Hong Kong Adventist Academy Hong Kong Adventist College
MTR stations	Tiu Keng Leng Tseung Kwan O Hang Hau Po Lam LOHAS Park
Media	Sai Kung & Clearwater Bay Magazine
Islands	Kau Sai Chau Kiu Tsui Chau (Sharp Island) Leung Shuen Wan Chau (High Island) Ninepin Group Pak Sha Chau Ngau Mei Chau (Shelter Island) Yeung Chau (Sheep Island) Tai Tau Chau (Urn Island) Yim Tin Tsai
History	Death of Chow Tsz-lok (fatal injury at Tseung Kwan O)
This list is incomplete.

• MTR stations in the New Territories
• Tseung Kwan O line
• Tseung Kwan O
• Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2009