Fortress Hill Station - Station Layout

Station Layout

G
Ground
- exits
C
Concourse
Concourse customer service, MTRShops
vending machines, ATM
P
Platform
Platform 1 █ Island Line towards Chai Wan
Platform 2 █ Island Line towards Sheung Wan

Fortress Hill is laid out in a similar manner to many MTR stations. Passengers enter on the ground level and take escalators down to the concourse. From the concourse level they take another escalator ride down to the platform.

Platforms 1 and 2 are arranged in an island platform layout. In a similar manner to the deep-level London Underground stations, each track and platform is in a separate tube shaft with a common entrance and exit point between the two tubes. Each platform is equipped with platform screen doors for safety and ventilation reasons.

There are only four escalators that connect the concourse and the platforms; they are some of the longest in the MTR system.

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