Sunny Bay station

{{short description|MTR interchange station in the New Territories, Hong Kong}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Use Hong Kong English|date=November 2017}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=December 2009}} {{Expand Chinese|topic=transp|date=November 2022}} {{Expand Cantonese|欣澳站|topic=transp|date=November 2022}} }} {{Infobox station | name = Sunny Bay | native_name = 欣澳 | native_name_lang = zh-Hant | style = MTR | style2 = Tung Chung, Disneyland Resort | symbol_location = hk | symbol = MTR | type = [[MTR]] [[rapid transit]] station | image = HK Sunny Bay Station Platform 3.jpg | image_caption = Disneyland Resort line platform | mlanguage = {{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|c=欣澳|l=Joyful Bay|j=Jan1 ou3|y=Yān ou|p=Xīn'ào|showflag=y|ci=}} | address = Sunny Bay Road, [[Yam O]], [[Lantau Island]] | borough = [[Tsuen Wan District]], Hong Kong | country = | coordinates = {{coord|22.3318|114.0288|region:HK|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | elevation = | line = {{plainlist| *{{rcb|MTR|Tung Chung|croute}} *{{rcb|MTR|Disneyland Resort|croute}} }} | connections = Bus | distance = | structure = At-grade | platform = 3 (1 cross-transfer [[island platform]] and 1 [[side platform]]) | depth = | levels = | tracks = 5 (2 non-stopping tracks used by the Airport Express) | parking = | bicycle = | opened = {{plainlist| * {{rcb|MTR|Tung Chung|small|note=: {{start date and age|df=y|2005|6|1}}}} * {{rcb|MTR|Disneyland Resort|small|note=: {{start date and age|df=y|2005|8|1}}}} }} | opening = | closed = | rebuilt = | architect = [[Aedas]] | electrified = | accessible = {{URL|1=https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/services/free_search.php?query_type=search&station=54|2=Yes}} | code = SUN | owned = [[MTR Corporation]] | operator = [[MTR Corporation]] | zone = | former = | passengers = | pass_year = | pass_percent = | pass_system = | mpassengers = | services = {{Adjstn|system=MTR |line1=Tung Chung|left1=Tsing Yi|right1=Tung Chung |line2=Disneyland Resort|right2=Disneyland Resort |line3=Airport Express|nonstop3=yes |header4=Under construction |line4=Tung Chung|left4=Tsing Yi|right4=Oyster Bay|to-left4=Tamar|to-right4=Tung Chung West }} | map_type = Hong Kong MTR | map_alt = Hong Kong MTR system map | map_caption = Location within the [[MTR]] system | route_map = {{routemap |legend=track |map= utSTR!~MFADEg\utSTR!~MFADEg\ ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Tsing Yi station|Tsing Yi]] utSTRg\utSTRf\ utSTRe\utSTRe\ uSTR!~uSTRc2\uABZg3\ uABZg+1\uSTR!~uSTRc4\ \uABZg2\uSTR!~uSTRc3\\utSTR!~MFADEg ~~ ~~ ~~ to [[Disneyland Resort station|Disneyland Resort]] \uSTR!~uSTRc1\uABZg+4\\utSTRe uSTRc2\uABZg3\uABZg2\uSTRc3\uSTRg!~NULf@f!~POINTERg@fq ~~ ~~ ~~ Bidirectional track uSTR+1\uSTR!~uSTRc4\uSTR!~uSTRc1\uSTR+4\uSTR uPSTR(R)!~c*2\uePSTR(R)\uePSTR(L)\cd!~uPSTR(L)\c!~d*3__align=r\uPSTR(R) uPSTR(R)\uePSTR(R)\uePSTR(L)\uPSTR(L)\uPSTR(R) uPSTR(R)\uePSTR(R)\uePSTR(L)\cd!~uPSTR(L)\c!~d*1__align=l\uPSTR(R) uSTR\uSTR\uSTR\uSTR!~uSTRc2\uSTR3 uSTR2\uSTR!~uSTRc3\uSTR!~uSTRc2\uABZ3+1g\uSTRc4 uSTRc1\uABZg+4\uABZg+1\uSTRc4\ uSTRg\uSTRf\ uSTR!~MFADEf\uSTR!~MFADEf\ ~~ ~~ ~~ {{BSsplit|to [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]]|or [[Airport station (MTR)|Airport]]}} | inline=1 }} | map_state = expanded }} '''Sunny Bay''' ({{zh|t=欣澳|cy=Yān ou|j=jan1 ou3}}) is an [[MTR]] [[List of MTR stations|station]] in [[Yam O]]. It is between [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]] and [[Tsing Yi station|Tsing Yi]] stations. The station is an interchange station between the {{lnl|MTR|tcl}} and the {{lnl|MTR|drl}} to [[Hong Kong Disneyland]]. The station was originally to be named ''Yam O'' ({{linktext|陰|澳}}); however, the name was ultimately replaced, likely because of its linguistically negative connotations{{refn|group=footnote|name=yin|Cantonese 陰/''Yam'' is more commonly known to English speakers as Mandarin ''[[yin and yang|yin]]'', which connotes a negative quality due to its association with darkness. Yam O was likely named for its location being ''shaded'' from sunlight by the mountain.}}. Services to the station commenced on 1 June 2005. The transfer facilities to the {{lnl|MTR|drl}} opened 2 months later (1 August 2005) that year. The livery of the station is slate grey.

The station was the first MTR station to have [[automatic platform gates]] (APG) installed on the edge of its platforms. These gates range from half to three quarters the height of the [[platform screen doors]] found in other MTR stations. In line with ground level and above-ground MTR stations, Sunny Bay and [[Disneyland Resort station|Disneyland Resort]] stations are not air conditioned, and rely on their open architecture to keep the temperature low.

The station is primarily used to travel to Hong Kong Disneyland, with an interchange from the Tung Chung line onto the Disneyland Resort line, but also provides bus transport links to the [[Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge]] and [[Discovery Bay]]. The {{lnl|MTR|ae}} passes through the centre tracks of the station without stopping. This station is equipped with emergency platforms for the Airport Express.

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==History== The Tung Chung line began operations on 22 June 1998, shortly followed by the Airport Express two weeks later on 6 July. However, Sunny Bay station was not built at the time.

On 1 June 2005, in order to prepare for the opening of the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, Sunny Bay station was opened initially for the staff of the resort. Two months later, on 1 August 2005, Disneyland Resort line also opened to the public.

==Station layout== [[File:Sunny Bay Station Platform.jpg|thumb|250px|Tung Chung line platforms]] Platforms 1 (Tung Chung line towards Tung Chung) and 3 (Disneyland Resort line) are located opposite to each other to allow easy interchange of trains for passengers travelling from the urban areas. Architecture firm [[Aedas]] was the architect for the Disneyland Resort line and the architect for the Sunny Bay and Disneyland Resort stations.<ref>{{cite web |title=HKIA (Merit), Green Building Award |url=http://service-industries-research.hktdc.com/business-news/article/Infrastructure-Real-Estate/Aedas-Limited-Sunny-Bay-Station/fs/en/1/1X000000/1X009R3O.htm |publisher=HKTDC Research}}</ref>

Passengers travelling from Hong Kong can disembark and board Disneyland Resort trains departing from the opposite platform. Passengers returning from Disneyland Resort must cross a footbridge to reach platform 2 to board Tung Chung line trains heading towards Hong Kong. The exit gates are located on the same level and on the same side of the rail tracks as Platform 2.<ref name="layout">{{MTRsource|layout|sun|Sunny Bay|5 March 2015}}</ref>

{|border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;width:75px;vertical-align:top;"|'''U1''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:120px;vertical-align:top;"|Footbridge |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;width:450px;vertical-align:top;"|Footbridge between currently-in-use platforms |- |rowspan=2 valign=top|'''G''' |rowspan=2 valign=top|Concourse |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Exit, transport interchange |- |Customer services, [[automatic teller machines]] |- |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;" rowspan=9|'''L1 Platforms''' |style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid gray2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Side platform]], doors will open on the left |- |Platform {{MTR platform|Tung Chung|2}} |{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|tcl|yes}} towards [[Hong Kong station|Hong Kong]] ([[Tsing Yi station|Tsing Yi]]) → |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]], not in service, used for emergencies only |- | rowspan="2" style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |{{rail color box|system=MTR|line=Airport Express|inline=croute}} |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" |{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|ae|yes}} does not stop here → |- |← {{rcb|MTR|ae|box}} Airport Express does not stop here |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, not in service, used for emergencies only |- |Platform {{MTR platform|Tung Chung|1}} |← {{rcb|MTR|tcl|yes}} towards [[Tung Chung station|Tung Chung]] (Terminus) |- |style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|Island platform, doors will open on the left for Tung Chung line, right for Disneyland Resort line |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Platform {{MTR platform|Disneyland Resort|3}} |style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|{{0|→}} {{rcb|MTR|drl|yes}} towards [[Disneyland Resort station|Disneyland Resort]] (Terminus) → |}<ref name="layout" />

==Entrance/exit== [[File:欣澳站.JPG|thumb|250px|The exit at Sunny Bay]]

*'''A:''' Transport interchange

Situated in reclaimed land near Yam O, the area is uninhabited and the sole exit leads to an emergency car park and transport interchange.<ref name="map">{{MTRsource|map|sun|Sunny Bay|5 March 2015}}</ref> As of 2005, the interchange is solely used by residents of [[Discovery Bay]] as the only bus routes run from the interchange to Discovery Bay, and as of late 2018, local passengers use this station in order to change for border route B5 (operated by [[Citybus (Hong Kong)|Citybus]]) in order to change for buses to Macau and Zhuhai.

==See also== *[[Rail transport in Walt Disney Parks and Resorts]]

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==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}}

[[Category:MTR stations in the New Territories]] [[Category:Tung Chung line]] [[Category:Disneyland Resort line]] [[Category:Yam O]] [[Category:Tsuen Wan District]] [[Category:Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2005]]