Tamar station

Not to be confused with Mattar MRT station.

Tamar (Chinese: 添馬) is a station on MTR's shelved North Island line (NIL) proposal on the north shore of Hong Kong Island. It will be located on the former site of HMS Tamar on Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Tamar station will be the eastern terminus of the Tung Chung line and the western terminus of the Tseung Kwan O line. It will also act as a transfer station between the two lines.

Tamar 添馬
Proposed MTR rapid transit station
Proposed station site
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	添馬
Simplified Chinese	添马
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Tiānmǎ Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization tim1 ma5 Jyutping tim1 ma5
General information
Location	Lung Wo Road × Tim Wa Avenue, Admiralty Central and Western District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°16′55″N 114°09′58″E
Owned by	MTR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tung Chung line (proposed) Tseung Kwan O line (proposed)
Platforms	4 (2 island platforms)
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	3
Other information
Station code	TAM
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station Planned (North Island line extension) Terminus Tung Chung line North Island line Hong Kong towards Tung Chung West Tseung Kwan O line North Island line Exhibition Centre towards Po Lam or LOHAS Park
Location Tamar Location within the MTR system Tamar Tamar (Hong Kong urban core) Tamar Tamar (Hong Kong Island)

According to a 2014 study, it was suggested to start construction of the station in 2021 and open it in 2026. Geographically, the Admiralty MTR station is located to the south, while Tamar Park is located to the north. The station would sit at the foot of the Central Government Complex, directly under Tamar Park.

History

In 2006, the Hong Kong Government was set to implement the Tamar Development Project. The new Government Complex was inaugurated in 2011, but the timetable of the construction of the NIL station was still undecided.

On 21 February 2013, the Highways Department published an improved version of the "Railway Development Strategy." As part of the second phase of public consultation for the North Island line, the department created two proposals: a "swap" scheme and an "interchange" scheme. In the former plan, the North Island line would be split in two lines. The Tung Chung line would extend east from Hong Kong station to serve the new Tamar, Exhibition Centre, and Causeway Bay North stations before using the current Island line track from Fortress Hill to Chai Wan.

Meanwhile, the Tseung Kwan O line would extend west past North Point station to the Island line's Tin Hau station before going along the current Island line to the Kennedy Town station. In the latter, the Tung Chung line would be extended one stop, from Hong Kong to Tamar, while the Tseung Kwan O line would be extended three stops, from North Point to Causeway Bay North, Exhibition, and Tamar (with Tamar becoming an interchange station and terminal for the two lines).

The Hong Kong government opted for the "interchange" scheme in 2014, which meant that the Tamar station would be a four-track, two-level station, as opposed to the two-track, one-level station proposed as part of the "swap" scheme.