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podium.
Six platforms will be built at ground level directly beneath the
The station proper, on the first floor level, will consist of a large
concourse with ticket booths, a restaurant and the usual associated amenities
The railway administrative offices and the passengers' waiting room
will be housed on the mezzanine floor between the station and the ground level.
Access to the platforms is located at both the north and south sides.
Pedestrian traffic to and from the station to other podium level areas
will be by subways and vehicle access by a ring road.
There will be luggage lifts and escalators to serve people commuting
between the railway platforms and the station and pedestrian subways.
On top of the railway station will be a seven-storey car park for about
1,000 vehicles.
A bus terminus will be built on the podium deck to the north of the
railway station.
Since the seven-bay bus terminus is one floor above ground level,
buses will go up to the terminus from a flyover extending from Gillies Avenue.
The indoor stadium will have a seating capacity for 15,000 and will
be built on the podium some distance from the railway station with plenty of
open space around it to allow for adequate circulation.
Earlier, new service facilities including shed for running repairs
of locomotives, turntable and oil storage tanks have been built to serve both
the present terminus at Tsim Sha Tsui and the future Hung Hom terminus.
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