Sunny Bay station
Sunny Bay (欣澳 Formerly 陰澳, Jyutping: jan1 ou3, pinyin: Xīn'ào) is an MTR station in Yam O. It is between Tung Chung and Tsing Yi stations. As of 2004, the station is under construction and is due to be a future interchange station between the Tung Chung Line and the train to Hong Kong Disneyland. The station was originally to be named Yam O (陰澳). Yam O was not used probably because of its ominous connotations (Yam in Cantonese is more commonly known to English speakers as Mandarin yin, which can mean darkness or a negative quality).
The station is the first MTR station to have automatic platform gates (APG) installed on the edge of the platforms. These gates are only half the height of the platform screen doors in other MTR stations.
Services to the station commenced on 1 June 2005. The transfer facilities to the Disneyland Resort Line opened 1 August2005. The livery of the station is slate grey. Platforms 2 (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.
Platforms
- Platform 1: Tung Chung Line to Tung Chung
- Platform 3: Disneyland Resort Line to Disneyland Resort
Passengers travelling from the city center can conveniently get off the train, and go over to the opposite platform for the train leading into the Disneyland Resort.
- Platform 2: Tung Chung Line to Hong Kong
Passengers returning from Disneyland Resort must go up an escalator or lift to get up to the footbridge one storey up, cross above the train tracks to get back down to the platform with the Tung Chung Line trains going back to the city.
