HKU
HKU is a station on the Hong Kong MTR Island line located in the Shek Tong Tsui neighbourhood of Western, Hong Kong. The station is named after the adjacent University of Hong Kong.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Photo: Qwer132477, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Metro station
- Description: MTR metro station
- Also known as: “HKU station”, “HKU Station”, and “Hong Kong University Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pillar of Shame and Hill Road Garden.
Pillar of Shame
Ruins
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pillar of Shame is a series of sculptures by Danish artist Jens Galschiøt memorialising the loss of life during the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in Beijing, China committed by the Chinese Communist Party. Pillar of Shame is situated 150 metres southeast of HKU.
SKH St. Peter’s Primary School
School
S.K.H. St. Peter's Primary School is an Anglican primary school in Hong Kong. It was founded in 1884 and consists of two separate school buildings, St.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shek Tong Tsui and Sai Ying Pun.
Shek Tong Tsui
Suburb
Sai Ying Pun
Suburb
Photo: Wing1990hk, CC BY 3.0.
Sai Ying Pun is an area in Sai Wan, on Hong Kong Island, in Hong Kong. It is administratively part of the Central and Western District.
Kennedy Town
Suburb
Photo: Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kennedy Town is a town and neighbourhood at the western end of Sai Wan on Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. It was named after Arthur Edward Kennedy, the 7th governor of Hong Kong from 1872 to 1877.
HKU
- Categories: underground station, railway station, station, and transportation
- Location: Central and Western District, Hong Kong, East Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
22.28398° or 22° 17′ 2″ northLongitude
114.13551° or 114° 8′ 8″ eastInception
December 28th, 2014Operator
香港鐵路有限公司 MTR CorporationNetwork
MTROpen location code
7PJP74MP+H6OpenStreetMap ID
node 6135479158OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationWikidata ID
Q838827
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Satellite Map
Discover HKU from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Chinese to Yue Chinese—“HKU” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “HKU”
- Chinese: “卑路乍站”
- Chinese: “大學站”
- Chinese: “寶翠站”
- Chinese: “屈地站”
- Chinese: “港大站”
- Chinese: “石塘咀站”
- Chinese: “香港大学站”
- Chinese: “香港大學”
- Chinese: “香港大學站”
- Chinese: “香港大學驛”
- Dutch: “HKU”
- Esperanto: “Stacio Universitato de Honkongo”
- French: “HKU”
- Hakka Chinese: “Hiông-kóng Thai-ho̍k Tshàm(MTR)”
- Indonesian: “Stasiun HKU”
- Japanese: “香港大学駅”
- Korean: “홍콩대학역”
- Literary Chinese: “香港大學驛”
- Polish: “HKU”
- Russian: “HKU”
- Russian: “Гонконг Юниверсити”
- Russian: “Гонконгский университет”
- Russian: “Университет”
- Russian: “Юниверсити”
- Yue Chinese: “Belcher Station”
- Yue Chinese: “Shek Tong Tsui Station”
- Yue Chinese: “Whitty Station”
- Yue Chinese: “卑路乍站”
- Yue Chinese: “大學站”
- Yue Chinese: “寶翠園站”
- Yue Chinese: “寶翠站”
- Yue Chinese: “屈地站”
- Yue Chinese: “石塘咀站”
- Yue Chinese: “石塘嘴站”
- Yue Chinese: “香港大學站”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “HKU”.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Chiu Sheung School Hong Kong and Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre.
Nearby Places
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