Central Piers

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Ferry piers in Central, Hong Kong

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::summary Ferry piers in Central, Hong Kong ::

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Star_Ferry_Pier_Central.jpg" caption="Pier 7]]: Star Ferry to [[Tsim Sha Tsui]]: One of the "finger piers" of Central Piers. Taken in November 2006"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Central_Pier_No.9(Hong_Kong).jpg" caption="Pier 9: Public Pier. Taken in May 2012"] ::

The Central Ferry Piers (Chinese: 中環碼頭) are situated on the northeast part of Central, Hong Kong Island. The ferries mostly depart to Outlying Islands in the New Territories, with the exception of Pier 1 serving as a government pier, and ferries from piers 7 and 8 going to Kowloon.

History

The current piers were all built in the 1990s and early 2000s due to the Airport Core Programme, under which the Central Reclamation was built to provide land for Hong Kong station, the terminus of the new airport railway. The previous piers had to be demolished to make way for the newly reclaimed land. The first set of new piers opened on 9 May 1995.

Ferry services

The destinations or uses of the piers are as follows:

Pier 1: Government of Hong Kong
Pier 2: Park Island
Pier 3: Discovery Bay
Pier 4: Lamma Island, with the western pier going to Sok Kwu Wan and the eastern pier to Yung Shue Wan.
Pier 5: Cheung Chau
Pier 6: Western pier: Peng Chau – Eastern pier: Mui Wo
Pier 7: Star Ferry service to Tsim Sha Tsui
Pier 8: Hong Kong Maritime Museum and Fortune Ferry service to Hung Hom
Pier 9: Public Pier
Pier 10: Public Pier

Star Ferry Pier, Central is a "movable name", which now refers to the "fourth generation" Star Ferry pier, aka Pier 7 in Central.

Former piers

Blake Pier, demolished 1993
Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier, "third generation" Star Ferry pier, abandoned in November 2006, demolition completed early 2007
Queen's Pier, Edinburgh Place, was completely demolished in February 2008
United Pier, also known as Jubilee Pier, demolished 1994

References

(10 May 1995). "Passengers approve of new ferry terminals". South China Morning Post.
"Central Government Pier". Hong Kong Film Services Office.
"New World First Ferry Services Limited". Nwff.com.hk.

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