Johnston Road

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title: "Johnston Road" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hong-kong-tramways", "roads-on-hong-kong-island", "wan-chai"] description: "Road in Hong Kong" topic_path: "general/hong-kong-tramways" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston_Road" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Road in Hong Kong ::

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Field	Value
name	Johnston Road
image	Johnston Road 201909.jpg
caption	The intersection of Johnston Road with Thomson Road
native_name	yue
former_names	Strand Road
namesake	Alexander Robert Johnston
length	850 m
direction_a	East
terminus_a	Hennessy Road / Stewart Road
direction_b	West
terminus_b	Hennessy Road / Arsenal Street
location	Wan Chai, Hong Kong
mapframe-wikidata	yes
mapframe-zoom	14
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| name = Johnston Road | image = Johnston Road 201909.jpg | caption = The intersection of Johnston Road with Thomson Road | native_name = yue | former_names = Strand Road | namesake = Alexander Robert Johnston | length = 850 m | direction_a = East | terminus_a = Hennessy Road / Stewart Road | direction_b = West | terminus_b = Hennessy Road / Arsenal Street | location = Wan Chai, Hong Kong | mapframe-wikidata = yes | mapframe-zoom = 14 ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/HK_trams_in_Wan_Chai_1.JPG" caption="View of the eastern part of Johnston Road, near the Caltex gas station in May 2007. Looking southwest. [[May Wah Building]] is visible in the centre of the picture."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/HK_Nos_60_to_66_JohnstonRoad_2010.JPG" caption="The renovated building at Nos. 60-66 Johnston Road in December 2010"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/HK_WC_Methodist_House_Johnston_Road.jpg" caption="Chinese Methodist Church at the western end of Johnston Road in June 2007."] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/WC_Johnston_Road_nite2.jpg" caption="Old entertainment and a tram stop in Johnston Road in April 2006"] ::

Johnston Road () is a major road in Wan Chai on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong.

Location

Johnston Road spans from the junction with Heard Street, Hennessy Road and Stewart Road on its east, towards another junction with Hennessy Road and Queensway on its west near , in where it is known locally as . It is shaped like a bow with the string being Hennessy Road and the Caltex petrol station, where the Wallace Harper & Co Ltd was located, the Southorn Playground and the in between.

History

The road was named after Alexander Robert Johnston, the British Deputy Superintendent of Trade during the First Opium War. He was the government administrator even before Sir Henry Pottinger was appointed the first Hong Kong governor in 1842. The story that the street was named after Sir Reginald Johnston was actually a myth.

The road is built on the margin of the oldest building cluster in Wan Chai. Many Hong Kong residents are trying to preserve the old buildings and trees from redevelopment. The century-old transport Hong Kong Tramways goes through the road with its first service opening in 1904.

Although the road was named in 1920s, part of the road can be traced back to 1851 or earlier when the area was known as Praya East. The section from Spring Garden Lane to Wan Chai Road was known as Strand Road, for its proximity to the waterfront.

Intersections

|km=0.00 |km2=0.05 |road=Hennessy Road |type=incomplete |notes=To/from westbound Hennessy Road |km=0.04 |road=Mallory Street |type=incomplete |notes=Access from Mallory Street to westbound Johnston Road only |km=0.09 |road=Burrows Street |km=0.13 |km2=0.16 |road=Thomson Road |km=0.25 |road=Fleming Road / Wan Chai Road |km=0.30 |road=Triangle Street |km=0.35 |road=Tai Wo Street |km=0.39 |road=Stone Nullah Lane |km=0.40 |road=O'Brien Road |km=0.44 |road=Tai Yuen Street |km=0.47 |road=Spring Garden Lane |km=0.53 |road=Amoy Street |km=0.56 |road=Swatow Street |type=incomplete |notes=Westbound only |km=0.60 |road=Luard Road |km=0.64 |road=Ship Street |km=0.69 |road=Lun Fat Street |km=0.75 |road=Gresson Street |km=0.80 |road=Li Chit Street |type=closed |notes=Closed to traffic |km=0.84 |road=Landale Street |type=incomplete |notes=Access from Landale Street to westbound Johnston Road only |km=0.87 |road=Hennessy Road |type=incomplete |notes=To/from westbound Hennessy Road

In popular culture

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Johnston_Road_Wan_Chai_Road.jpg" caption="American TV show ''[[The Amazing Race 30]]'' has once set a Pit Stop on this road at the junction shown here. Taken in November 2018."] ::

This road and its junction with Wan Chai Road was a Pit Stop in the eleventh leg of the reality TV show The Amazing Race 30.

Transport

The faster transport MTR is located near the road with some exits of Wan Chai station nearby.

References

References

1. Wordie, Jason. (2002). "Streets: Exploring Hong Kong Island". [[Hong Kong University Press]].
2. OpenStreetMap contributors. "Johnston Road". [[OpenStreetMap]].

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