    thumb|the concourse of the hong kong station hong kong station is a station of the hong kong mtr metro system, opened in 1998. it is the eastern terminus of the tung chung&nbsp;line and airport express, situated between man cheung street and harbour view street, central, hong kong island, and sits underneath the international finance centre (ifc). the station is connected to central station via two tunnels. the walk between the two stations typically takes three to six minutes. the tunnels, which cross under connaught road central, are equipped with moving walkways. the station, retail mall, pedestrian tunnels, footbridges and masterplan for the ifc development were all designed by arup associates (hong kong office) in collaboration with rocco design architects limited, ove arup & partners, and meinhardt.the design and construction is chronicled in the book "arup: hong kong station" by greg pearce, stuart mercer, graham powell and rodney tan. this station provides an in-town check-in service for flights departing hong kong international airport and free shuttle bus services to most major hotels in the central and wan chai areas. ==station layout== {|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3 |- |style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;border-top:solid 1px grey;" width=50 valign=top|- |style="border-top:solid 1px grey;border-bottom:solid 1px grey;" width=100 valign=top|overlying properties |style="border-bottom:solid 1px grey;border-top:solid 1px grey;" width=500|exits[[international finance centre|ifc mall, one ifc, two
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