page_title: Cross-platform interchange
section_title: Asia
hierarchical_section_title: Cross-platform interchange / Example interchanges / Asia
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo depicts the cross platform interchange between the Circle Line on the left and Downtown Line on the right at Bayfront MRT Station in Singapore.
context_page_description: A cross-platform interchange is a type of interchange between different lines at a metro station. The term originates with the London Underground; such layouts exist in other networks but are not commonly so named. In the United States, it is often referred to as a "cross-platform transfer".
  This configuration occurs at a station with island platforms, with a single platform in between the tracks allocated to two directions of travel, or two side platforms between the tracks, connected by level corridors. The benefit of this design is that passengers do not need to use stairs to another platform level for transfer, thus increasing the convenience of users. A cross-platform interchange arrangement may be costly due to the complexity of rail alignment, especially if the railway designers also arrange the track with flyovers. A common two-directions cross-platform interchange configuration consists of two directions of two different lines sharing an island platform, and the respective return directions of both lines sharing a different island platform in the same station complex. Much rarer is a cross-platform interchange to transfer onto the same line as in Kirkby and Ormskirk.
context_section_description: Beijing
  Guogongzhuang station offers cross-platform interchange between Line 9 and Fangshan Line. National Library station offers cross-platform interchange between Lines 4 and 9. In addition Nanluoguxiang station (Lines 6 and 8), Zhuxinzhuang station (Changping Line and Line 8), Beijing West railway station (Lines 7 and 9), Yancun East station (Fangshan Line and Yanfang Line) offer cross-platform interchange.
  Chengdu
  Xipu Station in Chengdu provides cross-platform interchange between Line 2 of Chengdu Metro and Chengdu–Dujiangyan Intercity Railway of the national rail transport system. It is the first implementation of cross-platform interchanges between different train categories in China. Metro-only cross-platform interchanges exist between Lines 2, 4 and 5 at Chengdu University of TCM & Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital station and outbound direction interchanges between Line 3 and Line 10 at Taipingyuan Station.
  Chongqing
  Line 5 and Line 6 of the Chongqing Rail Transit offer a paired cross-platform interchange for passengers transferring among 4 directions between the two lines at Ranjiaba and Dalongshan stations.
  Dalian
  The Dalian Metro has a cross platform interchange between Line 1 and Line 12 at Hekou Station.
  Guangzhou
  Guangzhou Metro offers three two way cross-platform interchanges by 2016, between Line 2 and Line 3 at Jiahewanggang Station, between Line 8 and the extended Guangfo Line at Shayuan Station and one between both branches of Line 3 at Tiyu Xilu Station. At Tiyu Xilu Station the northern section of Line 3 terminates at the center track serving both island platforms connecting to the southern section of Line 3 stopping at the outer tracks. In 2016, a single direction cross platform interchange started operating between the westbound Line 7 and northbound Line 2 trains at Guangzhou South Railway Station.
  Hangzhou
  Hangzhou Metro's East Railway Station and Pengbu Station offer paired cross-platform interchange between Line 1 and Line 4. Qianjiang Road Station offers a single cross-platform interchange between Line 2 and Line 4. There is a provision for another paired cross-platform interchange at West Lake Cultural Square and Wulin Square Stations between Line 1 and the planned Line 3. Another provision for cross-platform interchange was also made at Coach Center Station between Lines 1 and the planned Line 9. More cross-platform interchanges are under construction including one at University of Eastern Medicine Station between Lines 4 and 6. 
  Hong Kong
  In the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong, cross-platform interchange stations first appeared at Mong Kok and Prince Edward stations when Tsuen Wan Line was opened. The interchange is two stations long, with inverse cross-platform interchange assigned to Prince Edward and same-direction interchange to Mong Kok as large volumes of traffic had been anticipated in both modes.
  Popular with passengers, this design was repeated on Admiralty Station when the Island Line was opened to deal with the heavy opposite-direction interchange anticipated. Years later, another interchange spanning Tiu Keng Leng Station (same direction) and Yau Tong Station (opposite direction) was built to the same configuration as Mong Kok and Prince Edward.
  The Ma On Shan Line is specifically designed to follow right-hand traffic rules unlike other railway lines in Hong Kong to enable a single-direction cross-platform interchange at Tai Wai Station to the East Rail Line while keeping all platforms at roughly the same height.
  Another configuration found in Lai King Station makes commute in both directions more convenient by aligning both tracks leading towards city next to each other on one level, and both tracks leading away from city next to each other on the other level. The configuration for North Point Station is similar to provide convenience for passengers travelling towards city, although the distance between the two platforms are longer compared to other stations.
  Before the MTR-KCR merger in 2007, Nam Cheong Station was served by MTR's Tung Chung Line and KCR's 
caption: Bayfront interchange in Singapore
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