page_title: Star Ferry Pier, Central
section_title: Fourth generation
hierarchical_section_title: Star Ferry Pier, Central / Location / Fourth generation
caption_attribution_description: HK Central Pier 中環天星碼頭
context_page_description: Star Ferry Pier, Central may refer to any of the successive generations of Central Ferry Piers in Central, Hong Kong used by the Star Ferry for its services across Victoria Harbour to Tsim Sha Tsui Ferry Pier and until April 2011, to Hung Hom Pier. The current Star Ferry pier is the fourth to bear the name in Central. It opened for public service on 12 November 2006.
context_section_description: Fourth Generation (2006) – also known as "Central Ferry Piers 7 and 8" at Man Kwong Street.
  Central Piers 7 and 8 were built to replace the Edinburgh Place Ferry Pier in Central, on Hong Kong Island, pursuant of the Central and Wan Chai Reclamation projects. The building design resembles the second generation pier.
  The pier was moved further into Victoria Harbour, and constructed on reclaimed land approximately 300 metres away from the former site (as the crow flies). The new pier is located directly northwards, in front of the old pier.
  Part of the new pier was built at the time of the reclamation for the Hong Kong Station of the Airport Express MTR line and the International Finance Centre. It thus derives its name from having been Pier No.7 of the outlying islands ferry piers.
  Pier 8 was subsequently converted and is currently housing the Hong Kong Maritime Museum since February 2013. As a consequence, Pier 7 remains the only one serving the Star Ferry in Central.
caption: 4th generation Star Ferry Pier in 2009, with Pier 8 on the left and Pier 7 on the right. Pier 8 was converted into a museum in 2013.
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