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Jordan Road Ferry Pier

{{Short description|Demolished pier originally located at Jordan Road, Jordan, Hong Kong}}

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}}Jordan Road Ferry Pier or Ferry Point (1924–1998) ({{zh|佐敦道碼頭}}) is a demolished pier originally located at Jordan Road, Jordan, Hong Kong. The site is turned into the MTR Austin Station.{{Cite web |title=Jordan Road Ferry Pier, Yau Ma Tei 油麻地佐敦道碼頭 |url=https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/1j92gf20x |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=DigitalRepository@HKUL |language=en}}

History

After Hongkong and Yaumati Ferry gained the franchise to operate part of the cross harbour ferry routes, including the Central – Yau Ma Tei route, starting from 1 January 1924, the company set up Yaumatei Ferry Pier at Public Square Street for its ferry operations. In 1933, a new vehicular ferry route from Central to Yau Ma Tei was started, and Jordan Road Ferry Pier was built to handle vehicular ferries. Original ferry operations also moved to the new pier. A new bus terminus was built outside the pier.

However, the demand for the pier started to decline after the opening of Cross-Harbour Tunnel in 1972 and commencement of complete operation of the Modified Initial System of MTR in 1980. In 1996, the pier was demolished due to reclamation in west Kowloon, and operations moved to the nearby Canton Road Government Dockyards Temporary Pier still under the name of Jordan Road Ferry Pier. All ferry routes from the pier were suspended starting from 2 February 1998.{{cite book |last= Siu Kwok Kin|author2=Sham Sze |title= Heritage Trails in Urban Hong Kong |publisher= Wan Li Book Co, Ltd |year= 2001 |isbn= 962-14-2238-8 }}

Ferry routes

  • Jordan Road – Central (vehicular and passenger service)
  • Jordan Road – Wan Chai (passenger service)

Bus routes

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7S_6OF36kI 西九龍交通總站巡禮 (14) – 佐敦道碼頭 (1) (Chinese)][http://www.gakei.com/jor/jor.htm Gakei.com Jordan Road Ferry Pier Bus Terminus][http://www.chinamotorbus.com/bus/hkbdb/show_content.php?topic=1002 佐敦道碼頭巴士路線變遷 (Chinese)]

See also

{{Commons category|Jordan Road Ferry Pier}}

References

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Category:1924 establishments in Hong Kong

Category:1998 disestablishments in Hong Kong

Category:Demolished piers in Hong Kong

Category:Kwun Chung

Category:Victoria Harbour

Category:Yau Ma Tei