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Rumsey Street ( Chinese: 林士街) is a street in
Rumsey Street ( Chinese: 林士街) is a street in Sheung Wan
Sheung Wan (Chinese: 上環) is an List of places in Hong Kong, area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central, Hong Kong, Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Weste ...
on the Hong Kong Island
Hong Kong Island () is an island in the southern part of Hong Kong. The island, known originally and on road signs simply as "Hong Kong", had a population of 1,289,500 and a population density of , . It is the second largest island in Hong Kon ...
of Hong Kong
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. It begins at Wing Lok Street near COSCO Tower, crossing Des Voeux Road Central
Des Voeux Road Central (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 德輔道中) and Des Voeux Road West (Traditional Chinese characters, Chinese: 德輔道西) are two roads on the north shore of Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. They were named af ...
and Connaught Road Central
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, and reaches the Victoria Harbour
Victoria Harbour is a natural landform harbor, harbour in Hong Kong separating Hong Kong Island in the south from the Kowloon Peninsula to the north. It acts as both a major trading hub and tourist attraction of Hong Kong in general. Lying in ...
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Name
The street was named in 1905 after Robert Murray Rumsey, the Harbour Master ofHong Kong Government
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Features
Wing On Department Store is located at the street. Beneath the street is the unusedMTR
The Mass Transit Railway system, known locally by the initialism MTR, is a rapid transit system in Hong Kong and the territory's principal mode of Rail transport in Hong Kong, railway transportation. Operated by the MTR Corporation (MTRCL), ...
platform of Rumsey station. The station was for an abandoned plan of East Kowloon line
Smart and Green Mass Transit System in East Kowloon () is a proposed Hong Kong rapid transit line that would run from Diamond Hill to Tseung Kwan O New Town. The route would pass through the hilly Sau Mau Ping residential area, which is not d ...
. The platform was later incorporated into Sheung Wan station
Sheung Wan is a List of MTR stations, station on the of the Hong Kong MTR network. The station serves the neighbourhood of Sheung Wan and the western part of Central, Hong Kong, Central District. The livery colour of this station is khaki.
Th ...
.
See also
*List of streets and roads in Hong Kong
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References
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