Central-Mid-levels escalators (中環至半山自動扶梯)

The Central-Mid-levels escalators (中環至半山自動扶梯) in Hong Kong is the longest outdoor covered escalator system in the world. It is 800 meters long and consists of 20 single-direction escalators and three moving sidewalks.

It starts from the Hang Seng Bank HQ in Central, it runs through Cochrane Street between Queen's Road Central and Lyndhurst Terrace, then it runs along Shelley Street (些利街). It will take about 20 mins to finish the whole trip, but you can shorten the time by walking while the escalator is moving.

The escalator bisects the following streets/roads:

• Des Voeux Road Central (德輔道中)



• Queen's Road Central (皇后大道中)



• Stanley Street (士丹利街)



• Wellington Street (威靈頓街)



• Gage Street (結志街)



• Lyndhurst Terrace (擺花街)



• Hollywood Road (荷里活道)



• Staunton Street (士丹頓街)



• Elgin Street (伊利近街)



• Caine Road (堅道)



• Mosque Street (摩羅廟街)



• Mosque Junction (摩羅廟交加街)



• Robinson Road (羅便臣道)



• Conduit Road (干德道)

The system runs only at a single direction at one time. From Monday to Saturday, it runs from Mid-Levels to Central from 6am to 10am and then runs in the opposite direction from 10am to midnight. On Sundays and public holidays, it operates from Central to Mid-Levels from 6am to midnight.

To get there, we got off at Central MTR Station (Exit C) and walked passed Hang Seng Bank HQ and and just follows the signboards for the direction to the escalators.

Besides serving as one of the important transportation in Hong Kong, tourist can use it to access to some of the tourist attraction and also to restaurants, bars, and shops.

On each of the street/road the escalators passes, you can find that there is entrance to the road/street, often on both sides of the street/road.



There is also information signboard that give directions to some of the tourist attraction at the entrance/exit of the road that the escalators passed.

By following the direction to Man Mo Temple, we walked for about 15 mins to reach the destination, along the way there is still some information signboards, so you do not need to worry whether you're lost.


Information signboard also showing the direction to Dr. Sun Yat Sen Museum and Jamia Mosque.




After visited some of the tourist attraction, we went back to the escalator and continued until the Mid-Levels. To go down back to Central, you can either choose to take bus, taxi or on foot.