 The
"Mid-Levels Escalators" are a series of escalators going from
Des Voeux Road in Central up to Conduit Road of the Mid-Levels (the mid section of the hill on Hong Kong Island).
It just goes up and up and up!
Along the way, there are restaurants and shops, especially in the lower sections. It takes about 20-25 minutes to take the escalators all the way up to Conduit Road.
Directions
Here are the directions to get to the bottom of it to go up. 1. Go to the Central station of the MTR
(subway train)
2. Take exit C
3. Once you are on street level (Des Voeux
Rd Central), turn left (going northwest).
4. After 3 or 4 blocks, you will
see Hang Seng Bank Headquarters building on your right (tall building with big rounded
metalic corners), and Central Market (slated to be demolished some time)
on your left (sandwiched between Queen Victoria Street and Jubilee Street).
You will also see two pedestrian bridges / skywalks in between overlooking Des Voeux
Rd Central. Go up to the same level as the pedestrian bridges.
5. Go southwest
once you are upstairs along side the Central Market (away from Des Voeux Rd Central).
6. At the other end of that building, you will find the connection to the escalators. Alternative Route Here is an easier way without walking on the street level and partly air-conditioned but a slightly longer route: 1. From the MTR Central station, walk to the interconnected Hong Kong station of the Airport Express trains.
2. Go to Exit E1 of the Airport Express Hong Kong station, which is at One IFC (International Finance Center). (Note: Exit E1 of Hong Kong station is different from that in the Central station. It should be a round indoor open space with a big round column in the middle.)
3. There are two sets of glass doors, one facing northwest leading to the Four Seasons Hotel, while the other faces southwest. Take the southwest doors to the elevated pedestrain walkway outside.
4. Continue southwest towards the Hang Seng Bank building.
5. Continue southwest through the Hang Seng Bank building towards the Central Market (many stores in which are closed).
6. Continue southwest through the Central Market. Once you are through it, you are at the Mid-Levels Escalators. You
can see the escalators on the map of Central station at the MTR web site (find the link in
the LINKS section of this site). It is marked as an
orange line in section 4-R on the map. Be
warned that it is just a one-way escalator. In the morning it takes people down.
In the evening, it takes people up. In between, it either goes up or down - probably mostly up. (I am not sure of the exact hours.) But there
are stairs alongside it for up or down traffic. | 
