The construction contract (numbered 501) was awarded to Japanese contractor Aoki Corporation and began on 12 June 1995.

[3][4][5] The engineering company Meinhardt Group designed the building services while Davis Langdon and Seah were cost consultants.

There, passengers have to take an escalator or elevator down one additional level to access the Tung Chung line trains.

If necessary, passengers seeking to transfer between Airport Express and the other lines serving Hong Kong and Central stations must purchase another ticket or top up their Octopus card to cover the cost of the next leg.

In July 2007, MTR installed two "Self-service Point" machines, for the first time in Hong Kong, at the Tung Chung line platform.

These unmanned machines help resolve passengers' issues such as having lost the ticket or being unable to use the Octopus card to exit.