Rumsey Street is a street in Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan

Sheung Wan is an area in Hong Kong, located in the north-west of Hong Kong Island, between Central and Sai Ying Pun. Administratively, it is part of the Central and Western District...

 on the Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island

Hong Kong Island is an island in the southern part of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. It has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km², as of 2008...

 of Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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. It begins at Wing Lok Street

Wing Lok Street

Wing Lok Street is a street in Sheung Wan on the northern Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. The street is a marketplace for Chinese medicine and many varieties of dried seafood - especially shark fin. Its east end features a number of restaurants...

 near Cosco Tower

Cosco Tower

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, crossing Des Voeux Road Central and Connaught Road Central, and reaches the Victoria Harbour

Victoria Harbour

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The street was named after Robert Murray Rumsey, the Harbour Master of Hong Kong Government.

Wing On Department Store is located at the street.

Beneath the street is the unused MTR

MTR

Mass Transit Railway is the rapid transit railway system in Hong Kong. Originally opened in 1979, the system now includes 211.6 km of rail with 155 stations, including 86 railway stations and 69 light rail stops...

 platform of Rumsey Station. The station was for an abandoned plan of East Kowloon Line

East Kowloon Line (MTR)

East Kowloon Line was one of the original five MTR lines proposed in the late 1970s in Hong Kong, which would have connected Sheung Wan with East Kowloon, eventually becoming part of the proposed Sha Tin to Central Link.-Initial proposal :...

. The platform was later incorporated into Sheung Wan Station.