Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: ???; Cantonese Yale: J?ms?jéui) is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan Line. The station, originally opened in 1979 on the Kwun Tong Line, serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui.
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the West Rail Line, which opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this station by underground pedestrian passages. The two stations serve as an interchange point between the Tsuen Wan and West Rail Lines.
Video Tsim Sha Tsui station
History
The station was built underneath Nathan Road in the late 1970s. The site of Exit A1 was once the vehicular entrance to Kowloon Park, which was relocated to Haiphong Road. The station opened on 16 December 1979 as part of the Modified Initial System. Service was extended southward, across the harbour, on 12 February 1980. Before the Tsuen Wan Extension opened, the single line of the MTR traveled from Central to Kwun Tong (whereas today all northbound trains from Tsim Sha Tsui go to Tsuen Wan). The station concourse was renovated in 1986.
Tsim Sha Tsui Station was featured in Clifton Ko's 1987 film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World. It also appeared in a brief chase sequence featuring Brigitte Lin in Wong Kar-wai's 1994 film, Chungking Express.
Modification works were undertaken from 2002 to 2005 to facilitate new pedestrian subway connections between this station and the nearby KCR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station. The contractor was Kumagai Gumi. The work involved reconfiguration of the concourse and various station upgrades.
Exit A1 was rebuilt from 2014 to 2016 to provide a new lift and enlarge the access. During construction a temporary exit was provided. The permanent exit reopened on 7 May 2016 with a "crystal cube" design, replacing the old concrete structure, that houses the lift, two escalators, and stairs.
In December 2013 construction began on a redesigned Exit D. A new passage was built to connect to the K11 shopping centre. The exit is expected to reopen in mid-2017.
On 10 February 2017 a Tsuen Wan-bound train was the site of an arson attack in which 19 people were injured. The train caption managed to drive it to Tsim Sha Tsui for evocation. The station was closed after the incident and was reopened next morning.
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Station layout
Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. Out-of-system access to the West Rail Line is provided at the concourse through exits F or G and a walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach East Tsim Sha Tsui Station.
Although Tsim Sha Tsui Station and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station are connected, the fare gates of these two station are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from Tsuen Wan Line to West Rail Line must purchase a second ticket at East Tsim Sha Tsui Station as the first ticket is withdrawn, without refunding the remaining value in the ticket, once the passengers exit through the turnstiles at Tsim Sha Tsui Station. In contrast, Octopus card users who transfer between Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations within thirty minutes without making any other transport-related purchases or more than nine non-transport related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.
Entrances/exits
Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with East Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road subways.
In Tsim Sha Tsui Station
- A1: Kowloon Park
- A2: Humphreys Avenue
- B1: Nathan Road
- B2: Cameron Road
- C1: Nathan Road
- C2: Peking Road
- D1: (Temporarily closed until 2017)
- D2: Carnarvon Road
- D3: (New exit to K11, opening 2017)
- E: Kowloon Hotel
- H: iSQUARE
- R: iSQUARE
In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
- J: Avenue of Stars
- K: Middle Road
- L1: Hermes House
- L3: Peninsula Hotel
- L4: Kowloon Hotel
- L5: Peking Road
- L6: Salisbury Road
- N1: Mody Road
- N2: Hanoi Road
- N3: K11 Art Mall
- N4: K11 Art Mall
- N5: Nathan Road
- P1: Wing On Plaza
- P2: Tsim Sha Tsui East
- P3: Chatham Road South
Transport connections
References
External links
- Media related to Tsim Sha Tsui station at Wikimedia Commons
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