Tsim Sha Tsui Station

Tsim Sha Tsui
尖沙咀
MTR
MTR rapid transit station

Platform 2
Chinese name
Chinese 尖沙咀
General information
Location Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Coordinates 22°17′50″N 114°10′20″E / 22.2973°N 114.1722°E / 22.2973; 114.1722Coordinates: 22°17′50″N 114°10′20″E / 22.2973°N 114.1722°E / 22.2973; 114.1722
Operated by MTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms 2 (1 island platform)
Connections      West Rail Line East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (out-of-station interchange), bus, public light bus, ferry
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 1
Disabled access Yes
Other information
Station code TST
History
Opened
  • 16 December 1979 (1979-12-16) (Kwun Tong Line)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
Terminus
West Rail Line
Transfer at: East Tsim Sha Tsui
towards Tuen Mun
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Tsim Sha Tsui
Location within the MTR system
Concourse of Tsim Sha Tsui station
The former exit A1, prior to reconstruction

Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: 尖沙咀) 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 tunnels. The two stations serve as an interchange point between the Tsuen Wan and West Rail Lines.

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.[1] 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.[2]

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 2002–2005 to facilitate new pedestrian subway connections between the station and the nearby 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 2014-16 to provide a new lift and enlarge the access.[3] 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.[4]

In December 2013 construction began on a redesigned Exit D. A new tunnel will be built connecting to the K11 shopping centre. The exit is expected to reopen in mid-2017.[5]

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.[6]

G Ground level Exits/Entrances
L1 Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machine
ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
Subway Subway to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (     West Rail Line)
L2
Platforms		 Platform 1      Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan (Jordan) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      Tsuen Wan Line towards Central (Admiralty)

[7]

Although the Tsim Sha Tsui Station and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station are connected by subway, the fare gates for Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui Stations are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from the Tsuen Wan Line to the 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

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

Transport connections

KMB
  • 1: Chuk Yuen Estate ↔ Star Ferry
  • 1A: Sau Mau Ping (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
  • 2: So Uk ↔ Star Ferry
  • 6: Lai Chi Kok ↔ Star Ferry
  • 7: Lok Fu ↔ Star Ferry
  • 9: Ping Shek ↔ Star Ferry
  • 13X: Po Tat ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 26: Shun Tin ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 35A: On Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 41A: Cheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 81C: Yiu On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
  • 87D: Kam Ying Court ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • 98D: Hang Hau (North) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 203C: Tai Hang Tung ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
  • 208: Broadcast Drive ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 215X: Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Kowloon Station
  • 219X: Laguna City ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui
  • 224X: Kai Yip ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui (Rush Time service)
  • 234X: Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East （Mody Road）
  • 260X: Po Tin ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • 270A: Sheung Shui ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
  • 271: Fu Heng ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road)
  • 281A: Kwong Yuen ↔ Kowloon Station
  • 296D: Sheung Tak ↔ Kowloon Station
Citybus
  • 973: Tsim Sha Tsui East ↔ Stanley Market
  • A21: Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station
Cross-harbour buses
  • 110: Shau Kei Wan ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)

Ferries

Star Ferry, to Central and Wanchai

Trains

Underground pedestrian link to West Rail Line trains to Hung Hom and Tuen Mun.

References

  1. ↑ "Effect of Tsim Sha Tsui Mass Transit railway Station on Kowloon Park and roadside trees". Urban Council. 16 April 1974.
  2. ↑ "MTR station work starts". South China Morning Post. 1 September 1986. p. 22.
  3. ↑ "Entrance A1 at MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station Making Way for New "Crystal Cube" and External Lift" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 15 January 2014.
  4. ↑ ""Crystal Cube" Becomes a New Landmark for MTR Tsim Sha Tsui Station Entrance A1" (PDF). MTR Corporation. 6 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "New Subways and Station Entrances/Exits". MTR Corporation. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 "Tsim Sha Tsui Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  7. ↑ "Tsim Sha Tsui Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
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