East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

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East Tsim Sha Tsui
尖東
Hong Kong MTR rapid transit station
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Platform centre
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Location of East Tsim Sha Tsui Station in Hong Kong
Station location and services
Line      West Rail Line
Code ETS
District Yau Tsim Mong
Area Intersection between Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South and Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
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Map
Service hours 0554-0049
Station design
Livery █ Yellow
Structure Underground
Platforms 2
Type of platforms Island
Exits 15
Shops 30
Events
Opened 24 October 2004
Rail services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station
Terminus
 West Rail Line
towards Tuen Mun
towards Central
 Tsuen Wan Line
Transfer at: Tsim Sha Tsui
towards Tsuen Wan
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
Traditional Chinese 尖東
Simplified Chinese 尖东
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Concourse
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Exit J
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Exit L3
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Exit L5
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Exit L6

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Chinese: 尖東站) is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the West Rail Line.

The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong Station. The distance from Hung Hom to the station is about one kilometre with the journey time of less than two minutes.

This station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui Station of the Tsuen Wan Line by subways (underground pedestrian tunnels).

History

An early predecessor to East Tsim Sha Tsui station, named Mariner Station in the East Kowloon Line 1970 scheme, was intended to interchange with Tsim Sha Tsui Station of the Kong Kow Line (now part of Tsuen Wan Line).

Plans for East Tsim Sha Tsui station were subsequently revived in 1993 when the plans for East Kowloon Line were modified to become a medium-capacity system as part of an Eastern Corridor with transfer to the Lantau Airport Railway (now Airport Express and Tung Chung Line). The contract to construct East Tsim Sha Tsui station was subsequently awarded to a consortium consisting of Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction and Japan-based Nishimatsu.[1]

East Tsim Sha Tsui station was opened on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the KCR East Rail from Hung Hom Station, and served as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line until 16 August 2009.

The predecessor of the East Rail Line is the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section), which was opened in 1910. At the time of opening, its southern terminus was the old Kowloon Station located in Tsim Sha Tsui, where the Clock Tower stands today. However, the old Kowloon Station in Tsim Sha Tsui was demolished in 1974, and the southern terminus of the railway was relocated to a newly built station in Hung Hom. Therefore, the 2004 southward extension from Hung Hom Station to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station symbolised the return of the railway to the Tsim Sha Tsui area after 30 years.

The status of East Tsim Sha Tsui Station as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line was intended to be a temporary arrangement only. Upon the opening of the MTR Kowloon Southern Link on 16 August 2009, the East Rail Line terminates at Hung Hom Station to the south again, and the tracks between Hung Hom Station and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station became part of the West Rail Line. As a result, Hung Hom Station is now the common southern terminus of (and an interchange station for) the East Rail Line and the West Rail Line, whilst East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is now an intermediate station on the West Rail Line.

Before the commissioning of the Kowloon Southern Link, this was the only station on the East Rail Line with platform screen doors.

Station layout

Pk/PD Park/
Podium Deck		 Middle Road Children's Playground,
Tsim Sha Tsui East Waterfront Podium Garden
G Ground Exits/Entrances, East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Transport interchange,
Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) Transport interchange
C/S Concourse Customer service centres, washrooms
shops, vending machines, ATMs
Subway Subway to Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Tsuen Wan Line), Middle Road,
Peking Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road
Salisbury Road, Hanoi Road, K11 Art Mall,
Nathan Road, Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East
P
Platforms		 Platform 1 →      West Rail Line towards Tuen Mun (Austin) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2 ←      West Rail Line towards Hung Hom (Terminus)

Passengers heading towards the Tsuen Wan Line ride the escalator up to the concourse and leave the West Rail Line system. Then they walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach Tsim Sha Tsui station at exits L2 and M3, respectively.

Although the stations are connected by subway, the fare gates for East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui Stations are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from the West Rail Line to the Tsuen Wan Line must purchase a second ticket at Tsim Sha Tsui Station as the ticket is withdrawn once the passengers exit through the turnstiles at East Tsim Sha Tsui station. In contrast, Octopus card users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and 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. Also, MTR City Saver users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations within thirty minutes are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.

Entrances/exits

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways. When both stations' exits are combined, the total number of exits outnumber even that of Central. Tsim Sha Tsui Station has the exit with the highest letter of all rail stations in Hong Kong.

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

Transport interchange

Number Termini Notes
KMB
5 Fu Shan ↔ Star Ferry
5A Kowloon City (Shing Tak Street) ↔ Star Ferry Peak hours only
5C Tsz Wan Shan (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
8 Kowloon station ↔ Wah Fu
8A Whampoa Garden ↔ Star Ferry
8P Laguna Verde ↺ Star Ferry
12 Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
13X Po Tat ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
26 Shun Tin ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
28 Lok Wah ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
35A On Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
41A Cheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
81C Yiu On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
81S Mei Tin → Prince Edward Station, Nathan Road Morning peak hours only
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 East Peak hours only
234X Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
260X Po Tin ↔ Hung Hom Station
268B Long Ping Station ↔ Hung Hom Ferry Peak hours only
269B Tin Shui Wai Town Centre ↔ Hung Hom Ferry
270A Sheung Shui ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
Citybus
A21 Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station
Cross-harbour
110 Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) ↺ Shau Kei Wan Operated by NWFB and KMB
973 Tsim Sha Tsui (Mody Road) ↔ Stanley Market Operated by Citybus
Number Termini Notes

See also

References

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