Lai King Station

Lai King 荔景
MTR rapid transit station
File:MTR Lai King Station 2013.JPG Platform 2
Location	Between Yin Lai Court and Yeung King House, Lai King Estate, Kwai Chung Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong
Coordinates
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Tsuen Wan Line      Tung Chung Line
Platforms	4 (island platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	At-grade/elevated
Platform levels	2
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	LAK
History
Opened	10 May 1982 (1982-05-10) (Tsuen Wan Line) 22 June 1998 (1998-06-22) (Tung Chung Line)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Mei Foo towards Central Tsuen Wan Line Kwai Fong towards Tsuen Wan Nam Cheong towards Hong Kong Tung Chung Line Tsing Yi towards Tung Chung
Location
Lai King Location within the MTR system

Lai King Station
Chinese	荔景
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lìjǐng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lai6 ging2 Yale Romanization lai6 ging2

L3 platforms

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Tung Chung Line Platform 4

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Exit A1

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Exit B

Lai King is an MTR rapid transit station located in Lai King, Kwai Tsing District, Hong Kong. The station is served by Tsuen Wan Line and Tung Chung Line and provides cross-platform interchange between the two lines. Both lines emerge from a tunnel to a viaduct at the station.

History

Lai King was opened in 10 May 1982, originally as part of the Tsuen Wan Line. The station was designed to serve the large public housing complex located above the station, as well as the container terminal on the coast to the southwest of the station. When the Lantau Airport Railway was proposed, Lai King was chosen to be the interchange between the Tsuen Wan Line and the Tung Chung Line.

During the course of construction, the layout of the station was greatly altered. The northbound Tsuen Wan Line track was raised to a new level above the original station, providing cross-platform interchange with the northbound Tung Chung Line. Similar platform arrangements were constructed for southbound tracks. The original Tsuen Wan Line track was abandoned from the sidings south of the station to slightly north of it. A pair of tracks were also constructed for the Airport Express which does not stop at this station.

Timetable

Line		Destination	First train	Last train
	Tsuen Wan Line	Tsuen Wan	06:28	01:16
		Central	06:07	00:37
	Tung Chung Line	Tung Chung	06:13	01:00
		Hong Kong	06:02	00:10
Source: MTR

Station layout

Passengers on the Tung Chung Line travelling in the direction of Tung Chung can go to the opposite platform to change to Tsuen Wan Line trains for destinations in the Kwai Chung and Tsuen Wan districts and vice versa. The Tung Chung Line has proved popular among passengers living on Hong Kong Island who work in areas north of Lai King, and in rush hour, packed Tung Chung Line trains often empty at Lai King station.

Passengers on the Tsuen Wan Line travelling towards Central can go to the opposite platform to change to the Tung Chung Line for a faster route towards Hong Kong Island. In fact, once this interchange station opened, many commuters who used to travel almost the entire length of the Tsuen Wan Line took to leaving the train at Lai King, and hence a large number of passengers is often seen in Tung Chung Line trains during the morning and evening rush.

L2	Passageway	Passageway to Lai King Hill Road
L3 Upper Platforms	Platform 1	←      Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan (Kwai Fong)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left for Tsuen Wan Line and right for Tung Chung Line
	Platform 3	←      Tung Chung Line towards Tung Chung (Tsing Yi)
L4 Concourse	Upper Concourse	Exits, MTR Shops, automatic teller machines
	Lower Concourse	Exits, customer service
		MTR Shops, Hang Seng Bank, automatic teller machines
L5 Lower Platforms	Platform 2	→      Tsuen Wan Line towards Central (Mei Foo) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right for Tsuen Wan Line and left for Tung Chung Line
	Platform 4	→      Tung Chung Line towards Hong Kong (Nam Cheong) →
	Airport Express	→      Airport Express does not stop here →
	Airport Express	←      Airport Express does not stop here

Entrances/exits

• A1: Lai King Hill Road
• A2: Yin Lai Court
• A3: Lai King Estate
• B: Kwai Chung Container Terminal
• C: HKEAA Lai King Assessment Centre

Transport connections

Bus routes

At the bus stops outside (NT bound) / opposite (Kowloon bound) Exit A1:

• 30: Allway Gardens <> Cheung Sha Wan
• 42: Cheung Hong <> Shun Lee (Cheung Ching bound bus stop located near Lok King House, Lai King Estate)
• 45: Lai Yiu <> Kowloon City Ferry
• 46: Lai Yiu <> Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 46X: Mei Foo <> Hin Keng
• 269M: Tin Yan Estate <> Cho Yiu
• N241: Cheung Hang <> Hung Hom Station (Cheung Hang bound bus stop located near Lok King House, Lai King Estate)

Minibus routes

Outside Yin Lai Court Shopping Centre (Exit A2):

• 46M: Highland Park > Lai King MTR Station Circular
• 90M: Mei Foo > Highland Park
• 91A: Highland Park > Kwai Fong
• 93: Wah Yuen Chuen > Tsuen Wan
• 313: Princess Margaret Hospital > Tsuen Wan
• 407: Princess Margaret Hospital > Cheung Wang
• 407A: Princess Margaret Hospital > Kwai Fong

Opposite Yin Lai Court Shopping Centre (Exit A1 or A2):

• 47M: Wonderland Villas > Lai King MTR Station Circular
• 90M: Highland Park > Mei Foo
• 91A: Kwai Fong > Highland Park
• 93: Tsuen Wan > Wah Yuen Chuen
• 313: Tsuen Wan > Princess Margaret Hospital
• 407: Cheung Wang > Princess Margaret Hospital
• 407A: Kwai Fong > Princess Margaret Hospital

The MTR provides a 50-cent interchange discount for passengers changing from minibus route 407A to the MTR at Lai King or Kwai Fong stations, or vice versa.