East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

East Tsim Sha Tsui 尖東
MTR rapid transit station
Platform centre
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	尖東
Simplified Chinese	尖东
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Jiāndōng Yue: Cantonese Jyutping zim1 dung1
General information
Location	Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South × Middle Road, Tsim Sha Tsui Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates	22°17′44″N 114°10′31″E / 22.2955°N 114.1754°E / 22.2955; 114.1754Coordinates: 22°17′44″N 114°10′31″E / 22.2955°N 114.1754°E / 22.2955; 114.1754
Owned by	KCR Corporation
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	West Rail Line
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Tracks	2
Connections	Tsuen Wan Line Tsim Sha Tsui Station (out-of-station interchange) Bus, minibus Star Ferry
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	ETS
History
Opened	24 October 2004 (2004-10-24)
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Hung Hom Terminus West Rail Line Austin towards Tuen Mun Admiralty towards Central Tsuen Wan Line Transfer at: Tsim Sha Tsui Jordan towards Tsuen Wan
Location
East Tsim Sha Tsui Location within the MTR system

East Tsim Sha Tsui (Chinese: 尖東) 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 around two minutes.

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

History

Track layout
Legend
to Austin Tsuen Wan Line Tsim Sha Tsui Tsuen Wan Line Admiralty 1 2 to Hung Hom

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

Plans for East Tsim Sha Tsui 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 was subsequently awarded to a consortium consisting of Hong Kong-based Gammon Construction and Japan-based Nishimatsu.^[1]

East Tsim Sha Tsui was opened on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the KCR East Rail from Hung Hom, and served as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line until 16 August 2009. As a result, the 12-car-long platform screen doors give the station the longest platform screen doors in the world. However, due to the shorter length of the West Rail Line trains, the ends of the platforms are now out of use and closed off.

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 was closed in 1975, and the southern terminus of the railway was relocated to the newly-built Hung Hom Station. Therefore, the 2004 southward extension between the Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui trains symbolised the return of the railway to the Tsim Sha Tsui area after 30 years.

The status of the 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 to the south again, and the tracks between Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui became part of the West Rail Line. As a result, Hung Hom 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 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

Concourse

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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

• A1: Kowloon Park^[3]
• A2: Humphreys Avenue^[3]
• B1: Nathan Road^[3]
• B2: Cameron Road^[3]
• C1: Nathan Road^[3]
• C2: Peking Road^[3]
• D1: (Temporarily closed until 2017)^[3]
• D2: Carnarvon Road^[3]
• E: Kowloon Hotel^[3]
• H: iSQUARE^[3]
• R: iSQUARE^[3]

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

• J: Avenue of Stars ^[3]
• K: Middle Road ^[3]
• L1: Hermes House^[3]
• L3: Peninsula Hotel ^[3]
• L4: Kowloon Hotel^[3]
• L5: Peking Road ^[3]
• L6: Salisbury Road ^[3]
• N1: Mody Road ^[3]
• N2: Hanoi Road^[3]
• N3: K11 Art Mall^[3]
• N4: K11 Art Mall^[3]
• N5: Nathan Road^[3]
• P1: Wing On Plaza ^[3]
• P2: Tsim Sha Tsui East ^[3]
• P3: Chatham Road South ^[3]

• 
  Exit J
• 
  Exit L3
• 
  Exit L5
• 
  Exit L6

Transport interchange

Source:^[3]

References

External links

• Station map

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