Tai Po Market (; : ) is an MTR station on the in the

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, Hong Kong. Located between

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and Wan Tau Tong Estate in

Tai Po Tai Po is an area in the New Territories of Hong Kong. It refers to the vicinity of the traditional market towns in the area presently known as Tai Po Old Market or Tai Po Kau Hui () (the original "Tai Po Market") on the north of Lam Tsu ...

, and adjacent to the eponymous market town, the station has three tracks and four platforms. Platform 1 is for northbound trains to border crossing stations at Lo Wu and Lok Ma Chau and platform 4 is for southbound trains to Hung Hom, Kowloon while platforms 2 and 3 use the same track and is reserved for peak hour traffic.

History

Between 1913 and 1982, the old Tai Po Market station located within the

Tai Po Market Tai Po Market or Tai Po Hui is the name of an area within the modern-day Tai Po New Town in the Tai Po District, in the New Territories, Hong Kong. However, its exact location changed from time to time. It is considered as the town centre of the ...

proper served the passengers of Tai Po. The old station is a 10-minute walk from the current one. During the electrification of the

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(British Section) (now known as the East Rail line), the station was relocated to the current location on 7 April 1983, while the old station building became a part of the

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. On 2 May the same year, the KCR was electrified to Tai Po Market; full line was electrified on 15 July 1983. The station went under a major renovation which was completed in 2009. During the renovation, it remained open though most of the retail outlets were closed.

Station layout

The station consists of two island platforms, with platforms 2 and 3 sharing the same centre track. This centre track serves as the terminus of some trains during the day, and the departure of some extra trains southbound during morning peak hours. Northbound trains that arrive here after 11 p.m. use the centre track instead, as Platform 1 is reserved for late night trains that terminate at Tai Po Market instead of continuing towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau.

Exits

* A: Uptown Plaza ** A1: Uptown Plaza ** A2: Tat Wan Road, Wan Tau Kok ** A3: Public transport interchange (Nga Wan Road) * B: Kwong Fuk Estate

Transport interchange

Bus and

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services are available for the few housing estates of Tai Po; bus services include

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(formerly KCR Feeder Bus) and

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(KMB) services. Several routes of MTR Bus, such as route K14, which connects private housing estate , and the station, were introduced in 1980s. The bus terminus of the station also had routes that connected to other

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, such as KMB's route 64K that connects Tai Po and

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Gallery

File:Tai Po Market Station Platform 2009.jpg, Platforms File:Concourse of Tai Po Market Station in October 2014.JPG, Concourse File:Tai Po Market Station Outside Plaza 201601.jpg, Open space outside station

References

External links

{{East Rail Line navbox MTR stations in the New Territories East Rail line Tai Po Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1983