Tsim Sha Tsui is an
MTR station on the . The station, originally opened on 16 December 1979 on the , serves the area of
Tsim Sha Tsui
Tsim Sha Tsui, often abbreviated as TST, is an urban area in southern Kowloon, Hong Kong. The area is administratively part of the Yau Tsim Mong District. Tsim Sha Tsui East is a piece of land reclaimed from the Hung Hom Bay now east of Tsi ...
.
East Tsim Sha Tsui station
East Tsim Sha Tsui () is a station of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the .
The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong stati ...
on the , which opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this station by underground pedestrian passages. The two stations serve as an interchange point between the Tsuen Wan and Tuen Ma 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. 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.
Tsim Sha Tsui station was featured in
Clifton Ko
Clifton Ko (; born 6 August, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, actor, producer and scriptwriter.
Background
Clifton Ko graduated from Kwun Tong Maryknoll College, and entered TV and film industry in late 1970s, firstly worked with director C ...
's 1987 film, ''
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World''.It also appeared in the 1988 film ''
Police Story 2
''Police Story 2'' (, also known marketed as ''Jackie Chan's Police Story 2'') is a 1988 Hong Kong action film starring and directed by Jackie Chan, who also wrote the screenplay with Edward Tang. It is a sequel to the hit 1985 film '' Police S ...
'',The Station appeared while spy's following a terrorist,The film also shows the stations interior. It also appeared in a brief chase sequence featuring
Brigitte Lin in
Wong Kar-wai
Wong Kar-wai (born 17 July 1958) is a Hong Kong film director, screenwriter, and producer. His films are characterised by nonlinear narratives, atmospheric music, and vivid cinematography involving bold, saturated colours. A pivotal figure ...
's 1994 film, ''
Chungking Express''.
Modification work were undertaken from 2002 to 2005 to facilitate new pedestrian subway connections between this station and the new East Tsim Sha Tsui station, built nearby by the
KCR Corporation. The contractor was
Kumagai Gumi
is a Japanese construction company founded in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. The company still has registered headquarters in Fukui, but the actual head office is located in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
History
Santaro Kumagai, the company's founder, beg ...
. The work involved reconfiguration of the concourse and various station upgrades.
Exit A1 was rebuilt from 2014 to 2016 to provide a new lift and enlarge the access. 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.
![Tsim Sha Tsui Station platform](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_platform.jpg)
In December 2013, construction began on a redesigned Exit D. A new passage was built to connect to the
K11 shopping centre, aiming to relieve congestion in the southern end of the station concourse as well as the Mody Road Subway. The new passageway opened on 30 November 2018.
On 10 February 2017, a Tsuen Wan-bound train was the site of an arson attack in which 19 people were injured. A 60-year-old man suffering from mental illness shouted, "My son was killed. I shall burn with you all," and set himself ablaze in the packed train. He had a son from his first marriage, who had died in an incident. The train operator drove the train to Tsim Sha Tsui for evacuation. The station was closed after the incident and was reopened next morning. The suspect died from organ failure three months later and was the only casualty.
Station layout
![Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_H_201809](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Tsim_Sha_Tsui_Station_Exit_H_201809.jpg)
Platforms 1 and 2 share the same
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
. Out-of-system access to the Tuen Ma 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.
Although Tsim Sha Tsui station and East Tsim Sha Tsui station are connected, the fare gates of these two station are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from Tsuen Wan line to Tuen Ma 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. 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
Tsim Sha Tsui station is linked with East Tsim Sha Tsui station through the Mody Road and Middle Road subways. Though the stations are independent from one another, they share a common exit naming scheme to avoid confusion.
There's no exits I or O because of the confusion with 1 and 0 respectively.
In Tsim Sha Tsui station
* A1:
Kowloon Park
Kowloon Park is a large public park in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. It has an area of and is managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department.Leisure and Cultural Services DepartmentKowloon Park: Historical Background
History
...
* A2: Humphreys Avenue
* B1:
Nathan Road
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden ...
* B2:
Cameron Road
Cameron Road () is a street in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Location
The west end of Cameron Road is Nathan Road while the east end is Chatham Road South, and it is almost parallel to Granville Road and Mody Road.
Name
Cameron Road is ...
* C1:
Nathan Road
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden ...
* C2:
Peking Road
Peking Road () is a road between Nathan Road and Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The road is mainly hotels and shopping area on the street level.
Name
The road was initially named Chater Road, after Paul Chater, who develope ...
* D1:
Nathan Road
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden ...
* D2:
Carnarvon Road
* D3:
K11 Art Mall
K11 Art Mall is a seven-storey shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong located in The Masterpiece, developed by New World Development and completed in December 2009. It is near Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui stations.
Layout
The K ...
* E: Kowloon Hotel
* H:
iSQUARE
iSQUARE () is a 31-storey high shopping centre located at 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the former site of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was developed by the Associated International Hotels Ltd.
Introduction
iSQUARE ...
* R:
iSQUARE
iSQUARE () is a 31-storey high shopping centre located at 63 Nathan Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on the former site of the Hyatt Regency Hotel. It was developed by the Associated International Hotels Ltd.
Introduction
iSQUARE ...
In East Tsim Sha Tsui station
* J:
Victoria Dockside
Victoria Dockside is a property development on the waterfront of Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong near East Tsim Sha Tsui station. The development opened in stages between 2018 and 2019 at a cost of US$2.6 billion. First founded in 1910, the site was or ...
* K:
Middle Road
* L1: Hermes House
* L3:
Peninsula Hotel
* L4: Kowloon Hotel
* L5:
Peking Road
Peking Road () is a road between Nathan Road and Canton Road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong. The road is mainly hotels and shopping area on the street level.
Name
The road was initially named Chater Road, after Paul Chater, who develope ...
* L6:
Salisbury Road
Salisbury Road is a major road in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Description
It runs parallel to Victoria Harbour, starting from its western end at the Star Ferry Pier, passing by Blackhead Point, to Tsim Sha Tsui East. It intersects wi ...
* N1:
Mody Road
Mody Road () is a street in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Location
Mody Road starts at Nathan Road to the west, crosses Chatham Road South and ends at Science Museum Road to the northeast.
History
The road was built in 1887 as an unnamed p ...
* N2: Hanoi Road
* N3: K11 Art Mall
* N4: K11 Art Mall
* N5:
Nathan Road
Nathan Road is the main thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, aligned south–north from Tsim Sha Tsui to Sham Shui Po. It is lined with shops and restaurants and throngs with visitors, and was known in the post–World War II years as the Golden ...
* P1: Wing On Plaza
* P2: Tsim Sha Tsui East
* P3:
Chatham Road South
Chatham Road South and Chatham Road North are two continuous roads spanning from Tsim Sha Tsui to Hung Hom in Kowloon, Hong Kong. The road originally ran from Signal Hill to Hung Hom under No. 12 Hill by the side of Hung Hom Bay. It was later e ...
References
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MTR stations in Kowloon
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Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 1979
1979 establishments in Hong Kong