Tsuen Wan Pier, Tsuen Wan Ferry or Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier is a public

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at the south of

Tsuen Wan Tsuen Wan (formerly also spelled Tsun Wan) is a town built on a bay in the western New Territories of Hong Kong, opposite of Tsing Yi Island across Rambler Channel. The market town of Tsuen Wan emerged from the surrounding villages and flee ...

, New Territories, Hong Kong, which is adjacent to the MTR

Tsuen Wan West station Tsuen Wan West is an underground MTR station in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located between and stations on the . There is an emergency platform on the southern side of the station. There is a large bus and minibus interch ...

. It provided ferry service to

Central Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

via

Tsing Yi Tsing Yi, sometimes referred to as Tsing Yi Island, is an island in the urban area of Hong Kong, to the northwest of Hong Kong Island and south of Tsuen Wan. With an area of , the island has extended drastically by reclamation along almost all ...

, but the service ceased operation in 2000 after

Western Harbour Crossing The Western Harbour Crossing (WHC) is a dual 3-lane immersed tube tunnel in Hong Kong. It is the third road tunnel to cross Victoria Harbour, linking the newly reclaimed land in Yau Ma Tei on Kowloon West with Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Isla ...

and MTR

Tung Chung line The Tung Chung line is one of the ten lines of the MTR system in Hong Kong, linking the town of Tung Chung with central Hong Kong. A part of the Tung Chung line was built along with the Kap Shui Mun Bridge and the Tsing Ma Bridge. The line cu ...

were commissioned to provide faster route between

New Territories West New Territories West (NTW) is the western part of Hong Kong's New Territories, covering Yuen Long, Tuen Mun, Tsuen Wan, Kwai Tsing and the Islands District. History Settlements in the area, except the Islands District, have been connected by the ...

and

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong Island is an Islands and peninsulas of Hong Kong, island in the southern part of Hong Kong. Known colloquially and on road signs simply as Hong Kong, the island has a population of 1,289,500 and its population density is 16,390/km ...

History

The pier has been developed over four cycles. Its first generation commenced in 1935, but it was destroyed by the

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in 1942 during

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. Its second generation commenced in 1958 and was located near modern-day

Nina Tower Nina Tower is a twin tower of 80-storey and 42-storey high-rise buildings in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong near Tsuen Wan West station. The tower was designed to be the tallest tower in the world at . However, due to its location ne ...

on Yeung Uk Road. It was demolished in 1983 due to

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for the construction of

Tsuen Wan Road Tsuen Wan Road is a major expressway in Tsuen Wan and Kwai Tsing districts, New Territories, Hong Kong. It forms part of Route 5 of Hong Kong's highway system and runs 4.1 kilometers in the east-west direction from Kwai Chung Road near the Kw ...

and

Clague Garden Estate Clague Garden Estate () is a Flat-for-Sale Scheme public housing estate in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong located on reclaimed land near Tsuen Wan Pier and MTR Tsuen Wan West station. It now consists of three residential buildings, built i ...

. Its third generation, located at the reclamation area outside Tsuen Wan Road, commenced in 1983, alongside the

Tsuen Wan Transport Complex Tsuen Wan Transport Complex () was a large transport hub in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong. There was a bus terminus and taxi stand on the ground floor; on top sat a multi-storey car park. Location Tsuen Wan Transport Complex was located at No. 98 Ta ...

and Tsuen Wan Ferry Bus Terminus. It provided four ferry routes, Tsuen Wan to Tsing Yi, Tsuen Wan to Central, Tsuen Wan to Central via Tsing Yi and Tsuen Wan to

Tai O Tai O is a fishing town, partly located on an island of the same name, on the western side of Lantau Island in Hong Kong. The village name means ''large inlet'', referring to outlet for the waterways (Tai O Creek and Tai O River) merges as it ...

ferry services. But it was demolished in 2000 due to the reclamation for the construction of Tsuen Wan West station. The ferry routes also ceased operation. Its fourth generation, i.e. the current pier, commenced in 2002 and is located at outside Tsuen Wan West station. A ferry route travelling between the pier and

Park Island Park Island is a private housing estate located at Ma Wan, an island in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. It was mainly developed by Sun Hung Kai Properties as part of the Ma Wan Development joint venture project and completed from 20 ...

, a

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Ma Wan Ma Wan is an island of Hong Kong, located between Lantau Island and Tsing Yi Island, with an area of .Park Island Transport Company Limited. It was briefly discontinued on 13 December 2012., but was reinstated with 3 sailings per day from 8 June 2013 onwards.

Facilities

Two bus terminus and one minibus terminus are located at nearby

, Tsuen Wan West station and

respectively. Also,

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Tsuen Wan branch office (relocated to

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in 1999 and closed in 2003) and a

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(relocated to Kwun Tong Pier in 2006Kwun Tong Driving School
) were located at Tsuen Wan Transport Complex.

References

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