Tuen Mun is an MTR station in

Tuen Mun Tuen Mun or Castle Peak is an area near the mouth of Tuen Mun River and Castle Peak Bay in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It was one of the earliest settlements in what is now Hong Kong and can be dated to the Neolithic period. In the more re ...

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. It is the western terminus of the . The station is elevated over the

Tuen Mun River The Tuen Mun River is a river in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong. It has many tributaries, with major ones coming from Lam Tei, Kau Keng Shan, Hung Shui Hang and Nai Wai. It flows south, bisecting Tuen Mun New Town. It eventually feeds int ...

, near the Town Park in the centre of Tuen Mun New Town. The first train to Wu Kai Sha departs at 5:45 a.m., and the last train departs at 12:15 a.m. the day after. It is an

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with the

Tuen Mun stop Tuen Mun () is an MTR Light Rail stop which belongs to zone 2. There are two platforms in Tuen Mun stop. This Light Rail stop is located above Pui To Road and Ho Pong Street and north of Tuen Mun Park. It provides service for nearby resid ...

and

Ho Tin stop Ho Tin (), named after nearby Ho Tin Street, is an at-grade MTR Light Rail (MTR), Light Rail stop located at Kin Fung Circuit, opposite to Tuen Mun River and Tuen Mun station in Tuen Mun District. It began service on 18 September 1988 and belong ...

. A public transport interchange adjacent to the station gives passengers direct access to the station concourse via escalators and stairs.

History

Tuen Mun station is adjacent to the former site of

San Fat Estate San Fat Estate () was the first public housing estate in Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong, located on reclaimed land near the Tuen Mun River, at the junction of Pui To Road and Tuen Mun Heung Sze Wui Road. It consisted of four residential block ...

, the first public housing estate in

, which was demolished in 2001 because of its age, and to provide a construction site for the station. There is a plaque in the station concourse commemorating the topping out of the station. It was unveiled by the then-Chairman and Chief Executive of KCR Corporation, K.Y. Yeung, on 14 November 2001. The station opened with the rest of the West Rail on 20 December 2003. Three new station entrances were opened on 1 August 2013. Exits C3, D, and E opened to provide direct access from the station concourse to the newly opened "V City" shopping centre. On 27 June 2021, the officially merged with the (which was already extended into the ''Tuen Ma line Phase 1'' at the time) in

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to form the new , as part of the

Shatin to Central link The Sha Tin to Central Link (abbreviated SCL; ) is an extension of the MTR rapid transit network. It is divided into two sections. The first section, named "Tuen Ma line (Phase 1)”, runs from Tai Wai station in the New Territories to Hung ...

project. Hence, Tuen Mun was included in the project and is now the western terminus of the Tuen Ma line.

Station layout

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. Passengers can catch eastbound Tuen Ma line trains on either platform.

Entrances/exits

* A: Pui To Road * B: Light Rail -

* C1: Pui To Road * C2: Public Transport Interchange * D, E: Century Gateway, V City * F1: Taxi Stand * F2: Light Rail - Ho Tin

References

External links

* {{Tuen Ma line navbox MTR stations in the New Territories Tuen Ma line West Rail line Former Kowloon–Canton Railway stations Tuen Mun District Railway stations in Hong Kong opened in 2003