Tsuen Wan Transport Complex Former Site 201309

Tsuen Wan Transport Complex () was a large transport hub in

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 ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. There was a bus terminus and taxi stand on the ground floor; on top sat a

multi-storey car park A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a build ...

Location

Tsuen Wan Transport Complex was located at No. 98 Tai Ho Road, in South Tsuen Wan, near the shore. When it was completed in 1986, it was located next to the

Tsuen Wan Town Hall Tsuen Wan Town Hall is a town hall in Tsuen Wan, New Territories, Hong Kong. Originally it was intended to be located near Tsuen Wan station of the MTR, but it was re-located near the former Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier and Tsuen Wan Magistracy, b ...

(completed in 1980) and the Tsuen Wan Ferry Pier (demolished in 2000 and rebuilt further south following

land reclamation Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a waste landfill), is the process of creating new land from oceans, seas, riverbeds or lake beds. The land reclaimed is known as reclamati ...

) in an otherwise mostly undeveloped zone of

Tsuen Wan New Town Tsuen Wan New Town is a new town in Hong Kong. It spans Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung and the eastern part of Tsing Yi Island. Traditionally, the administrative officials of Tsuen Wan managed the area of Tsuen Wan proper, Kwai Chung, Tsing Yi Islan ...

. The surrounding area has since then undergone development, and the building later sat next to

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 ...

(1989),

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 ...

(2003) and

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 ...

(2007).

History

Construction of the Complex started in 1983. The multi-storey car park opened in April 1986. Starting from 1 May 1997, the multi-storey car park was managed by

Wilson Parking Wilson Parking () is a Hong Kong-based car parking management company. It first opened for business in Perth, Western Australia in 1962, currently operates in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Korea and Mainland China. In Hong Kong, it ...

, taking over from Metropark, a

Wharf A wharf, quay (, also ), staith, or staithe is a structure on the shore of a harbour or on the bank of a river or canal where ships may dock to load and unload cargo or passengers. Such a structure includes one or more berths (mooring locatio ...

subsidiary. A driving school operated on the 9th and 10th floors of the building since 1999. As of 2009, the Complex was planned for demolition or partial demolition under the

MTR Corporation MTR Corporation Limited is a majority government-owned public transport operator and property developer in Hong Kong which operates the Mass Transit Railway, the most popular public transport network in Hong Kong. It is listed on the Hong ...

's TW5 property development project. A case in 2010 about environment nuisances caused by street sleepers dwelling in the Complex, highlighted the fact that it had been unclear since 1986, which Government Department held management responsibility for the Complex. As of February 2012, most of the bus routes using the Complex had relocated their termini elsewhere, and most of the building had fallen into disuse.

Features

With 778 parking spaces for private cars, the multi-storey car park was, as at December 2011, the second largest

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multi-storey car park after Rumsey Street Car Park.

Demolition

The building was of little use in recent years, especially following the relocation of bus stops in the complex to the new bus terminus not long after the completion of Tsuen Wan West station. As the building occupied the site of further planned residential development (known as the TW5 project, and part of the Tsuen Wan West station property development plan), it was due to be closed on 5 February 2013. The remaining minibus services moved out of the building to the nearby Nina Tower bus / minibus station on 27 January 2013. The multi-storey car park was closed with effect from 1 February 2013, and the transport complex was subsequently demolished. The site will become host to a new

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called "Cityside", developed by

Chinachem Group Chinachem Group () is a corporate group established in Hong Kong by Teddy Wang's father Wang Din Sin (王廷歆). The early years of the group were dedicated to exploration of and investment in agricultural projects and chemicals. In the 196 ...

Location

History

Features

Demolition

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