Tin Shui Wai () is an MTR station on the , located in

Ping Shan Ping Shan () is an area in the New Territories, Hong Kong. It is located west of Yuen Long Town and Shui Pin Wai, and south of Tin Shui Wai. Administratively, it is part of the Yuen Long District. Geography Although sandwiched between Yuen L ...

near

Tin Shui Wai Tin Shui Wai New Town is a satellite town in the northwestern New Territories of Hong Kong. Originally a ' fish pond area, it was developed in the 1980s as the second new town in Yuen Long District and the eighth in Hong Kong. It is due north ...

New Town,

Yuen Long District Yuen Long District (formerly romanised as Un Long) is one of the districts of Hong Kong. Located in the northwest of the New Territories, it had a population of 662,000 in 2021 Geography Yuen Long District contains the largest alluvial pla ...

. It is the only heavy rail station serving Tin Shui Wai, which has a population of around 300,000.

History

On 20 December 2003, Tin Shui Wai station opened to the public along with the other KCR West Rail stations. On 27 June 2021, the officially merged with the (which was already extended into the ''Tuen Ma line Phase 1'' at the time) in

East Kowloon Kowloon East is the eastern part of Kowloon, covering the Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong District, with Kowloon City District occasionally included. History The boundary of Kowloon East is not strictly defined and hence varies. While traditionally t ...

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, Tin Shui Wai was included in the project and is now an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.

Location

It is in the north of

and adjacent to

Tin Yiu Estate Tin Yiu Estate () is a public housing estate in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Light Rail Tin Yiu stop, Tin Tsz stop and Tin Shui Wai stop as well as MTR Tin Shui Wai station. It is the first public housing estate in Tin Shui W ...

, Tin Shing Court and Tin Yau Court. The station is elevated over the junction of Ping Ha Road and Tin Fuk Road. A public transport interchange is located to the southwest of the station. Three footbridges are constructed along Tin Fuk Road and Ping Ha Road to connect the station to the highly populated urban area that the station is built in.

Station layout

Tin shui wai mtr-lightrail station exchange

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. The first train to Tuen Mun departs at 6:21 a.m., while the last train departs at 12:36 a.m. the day after. The first train to Hung Hom departs at 5:51 a.m., and the last train departs at 12:21 a.m. the day after.

Entrances/exits

* A: Ping Ha Road (South) * B: Tin Shing Court * C:

* D: Tin Yau Court * E1: Light Rail Platform 1 * E2: Light Rail Platform 2 * E3: Light Rail Platform 3

References

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