Argyle Street, Hong Kong

Argyle Street ( Chinese: 亞皆老街) is a four-lane dual-way thoroughfare in Kowloon, Hong Kong, connecting the districts of Mong Kok, Ho Man Tin, Ma Tau Wai and Kowloon City. It runs on an east-west alignment starting at its intersection with Cherry Street, Ferry Street and Tong Mi Road in the west, and ending near the former Kai Tak Airport in the east. Due to the street's proximity with the latter, a variety of aircraft could be seen from this street and thus photographers (and movie makers) seized the opportunity to capture landing aircraft.

The street was named after a British merchant ship called ''Argyle'', which sailed between India and southern China in the early 19th century.

Features

Amenities and buildings along the street include the Kowloon City Law Courts, the Kowloon Hospital, the Hong Kong Eye Hospital, the headquarters of the Hospital Authority, and the Kowloon West Police Headquarters.

Langham Place opened in 2005 is situated near the west end of the street.

Landmarks

* Langham Place
* Sincere Podium
* Argyle Street Waterworks Depot (demolished in 2019)
* Argyle Street Playground
* Mong Kok East station
* Diocesan Boys' School
* CLP Group Headquarters
* Kowloon Hospital
* Hong Kong Eye Hospital
* Kowloon City Magistrates' Courts
* Olympic Garden

Transportation

Mong Kok traffic control since the 1970s

As the MTR was built in the 1970s, and some exits of the Mong Kok Station had occupied the right lanes of Argyle Street from Sai Yeung Choi Street to Portland Street, thus the government at the time had made the control in effect: vehicles can only travel westbound on Argyle Street between those two streets mentioned above. As a result, vehicles from Tai Kok Tsui via Argyle Street, eastbound towards Kowloon City, should make a left turn onto Reclamation Street and then a right onto Mong Kok Road. After crossing the junction between Mong Kok Road and Nathan Road, one shall turn right to either Sai Yeung Choi Street or Sai Yee Street in order to lead back to Argyle Street. For the same reason, all vehicles are not allowed to make a right turn directly from Nathan Road to Argyle Street, and must follow the route described above. With a large number of buses and minivans passing through this section daily, these intersections have frequently encountered accidents and problems of traffic congestion. There have been plans to correct this, but they are still in discussion.

MTR

The MTR's Mong Kok station is located mainly under the intersection of Argyle Street and Nathan Road, and the East Rail line's Mong Kok East station is located several blocks to the east, near the street's intersection with Luen Wan Street (聯運街), adjoined with MOKO.

Kai Tak Airport

The old Kai Tak Airport was near the eastern end of Argyle Street.

Intersecting streets

''Roads are listed West to East.''
* Cherry Street - continuation westward
*Tong Mi Road (north) and Ferry Street (south)
*Canton Road
*Reclamation Street
*Shanghai Street
* Hong Lok Street - north side only
*Portland Street
*Nathan Road - Mong Kok station is under this intersection.
* Sai Yeung Choi Street South
*Tung Choi Street
*Fa Yuen Street
*Sai Yee Street
* Hak Po Street - south side only
* Luen Wan Street and Yim Po Fong Street
* Kadoorie Avenue - north side
* Victory Avenue - south side
* Soares Avenue - south side
* Waterloo Road and Princess Margaret Road
* Gullane Road - south side
*Tin Kwong Road - south side
* Lomond Road - north side
* Forfar Road (north) and Fu Ning Road (south)
* Stirling Road - north side
*Prince Edward Road West and Mau Tau Chung Road - merge
*Prince Edward Road East - continuation eastward

See also

*Argyle Street Camp
*List of streets and roads in Hong Kong

References

External links

Hong Kong Place: Hong Kong street names with British origins
(in Traditional Chinese)
Google Maps of Argyle Street

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Kowloon City
Ma Tau Wai
Mong Kok
Roads in Kowloon