East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

East Tsim Sha Tsui 尖東

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station platform

Line █ West Rail Line Code ETS Service hours 0554-0049

District Yau Tsim Mong Area Tsim Sha Tsui Map MTR Website Coordinates 22.295472°N 114.175367°E / 22.295472; 114.175367

Opened October 24, 2004 Type of station Underground Type of platforms Island No. of platforms 2 No. of exits 15 No. of shops 30

Station location

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
Traditional Chinese	尖東
Simplified Chinese	尖东
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Jiāndōng

Concourse of East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit J

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit L3

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit L5

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Exit L6

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Chinese: 尖東站) is a station in the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) system of Hong Kong. It is currently an intermediate station on the West Rail Line.

The station was built to alleviate surface traffic jams and passenger congestion at Kowloon Tong Station. The distance from Hung Hom to the station is about one kilometre with the journey time of less than two minutes.

This station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui Station of the Tsuen Wan Line by subways (underground pedestrian tunnels).

History

East Tsim Sha Tsui station was opened on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the East Rail Line from Hung Hom Station, and served as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line until 16 August 2009.

The predecessor of the East Rail Line is the Kowloon-Canton Railway (British Section), which was opened in 1910. At the time of opening, its southern terminus was the old Kowloon Station located in Tsim Sha Tsui, where the Clock Tower stands today. However, the old Kowloon Station in Tsim Sha Tsui was demolished in 1974, and the southern terminus of the railway was relocated to a newly-built station in Hung Hom. Therefore, the 2004 southward extension from Hung Hom Station to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station symbolised the return of the railway to the Tsim Sha Tsui area after 30 years.

The status of East Tsim Sha Tsui Station as the southern terminus of the East Rail Line was intended to be a temporary arrangement only. Upon the opening of the MTR Kowloon Southern Link on 16 August 2009, the East Rail Line terminates at Hung Hom Station to the south again, and the tracks between Hung Hom Station and East Tsim Sha Tsui Station became part of the West Rail Line. As a result, Hung Hom Station is now the common southern terminus of (and an interchange station for) the East Rail Line and the West Rail Line, whilst East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is now an intermediate station on the West Rail Line.

Station layout

Pk/PD Park/ Podium Deck	Park/ Podium Deck	Middle Road Children's Playground, Tsim Sha Tsui East Waterfront Podium Garden
G Ground	Exits	Exits, East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Transport interchange, Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) Transport interchange
C/S Concourse/ Subway	Concourse	Customer Service Centres, Washrooms
		shops, vending machines, ATMs
	Subway	Subway to Tsim Sha Tsui Station/ █ Tsuen Wan Line, Middle Road,
		Peking Road, Kowloon Park Drive, Canton Road
		Salisbury Road, Hanoi Road, K11 Art Mall,
		Nathan Road, Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East
P Platforms	Platform 1	█ West Rail Line towards Tuen Mun
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	█ West Rail Line towards Hung Hom

Passengers heading towards the Tsuen Wan Line should ride the escalator up to the concourse, and leave the West Rail Line system. Then they have to walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach Tsim Sha Tsui station at exit L2 and M3 respectively.

Although the stations are connected by subway, the fare gates for East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui Stations are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from the █ West Rail Line to the █ Tsuen Wan Line must purchase a second ticket at Tsim Sha Tsui Station. Octopus card users who transfer between East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui Stations within thirty minutes without making any other transport related purchases or more than nine non-transport related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.

Entrances/exits

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways. When both stations' exits are combined, the total number of exits outnumber even that of Central. East Tsim Sha Tsui Station has the exit with the highest letter of all rail stations in Hong Kong.

In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

• A1: Kowloon Park
• A2: Humphrey's Avenue
• B1: Nathan Road/Cameron Road Junction
• B2: Cameron Road
• C1: Peking Road(South Exit)
• C2: Peking Road (North Exit)
• D1: Nathan Road
• D2: Bristol Avenue
• E: Kowloon Hotel
• F: East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
• G: East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
• H: iSQUARE
• R: iSQUARE

In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

• F: Tsim Sha Tsui Station/ Tsuen Wan Line
• G: Tsim Sha Tsui Station/ Tsuen Wan Line
• J: New World Centre
• K: Middle Road
• L1: Hermes House
• L3: Peninsula Hotel
• L4: Kowloon Hotel
• L5: Peking Road
• L6: Salisbury Road
• N1: Hanoi Road
• N2: Hanoi Road
• N3: K11 Art Mall
• N4: K11 Art Mall
• N5: Nathan Road
• P1: Wing On Plaza
• P2: Mirror Tower
• P3: Chatham Road South

Transport interchange

KMB

• 5- Fu Shan ↔ Star Ferry
• 5A- Kowloon City (Shing Tak Street) ↔ Star Ferry (Rush Time Service)
• 5C- Tsz Wan Shan (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
• 8- Kowloon station ↔ Wah Fu
• 8A- Whampoa Garden ↔ Star Ferry
• 8P- Laguna Verde ↺ Star Ferry
• 12- Hoi Lai Estate ↺ East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
• 13X- Po Tat ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 26- Shun Tin ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 28- Lok Wah ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
• 35A- On Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 41A- Cheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 81C- Yiu On ↔ Hung Hom Station
• 81P- Sha Tin Wai → Tsim Sha Tsui (Chatham Road South) (Rush Time Service)
• 81S- Mei Tin ↺ Jordan Road (Rush Time Service)
• 87D- Kam Ying Court ↔ Hung Hom Station
• 98D- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 203- Yau Yat Tsuen ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 208- Broadcast Drive ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 215X- Lam Tin (Kwong Tin Estate) ↔ Kowloon Station
• 219X- Laguna City ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui
• 224X- Kai Yip ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Rush Time Service)
• 234X- Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
• 260X- Po Tin ↔ Tuen Mun Station
• 268B- Long Ping Station ↔ Hung Hom Ferry
• 269B- Tin Shui Wai Town centre ↔ Hung Hom Ferry

Citybus

• A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Yiu On

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

• 110- Kowloon Station ↔ Shau Kei Wan
• 973- Tsim Sha Tsui East ↔ Stanley Market

Neighbouring stations

Preceding station		MTR		Following station
Hung Hom Terminus		West Rail Line		Austin towards Tuen Mun
Admiralty towards Central		Tsuen Wan Line Transfer at: Tsim Sha Tsui		Jordan towards Tsuen Wan

See also

• Tsim Sha Tsui, the neighborhood
• Tsim Sha Tsui Station, a nearby MTR station