Tsim Sha Tsui Station

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     Tsim Sha Tsui
尖沙咀

Platform 2 of the Tsim Sha Tsui station (Tsuen Wan Line towards Central)

Platform 2 of the Tsim Sha Tsui station (Tsuen Wan Line towards Central)

Line  Tsuen Wan Line
Code TST
Service hours 0605-0054
Connections MTR East Tsim Sha Tsui Station/ West Rail Line, Bus, Minibus, Ferry
District Yau Tsim Mong
Area Tsim Sha Tsui
Map MTR Website
Coordinates 22°17′50″N 114°10′20″E / 22.297327°N 114.172242°E / 22.297327; 114.172242Coordinates: 22°17′50″N 114°10′20″E / 22.297327°N 114.172242°E / 22.297327; 114.172242
Opened December 16, 1979
Type of station Underground
Type of platforms Island
No. of platforms 2
No. of exits 11
No. of lifts 1
No. of shops 11

Station location

Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Tsim Sha Tsui Station
Chinese 尖沙咀
Concourse of Tsim Sha Tsui station

Tsim Sha Tsui is an MTR station on the Tsuen Wan Line. The station, originally opened in 1979 on the Kwun Tong Line, serves the area of Tsim Sha Tsui. About 500,000 passengers (including those who use single journey tickets and Octopus cards) use this station daily.

East Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the West Rail Line, opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this station. The station now serves as the interchange station between the Tsuen Wan and West Rail Lines.

Tsim Sha Tsui Station was featured in a brief chase sequence featuring Brigitte Lin in Wong Kar-wai's 1994 film, Chungking Express.

Tsim Sha Tsui Station was also featured in Clifton Ko's 1987 film, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad World.

Contents

[edit] Station layout

Ground - Exits
L1
Concourse
Concourse Customer Service, MTRShops
Hang Seng Bank, vending machine
ATMs
Octopus promotion machine
Subway Subway to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station/  West Rail Line
L2
Platforms
Platform 1  Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Platform 2  Tsuen Wan Line towards Central

Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. An out of system access to the West Rail Line is provided at the concourse through exits F or G and a walk along the Middle Road or Mody Road subway system respectively to reach East Tsim Sha Tsui Station.

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

[edit] Entrances/exits

Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with East Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways.

[edit] In Tsim Sha Tsui Station

[edit] In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station

[edit] Transport Connections

Bus

Many routes via roads surrounding the Station such as Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South, and Nathan Road, operated by the KMB, NWFB, and Citybus
KMB
  • 1- Chuk Yuen EstateStar Ferry
  • 1A- Sau Mau Ping (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
  • 2- So Uk ↔ Star Ferry
  • 6- Mei Foo ↔ Star Ferry
  • 6A- Lai Chi Kok ↔ Star Ferry
  • 7- Lok Fu ↔ Star Ferry
  • 9- Ping Shek ↔ Star Ferry
  • 13X- Po Tat ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 26- Shun Tin ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 35A- On Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 41A- Cheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
  • 63X- Hung Shui Kiu (Tin Sam Road) ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
  • 81C- Yiu On ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • 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
  • 234X- Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
  • 260X- Po Tin ↔ Hung Hom Station
  • 271- Fu Heng ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road)
  • 281A- Kwong Yuen ↔ Kowloon Station
  • 296D- Sheung Tak ↔ Kowloon Station
Citybus
  • 973- Tsim Sha Tsui East ↔ Stanley Market
  • A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station
Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus
  • 110- Kowloon Station ↔ Shau Kei Wan

Ferries

Star Ferry, to Central and Wanchai

Trains

Underground pedestrian link to West Rail Line trains to Hung Hom and Tuen Mun.

[edit] Neighbouring stations

Preceding station   MTR   Following station
towards Central
Tsuen Wan Line
towards Tsuen Wan
Terminus
West Rail Line
Transfer at: East Tsim Sha Tsui
towards Tuen Mun
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