Yau Ma Tei station

For the other MTR Station in Mong Kok previously named "Yaumati", see Mong Kok East Station.

Yau Ma Tei 油麻地
MTR rapid transit station
Platform 1
Chinese name
Chinese	油麻地
Literal meaning	Oil Sesame Ground
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yóumádì Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization yau4 ma4 dei2 Jyutping jau4 maa4 dei2
General information
Location	Nathan Road × Waterloo Road, Yau Ma Tei Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Operated by	MTR Corporation
Line(s)	Template:HK-MTR box Template:HK-MTR box
Platforms	4 (island platforms)
Connections	Bus, public light bus
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	2
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	YMT
History
Opened	31 December 1979 (1979-12-31) (Kwun Tong Line) 10 May 1982 (1982-05-10) (Tsuen Wan Line)
Previous names	Waterloo
Services
Preceding station   MTR   Following station Template:HK-MTR stations toward Template:HK-MTR stations Template:HK-MTR lines Template:HK-MTR stations toward Template:HK-MTR stations Template:HK-MTR stations toward Template:HK-MTR stations Template:HK-MTR lines Template:HK-MTR stations toward Template:HK-MTR stations
Location Yau Ma Tei Location within the MTR system

Yau Ma Tei, formerly called Waterloo after Waterloo Road, is an MTR station located in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon. It is served by the Kwun Tong Line and the Tsuen Wan Line. The station opened in 1979 and was renamed as Yau Ma Tei on 31 May 1985 along with Argyle (Mong Kok) and Chater (Central).

Yau Ma Tei is an interchange station, even though the platforms are not designed for cross-platform interchange. After the Kwun Tong Line has been extended to Whampoa, it is used by northbound passengers on one line to change to southbound trains on the other line. This station is used by many students during commuting hours, since it is in the vicinity of many large schools.

The station's livery colour is a light grey. Red, white, and blue stripes, which is located prominently adorned the station walls until they were removed as part of renovation works in 2005 which also saw the original Helvetica typeface, used in station name signs, replaced by Myriad.

Station layout

The Kwun Tong Line extension towards Whampoa Station via Ho Man Tin will be opened on 23 October 2016. In preparation, the numbers of the Kwun Tong Line platforms were swapped with effect from 11 June 2016, and platform 4 became alighting-only (and platform 3 boarding-only) from 21 August 2016.

Upon the opening of the Kwun Tong Line extension, Yau Ma Tei will become an interchange station for northbound passengers on the Kwun Tong Line (coming from Ho Man Tin or Whampoa) changing to trains towards Central on the Tsuen Wan Line, and vice versa. However, unlike Mong Kok and Prince Edward stations, no cross-platform interchange will be available for such transfers.

Excluding stations with cross-platform interchange, Yau Ma Tei is currently the only station on the Kwun Tong Line in which the doors open on the left, despite using island platforms. The difference in driving directionality is due to the track layout between Yau Ma Tei and Mong Kok stations.

G	Street level	Exits
C	Concourse	Customer service, MTRShops
		Vending machines, Automatic teller machines
P1 Platforms	Platform 1	→ Template:HK-MTR box towards Tsuen Wan (Mong Kok) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the right
	Platform 2	← Template:HK-MTR box towards Central (Jordan)
P2 Platforms	Platform 4	← Template:HK-MTR box towards Whampoa (Ho Man Tin)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Platform 3	→ Template:HK-MTR box towards Tiu Keng Leng (Mong Kok) →

Entrances/exits

• A1: Pitt Street
• A2: Pitt Street, YMCA Kowloon Centre, Kwong Wah Hospital
• B1: Nathan Road
• B2: Portland Street
• C: Man Ming Lane (for Temple Street)
• D: Waterloo Road

Transport interchange

KMB

• 1: Chuk Yuen Estate ↔ Star Ferry
• 1A: Sau Mau Ping (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
• 2: So Uk ↔ Star Ferry
• 3C: Tsz Wan Shan (North) ↔ China Hong Kong City
• 6: Lai Chi Kok ↔ Star Ferry
• 6C: Kowloon City Ferry ↔ Mei Foo
• 6F: Lai Kok Estate ↔ Kowloon City Ferry
• 7: Lok Fu ↔ Star Ferry
• 8: Kowloon Station ↔ Star Ferry
• 9: Ping Shek ↔ Star Ferry
• 10: Choi Wan ↺ Tai Kok Tsui
• 30X: Allway Gardens ↔ Whampoa Garden
• 35A: On Yam ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 36B: Lei Muk Shue ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 41A: Cheung On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 42A: Cheung Hang ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 46: Lai Yiu ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 60X: Tuen Mun Central ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 63X: Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Fuk Estate) ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 69X: Tin Shui ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 81: Wo Che ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 81C: Yiu On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
• 87D: Kam Ying Court ↔ Hung Hom Station
• 93K: Po Lam ↔ Mong Kok East Station
• 95: Tsui Lam ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 203C: Tai Hang Tung ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
• 203E: Choi Hung ↔ Kowloon Station
• 208: Broadcast Drive ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
• 212: Sham Shui Po (Tonkin Street) ↔ Whampoa Garden
• 234X: Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
• 238X: Riviera Garden ↔ China Hong Kong City
• 268X: Hung Shui Kiu (Hung Fuk Estate) ↔ Jordan (To Wah Road)
• 270A: Sheung Shui ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
• 271: Fu Heng ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road)
• 281A: Kwong Yuen ↔ Kowloon Station

Citybus

• A21: Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station

Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus

• 102: Mei Foo ↔ Shau Kei Wan
• 104: Pak Tin ↔ Kennedy Town
• 112: So Uk ↔ North Point (Pak Fuk Road)
• 117: Sham Shui Po (Yen Chow Street) ↔ Happy Valley (Lower)
• 970: So Uk ↔ Cyberport
• 970X: So Uk ↔ Aberdeen
• 971: Hoi Lai Estate ↔ Shek Pai Wan

Minibus

• 3: Tsim Sha Tsui (Ashley Road) ↔ Tai Kok Tsui
• 21K: Central Park ↺ Mong Kok East Station
• 43M: Central Park ↺ Yau Ma Tei (Portland Street)
• 74: Kowloon Station ↺ Mong Kok
• 74S: Kowloon Station ↺ Ho Man Tin Hill