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Mong Kok East station

Coordinates: 22°19′20″N 114°10′22″E / 22.3222°N 114.1728°E / 22.3222; 114.1728
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For the other MTR station in Mong Kok, see Mong Kok station.
"Yaumati Station" redirects here. For the other MTR station, see Yau Ma Tei station.
Mong Kok East

旺角東
MTR
MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior (from Yim Po Fong Street)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese旺角東
Simplified Chinese旺角东
JyutpingWong6 gok3 dung1
Hanyu PinyinWàngjiǎodōng
Literal meaningFlourishing Corner East
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWàngjiǎodōng
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationWohng gok dūng
IPA[wɔŋ˨kɔk̚˧tʊŋ˥]
JyutpingWong6 gok3 dung1
General information
LocationLuen Wan Street/Argyle Street, Mong Kok
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′20″N 114°10′22″E / 22.3222°N 114.1728°E / 22.3222; 114.1728
Owned byKowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)
Platforms3 (1 side platform and 1 island platform)
Tracks3 (1 on each platform)
ConnectionsBus, public light bus
Construction
Structure typeOn embankment
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeMKK
History
Opened
  • 1 October 1910; 114 years ago (1910-10-01)
Rebuilt4 May 1982; 42 years ago (1982-05-04)
Electrified1983
Previous namesMong Kok, Yaumatei
Services
Preceding station MTR MTR Following station
Hung Hom
towards Admiralty
 East Rail line Kowloon Tong
towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau
Former services
Preceding station KCR Following station
Kowloon
Terminus
 KCR British section Sha Tin
towards Lo Wu
Track layout
Legend
to Kowloon Tong
Prince Edward Rd
1
3
2
Mong Kok freight yard
Luen Wan St
Argyle St
Waterloo Rd
to Hung Hom
Location
Hong Kong MTR system map
Hong Kong MTR system map
Mong Kok East
Location within the MTR system

Mong Kok East (Chinese: 旺角東; Cantonese Yale: Wohng gok dūng) – formerly Yaumati (油麻地) [citation needed] and Mong Kok railway station (旺角) – is a station on Hong Kong's East Rail Line. Only out-of-system interchange is available with Kwun Tong Line and Tsuen Wan Line at Mong Kok station via a footbridge. The station is connected to Grand Century Place, a large shopping mall.

Although the station is in the same region and quite close[according to whom?] to Mong Kok station, the fares are quite different from each other.[according to whom?]

History

The station, initially named Yaumati, was constructed on 1 October 1910 to cope with the opening of the British Section of Kowloon–Canton Railway.[1][unreliable source?] The station was later renamed Mong Kok on 31 December 1968 on the grounds that the station was actually in Mong Kok District.[2][3]

In 1983, the station was rebuilt. A temporary station was in use just to the south (towards Hung Hom) during reconstruction. After the takeover of KCR operations by the MTR Corporation on 2 December 2007, the station was renamed to Mong Kok East. Before the MTR–KCR merger, this station shared a name with the separate Mong Kok station on the Tsuen Wan and Kwun Tong lines.

Station layout

Platform 1 is the terminus platform for some southbound trains during peak hours and the train will return northbound towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau. The platforms are curved and the platform gap is relatively large compared to other MTR stations.

- Overlaying properties Grand Century Place
M Mezzanine Staff only area, MTRShop (MX Fastfood)
C Concourse Exits, a transport interchange
Customer Service Centres, toilets
shops, vending machines, ATMs
P
Platforms 		Platform 1 →      East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong) →
←      East Rail line termination platform (some rush-hour trips)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Platform 2 →      East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong) →
Platform 3 ←      East Rail line towards Hung Hom (Terminus)
Side platform, doors will open on the left

[4]

Entrances/exits

Nearby landmarks

Transport connections

Minibus Routes

To Cosmopolitan Estate:

  • 12A (Exit B)

To Metro Harbour View:

  • 12B (Exit B)

To Park Avenue:

  • 79K (Exit B)

Bus Routes

To Po Lam, Tseung Kwan O:

  • 93K (Exit C)
  • N293, 293S (Two Lines Midnight Only, Exit C)

To Tsing Yi Estate:

  • 44 (Exit C)

To Siu Hong Court:

  • 67X (Exit C)

To Tuen Mun (Leung King Estate):

  • 58X (Exit C)

To Tuen Mun Pier:

  • 59X (Exit C)

References

  1. ^ Hong Kong transport timeline
  2. ^ Annual Department Report by the General Manager, Railway. Hong Kong: Government Printer. 1969. p. 2.
  3. ^ "New name for station". South China Morning Post. 4 December 1968. p. 5.
  4. ^ "Mong Kok East Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. ^ "Mong Kok East Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
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