Tsim Sha Tsui station
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Tsim Sha Tsui station | ||||||||||||
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 Platform 2 | ||||||||||||
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| Line(s) | Tsuen Wan | |||||||||||
| Connections | Template:HK-MTR box East Tsim Sha Tsui Station, bus, public light bus, ferry | |||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | |||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||
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| Station code | TST | |||||||||||
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| Chinese | 尖沙咀 | ||||||||||||||||
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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.
East Tsim Sha Tsui Station on the West Rail Line, which opened on 24 October 2004, is connected to this station by underground pedestrian tunnels. The two stations serve as an interchange 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.
Timetable
Station layout
Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform. 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.[1]
| Ground | - | Exits/Entrances |
| L1 Concourse |
Concourse | Customer Service, MTRShops Hang Seng Bank, vending machine ATMs Octopus promotion machine |
| Subway | Subway to East Tsim Sha Tsui Station (Template:HK-MTR box) | |
| L2 Platforms |
Platform 1 | → Template:HK-MTR box towards Tsuen Wan (Jordan) → |
| Platform 2 | ← Template:HK-MTR box towards Central (Admiralty) | |
Although the Tsim Shat Tsui station and East Tsim Sha Tsui station are connected by subway, the fare gates for Tsim Sha Tsui and East Tsim Sha Tsui Stations are separated. Single journey ticket passengers transferring from the Tsuen Wan Line to the West Rail Line must purchase a second ticket at East Tsim Sha Tsui Station as the first ticket is withdrawn, without refunding the remaining value in the ticket, once the passengers exit through the turnstiles at Tsim Sha Tsui station. In contrast, 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 nine non-transport related purchases in between stations are considered to have taken a single journey and are charged accordingly.
Entrances/exits
Tsim Sha Tsui Station is linked with East Tsim Sha Tsui Station through the Mody Road and Middle Road Subways.
In Tsim Sha Tsui Station
- A1: Kowloon Park
- A2: Humphreys Avenue
- B1: Nathan Road
- B2: Cameron Road
- C1: Nathan Road
- C2: Peking Road
- D1: (Temporarily closed until 2017)
- D2: Carnarvon Road
- E: Kowloon Hotel
- H: iSQUARE
- R: iSQUARE[1]
In East Tsim Sha Tsui Station
- J: Avenue of Stars
- K: Middle Road
- L1: Hermes House
- L3: Peninsula Hotel
- L4: Kowloon Hotel
- L5: Peking Road
- L6: Salisbury Road
- N1: Mody Road
- N2: Hanoi Road
- N3: K11 Art Mall
- N4: K11 Art Mall
- N5: Nathan Road
- P1: Wing On Plaza
- P2: Tsim Sha Tsui East
- P3: Chatham Road South [1]
Transport Connections
- Many routes via roads surrounding the Station such as Salisbury Road, Chatham Road South, and Nathan Road, operated by the KMB, NWFB, and Citybus.
- 1- Chuk Yuen Estate ↔ Star Ferry
- 1A- Sau Mau Ping (Central) ↔ Star Ferry
- 2- So Uk ↔ Star Ferry
- 6- 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
- 81C- Yiu On ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
- 87D- Kam Ying Court ↔ Hung Hom Station
- 98D- Hang Hau (North) ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East
- 203C- Tai Hang Tung ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
- 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 (Rush Time service)
- 234X- Bayview Garden ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East （Mody Road）
- 260X- Po Tin ↔ Hung Hom Station
- 270A- Sheung Shui ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
- 271- Fu Heng ↔ Tsim Sha Tsui (Canton Road)
- 281A- Kwong Yuen ↔ Kowloon Station
- 296D- Sheung Tak ↔ Kowloon Station
- 973- Tsim Sha Tsui East ↔ Stanley Market
- A21- Airport (Ground Transportation Centre) ↔ Hung Hom Station
- Cross Harbour Tunnel Bus
- 110- Shau Kei Wan ↺ Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road)
- Star Ferry, to Central and Wanchai
- Underground pedestrian link to West Rail Line trains to Hung Hom and Tuen Mun.
References
- ^ a b c "Tsim Sha Tsui Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Tsim Sha Tsui Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
