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East Tsim Sha Tsui station

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East Tsim Sha Tsui station
Company typeMTR station
IndustryPublic transport
FoundedOctober 24, 2004; 22 years ago (2004-10-24)
Headquarters
Kowloon
,
Hong Kong
ProductsRailway services

East Tsim Sha Tsui () is a station within Hong Kong's Mass Transit Railway network, functioning as a mid-route stop on the line.

Developed to alleviate road traffic and lessen overcrowding at Kowloon Tong station, it is situated roughly one kilometre from , with an approximate travel duration of two minutes.

This station provides an underground pedestrian link to Tsim Sha Tsui station on the line, enabling smooth passenger transfers.

History

The East Rail line traces its origins to the Kowloon–Canton Railway (British Section), inaugurated in 1910 with its southern endpoint at the former Kowloon station in Tsim Sha Tsui, now occupied by the Clock Tower. The old Kowloon station ceased operations in 1975, shifting the terminus to Hung Hom station.

An initial proposal for East Tsim Sha Tsui station, originally called Mariner under the 1970 East Kowloon line plan, intended to offer interchange with of the Kong Kow line (currently part of ). This initiative was revived in 1993 as a medium-capacity system connected to the Lantau Airport Railway (now and ). Construction was contracted to a partnership between Hong Kong's Gammon Construction and Japan's Nishimatsu.

East Tsim Sha Tsui station commenced service on 24 October 2004 as a southward extension of the East Rail line from , marking the line’s return to Tsim Sha Tsui after three decades. It functioned as the southern terminus for the East Rail line until 16 August 2009. Being underground, it was equipped with full-height platform screen doors, matching those on the KCR West Rail, which had opened one year prior. This made it unique among East Rail stations for five years, featuring the world’s longest set of platform screen doors accommodating 12-car trains.

The station’s tenure as East Rail’s southern terminus was temporary. When the MTR Kowloon Southern Link launched on 16 August 2009, the southern terminus reverted to Hung Hom (temporarily until the Sha Tin to Central Link opened in 2022). The track segment between Hung Hom and East Tsim Sha Tsui was integrated into the , turning Hung Hom into a shared terminus for both East Rail and West Rail lines and allowing cross-platform transfers. As a result, East Tsim Sha Tsui became an intermediate stop on the West Rail line. Given that Tuen Ma line trains are shorter (8 cars), sections of the platform were closed off.

On 27 June 2021, the merged with the (which had previously been extended as Tuen Ma line Phase 1), creating the new as part of the Sha Tin to Central Link project. Presently, East Tsim Sha Tsui serves as an intermediate station on the Tuen Ma line.

Station layout

Pk/PD Park/
Podium Deck 		Middle Road Children's Playground,
Tsim Sha Tsui East Waterfront Podium Garden
G Ground Entrances/Exits, East Tsim Sha Tsui Station Transport Interchange,
Tsim Sha Tsui East (Mody Road) Transport Interchange
C/S Concourse Customer service centres, restrooms
retail outlets, vending machines, ATMs
Subway Pedestrian tunnel to Template:STN (Template:Lnl), 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 Platform 1 Template:Rcb towards Template:STN (Template:STN) →
Island platform, doors open on the right
Platform 2 ← Template:Rcb Tuen Ma line bound for Template:STN (Template:STN)

Passengers travelling towards the Tsuen Wan line ascend to the concourse and exit from the Tuen Ma line system before walking through subways along Middle or Mody Roads to reach Tsim Sha Tsui station at exits L2 and M3.

Although linked by pedestrian tunnels, East Tsim Sha Tsui and Tsim Sha Tsui stations operate separate fare gates. Passengers holding single journey tickets transferring from the Tuen Ma line to Tsuen Wan line must purchase an additional ticket at Tsim Sha Tsui since their original ticket becomes invalid upon exiting at East Tsim Sha Tsui. However, Octopus card holders transferring within thirty minutes without other transport or significant retail transactions are charged just once. Likewise, MTR City Saver users transferring within thirty minutes do not incur extra fares.

Entrances and Exits

East Tsim Sha Tsui station is linked to Tsim Sha Tsui station through the subways beneath Mody Road and Middle Road. Together, their combined exits surpass the number found at Central station, with Tsim Sha Tsui station boasting the most extensively lettered exit system among all Hong Kong rail stations.

To prevent confusion with the numerals 1 and 0, exits I and O have been excluded.

At Tsim Sha Tsui station

At East Tsim Sha Tsui station

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