Tai Wo Hau Station
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Chinese name | |||||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 大窩口 | ||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 大窝口 | ||||||||||||
Literal meaning | Big den (and) mouth | ||||||||||||
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Kwok Shui Road Park, Castle Peak Road — Kwai Chung, Tai Wo Hau Tsuen Wan District, Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Coordinates | 22°22′15″N 114°07′30″E / 22.3708°N 114.1250°ECoordinates: 22°22′15″N 114°07′30″E / 22.3708°N 114.1250°E | ||||||||||||
Operated by | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 (island platform) | ||||||||||||
Connections | Bus, public light bus | ||||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||||
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Station code | TWH | ||||||||||||
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Tai Wo Hau Location within the MTR system |
Tai Wo Hau (Chinese: 大窩口) is an MTR station between Tsuen Wan and Kwai Hing stations on the Tsuen Wan Line. It serves the areas of Kwai Yin Court and Tai Wo Hau Estate in the Kwai Tsing District, and some resited villages (such as Kwan Mun Hau Tsuen) in the Tsuen Wan District of Hong Kong. These villages were originally in Tsuen Wan town centre, being moved for new town development.
Tai Wo Hau Station was one of the first railway stations in the New Territories; and the first underground one. All other New Territories stations on the Tsuen Wan Line are either at surface level or on viaducts. Lai King Station cuts through a hillside slope, and all other New Territories underground stations were opened some years later.
The station is relatively less busy in the system because of its distance to nearby bus stops and settlements.
History
The station was built on the site of a park.[1] The 280 metre long, 22 metre wide, 15 metre deep station box was built bottom-up within a sheetpile cofferdam.[2] The tunnel between Tai Wo Hau and Kwai Hing Stations was completed in July 1980 using the drill-and-blast method.[3] In 1984, the New Territories Development Department awarded a contract for the construction of a park above the station to replace the one which originally existed there.[4] This park is now called Kwok Shui Road Park.
Station layout
Platforms 1 and 2 share the same island platform.
G | Ground level | Exits |
L1 | Concourse | Customer Service, MTRShops |
Vending machine, ATMs | ||
L2 Platforms |
Platform 2 | Tsuen Wan Line towards Central (Kwai Hing) → |
Island platform, doors will open on the right | ||
Platform 1 | ← Tsuen Wan Line towards Tsuen Wan (Terminus) |
Entrances/exits
- A: Hoi Pa New Village, Ham Tin Village, Ho Pui Village, Kwok Shui Road, Primrose Hill
- B: Castle Peak Road, Kwai Yin Court, Kwai Chung Estate, Tai Wo Hau Estate [6]
Transport connections
Company | Route | Termini | Direction | |
KMB | 30 | Allway Gardens | Cheung Sha Wan | Both directions |
KMB | 31 | Tsuen Wan West Station | ↺ Shek Lei | Both directions |
KMB | 32M | ↺ Cheung Shan | Kwai Fong Station | Both directions |
KMB | 38A | Riveria Gardens | Mei Foo | Both directions |
KMB | 40 | Nina Tower | Laguna City | Both directions |
KMB | 41R | Hong Kong Coliseum | → Cheung Ching | Westbound only |
KMB | 42C | Cheung Hang | Lam Tin Station | Both directions |
KMB | 48X | Bayview Garden | Wo Che | Both directions |
KMB | 57M | Shan King | Lai King (North) | Both directions |
KMB | 58M | Leung King Estate | Kwai Fong Station | Both directions |
KMB | 58P | Kwai Fong Station | → Tin Yue House, Tin King Estate | Westbound only |
KMB | 59A | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier | Kwai Chung (Kwai Fong Estate) | Both directions |
KMB | 61M | Yau Oi (South) | Lai King (North) | Both directions |
KMB | 67M | Siu Hong Court | Kwai Fong Station | Both directions |
KMB | 68A | Long Ping Estate | Tsing Yi Station | Both directions |
KMB | 69M | Tin Shui Wai Town Centre | Kwai Fong Station | Both directions |
KMB | 69P | Tin Yiu | → Kwai Fong Station | Eastbound only |
KMB | 73X | Nina Tower | Fu Shin Estate | Both directions |
KMB | 235 | ↺ Tsuen Wan | On Yam | Both directions |
KMB | 238S | Riveria Gardens | → China Ferry Terminal | Eastbound only |
KMB | 260C | Sam Shing | Kwai Fong Station | Both directions |
KMB | 265M | Tin Heng Estate | Lai Yiu | Both directions |
KMB | 269A | Tin Sau Road | → Kwai Chung (Kwai Fong Estate) | Eastbound only |
KMB | 269M | Tin Yan Estate | Cho Yiu | Both directions |
KMB | 273C | Kau Lung Hang | → Tsuen Wan West Station | Westbound only |
KMB | 273P | Tai Wo | → Tsuen Wan West Station | Westbound only |
KMB | 278P | Luen Wo Hui | → Nina Tower | Westbound only |
KMB | 278X | Nina Tower | Sheung Shui | Both directions |
KMB | 848 | Sha Tin Racecourse | → Kwai Fong Station | Eastbound only |
KMB | N260 | Tuen Mun Ferry Pier | Mei Foo | Both directions |
KMB | N269 | Tin Tsz | Mei Foo | Both directions |
Long Win Bus | A31 | Tsuen Wan (Nina Tower) | Airport Ground Transport Centre | Both directions |
Long Win Bus | E31 | Discovery Park | Yat Tung Estate | Eastbound only |
Long Win Bus | E32 | Asia-world Expo | Kwai Fong Station | Both directions |
Company | Route | Termini | |
KMB | 36 | Lei Muk Shue | Tsuen Wan West Station |
Route | Termini | |
83A | On Chit Street, On Yam Estate | Tsuen Lung Street, Tsuen Wan |
86 | Lei Pui Street, Shek Lei | Tsuen Wan Transport Complex |
References
- ↑ Ngai, Yau-ki (19 June 1982). "Waiting for word on MTR's new park". South China Morning Post.
- ↑ "How Tsun Wan Line stations were constructed". South China Morning Post. 10 May 1982.
- ↑ "A boring achievement". South China Morning Post. 24 July 1980.
- ↑ "New parks for Tsun Wan". South China Morning Post. 5 July 1984.
- ↑ "Tai Wo Hau Station layout" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ↑ "Tai Wo Hau Station street map" (PDF). MTR Corporation. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
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