Mong Kok East station

Mong Kok East station – formerly Mong Kok railway station and Yaumati (油麻地)  – 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.

Mong Kok East

旺角東
MTR rapid transit station
Station exterior (from Yim Po Fong Street) in September 2009
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese旺角
Simplified Chinese旺角
JyutpingWong6 gok3 dung1
Cantonese YaleWohng gok dūng
Hanyu PinyinWàngjiǎodōng
Literal meaningFlourishing Corner East
General information
LocationLuen Wan Street / Argyle Street, Mong Kok
Yau Tsim Mong District, Hong Kong
Coordinates22°19′20″N 114°10′22″E
Owned byKowloon-Canton Railway Corporation
Operated byMTR Corporation
Line(s)  East Rail line
Platforms3 (1 island platform and 1 side platform)
Tracks3
Connectionsbus, public light bus
Construction
Structure typeon embankment
Platform levels1
Disabled accessYes
Other information
Station codeMKK
History
Opened1 October 1910 (1910-10-01)
Rebuilt4 May 1982 (1982-05-04)
Electrified6 May 1982 (1982-05-06)
Previous namesMong Kok, Yaumatei
Services
Preceding station MTR Following station
Hung Hom
Terminus
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
Kowloon Tong
Prince Edward
Road West
Mong Kok
freight yard
1
2
3
Luen Wan
Street
Argyle Street
Waterloo Road
Hung Hom
Location
Mong Kok East
Location within the MTR system

The station is within walking distance of Mong Kok station, but there are no direct paths linking the stations- passengers wishing to transfer between the stations must use above-ground roads or transfer at Kowloon Tong station.

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] 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, restaurant (MX Fastfood)
C Concourse exits, a transport interchange, customer service centre, toilets, shops, vending machines, automated teller machines
P Platform 1   East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong)[lower-alpha 1]
  East Rail line termination platform (some rush-hour trips)
island platform
Platform 2   East Rail line towards Lo Wu or Lok Ma Chau (Kowloon Tong)[lower-alpha 1]
Platform 3   East Rail line towards Hung Hom (terminus)
Side platform

[4]

  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cross-border traffic on the East Rail line are suspended: Lo Wu station remains in limited service for registered village residents only, and Lok Ma Chau station is temporarily closed from public usage.

Entrances/exits

Nearby landmarks

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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