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 Platform 4 of Tai Wai station in April 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 大圍 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 大围 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| CantoneseYale | Daaih wài | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Tsuen Nam Road,Tai Wai Sha Tin District,Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 22°22′23″N114°10′43″E / 22.3731°N 114.1786°E /22.3731; 114.1786 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | MTR Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 4side platforms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | TAW | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened |
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| Rebuilt | 23 April 1986; 38 years ago (1986-04-23) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tai Wai station is aninterchange station on theEast Rail line and theTuen Ma line of theMass Transit Railway (MTR) system inHong Kong. The station is located inTai Wai,Sha Tin District.
The first iteration of Tai Wai station along theKowloon–Canton railway (KCR), which would later be renamed theEast Rail line, arose out of a natural disaster, when a temporary station was first constructed at its present-day location in the immediate aftermath oftropical storm Ellen, whose associated torrential rain severely damaged the original masonry arch Bridge No. 11 acrossShing Mun River on 25 August 1976.[1] With diesel train services cut betweenMong Kok andSha Tin Stations, it was decided on 28 August 1976 to construct a temporary relief platform at Tai Wai, which was completed in 48 hours and put into operation on 1 September 1976, reconnecting train services to and fromHung Hom Station to the south and supported by connecting shuttle bus services between the temporary station and Sha Tin Station for onward travel to/fromLo Wu.[2][3] The temporary platform was dismantled following this resumption.
Meanwhile, Bridge No. 11 was demolished and reconstructed to more modern construction standards, enabling a full resumption of end-to-end train services between Hung Hom and Lo Wu on 10 October 1976.[4]
Eventually, plans were made to construct a permanent station at Tai Wai to serve its growing new town population. As a short-term move, construction of a temporary wood-supported station next to Tai Wai Industrial Estate began in November 1982 and it was opened on 15 August 1983 as part of theKCR's greater electrification and double-tracking modernisation programme. The temporary station was located on Shing Chuen Road (成全路), north of the current station on the opposite side ofthe nullah.[5][6]
The permanent station was constructed at its present location and opened on 23 April 1986 to replace the temporary station.[citation needed]
Further construction began in the new millennium to significantly expand Tai Wai station to serve as the western terminus of the Ma On Shan Rail, a new KCR line built to serve eastern Shatin and Ma On Shan New Town. The line opened on 21 December 2004. The expansion provided for cross-platform transfer from the Ma On Shan Line (westbound) to the East Rail (southbound).[7]
Automatic platform gates were retrofitted on the Ma On Shan line platforms in 2015–2016.
On 14 February 2020, theMa On Shan line was extended west to a new terminus inKai Tak, as part of the first phase of theShatin to Central Link project. The Ma On Shan Line was renamedTuen Ma Line Phase 1 at the time.[8]
On 27 June 2021, the Shatin to Central Link project was completed with the opening of a new section of rail line throughEast Kowloon, connecting the Tuen Ma line Phase 1 with the existingWest Rail line. The newly unified line was thus renamed to "Tuen Ma line".[9]
On 26 October 2023, following the opening of a new shopping mallthe Wai, exit H was opened, directly connecting platform 3 with the mall.[10]
All platforms on the station are side platforms. Platforms 1 and 2 serve theEast Rail line and platforms 3 and 4 serve theTuen Ma line. Platforms 3 and 4 are positioned slightly higher than Platforms 1 and 2.[11]
Platforms 2 and 3 serve southbound trains on the East Rail and Tuen Ma lines respectively and are connected by four large walkways. This makes it possible for southbound passengers to walk directly between the two platforms, without the need to use stairs, escalators, or lifts.[11]
| U2 Upper Concourse | Exit H[10] | The Wai |
| P/U1 Platforms | Exits E and G | Exits, Customer services |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Platform1 | East Rail line towardsLo Wu orLok Ma Chau(Sha Tin) → | |
| Platform2 | ← East Rail line towardsAdmiralty(Kowloon Tong) | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the left | ||
| Exit F | Exits, Customer services, passageways | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform3 | ← Tuen Ma line towardsTuen Mun(Hin Keng) | |
| Platform4 | Tuen Ma line towardsWu Kai Sha(Che Kung Temple) → | |
| Side platform, doors will open on the right | ||
| C Concourse (Ground) | Concourse | Exits, transport interchange |
| Customer services, toilets | ||
| Shops, vending machines,ATMs | ||
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